How Sam Jones's Plate Appearances Compares to Similar Players

Sam Jones totaled 599 career Plate Appearances, well below the league average of 2,004.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Plate Appearances season came in 1959, posting 100, well below the league average of 212.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at 1, well below the league average of 218.6 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Plate Appearances total went from 21 in 1962 to 2 in 1963 and 1 in 1964, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Plate Appearances profile — ranging from 1 to 100 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Sam Jones Lifetime Plate Appearances

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Sam Jones
Plate Appearances
Career599
Season Avg.42.79
162 Game Avg.296.75
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Sam Jones Plate Appearances Per Season

Sam Jones's Plate Appearances 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 Plate Appearances per season line chart

Sam Jones Plate Appearances by Team

Sam Jones's career Plate Appearances totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Jones career Plate Appearances by team bar chart

Sam Jones Cumulative Plate Appearances — Career Progression

A running total of Sam Jones's career Plate Appearances, 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 Plate Appearances year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Jones Plate Appearances Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Jones's seasonal Plate Appearances 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 Plate Appearances distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Jones Plate Appearances — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Jones's MLB career with Plate Appearances 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.
Sam Jones Plate Appearances season-by-season breakdown table