POSITION PLAYER PROFILES
2011 NEW JERSEY JACKALS MEDIA GUIDE
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MIKE JONES
FIRST BASEMAN
Height: 6’3” Weight: 280 Opening Day Age: 25 Bats: Left Throws: Right Status: LS-5 Born: 6/14/1985 in Moreno Valley, Calif. Resides: Moreno Valley, Calif. College: Arizona Western College Drafted: 2004, 25th round (Boston Red Sox) Experience: seventh season (first with Jackals) Notes: Was in spring training with the Jackals in 2010 but had his contract sold to the Atlanta Braves on May 20 just prior to the start of the Can-Am League season... Re-signed with the Jackals on April 11, 2011... Was drafted as an outfielder, but entering 2011 has played just seven games in the outfield (all in his first professional season in 2005 for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox)... Name is Michael L. Jones. 2010 w/ Myrtle Beach Pelicans: Spent the entire season with Myrtle Beach after the Atlanta Braves purchased his contract from the Jackals on May 20... In his second consecutive season in the Advanced-A Carolina League, put up almost identical offensive numbers to his 2009 outputs... Committed just seven errors in 86 games at first base (a .991 fielding percentage)... w/ Boston Red Sox Organization (2005-2009): In 2009, finished ninth in the Carolina League with a .283 batting average while playing for the Advanced-A Salem Red Sox... Was named to South Atlantic League All-Star team in 2008 as a member of the Single-A Greenville Drive... Named Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Month for August 2006 (.310, 23 RBIs for the GCL Red Sox and Single-A Short-Season Lowell Spinners). College Career: Played college baseball at Arizona Western College, a junior college in Yuma, Ariz.
YR Club LG CLASS POS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI GW SH SF HB BB IB SO SB CS GDP SLUG OBP TPA 05 Red Sox GULF R 1B .306 31 108 13 33 48 9 0 2 15 0 0 0 4 10 0 18 0 1 6 .444 .385 122 06 Red Sox GULF R 1B .311 34 122 24 38 74 9 0 9 28 0 0 1 4 9 0 25 0 0 6 .607 .375 137 Lowell NYP A 1B .255 11 47 8 12 19 2 1 1 13 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 1 .404 .280 50 07 Lowell NYP A 1B .340 45 162 25 55 70 7 1 2 16 0 0 0 1 26 3 31 1 0 1 .432 .434 189 Greenville SAL A 1B-DH .276 22 76 7 21 29 4 2 0 10 0 0 2 0 12 0 17 0 0 2 .382 .367 90 08 Greenville SAL A 1B-DH .317 86 331 49 105 150 22 1 7 52 0 0 4 1 35 2 68 2 0 8 .453 .380 371 Lancaster CAL A 1B .275 44 178 23 49 79 10 1 6 28 0 0 0 3 15 1 33 0 0 5 .444 .342 196 09 Salem CARO A 1B-DH .283 108 396 55 112 158 26 1 6 59 0 0 3 5 40 2 58 3 0 6 .399 .354 444 10 Myrtle Bch CARO A 1B-DH .282 97 372 40 105 140 20 0 5 47 0 0 4 2 34 1 80 1 2 3 .376 .342 412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .296 1792 530 109 38 0 15 182 339 3 .428 2010 478 244 767 7 268 0 21 9 7 38 .365
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2010 CAN-AM LEAGUE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR