Gareth Howell "Gary" Jones (born June 12, 1945 in Huntington Park, California

Huntington Park, California

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) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 relief pitcher who played in 1970 and 1971 for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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. The brother of fellow MLB player Steve Jones

Steve Jones (baseball)

Steven Howell Jones is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1967 to 1969 for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Kansas City Royals. He is the brother of fellow former major leaguer Gary Jones.Prior to playing professional baseball, he attended Whittier...

, Gary was 6'0" and 191 pounds.

Prior to playing professional baseball, Jones attended Whittier College

Whittier College

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. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees before the 1967 season, and on September 25, 1970 he made his big league debut with them. In his first major league appearance, he faced the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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, pitching two scoreless innings with two hits allowed, one walk, and two strikeouts (Gene Lamont

Gene Lamont

Gene William Lamont is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...

 and Norm Cash

Norm Cash

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). He appeared in a total of two games that season, allowing three hits in two innings of work. His ERA was 0.00.

He appeared in 12 games in 1971, allowing 14 earned runs in 14 innings for a 9.00 ERA. He made his final big league appearance on July 6. Following the season, on December 2, he was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 for Bernie Allen

Bernie Allen

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. He was promptly traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 with Terry Ley

Terry Ley

Terrence Richard Ley is a retired baseball pitcher who began his career in the season for the New York Yankees. He was a student of University of Oregon before he was drafted in the 3rd round of the January 1967 draft and was 24 when he made his major league debut on August 20, 1971 for the...

, Denny Riddleberger

Denny Riddleberger

Dennis Michael Riddleberger is a retired American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967, but never saw playing time in the major leagues until he was traded to the Washington Senators with money for George Brunet...

, and Del Unser

Del Unser

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 for Roy Foster, Ken Suarez

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Kenneth Raymond Suarez is a former right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1966 to 1973 for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. He was 5'9" tall and he weighed 175 pounds....

, Mike Paul

Mike Paul

Michael George Paul is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1968 to 1974 for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs....

, and Rich Hand

Rich Hand

Richard Allen Hand . He graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle and attended University of Puget Sound. He is a retired professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and California Angels of Major League Baseball...

 on that same day. However, he never played in the majors for the Indians, instead pitching for their Triple-A affiliate, the Portland Beavers

Portland Beavers

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, in to finish his professional baseball career.