Sherman Jones

Sherman Jarvis "Roadblock" Jones
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 10, 1935 in Winton, NC
Signed: 1953 by the New York Giants
Acquired: via the Expansion Draft from the Cincinnati Reds, October 1961
Died: February 24, 2007 in Kansas City, KS

 

Well, he didn't enjoy an overabundance of success at the big-league level, but … what a great nickname! "Roadblock" Jones. He's shown here on 1961 Topps, or at least he would have been if Topps hadn't committed one of its occasional blunders. This was Sherman's only mainstream baseball card ever produced, and the picture on the front is actually Eddie Fisher! Just to be fair to poor old Roadblock, another card is shown below (from 1991 Nobody Beats the WIZ) that, I suppose, actually has his own picture on it. Following his big-league career, Jones was a member of the Kansas City Police Department, and later a Kansas State Representative and Senator.

 

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PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB    G GS CG    IP  W  L  PCT   H  R ER SO BB ShO SV  ERA
1960 S F NL 16  0  0  32.0  1  1 .500  37 17 11 10 11   0  1 3.09
1961 Cin NL 24  2  0  55.0  1  1 .500  51 32 27 32 27   0  2 4.42
1962 *METS*  8  3  0  23.1  0  4 .000  31 22 20 11  8   0  0 7.71
METS TOTALS  8  3  0  23.1  0  4 .000  31 22 20 11  8   0  0 7.71
OTHER CLUBS 40  2  0  87.0  2  2 .500  88 49 38 42 38   0  3 3.93
CAREER TOTS 48  5  0 110.1  2  6 .250 119 71 58 53 46   0  3 4.73

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This is a list of the Sherman Jones cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third.

1991 WIZ Mets

 

1961 Topps #161 (Rookie; actually Eddie Fisher pictured)

1991 WIZ Mets #206

 

 

 

 

 

 

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