Tim Jones
William Timothy Jones
 
 
Born: December 1, 1962 in Sumter, SC
50 years old
Bats: L Throws: R Ht: 5'10" Wt: 172
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1985 - (Round 2)
- High School: Sumter (Sumter, SC)
- College/Univ: The Citadel (1982-1985)

Comparison

Comparison
Shortstops
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Cal Ripken
1981 - 2001
SS
95.6
Pl
 
77.3
34.6
0.0
16.2
2 Robin Yount
1974 - 1993
SS
77.1
Pl
 
82.4
5.8
0.0
11.0
3 Ozzie Smith
1978 - 1996
SS
76.5
Pl
 
47.9
43.4
0.0
14.8
4 Alan Trammell
1977 - 1996
SS
70.4
 
62.3
22.0
0.0
14.0
5 Barry Larkin
1986 - 2004
SS
70.2
Pl
 
67.5
13.8
0.0
11.1
6 Omar Vizquel
1989 - 2012
SS
45.4
 
32.3
28.4
0.0
15.4
7 Tony Fernandez
1983 - 2001
SS
45.2
 
41.7
14.2
0.0
10.8
8 Jay Bell
1986 - 2003
SS
37.0
 
37.7
8.6
0.0
9.3
9 Scott Fletcher
1981 - 1995
SS
32.0
 
21.8
17.9
0.0
7.7
10 Garry Templeton
1976 - 1991
SS
27.7
 
22.9
16.2
0.0
11.4
11 Mike Bordick
1990 - 2003
SS
26.8
 
20.2
16.1
0.0
9.5
12 Greg Gagne
1983 - 1997
SS
26.2
 
18.1
18.8
0.0
10.7
13 Dickie Thon
1979 - 1993
SS
24.0
 
22.4
8.2
0.0
6.6
14 Jeff Blauser
1987 - 1999
SS
20.9
 
27.4
-0.2
0.0
6.3
15 Ozzie Guillen
1985 - 2000
SS
20.8
 
9.9
22.5
0.0
11.7
16 Dick Schofield
1983 - 1996
SS
18.8
 
14.1
13.2
0.0
8.5
17 Walt Weiss
1987 - 2000
SS
16.5
 
14.8
10.0
0.0
8.2
18 Spike Owen
1983 - 1995
SS
12.4
 
15.8
5.1
0.0
8.5
19 Shawon Dunston
1985 - 2002
SS
11.5
 
20.4
-2.0
0.0
6.9
20 Gary DiSarcina
1989 - 2000
SS
11.2
 
5.1
12.6
0.0
6.5
21 Manuel Lee
1985 - 1995
SS
9.9
 
6.3
7.9
0.0
4.3
22 Jose Uribe
1984 - 1993
SS
8.8
 
5.6
8.8
0.0
5.6
23 Jose Vizcaino
1989 - 2006
SS
7.1
 
8.3
4.7
0.0
5.9
24 Mike Benjamin
1989 - 2002
SS
6.8
 
-1.2
10.5
0.0
2.5
25 Kevin Elster
1986 - 2000
SS
6.3
 
6.8
4.3
0.0
4.8
26 Ernest Riles
1985 - 1993
SS
6.0
 
7.7
1.1
0.0
2.8
27 Rafael Ramirez
1980 - 1992
SS
5.9
 
12.4
1.8
0.0
8.3
28 Dave Anderson
1983 - 1992
SS
5.8
 
6.0
2.9
0.0
3.1
29 Tom Foley
1983 - 1995
SS
5.7
 
3.4
5.9
-0.0
3.4
30 Alvaro Espinoza
1984 - 1997
SS
4.0
 
1.0
7.3
0.0
4.3
31 Kurt Stillwell
1986 - 1996
SS
3.1
 
9.5
-1.7
0.0
4.7
32 Alfredo Griffin
1976 - 1993
SS
2.9
 
5.7
9.3
0.0
12.2
33 Jeff Huson
1988 - 2000
SS
2.3
 
2.1
3.1
0.0
2.9
34 Felix Fermin
1987 - 1996
SS
1.8
 
4.0
3.1
0.0
5.4
35 Luis Rivera
1986 - 1998
SS
1.3
 
2.8
2.7
0.0
4.2
36 Curtis Wilkerson
1983 - 1993
SS
1.1
 
1.6
3.7
0.0
4.2
37 Jeff Kunkel
1984 - 1992
SS
1.0
 
0.9
1.6
-0.1
1.4
38 Juan Bell
1989 - 1995
SS
0.3
 
0.5
1.0
0.0
1.1
39 Tim Jones
1988 - 1993
SS
0.2
 
0.1
1.1
-0.1
1.0
40 Gary Green
1986 - 1992
SS
0.2
 
-0.1
0.6
0.0
0.4
41 Rafael Belliard
1982 - 1998
SS
0.1
 
-4.0
8.8
0.0
4.8
42 Tony Perezchica
1988 - 1992
SS
-0.3
 
0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.2
43 Jeff Schaefer
1989 - 1994
SS
-0.3
 
-0.9
1.6
0.0
0.9
44 Mario Diaz
1987 - 1995
SS
-0.3
 
0.7
0.5
0.0
1.6
45 Jeff Richardson
1989 - 1993
SS
-0.6
 
-0.5
0.1
0.0
0.3
46 Kevin Baez
1990 - 1993
SS
-0.7
 
-0.7
0.2
0.0
0.3
47 Gus Polidor
1985 - 1993
SS
-1.5
 
-1.3
0.6
0.0
0.8
48 Dale Sveum
1986 - 1999
SS
-2.3
 
3.0
-2.5
0.0
2.8
49 Paul Zuvella
1982 - 1991
SS
-2.3
 
-0.6
-0.7
0.0
1.0
50 Mike Brumley
1987 - 1995
SS
-2.3
 
-0.7
-0.6
0.0
1.1
 
  Tim Jones
1988 - 1993
SS
0.2
 
0.1
1.1
-0.1
1.0
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