Dale Jones (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1918-1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dale Jones

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1918|12|17}}

|birth_place=Marquette, Nebraska

|death_date={{death date and age|1980|11|8|1918|12|17}}

|death_place=Orlando, Florida

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 7

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear=1941

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=7.56

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams =

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1941}})

}}

Dale Eldon "Nubs" Jones (December 17, 1918 – November 8, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Jones played in two games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1941. His only decision occurred in an 8–6 loss to the New York Giants on September 23, 1941.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B09232PHI1941.htm |title=New York Giants 8, Philadelphia Phillies 6 (2) |website=retrosheet.org |date=September 23, 1941 |accessdate=August 25, 2019}}

During World War II, Jones served in the United States Navy in the Pacific.{{cite web |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm |title=Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z |website=BaseballinWartime.com |accessdate=August 25, 2019}} He died on November 8, 1980, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjoned106.htm |title=Dale Jones |website=retrosheet.org |accessdate=August 25, 2019}}