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Cleon Jones Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1991 Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 19 of 874 players Cleon Joseph Jones Born: August 4, 1942 at Plateau, Ala. Throws: Left Bats: Right Height: 6.00 Weight: 190 Cleon Jones has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 17 times, most recently on July 27, 2009.

First Mets game: September 14, 1963 Last Mets game: July 18, 1975

Established a Mets season record for Stolen Bases in 1966 with 16 and in 1968 with 23. Tied Mets season record of 8 Sacrifice Flies in 1973. Record was previously set by Ed Kranepool in 1965 and tied by Bud Harrelson in 1970. Broken by Rusty Staub in 1975 with 9. Established a Mets season record for Grounded into Double Play in 1970 with 26. Broken by Mike Piazza in 1999 with 27.

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Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1963 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .133 1965 30 74 2 11 1 0 1 9 2 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 15 .149 .203 .171 1966 139 495 74 136 16 4 8 57 30 2 62 3 16 8 5 4 184 .275 .372 .318 1967 129 411 46 101 10 5 5 30 19 6 57 4 12 2 7 5 136 .246 .331 .282 1968 147 509 63 151 29 4 14 55 31 3 98 5 23 12 4 3 230 .297 .452 .341 1969 137 483 92 164 25 4 12 75 64 10 60 7 16 8 1 3 233 .340 .482 .422 1970 134 506 71 140 25 8 10 63 57 2 87 5 12 3 0 6 211 .277 .417 .352 1971 136 505 63 161 24 6 14 69 53 6 87 2 6 5 3 5 239 .319 .473 .382 1972 106 375 39 92 15 1 5 52 30 4 83 4 1 6 2 4 124 .245 .331 .305 1973 92 339 48 88 13 0 11 48 28 6 51 3 1 1 1 8 134 .260 .395 .315 1974 124 461 62 130 23 1 13 60 38 3 79 6 3 3 2 3 194 .282 .421 .343 1975 21 50 2 12 1 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 .240 .260 .283 12 years 1201 4223 563 1188 182 33 93 521 355 42 697 39 91 48 25 41 1715 .281 .406 .340

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1969 3 14 4 6 2 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 .429 .786 .467 1973 5 20 3 6 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 .300 .400 .364 2 years 8 34 7 12 4 0 1 7 3 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 19 .353 .559 .405

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1969 5 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .158 .211 .200 1973 7 28 5 8 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 .286 .464 .394 2 years 12 47 7 11 3 0 1 1 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 17 .234 .362 .321

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1969 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1 year 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500

Led National League in grounded into double play with 26 in 1970.

Led Mets in games with 147 in 1968. Led Mets in at bats with 509 in 1968. Led Mets in runs with 74 in 1966, with 63 in 1968 and with 63 in 1971. Led Mets in hits with 151 in 1968, with 164 in 1969 and with 161 in 1971. Led Mets in singles with 104 in 1968, with 123 in 1969 and with 117 in 1971. Led Mets in doubles with 29 in 1968, with 25 in 1969 and with 23 in 1974. Led Mets in triples with 5 in 1967. Tied for Mets lead in triples with 8 in 1970 and with 6 in 1971. Tied for Mets lead in home runs with 14 in 1971. Led Mets in runs batted in with 69 in 1971 and with 52 in 1972. Led Mets in stolen bases with 16 in 1966, with 23 in 1968 and with 16 in 1969. Tied for Mets lead in stolen bases with 12 in 1967. Led Mets in caught stealing with 12 in 1968. Led Mets in batting average with .297 in 1968, with .340 in 1969, with .319 in 1971 and with .282 in 1974. Led Mets in slugging percentage with .452 in 1968, with .482 in 1969, with .473 in 1971 and with .421 in 1974. Led Mets in on base percentage with .341 in 1968, with .422 in 1969, with .352 in 1970 and with .382 in 1971. Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .793 in 1968, with .904 in 1969, with .855 in 1971 and with .764 in 1974. Led Mets in strikeouts with 87 in 1971. Led Mets in walks with 64 in 1969. Led Mets in intentional walks with 10 in 1969. Led Mets in hit by pitch with 7 in 1969 and with 5 in 1970. Led Mets in total bases with 230 in 1968 and with 239 in 1971. Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 5 in 1971 and with 8 in 1973. Tied for Mets lead in sacrifice hits with 7 in 1967. Led Mets in grounded into double play with 26 in 1970.

Games where Cleon Jones had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Philadelphia (NL) 04/06/73. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 09/19/73.

Games where Cleon Jones had 4 or more Hits
At Pittsburgh (NL) 08/17/67. At Philadelphia (NL) 07/06/68. At Cincinnati (NL) 08/18/74.

Games played by position
1963: Outfield 5, Center Field 5, Left Field 1
1965: Outfield 23, Center Field 18, Right Field 3, Left Field 2
1966: Outfield 129, Center Field 107, Right Field 35, Left Field 3
1967: Outfield 115, Center Field 86, Right Field 21, Left Field 20
1968: Outfield 139, Left Field 117, Center Field 28, Right Field 18
1969: Outfield 122, Left Field 121, First Base 15, Center Field 1
1970: Outfield 130, Left Field 125, Center Field 6, Right Field 1
1971: Left Field 132, Outfield 132, Center Field 1
1972: Outfield 84, Left Field 71, First Base 20, Right Field 14, Center Field 5
1973: Outfield 92, Left Field 73, Center Field 13, Right Field 8
1974: Outfield 120, Left Field 117, Right Field 3, Center Field 3
1975: Left Field 12, Outfield 12

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Cleon Jones was in the starting lineup.

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1963	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	2	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0
1966	23	10	28	25	26	12	1	0	0
1967	15	49	4	0	2	11	18	3	0
1968	6	19	84	10	2	2	2	0	0
1969	4	0	54	73	0	0	0	0	0
1970	3	0	83	15	26	1	0	0	0
1971	0	0	66	50	14	0	0	0	0
1972	0	0	0	25	68	5	0	0	0
1973	0	0	12	34	40	0	0	0	0
1974	0	0	54	60	2	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	56	78	396	292	181	38	28	3	0