Charles Claude Jones was a utility

Utility player

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 player in Major League Baseball

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 who played with four different teams between the and seasons including the Boston Americans

Boston Red Sox

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 and Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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. Listed at 6' 1", 165 lb., Jones batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania

Butler, Pennsylvania

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A fine defensive player with a strong arm, Jones entered the majors in 1901 with the Boston Americans

Boston Red Sox

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, playing for them one year before joining the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 (1904), Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 (1905-1907) and St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1908). Strictly a line-drive hitter and good base runner, he was a valuable utilityman playing in all infield and outfield positions except third base. His primary position was at center field, where he appeared in 443 of his 483 major league games. His most productive season came in 1906 for Washington, when he posted career-numbers in hits

Hit (baseball)

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 (120), triples

Triple (baseball)

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 (11) and stolen base

Stolen base

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s. In 1905, he collected 441 outs

Putout

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 to rank 8th between American League

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 outfielders.

In a six-season career, Jones was a .233 hitter (420-for-1799) with five home run

Home run

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s and 144 RBI

Run batted in

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, including 217 runs

Run (baseball)

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, 56 doubles

Double (baseball)

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, 28 triples, and 100 stolen bases. He also posted a collective .967 fielding percentage

Fielding percentage

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 in 1137 chances.

Jones died in Two Harbors, Minnesota

Two Harbors, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,613 people, 1,636 households, and 953 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,120.7 people per square mile . There were 1,631 housing units at an average density of 505.9 per square mile...

at age 72.