Description
Davy Jones
Born: June 30, 1880 in Cambria, Wisconsin
Died: March 30, 1972 (aged 91) in Mankato, Minnesota
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 165 lbs.
Position: Outfielder
Played For:
Milwaukee Brewers/St. Louis Browns (1901–1902)
Chicago Cubs (1902–1904)
Detroit Tigers (1906–1912)
Chicago White Sox (1913)
Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–1915)
Detroit Tigers (1918)
Biography:
David Jefferson “Davy” Jones (June 30, 1880 – March 30, 1972), nicknamed “Kangaroo”,[1] was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played fifteen seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Rebels. Jones played with some of the early legends of the game, including Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Frank Chance, Three Finger Brown, Hugh Duffy and Jesse Burkett. Also, he played part of one year with the Chicago White Sox, where several of his teammates would later be implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Jones was immortalized in the classic baseball book The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter.
David Jefferson Jones was born on June 30, 1880, in Cambria, Wisconsin (about 40 miles north of Madison), to Welsh immigrants. His father was a city street commissioner. Davy attended elementary school in Cambria and high school in nearby Portage, where he lettered in baseball, football, and track. A very fast runner, Davy used his speed to earn money in foot races. He often raced fellow Wisconsinite Archie Hahn, later the world record holder in the 100 yard dash and a 1904 and 1906 Olympic gold medal winner, and liked to boast how he beat him several times.
Davy Jones was mostly a platoon rather than a full-time player who was decent with the bat and swift on his feet. He played in the major leagues from 1901 to 1918, compiling a .270 career batting average with over 1,000 hits.
More info:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesda01.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0f83b1a7
