Mack Jones
| Mack Jones | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: November 6, 1938 Atlanta |
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Died: June 8, 2004 (aged 65) Atlanta |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 13, 1961, for the Milwaukee Braves | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 1, 1971, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 133 | ||
| Runs batted in | 415 | ||
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Mack F. Jones (November 6, 1938 – June 8, 2004), nicknamed "Mack The Knife", was a Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves (1961–1967), Cincinnati Reds (1968), and Montreal Expos (1969–1971). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
A native of Atlanta, Jones was a graduate of Henry McNeal Turner High School. After playing baseball for an Atlanta semi-pro team, Jones was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur agent in 1958. In his major-league debut, on July 13, 1961, Jones tied a "modern" (post-1900) National League record by collecting four hits (three singles and a double) in his first game, a 6-4 Braves road win over the St. Louis Cardinals and future Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. Leading off the game, Jones' first career hit was a single off Gibson. An inning later he notched his first career run batted in with a double off Gibson that scored Joe Torre.
Jones' most productive season came in 1965, when he batted .262 with 31 home runs and 75 runs batted in. Jones teamed up that year with Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Torre, Felipe Alou, and Gene Oliver, as the Braves set a National League record with six 20-home run hitters in one season. When the Braves moved to Jones' native Atlanta in 1966, he hit 23 homers despite a shoulder injury. In 1967, he was traded to Cincinnati.
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