Sad Sam Jones

Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones (July 26, 1892 - July 6, 1966) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians (1914-15), Boston Red Sox (1916-21), New York Yankees (1922-26), St. Louis Browns (1927), Washington Senators (1928-31) and Chicago White Sox (1932-35). A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw right-handed.

Quotation

• Bill McGeehan of the New York Herald-Tribune dubbed him Sad Sam because, to him, Jones looked downcast on the field. Jones told Lawrence Ritter that the reason he looked downcast was because, "I would always wear my cap down real low over my eyes. And the sportswriters were more used to fellows like Waite Hoyt, who'd always wear their caps way up so they wouldn't miss any pretty girls". - Ed Walton, at Baseball Library http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jones_Sad_Sam.stm