Sam Jones career strikeouts (pitching)
1,223Career Regular Season
Sam Jones has recorded 1,223 strikeouts (pitching) over 22 regular seasons, 379th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 98 in 1921.
- Most recent: 38 in 1935.
Sum of 22 regular seasons, 1914 through 1935. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1915 | CLE | 48 | 4 | 9 | 3.65 | 145.2 | 42 | 63 | 1.33 | 4 |
| 1916 |  BOS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3.67 | 27.0 | 7 | 10 | 1.30 | 1 |
| 1917 | BOS | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4.41 | 16.1 | 5 | 6 | 1.29 | 1 |
| 1918 | BOS | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2.25 | 184.0 | 44 | 70 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3.75 | 245.0 | 67 | 95 | 1.44 | 1 |
| 1920 | BOS | 37 | 13 | 16 | 3.94 | 274.0 | 86 | 79 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1921 | BOS | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3.22 | 298.2 | 98 | 78 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 1922 |  NYY | 45 | 13 | 13 | 3.67 | 260.0 | 81 | 76 | 1.33 | 8 |
| 1923 | NYY | 39 | 21 | 8 | 3.63 | 243.0 | 68 | 69 | 1.27 | 4 |
| 1924 | NYY | 36 | 9 | 6 | 3.63 | 178.2 | 53 | 76 | 1.47 | 3 |
| 1925 | NYY | 43 | 15 | 21 | 4.63 | 246.2 | 92 | 104 | 1.50 | 2 |
| 1926 | NYY | 39 | 9 | 8 | 4.98 | 161.0 | 69 | 80 | 1.65 | 5 |
| 1927 |  BAL | 30 | 8 | 14 | 4.32 | 189.2 | 72 | 102 | 1.65 | 0 |
| 1928 |  MIN | 30 | 17 | 7 | 2.84 | 224.2 | 63 | 78 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1929 | MIN | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 153.2 | 36 | 49 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1930 | MIN | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4.07 | 183.1 | 60 | 61 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1931 | MIN | 25 | 9 | 10 | 4.32 | 148.0 | 58 | 47 | 1.57 | 1 |
| 1932 |  CHW | 30 | 10 | 15 | 4.22 | 200.1 | 64 | 75 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHW | 27 | 10 | 12 | 3.36 | 176.2 | 60 | 65 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHW | 27 | 8 | 12 | 5.11 | 183.1 | 60 | 60 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHW | 21 | 8 | 7 | 4.05 | 140.0 | 38 | 51 | 1.52 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV