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John Paul "Admiral" Jones (August 25, 1892 in Arcadia, Louisiana, USA – June 5, 1980 in Ruston, Louisiana, USA) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in 1919 and the Boston Braves in 1920. ==Playing career== Jones began his professional career in 1917, playing for the Shreveport Gassers of the Texas League. He went 15–7 with a 1.82 ERA in 24 games that year. Records indicate that he did not play in 1918; however he did play in 1919. He spent most of the year in the minors, pitching for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League and going 14–10 with a 2.79 ERA in 32 games. On April 24, he made his major league debut. He made two relief appearances with the New York Giants that year, going 0–0 with a 5.40 ERA. On August 1, 1919, he was traded by the Giants with Red Causey, Mickey O'Neil, Joe Oeschger and $55,000 to the Boston Braves for Art Nehf. In 1920, he mostly pitched for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association, going 20–13 with a 2.52 ERA in 40 games. He pitched three games in the big leagues, starting one of them. He went 1–0 with a 6.52 ERA for the Braves. He played his final big league game on May 15. He did not pitch professionally in 1921 or 1922. He returned to professional baseball in 1923, pitching for the minor league Norfolk Tars. That year, he went 12–12 with a 2.94 ERA in 41 games. He spent 1924 and 1925 with the Richmond Colts, going 13–5 with a 3.16 ERA in 1924 and 4–9 with a 5.42 ERA in 1925. Overall, he went 1–0 with a 6.06 ERA in 5 big league games (1 start).〔(Baseball Reference )〕 He went 78–66 with a 2.91 ERA in six minor league seasons.〔(Baseball Reference Minors )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Jones (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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