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Ruppert Jones
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Birthdate: 3/12/1955    
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 175 lbs. Place of Birth: Dallas, TX, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A well-traveled veteran MLB player, Ruppert Jones was a noted defensive ballhawk and lined 1,103 career hits, including 147 homers. Born and raised in Dallas Texas, Ruppert Jones was drafted in the 1973 amateur draft by the Royals, and in a trial with Kansas City in the last month of 1976 hit .216 in 28 games. Selected by Seattle in the 1976 November expansion draft Ruppert Jones became a fans favorite when blasted a career best 24 homers and made the American League All-Star team. His numbers for the year were: .263, 26 Ds, 8 TS, 24 Hr, 85 Runs, and 75 RBI. After hitting .235 for the Mariners in 1978, and .267, with 29 Ds, 9 Ts, 21 Hr, and a career best 109 Runs in 1979, much to the disappointment of Mariners fans he was traded to the Yankees in the winter. However, he was on the disabled list most of the 1980 season, hit .223 in 83 games in 1980 and was traded to San Diego.

Ruppert Jones rebounded in 1981 with the Padres hitting .249, with 34 doubles, 4 homers in 105 games. In 1982 he started well and was selected for his second All-Star game, hitting .283 in 116 games. HE tied a MLB record by striking out 8 times in two consecutive games, July 16 and 17.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
12 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1976 KCR (AL) 28 51 9 11 1 1 1 7 3 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 .216 .259 SLG
1977 SEA (AL) 160 597 85 157 26 8 24 76 55 120 13 9 3 2 3 6 .263 .324 SLG
1978 SEA (AL) 129 472 48 111 24 3 6 46 55 85 22 6 2 0 8 5 .235 .312 SLG
1979 SEA (AL) 162 622 109 166 29 9 21 78 85 78 33 12 4 3 2 4 .267 .356 SLG
1980 NYY (AL) 83 328 38 73 11 3 9 42 34 50 18 8 3 3 5 3 .223 .299 SLG
1981 SDP (NL) 105 397 53 99 34 1 4 39 43 66 7 9 2 0 4 7 .249 .318 SLG
1982 SDP (NL) 116 424 69 120 20 2 12 61 62 90 18 15 11 1 3 3 .283 .373 SLG
1983 SDP (NL) 133 335 42 78 12 3 12 49 35 58 11 11 4 0 2 0 .233 .305 SLG
1984 DET (AL) 79 215 26 61 12 1 12 37 21 47 2 4 0 0 0 1 .284 .346 SLG
1985 CAL (AL) 125 389 66 90 17 2 21 67 57 82 7 4 2 0 8 2 .231 .328 SLG
1986 CAL (AL) 126 393 73 90 21 3 17 49 64 87 10 3 5 3 7 3 .229 .339 SLG
1987 CAL (AL) 85 192 25 47 8 2 8 28 20 38 2 1 2 0 1 0 .245 .316 SLG
12 years   1331 4415 643 1103 215 38 147 579 534 817 143 84 38 12 43 34 .250 .330 .SLG



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