How Sam Jones's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Sam Jones totaled 7,204 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1959, posting 1,148, well above the starting pitcher average of 518.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1951 at 34, well below the starting pitcher average of 567.8 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 351 in 1962 to 52 in 1963 and 38 in 1964, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 34 to 1,148 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Sam Jones Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Sam Jones
| Sam Jones
Batters Faced | Sam Jones
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 7204 | 38.84 |
| Season Avg. | 514.57 | 38.84 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3568.95 | 38.84 |
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Sam Jones Batters Faced Per Season
Sam Jones's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Jones Batters Faced by Team
Sam Jones's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Jones Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Sam Jones's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Sam Jones Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Jones's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sam Jones Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Jones's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
