Adam Jones (baseball)
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Jones with the Baltimore Orioles in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Center fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 1, 1985 San Diego, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
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| MLB: July 14, 2006, for the Seattle Mariners | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: June 19, 2020, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 28, 2019, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: September 19, 2021, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .277 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 282 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 945 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .250 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Adam LaMarque Jones (born August 1, 1985) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played parts of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Arizona Diamondbacks and two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. Internationally, Jones represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament.
The Mariners selected Jones in the first round of the 2003 MLB draft. He came up in the Mariners' minor league system as a shortstop before transitioning to the outfield. He made his MLB debut with the Mariners in 2006 and was traded to the Orioles before the 2008 season. Jones is a five-time MLB All-Star, a four-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a Silver Slugger winner.