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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

JAHMAI JONES # 74
BORN: AUG. 4, 1997 OPENING DAY AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: ROSWELL, GA RESIDES: ROSWELL, GA
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SELECTED BY ANGELS IN SECOND ROUND OF 2015 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

inf HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 205 BATS: R THROWS: R
JONES'S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— Angels (AZL) .244 40 160 28 39 6 2 2 20 1 1 4 17 1 33 16 7 1 .344 .330 3
2016— Orem .321 48 196 49 63 12 3 3 20 1 1 7 21 2 29 19 6 2 .459 .404 3
Burlington .242 16 62 8 15 1 0 1 10 2 1 0 5 0 13 1 0 3 .306 .294 1
2017— Burlington .272 86 346 54 94 18 4 9 30 5 1 3 32 1 63 18 7 7 .425 .338 3
Inland Empire .302 41 172 32 52 11 3 5 17 1 0 5 13 0 43 9 6 3 .488 .368 3
2018— Inland Empire .235 75 298 47 70 10 5 8 35 0 1 4 43 0 63 13 3 10 .383 .338 13
Mobile .245 48 184 33 45 10 4 2 20 0 2 2 24 0 51 11 1 2 .375 .335 13
2019— Mobile .234 130 482 66 113 22 3 5 50 1 7 4 50 0 109 9 11 11 .324 .308 19
MINOR TOTALS .267 354 1418 251 378 68 21 30 152 10 7 25 155 4 295 87 30 28 .408 .348 39
2019 SEASON
◆ Spent entire season with Double-A Mobile appearing in a career high 130 games...50 RBI, 22 doubles and
50 walks were all second highest of career.
◆ Paced the BayBears in runs (66), was tied for first in triples (3) and finished second on the Club in hits (113),
doubles, RBI, stolen bases (9) and walks.
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◆ After the season, participated in the Arizona Fall League (Mesa Molar Sox), slashing .302/.377/.509...Posted
a .886 OPS, ranking third on the Club (fellow Halo farmhand Brandon Marsh was second with a .909 OPS).
◆ 2020 marks third invite to Major League Spring Training (2018 & 2019).
◆ Ranked by Baseball America as the Club’s No. 6 prospect.
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2019 Southern League Player of the Week
◆ 2018 California League Mid-Season All-Star...Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team...Arizona Fall League
Rising Stars Game
◆ 2017 Angels Minor League Player of the Year...MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Angels Minor League
Player of the Month (May)...Angels Minor League Player of the Month (July).
◆ 2016 MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Angels Minor League Player of the Month (July).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 8, 2015...Selected by the Angels in the second round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Jahmai Fitzgerald Jones...First name pronounced 'juh-MY'...Commonly referred to as 'Jam Jones.'
◆ On Twitter: @jamjones7.
◆ Moved primary position from outfield to second base during 2018 Spring Training.
◆ A two-sport star at Wesleyan High School in Norcross, GA, playing both baseball and football...Had a verbal
commitment to the University of North Carolina and named a 2015 Perfect Game First Team All-American...
As a senior, he hit .464 with eight home runs, 21 RBI and 40 stolen bases and was named Gwinnett Daily Post
Baseball Player of the Year.
◆ His late father, Andre Jones, was a linebacker on Notre Dame’s national championship football team in 1988
and played for the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Winnipeg Blue Bombers and NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers...
His oldest brother, T.J. Jones (who also played football at Notre Dame), played wide receiver in the NFL, most
recently with the New York Giants...His other brother, Malachi, also played in the NFL and was the 2017
Offensive Rookie of the Year in the National Arena League...Rocket Ismail, Andre’s Notre Dame teammate, is
godfather to the Jones’ children.
◆ Signed by Angels scout Todd Hogan.

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