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Jonas Gaines

Jonas Gaines

1937–1948  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws L  ·  5'10", 155 lb  ·  b. 1915 New Roads, LA

Career 35–28 · 3.38 ERA · 345 SO · 538.2 IP · 96 G · 22 H · 9 RBI · .116 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
2 best in baseball 2 league only
18 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1948 Best season

Spanning 1941–1948, peaking at 2 titles in 1948.

Team records #1 Baltimore Elite Giants 1942 ERA #3 Baltimore Elite Giants career W #3 Baltimore Elite Giants career SO #3 Baltimore Elite Giants 1941 SV #4 Baltimore Elite Giants career IP #4 Baltimore Elite Giants 1941 WHIP #5 Baltimore Elite Giants career SV #8 Baltimore Elite Giants 1946 W

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,384th League titles 4
  • 1,235th Best in baseball 2
  • 1,692nd Top-5 finishes 18

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Range Factor 1 1st — 1948 2.82 1942 #2
Pitcher Putouts 1 1st — 1948 NN2 9
Shutouts 1 1st — 1941 NN2 4 1942 #3
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1942 1.59 1941 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1941 #2 1948 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #3 — 1941 #3 1942 #3
Saves — #2 — 1941 #2 1944 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1948 2 P PO 9 P RF 2.82
1942 1 ERA 1.59
1941 1 SHO 4

Pitching

  led the league   10 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1937 NE +1 NN2 1 3 8.20 7 3 0 26.1 32 24 1 18 12 1.90
1938 BEG NN2 0 1 4.98 4 3 0 21.2 24 12 2 12 15 1.66
1939 BEG NN2 2 4 5.05 7 6 0 46.1 52 26 0 13 20 1.40
1941 BEG NN2 5 3 2.39 11 8 2 67.2 55 18 1 15 60 1.03
1942 BEG NN2 5 3 1.59 10 9 0 84.2 57 15 2 32 58 1.05
1944 BEG NN2 3 2 3.07 8 6 1 44.0 50 15 0 13 20 1.43
1945 BEG NN2 0 0 2.00 1 1 0 9.0 4 2 0 7 1 1.22
1946 BEG NN2 8 5 3.51 16 13 1 89.2 82 35 4 31 45 1.26
1947 BEG NN2 4 4 3.68 12 9 0 66.0 82 27 0 26 55 1.64
1948 BEG NN2 7 3 3.02 11 11 0 83.1 74 28 1 26 59 1.20
Career — — 35 28 3.38 87 69 4 538.2 512 202 11 193 345 1.31

Batting

10 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 NE +1 NN2 7 10 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .364 .400 .764
1938 BEG NN2 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1939 BEG NN2 8 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 BEG +1 NN2 12 27 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 .074 .107 .074 .181
1942 BEG NN2 10 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 .172 .226 .172 .398
1944 BEG NN2 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
1945 BEG NN2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1946 BEG NN2 17 28 3 7 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 .250 .344 .250 .594
1947 BEG NN2 13 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .120 .185 .120 .305
1948 BEG NN2 15 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .071 .133 .071 .205
Career — — 96 189 13 22 1 0 0 9 16 8 0 .116 .193 .122 .315

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1937 NE NN2 P 7 3 26.1 0 7 0 1 7 1.000 1.00
1938 BEG NN2 P 4 3 21.2 2 8 2 0 12 .833 2.50
1939 BEG NN2 P 7 6 46.1 1 7 1 0 9 .889 1.14
OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1941 BEG NN2 P 11 8 67.2 3 12 1 0 16 .938 1.36
1942 BEG NN2 P 10 9 84.2 3 18 1 1 22 .955 2.10
1944 BEG NN2 P 8 6 44.0 1 14 0 1 15 1.000 1.88
1945 BEG NN2 P 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 3 1.000 3.00
1946 BEG NN2 P 16 13 89.2 2 19 2 0 23 .913 1.31
1947 BEG NN2 P 12 9 66.0 1 17 5 1 23 .783 1.50
1948 BEG NN2 P 11 11 83.1 9 22 4 0 35 .886 2.82
Career — — P 87 69 538.2 23 126 16 4 165 .903 1.71
— — OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00