Todd Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: April 24, 1968 in Marietta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 41st round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from R.L. Osborne HS (Marietta, GA) and the Houston Astros in the 1st round (27th) of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL).

High School: R.L. Osborne HS (Marietta, GA)

School: Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL)

Debut: July 7, 1993 (Age 25-074d, 16,353rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 15, 2008 (Age 40-113d)
vs. BAL 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Todd Barton Givin Jones

Nicknames: Roller Coaster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.97

982

319

1072.0

868

WHIP

1.413

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1989	21	HOU-min	A-	2	3	.400	5.44	11	9	1	1	0	0	49.2	47	39	30	2	42	1	71	2	1	9				1.792	8.5	0.4	7.6	12.9	1.69	AUB NYPL
1990	22	HOU-min	A+	12	10	.545	3.51	27	27	0	1	0	0	151.1	124	81	59	2	109	1	106	3	3	16				1.540	7.4	0.1	6.5	6.3	0.97	OSC FLOR
1991	23	HOU-min	A+,AA	8	7	.533	4.58	24	24	0	0	0	0	127.2	120	75	65	4	74	1	88	7	2	10	569			1.520	8.5	0.3	5.2	6.2	1.19	OSC,JAC FLOR,TL
1992	24	HOU-min	AA,AAA	3	8	.273	3.21	64	0	50	0	0	25	70.0	53	30	25	3	54	4	64	2	1	6	318			1.529	6.8	0.4	6.9	8.2	1.19	JAC,TUC TL,PCL
1993	25	HOU-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.44	41	0	28	0	0	12	48.2	49	26	24	5	31	2	45	0	0	5	220			1.644	9.1	0.9	5.7	8.3	1.45	TUC PCL
1993	25	HOU	NL	1	2	.333	3.13	27	0	8	0	0	2	37.1	28	14	13	4	15	2	25	1	1	1	150	124	4.33	1.152	6.8	1.0	3.6	6.0	1.67
1994	26	HOU	NL	5	2	.714	2.72	48	0	20	0	0	5	72.2	52	23	22	3	26	4	63	1	0	1	288	146	3.05	1.073	6.4	0.4	3.2	7.8	2.42
1995	27	HOU	NL	6	5	.545	3.07	68	0	40	0	0	15	99.2	89	38	34	8	52	17	96	6	0	5	442	126	3.97	1.415	8.0	0.7	4.7	8.7	1.85
1996	28	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7			1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	TUC PCL
1996	28	HOU	NL	6	3	.667	4.40	51	0	37	0	0	17	57.1	61	30	28	5	32	6	44	5	0	3	263	88	4.71	1.622	9.6	0.8	5.0	6.9	1.38
1997	29	DET	AL	5	4	.556	3.09	68	0	51	0	0	31	70.0	60	29	24	3	35	2	70	1	0	7	301	149	3.21	1.357	7.7	0.4	4.5	9.0	2.00
1998	30	DET	AL	1	4	.200	4.97	65	0	53	0	0	28	63.1	58	38	35	7	36	4	57	2	0	5	279	95	4.58	1.484	8.2	1.0	5.1	8.1	1.58
1999	31	DET	AL	4	4	.500	3.80	65	0	62	0	0	30	66.1	64	30	28	7	35	1	64	1	0	2	287	129	4.20	1.492	8.7	0.9	4.7	8.7	1.83
2000	32	DET	AL	2	4	.333	3.52	67	0	60	0	0	42	64.0	67	28	25	6	25	1	67	1	0	2	271	134	3.48	1.438	9.4	0.8	3.5	9.4	2.68	AS,CYA-5
2001	33	TOT	AL	5	5	.500	4.24	69	0	36	0	0	13	68.0	87	39	32	9	29	1	54	0	0	3	314	103	4.46	1.706	11.5	1.2	3.8	7.1	1.86
2001	33	DET	AL	4	5	.444	4.62	45	0	28	0	0	11	48.2	60	31	25	6	22	1	39	0	0	3	225	93	4.41	1.685	11.1	1.1	4.1	7.2	1.77
2001	33	MIN	AL	1	0	1.000	3.26	24	0	8	0	0	2	19.1	27	8	7	3	7	0	15	0	0	0	89	141	4.60	1.759	12.6	1.4	3.3	7.0	2.14
2002	34	COL	NL	1	4	.200	4.70	79	0	20	0	0	1	82.1	84	43	43	10	28	3	73	3	0	1	352	102	3.90	1.360	9.2	1.1	3.1	8.0	2.61
2003	35	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	7.08	59	1	14	0	0	0	68.2	93	58	54	10	31	2	59	1	0	0	326	69	4.60	1.806	12.2	1.3	4.1	7.7	1.90
2003	35	COL	NL	1	4	.200	8.24	33	1	7	0	0	0	39.1	61	39	36	8	18	0	28	1	0	0	193	61	5.70	2.008	14.0	1.8	4.1	6.4	1.56
2003	35	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	5.52	26	0	7	0	0	0	29.1	32	19	18	2	13	2	31	0	0	0	133	85	3.13	1.534	9.8	0.6	4.0	9.5	2.38
2004	36	TOT	NL	11	5	.688	4.15	78	0	16	0	0	2	82.1	84	39	38	7	33	5	59	6	0	2	358	105	4.14	1.421	9.2	0.8	3.6	6.4	1.79
2004	36	CIN	NL	8	2	.800	3.79	51	0	10	0	0	1	57.0	49	25	24	4	25	2	37	1	0	2	235	112	4.03	1.298	7.7	0.6	3.9	5.8	1.48
2004	36	PHI	NL	3	3	.500	4.97	27	0	6	0	0	1	25.1	35	14	14	3	8	3	22	5	0	0	123	91	4.39	1.697	12.4	1.1	2.8	7.8	2.75
2005	37	FLA	NL	1	5	.167	2.10	68	0	55	0	0	40	73.0	61	19	17	2	14	2	62	3	0	2	289	191	2.38	1.027	7.5	0.2	1.7	7.6	4.43
2006	38	DET	AL	2	6	.250	3.94	62	0	56	0	0	37	64.0	70	31	28	4	11	3	28	3	0	2	272	115	3.74	1.266	9.8	0.6	1.5	3.9	2.55
2007	39	DET	AL	1	4	.200	4.26	63	0	54	0	0	38	61.1	64	29	29	3	23	6	33	0	0	3	265	108	3.92	1.418	9.4	0.4	3.4	4.8	1.43
2008	40	DET	AL	4	1	.800	4.97	45	0	37	0	0	18	41.2	50	30	23	5	18	3	14	4	0	4	193	90	5.60	1.632	10.8	1.1	3.9	3.0	0.78
16 Yrs				58	63	.479	3.97	982	1	619	0	0	319	1072.0	1072	518	473	93	443	62	868	38	1	43	4650	111	3.95	1.413	9.0	0.8	3.7	7.3	1.96
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.479	3.97	68	0	43	0	0	22	74	74	36	33	6	31	4	60	3	0	3	322	111	3.95	1.413	9.0	0.8	3.7	7.3	1.96
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
DET (8 yrs)				23	32	.418	4.07	480	0	401	0	0	235	479.1	493	246	217	41	205	21	372	12	0	28	2093	113	4.06	1.456	9.3	0.8	3.8	7.0	1.81
HOU (4 yrs)				18	12	.600	3.27	194	0	105	0	0	39	267.0	230	105	97	20	125	29	228	13	1	10	1143	119	3.93	1.330	7.8	0.7	4.2	7.7	1.82
COL (2 yrs)				2	8	.200	5.84	112	1	27	0	0	1	121.2	145	82	79	18	46	3	101	4	0	1	545	83	4.48	1.570	10.7	1.3	3.4	7.5	2.20
MIN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.26	24	0	8	0	0	2	19.1	27	8	7	3	7	0	15	0	0	0	89	141	4.60	1.759	12.6	1.4	3.3	7.0	2.14
PHI (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.97	27	0	6	0	0	1	25.1	35	14	14	3	8	3	22	5	0	0	123	91	4.39	1.697	12.4	1.1	2.8	7.8	2.75
BOS (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.52	26	0	7	0	0	0	29.1	32	19	18	2	13	2	31	0	0	0	133	85	3.13	1.534	9.8	0.6	4.0	9.5	2.38
CIN (1 yr)				8	2	.800	3.79	51	0	10	0	0	1	57.0	49	25	24	4	25	2	37	1	0	2	235	112	4.03	1.298	7.7	0.6	3.9	5.8	1.48
FLA (1 yr)				1	5	.167	2.10	68	0	55	0	0	40	73.0	61	19	17	2	14	2	62	3	0	2	289	191	2.38	1.027	7.5	0.2	1.7	7.6	4.43

AL (9 yrs)				26	33	.441	4.13	530	0	416	0	0	237	528.0	552	273	242	46	225	23	418	12	0	28	2315	112	4.02	1.472	9.4	0.8	3.8	7.1	1.86
NL (8 yrs)				32	30	.516	3.82	452	1	203	0	0	82	544.0	520	245	231	47	218	39	450	26	1	15	2335	110	3.87	1.357	8.6	0.8	3.6	7.4	2.06

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