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JONES

INFIELDER
MANAGER & STAFF Bats Switch Full Name Larry Wayne Jones, Jr.
Throws Right
Height 6-4
Weight 210
Born DeLand, FL
DOB 4/24/1972
Years With Braves 1993, 1995-2012
Number Retired 2013
Chipper Jones went from a first overall draft pick to a Mickey Mantle (536) and Murray (504) slugged more
first-ballot Hall of Famer. In between, he spent his entire homers. The Braves selected Jones in the 1990 amateur
PLAYER BIOS in more games than anyone in Atlanta history (2,499). League Rookie of the Year honors (to Los Angeles
draft, and five years later he was runner-up for National
18-year major league career in a Braves uniform, playing
He is the Atlanta career leader in virtually every offensive
pitcher Hideo Nomo). Jones evolved into a premier third
category, including hits (2,726), doubles (549), home runs
starts. He was named the 1999 NL Most Valuable Player
(468), RBI (1,623), runs (1,619), total bases (4,755), extra- baseman and was an eight-time All-Star, including four
base hits (1,055), walks (franchise-record 1,512), on-base after batting .319 with 41 doubles, 45 homers, 110 RBI,
percentage (franchise-record .401) and at-bats (8,984). 116 runs and 126 walks. Five other times he finished in the
His .303 batting average and .529 slugging percentage top 10 in MVP balloting. On July 5, 2007, Jones passed
rank second and his 38 triples tied for second. On the
Dale Murphy for the most home runs in Atlanta annals. In
SEASON IN REVIEW franchise career lists, Jones is second to Hank Aaron 2008, Jones led the league with a .364 batting average
in games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, RBI, total bases
(third-best in franchise history). He owns four of the
top 10 season on-base percentages in franchise history,
and extra-base hits; third in home runs and slugging
including an Atlanta-record .470 mark in 2008. In his first
percentage; and tied for fifth in batting average. Jones is
year of eligibility for the National Baseball Hall of Fame
the lone switch-hitter in Major League Baseball history
with a lifetime .300 batting average and 300-plus home
inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2013 and the
runs. Only Frankie Frisch posted a higher average (.316), in 2018, Jones received 97.2 percent of the vote. He was
only Eddie Murray collected more RBI (1,917) and only Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2015..
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Year Complete Record 32 2B 1 3B 1 HR 1 RBI SH SF HP BB 25 SB-CS .321 .271 18 E
R
Club
H
OBP
SO
G
SLG
AB
AVG
6
.229
44
1990 GCL Braves
14
140
2
18
2
5-3
20
43
70
264
.353
3
1
2
34
31
10-8
22
73
1
31
4
1992 Durham
.277
.413 14
1991 Macon .326 136 473 104 154 24 11 15 98 4 1 10 3 69 70 40-9 .407 .518 56
92
42
.346
266
.367 .594 18
43
0
14-1
4
9
11
Greenville
67
32
17
11
1993 Richmond .325 139 536 97 174 31 12 13 89 3 6 1 57 70 23-8 .387 .500 43
2
1
0
0
Atlanta .667 8 3 2 Injured - Did not play 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 .750 1.000 0
0
BRAVES HISTORY 1995 Atlanta .265 140 524 87 139 22 3 5 30 110 0 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 1 126 99 20-5 .404 .450 25
1994 Atlanta
8-4
.353
23
86
73
598 114 185
32
1996 Atlanta
157
87
.393 .530 17
7
88
14-1
.309
3
.371
41
21
76
.479 15
111
0
597 100 176
157
1997 Atlanta
.295
88
160
16-6
.313
5 34 107
1998 Atlanta
601 123 188
.547 12
96
29
8
93
1999 Atlanta
2
94
6
1 45 110
25-3
0
.319
181
.633 17
157
567 116
.441
41
2000 Atlanta
95
.311
5
2001 Atlanta .330 156 579 118 180 38 1 36 111 0 10 2 98 64 14-7 .404 .566 25
9-10
82
0
33
159
5 38 102
2
572 113 189
.427 .605 18
2002 Atlanta .327 158 548 90 179 35 1 26 100 0 5 2 107 89 8-2 .435 .536 7
2003 Atlanta .305 153 555 103 169 33 2 27 106 0 6 1 94 83 2-2 .402 .517 7
2004 Atlanta .248 137 472 69 117 20 1 30 96 0 7 4 84 96 2-0 .362 .485 6
4
0
Rome# .000 109 1 358 66 106 30 0 0 21 72 0 0 0 2 0 0 72 56 0-0 .000 .000 0 5
0
0
0
0
0
0
OPPONENTS 2006 Atlanta .500 110 411 87 133 28 0 0 3 26 86 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 61 73 0-0 .409 .596 18 1 1
.556
.296
5-1
.412
2005 Atlanta
3
.667
1
Rome#
6
1
0
3
3
2
.500
0
6-1
.324
1
6
0
0-0
.167
0
Mississippi#
0
1
2
0
0
.167
0
.167
2
82
2007 Atlanta
513 108
173
.470
128
.574
2008 Atlanta .337 134 439 82 160 42 4 29 102 0 4 5 0 1 90 75 5-1 .425 .604 13 9
22
1
24
4-0
.364
61
0
75
2009 Atlanta .264 143 488 80 129 23 2 18 71 0 6 1 101 89 4-1 .388 .430 22
2010 Atlanta .265 95 317 47 84 21 0 10 46 0 3 0 61 47 5-0 .381 .426 10
2011 Atlanta .275 126 455 56 125 33 1 18 70 0 6 0 51 80 2-2 .344 .470 6
1
1
0
3
0
1
0
2012 Atlanta .333 112 387 58 111 23 0 0 14 62 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 57 51 0-0 .500 .333 11 0 1
2
2
Rome#
.287
.377
1-0
.455
MISCELLANEOUS Minor Totals 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 36 42 Bold indicates led league; #Injury rehabilitation assignment.
1
2
4
0
.500
Rome#
0
0
.250
1
1
2
0-0
0
0
.250
.484 152
.379
.312
466
282
92-30
11 26 12
236
189
95
531
1702 309
1512 1409
Major Totals
.401
8984 1619 2726
.529 243
3 97 18
2499
549
38 468 1623
.303
150-46
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