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American baseball player
Baseball player
Steven Howell Jones
(born April 22, 1941) is an American former left-handed
Major League Baseball
pitcher
who played from 1967 to 1969 for the
Chicago White Sox
,
Washington Senators
, and
Kansas City Royals
. He is the brother of fellow former major leaguer
Gary Jones
.
Prior to playing professional baseball, he attended
Whittier College
. In 1962, he was signed by the
Minnesota Twins
as an amateur free agent. On December 2, 1963, he was drafted by the White Sox in the minor league draft. He made his big league debut with the White Sox on August 15, 1967. He started the game, lasting only 4
1
⁄
3
innings and allowing eight hits, one walk and three earned runs including a home run to Rick Monday. He went 2?2 with a 4.21 ERA in 11 games (three starts) in his first season.
On February 13, 1968, he was traded with
Ron Hansen
and
Dennis Higgins
to the Senators for
Tim Cullen
,
Buster Narum
and
Bob Priddy
.
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He appeared in seven games for the Senators in 1968, going 1?2 with a 5.91 ERA. He was taken as the 10th pick in the
1968 MLB expansion draft
by the Royals. He pitched only one season for them, going 2?3 with a 4.23 ERA in 20 games (four games started). On September 21, 1969, he appeared in his final big league game.
Overall, Jones went 5?7 with a 4.44 ERA in 38 games (seven started). In 81 innings, he allowed 74 hits, 43 walks and 59 strikeouts.
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