Rick Jones (pitcher)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1955)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rick Jones

|position=Pitcher

|image=Rick Jones 1976.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1955|4|16}}

|birth_place=Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1976

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1978

|finalteam=Seattle Mariners

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=6–9

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.02

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=72

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1976}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1978}})

}}

Thomas Frederick Jones (born April 16, 1955) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from {{mlby|1976}} through {{mlby|1978}} for the Boston Red Sox (1976) and Seattle Mariners (1977–78). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=5}}, 190 lb, he batted and threw left-handed.

He was traded along with Enrique Romo and Tom McMillan from the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mario Mendoza, Odell Jones and Rafael Vásquez at the Winter Meetings on December 5, 1978.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X2FSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4255858&dq "Falcone to Mets, Romo to Bucs," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Wednesday, December 6, 1978.] Retrieved October 21, 2022.

In a three-year career, Jones posted a 6–9 record with 72 strikeouts and a 4.02 ERA in 159.0 innings of work.

Following his career in the majors, Jones pitched one more season in the minor leagues in 1979 for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League.