Английская Википедия:Deacon Jones (infielder)
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Grover William "Deacon" Jones (April 18, 1934 – May 7, 2023) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He appeared in 40 Major League games as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the Chicago White Sox (1962–63; 1966).
Life and career
Jones attended Ithaca College.
In his 11-year minor-league career (1955–56; 1959–67; 1969), Jones Шаблон:Not a typo with 154 home runs and a slugging percentage Шаблон:Not a typo. His big-league experience consisted of 60 plate appearances and he Шаблон:Not a typo (14 hits in 49 at bats) with one home run (hit off Jim Hannan of the Washington Senators on September 28, 1963)[1] and 10 runs batted in. A great natural hitter, Jones still holds the Midwest League record for the highest single-season batting average when he Шаблон:Not a typo for the Dubuque Packers in 1956. He also had 135 hits, smashed 26 homers and had Шаблон:Not a typo slugging percentage in only 330 at bats.
After retiring as a player, Jones served as a scout and minor-league coach and manager in the White Sox organization through 1973. Jones was a coach for the Houston Astros from 1976–82, and with the San Diego Padres from 1984–87. Jones joined the Baltimore Orioles as a minor-league hitting coach and liaison with minority communities.
In later years, Jones served as the special assistant to the president for the Sugar Land Skeeters, a member of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He remained as a special advisor when the Skeeters became the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.
Jones died on May 7, 2023, at the age of 89.[2]
References
External links
Шаблон:Baseballstats, or SABR Biography Project
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