Steve Jones (baseball)

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13 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. [1] 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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Steve Jones
Pitcher
Born: (1941-04-22) April 22, 1941 (age 83)
Huntington Park, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 15, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 21, 1969, for the Kansas City Royals