Jimmy Jones (baseball)

Jimmy Jones (baseball)

Jimmy Jones (born April 20, 1964) was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros. Jones was known for being a first-round draft pick (3rd overall in 1983) by the Padres out of Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Texas. While in high school Jones had gained national attention for striking out 28 batters in a 16-inning play-off game while throwing 251 pitches. Jones claimed in a 2004 interview that his arm was so sore two days after the marathon effort that he could not throw a baseball from third base to first base. [http://www.northtexasmsbl.com/giants/hnotes.cfm]

Jones threw a one-hit shutout against the first-place Houston Astros for his big league debut on September 21, 1986 [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B09210HOU1986.htm] . He was the first pitcher to throw a one-hitter in his debut game since Juan Marichal in 1960. The rest of his career was mediocre however and he completed his playing time in Japan in 1994. Currently Jones lives near Flower Mound, Texas and works in real estate.

Jones was a member of the Beaumont Golden Gators in the Double A Texas League for two seasons.

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