Editing Sad Sam Jones (section)

==Career==
In a 22-year career, Jones compiled a 229–217 record with 1223 [[strikeout]]s and a 3.84 [[earned run average|ERA]] in 3,883 [[innings pitched]]. Jones signed his first professional contract in 1913, with the [[Zanesville Potters|Flood Sufferers]] in [[Zanesville, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/p-aa010a66|title=Sad Sam Jones Minor League Statistics|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref>  After brief stints with two other minor league teams, he made his major league debut with the Indians in 1914. Before the 1916 season, he was sent to Boston in the same trade that brought [[Tris Speaker]] to Cleveland.

In 1918, Jones joined the Red Sox starting rotation, ending with a 16–5 mark, a career-best 2.25 ERA, and a league-best .762 [[Baseball statistics|winning percentage]]. His most productive season came in 1921, when he posted career-highs in [[win (baseball statistics)|wins]] (23), strikeouts (98) and innings (298.2), and led the league in [[shutouts in baseball|shutout]]s (5). But his most remembered season may have been 1923 as the ace of the Yankees' staff; he posted a 21–8 record with a 3.63 ERA and led his team to their first [[World Series]] title. Jones also [[no-hitter|no-hit]] the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] 2-0 on September 4 at [[Shibe Park]], in a game in which he did not record a [[strikeout]] the entire game. Only two other pitchers ([[Earl Hamilton]] and [[Ken Holtzman]]) have thrown a no-hitter with no strikeouts. Jones was 2–1 against the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] in [[1923 World Series|that World Series]], and his crucial [[relief pitcher|relief]] work in the final game of the Series clinched the championship for the Yankees. Like most pitchers of his time, Jones relieved as well as started, and his eight [[save (baseball)|saves]] in 1922 led the league's [[relief pitcher]]s.

Jones lost a league-high 21 games in 1925. He pitched for the Browns a year later, and was waived to Washington in 1927. With the Senators, Jones regained his form, leading his team's staff with a 17–7 record. He enjoyed his last good season in 1930, ending with a 15–7 mark. After four years of service for the White Sox, Jones retired in 1935 as the oldest active player at the time (42). His 22 consecutive seasons pitching in one league is a major league record shared with [[Herb Pennock]], [[Early Wynn]], [[Red Ruffing]] and [[Steve Carlton]].

He was a better than average hitting pitcher in his career, compiling a .197 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (245-for-1243) with 151 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 6 [[home runs]], 101 [[Run batted in|RBI]] and drawing 139 [[bases on balls]].

Sad Sam Jones died in [[Barnesville, Ohio]], at the age of 73.