American baseball player
Baseball player
Randall Leo Jones
(born January 12, 1950), nicknamed "
Junkman
", is an American former
professional baseball
left-handed
pitcher
. He pitched in
Major League Baseball
for the
San Diego Padres
and
New York Mets
. Jones won the
Cy Young Award
with San Diego in 1976. The Padres
retired
his
No.
35.
Jones attended
Brea-Olinda High School
in
Brea, California
,
[
citation needed
]
and
Chapman University
in
Orange, California
.
[
citation needed
]
He was known for his
sinker
and the large number of ground-ball outs he induced. He was inducted into the
San Diego Padres Hall of Fame
.
Professional baseball career
[
edit
]
Jones was selected by the
San Diego Padres
in the fifth round of the
1972 Major League Baseball draft
. He made his major league debut on June 16,
1973
.
In
1974
, Jones went 8?22 with a 4.45 ERA. He was able to turn it around in
1975
when he won 20 games and led the National League with a 2.24 ERA, earning
The Sporting News
Comeback Player of the Year Award
. He felt that he should have been a contender for the 1975 Cy Young Award but lost out due to a lack of exposure from the media.
[1]
His best season was in
1976
,
[2]
where he survived a car crash, went 22?14 with a 2.74 ERA, started the
All-Star Game
, won the
National League
Cy Young Award
,
[1]
and was named
The Sporting News
NL Pitcher of the Year
. He was selected as the left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Teams after the 1975 and 1976 seasons. At the All-Star break in July
1976
, Jones' record was 16?3.
[3]
[4]
a win total that no one has equaled since. He also had the most complete games and had pitched over 300 innings in the 1976 season.
[1]
Jones owns the distinction of recording a
save
for the NL in the
1975 All-Star Game
and being the starting and winning pitcher the next year. During his last start of the 1976 season, he injured a nerve in his pitching arm that required exploratory surgery, and he was never quite able to regain his Cy Young form.
Jones pitched effectively for San Diego through the
1980
season. On December 15, 1980, he was traded to the
New York Mets
for
Jose Moreno
and
John Pacella
. After two years, Jones was released by the Mets,
[5]
and signed with the
Pittsburgh Pirates
. He was released by the Pirates before the
1983
season started, thus ending his playing career.
His career win?loss record was just 100?123 (.448); he remains the only starting pitcher to win a Cy Young Award but retire with a losing record. He was named an
All-Star
in 1975 and 1976. After his retirement, Jones' uniform No. 35 was
retired by the Padres
on May 9, 1997.
[6]
Post-playing career
[
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]
After retiring from Major League Baseball, Jones has coached young pitchers. His most prominent pupil was
Barry Zito
,
[7]
a former Major League pitcher and the 2002
Cy Young Award
winner while with the
Oakland Athletics
.
In 1996, Jones was inducted by the
San Diego Hall of Champions
into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.
[8]
He was inducted as part of the inaugural class of the
San Diego Padres Hall of Fame
in 1999.
[9]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
c
Jones 'survives' to win NL Cy Young award
, web: The Salina Journal, 1976
, retrieved
13 March
2023
- ^
Fimrite, Ron
(July 12, 1976).
"Uncommon success for a common man"
.
Sports Illustrated
. p. 20.
- ^
"SD wins as Jones gets 16th"
.
Spokesman-Review
. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 9, 1976. p. 25.
- ^
"Jones gets No. 16 despite the witch"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. (Oregon). wire service reports. July 9, 1976. p. 2D.
- ^
"Mets Release Randy Jones"
.
The New York Times
. 6 November 1982
. Retrieved
4 October
2018
.
- ^
Lin, Dennis (21 April 2014).
"Randy Jones put Padres on the map"
.
sandiegouniontribune.com
. Retrieved
4 October
2018
.
- ^
Kepner, Tyler (November 8, 2002).
"BASEBALL; Zito Beats Martinez to Win First Cy Young Award"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
May 22,
2010
.
- ^
San Diego Sports Association - Breitbard Hall of Fame
- ^
"Padres Hall of Fame"
.
padres.mlb.com
.
Archived
from the original on August 16, 2014.
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