Adam Jones- Where are the homeruns?

[weams]

I didn't see a stat for that. Maybe he's especially dangerous after a HBP, statistically speaking.

You were mocking the home run as being irrelevant. I was just pointing out why your mock was irrelevant.

[Can_of_corn]

No. That's not what was written.

5 years of 25 consecutive HRs is nice. But the context of this HRs is more important. The fact that he hit a HR only after he was hit by a pitch with a comfortable lead in the late innings puts that 1 HR in context. Why get defensive about it?

I'm not being defensive, I am just pointing out your agenda.

You do realize that more runs are scored in the first inning then any other right?

So you are faulting Jones for having the same flaw as the majority of MLB right?

If you are so worried about Jones hitting solo HR in the first shouldn't you be blaming Buck? He's the one that has a power hitter batting leadoff and Jones hitting third approximately 80% of the time.

You seem to think it is Jones' fault no one is on base in front of him in the first.

[DrungoHazewood]

He jacked a 2 run HR to give the team a comforatable lead of 10-2 instead of tight 8-2 lead in the late innings.

But context is important. You may decide whether its clutch or not but 67 of his career 195 HRs were hit when the game was tied. 32 were hit with eh team eith up or down 1 run. Half his career home runs were of the most meaningful variety.

OTOH 110 of 195 were solo HRs. 20 3-run HRs, 1 GS. He's also almost 3 times as likely to hit a HR in the 1st inning than the 9th inning.

so 5 years of 25 sounds great, but he's only had 1 100+ RBI season,

Just context, no judgments

There's no context there at all. How many opportunities has he had? How many would a typical player have had in those situations? How many for a player who homers at his overall rate?

You're really not judging when you say "so 5 years of 25 sounds great, but he's only had 1 100+ RBI season"? Sounds to me like you're moseying over to a conclusion.

[weams]

You were mocking the home run as being irrelevant. I was just pointing out why your mock was irrelevant.

And then you went back and edited to give the post more substance and less pure mockery. I actually do appreciate that.

[DrungoHazewood]

]BTW Willie Mays hit 373 solo HRs, so Jones is in decent company have hit the majority of his HRs as solo

Babe Ruth hit 349 solo shots, many more than any other type. This despite having a dynastic, historic offense with plenty of .400 OBP guys in front of him. Of course he was just all about Babe Ruth.

Ed Delahanty, who sometimes hit behind 2-3 guys with .400+ batting averages, had slightly more (44 vs 40) two-run shots than solo homers. That's your context - you might get a plurality of your homers as something besides solo homers if you're on a team with an unprecedented offense in the highest-scoring era of the last 125 years. When you say Jones has decent company you mean that company is basically all players who ever played Major League Baseball.

[OFFNY]

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In 3 of the last 4 seasons, Jones has had a very high percentage of his home runs either tie the game or take the lead for the Orioles.

These are Jones' numbers (and percentages) of home runs that he has hit that have either tied the game or taken the lead for the Orioles since being acquired from the Mariners prior to the 2008 season.

2008: .. 15 Out of o9 (55%)

2009: .. 11 Out of 19 (58%)

2010: .. 18 Out of 19 (42%)

2011: .. 19 Out of 25 (36%)

2012: .. 20 Out of 32 (63%)

2013: .. 19 Out of 33 (27%)

2014: .. 17 Out of 19 (59%)

2015: .. 15 Out of 25 (60%) *

* Season Still in Progress

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=jonesad01&t=b

[25 Nuggets]

o

In 3 of the last 4 seasons, Jones has had a very high percentage of his home runs either tie the game or take the lead for the Orioles.

These are Jones' numbers (and percentages) of home runs that he has hit that have either tied the game or taken the lead for the Orioles since being acquired from the Mariners prior to the 2008 season.

[sTUFF]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=jonesad01&t=b

Does that mean Jones has a high clutchiness stat?

[Frobby]

He jacked a 2 run HR to give the team a comforatable lead of 10-2 instead of tight 8-2 lead in the late innings.

But context is important. You may decide whether its clutch or not but 67 of his career 195 HRs were hit when the game was tied. 32 were hit with eh team eith up or down 1 run. Half his career home runs were of the most meaningful variety.

OTOH 110 of 195 were solo HRs. 20 3-run HRs, 1 GS. He's also almost 3 times as likely to hit a HR in the 1st inning than the 9th inning.

so 5 years of 25 sounds great, but he's only had 1 100+ RBI season,

Just context, no judgments

Here is some more context:

2134 HR hit in the AL this year.

1265 with the bases empty (64%)(56% for Jones)

238 3-run homers (11%)(10%)

45 grand slams (2%)(1%)

596 in a tie game (28%)(34%)

533 within 1 run (25%)(16%)

292 in the 1st inning (8677 PA)(3.3% of PA)(5.1%)

161 in the 9th inning (6345 PA)(2.5% of PA)(4.0%)

That 1st inning/9th inning stat you gave was particularly misleading. In the last five years, Jones has 573 PA in the 1st inning, 225 in the 9th inning. He hits homers in a lower percentage of his 9th inning PA than he does in the 1st inning, but that's normal, and his degradation rate (4.0/5.1) is typical compared to the league (2.5/3.3).

Anyway, make of it what you will. I'd say Jones has been pretty normal in terms of the distribution of his home runs.

[SilentJames]

The fact that there are still people that try to mitigate Jones' importance on this team is mind boggling to me.

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[OFFNY]

o

Adam Jones: "There are a Lot of Things that are Hurting, Man"

(By Roch Kubatko)

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2015/09/adam-jones-theres-a-lot-of-things-thats-hurting-man.html

[OFFNY]

o

(vs. ROYALS, 9/12)

NUMBER 26

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[OFFNY]

o

In 3 of the last 4 seasons, Jones has had a very high percentage of his home runs either tie the game or take the lead for the Orioles.

These are Jones' numbers (and percentages) of home runs that he has hit that have either tied the game or taken the lead for the Orioles since being acquired from the Mariners prior to the 2008 season.

2008: .. 15 Out of o9 (55%)

2009: .. 11 Out of 19 (58%)

2010: .. 18 Out of 19 (42%)

2011: .. 19 Out of 25 (36%)

2012: .. 20 Out of 32 (63%)

2013: .. 19 Out of 33 (27%)

2014: .. 17 Out of 19 (59%)

2015: .. 15 Out of 25 (60%) *

* Season Still in Progress

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=jonesad01&t=b

o

UPDATE:

2015: .. 16 Out of 26 (62%) *

* Season Still in Progress

[OFFNY]

o

(vs. ROYALS, 9/13)

NUMBER 27

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

ADAM LaMARQUE JONES

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[OFFNY]

o

In 3 of the last 4 seasons, Jones has had a very high percentage of his home runs either tie the game or take the lead for the Orioles.

These are Jones' numbers (and percentages) of home runs that he has hit that have either tied the game or taken the lead for the Orioles since being acquired from the Mariners prior to the 2008 season.

2008: .. 15 Out of o9 (55%)

2009: .. 11 Out of 19 (58%)

2010: .. 18 Out of 19 (42%)

2011: .. 19 Out of 25 (36%)

2012: .. 20 Out of 32 (63%)

2013: .. 19 Out of 33 (27%)

2014: .. 17 Out of 19 (59%)

2015: .. 15 Out of 25 (60%) *

* Season Still in Progress

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=jonesad01&t=b

o

UPDATE:

2015: .. 16 Out of 26 (62%) *

* Season Still in Progress

o

UPDATE:

2015: .. 17 Out of 27 (63%) *

* Season Still in Progress

[OFFNY]

o

In 3 of the last 4 seasons, Jones has had a very high percentage of his home runs either tie the game or take the lead for the Orioles.

These are Jones' numbers (and percentages) of home runs that he has hit that have either tied the game or taken the lead for the Orioles since being acquired from the Mariners prior to the 2008 season.

2008: .. 15 Out of o9 (55%)

2009: .. 11 Out of 19 (58%)

2010: .. 18 Out of 19 (42%)

2011: .. 19 Out of 25 (36%)

2012: .. 20 Out of 32 (63%)

2013: .. 19 Out of 33 (27%)

2014: .. 17 Out of 19 (59%)

2015: .. 17 Out of 27 (63%) *

* Season Still in Progress

Does that mean Jones has a high clutchiness stat?

(QUOTING ROCH):

Is Adam Jones clutch?

I've heard fans argue that he doesn't get hits in important situations. Well, his game-winning RBI last night was his second in this series against the Rays, and his 14th this season, which is tied for third in the American League.

The only players with more game-winning RBIs this season are the Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson (19), and the Rangers' Mitch Moreland (15.)

Adam Jones' Game-Winning RBI's, Jonathan Schoop's Streak, and Today's Game

(By Roch Kubatko)

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2015/09/adam-jones-game-winning-rbis-jonathan-schoops-streak-and-todays-game.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter