Scott Fennessy sent me this 1901 Davy Jones card which has pretty much everything on it. Everything except singles, that is.
Turns out that David “Kangaroo” Jones went to school up I-74 in a small town called Dixon, Illinois. He also attended USC and subsequently played for the Milwaukee Brewers (the OLD Milwaukee Brewers) his rookie year in 1901.
In 1901, Jones hit .173 in 64 plate appearances. However, he also hit three homers, walked eleven times and stole four bases.
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | MLA | 14 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | .173 | .328 | .346 |
Jones’ 1901 card is a bit strange in a few ways. First, his power numbers consist of just two 1s. After that, it’s singles. Speaking of which, because of his low average and his 15-11, he was given only two 8s and one 9 rather than the typical 8-8-8-9-9 combination.
Jones has six 14s and three of them have asterisks. With the three 14*s, two 1s and the 11, he has six chances to at least get to second base against any pitcher.
Davy Jones also has two error numbers. He has a 53-17 and a 21-19. Scott can correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that was standard practice to give two error numbers on a card in some deadball sets. Speaking of errors, the OF-1 is well deserved. Jones made four errors in his 14 games in the field.
Jones went on to have a very fine career in pro ball. He played from 1901 to 1918 for five teams most notably the Detroit Tigers during their championship seasons of 1907-1909. He had a career batting average of .270 and stole 207 bases.
Hi Tom, that is correct regarding the 2 error numbers. In the 01, and 05 sets they are there. I know in the new print set for 1903 there is just the one error number.
I am curious to see when the reprint sets come out for this era how they turn out.