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The History Of Baseball
selecting the top prospect in the loop.
Jones struck out 63 in 63 innings, allowed just 40 hits andhada1.58ERA,secondin
the Pioneer League and best of any starting pitcher.
He was promoted to the Bakersfield Dodgers and went 3-3witha3.48ERA,allowing
only 33 hits in 44 innings. His limited pitching time probably indicates that he was injured much of the year.
Jones made an appear-
VANCE LOVELACE
Vance Odell Lovelace
was born in Tampa on August 9, 1963. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1988 to 1990, for the Califor- nia Angels and Seattle Mariners.
A left-handed or “south- paw,” Lovelace graduated from Hillsborough High School, the same school where Dwight Gooden and Gary Sheffield played.
Lovelace appeared in nine games during his career, all in relief, and finished with a 0-0 career record, and a 5.79 ERA over just 4.2 total innings pitched.
KEITH “KIKI” JONES
Keith “Kiki” Jones was the 15th overall pick in the 1989 amateur draft. Jones was the first of three first-round selections that year by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 5th pitcher taken, Jones had gone 8-3 in his final year in high school, striking out 100 while walking only 14 in 61 in- nings and posting a 1.14 ERA.
Jones continued to dazzle in the Pioneer League that sea- son, winning all eight of his decisions for the Great Falls Dodgers. He made the PL All- Star team. Tom Goodwin, his teammate, received more votes from league managers in
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