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HITTING CONSULTANT
Full Name: Larry Wayne Jones, Jr.
CHIPPER JONES DOB: April 24, 1972 Opening Day Age: 48
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Resides: Canton, GA
Born: DeLand, FL
Seasons on the Braves Coaching Staff: 1st
Seasons on a Major League Coaching Staff: 1st

PLAYER BIOS • Chipper Jones is in his 29th season with the • Jones was the 1999 N.L. MVP, the 2008 N.L.
Batting Champion, an eight-time All-Star and a
Braves organization, including his sixth since
two-time Silver Slugger winner...He was also the
retiring from his playing career following the
2012 season...This is his first season on the
major-league staff. Rookie of the Year runner-up in 1995, helping the
Braves win the World Series, the first major sports
• In his role, Jones works in a part-time capacity... championship for the city of Atlanta.
He assists hitting coach Kevin Seitzer and • Jones, who played in 2,499 career games,
SEASON IN REVIEW • Following his Hall of Fame playing career, Jones • He finished with a .303 (2,726-for-8,984)
primarily as a third baseman, is the Atlanta
assistant hitting coaches José Castro and Bobby
Magallanes in all aspects of the Braves hitting
franchise leader in nearly every major offensive
program.
category.
joined the Braves front office prior to the 2016
striking out fewer times than he walked (1,512
season...He served as a special assistant to average, 468 home runs and 1,623 RBI, while
baseball operations for the last five seasons. walks to 1,409 strikeouts).
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT consulting with the baseball operations • Jones was inducted into the National Baseball
• His 1,512 walks are easily the most in
• His responsibilities in that role included
Braves franchise history, as is his lifetime
.401 on-base percentage (min. 2,500
staff on trades and free-agent acquisitions
and evaulating Braves’ minor-league
plate appearances).
players during spring training and the
regular season.
2018, in a class that also featured Vladimir
• He also assisted with player evaluations Hall of Fame, on his first ballot, in January of
leading into the First-Year Player Draft. Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman and Jim Thome.
BRAVES HISTORY broadcaster...Serving as a color anaylst for select Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players to be
• At the time of his induction, Jones joined
• Jones also worked for ESPN in 2020 as a
weeknight and holiday games, Jones worked
selected first overall and inducted into the
Hall of Fame...Griffey Jr. was drafted in
alongside former Braves broadcaster and current
Chicago Cubs broadcaster Jon “Boog” Sciambi.
1987 and inducted in 2016.
• Jones spent his entire 23-year playing career • His No. 10 uniform number was retired by Atlanta
with the Braves after Atlanta selected him with on June 28, 2013, when he was also inducted
the first overall pick of the 1990 draft. into the club’s Hall of Fame.
OPPONENTS • The Florida native made his major-league debut • Jones resides in Canton, Ga. with his wife, Taylor,
as a September call-up in 1993, at just 21 years
and their sons, Cutler Ridge and Cooper, and
old...He would spend the next 19 seasons with
Atlanta. his stepson, Bryson...He has four other children,
Larry Wayne Jones III (Trey), Shea, Triston and
Matthew.
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