Ruben Jones

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Ruben Jones

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|2|5|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|2|14|1894|2|5|mf=y}}

| death_place = Big Spring, Texas, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1923

| debutteam = Birmingham Black Barons

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1934

| finalteam = Cleveland Red Sox

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As player

• Birmingham Black Barons (1923–1925)
• Indianapolis ABCs (1926)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1927–1928)
• Chicago American Giants (1928)
• Little Rock Grays (1932)
• Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

As manager

• Birmingham Black Barons (1927)
• Memphis Red Sox (1940, 1944, 1946)
• Houston Eagles (1949)

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Ruben Jones (February 5, 1894 – February 14, 1970), also spelled "Reuben", was an American Negro league outfielder and manager.

A native of Austin, Texas, Jones made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 for the Birmingham Black Barons.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=jones01reu |title=Ruben Jones |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jones-000reu |title=Reuben Jones |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He played five seasons with Birmingham, and served as the club's player-manager in 1927. Jones went on to manage the Memphis Red Sox and Houston Eagles in the 1940s.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/manager.php?playerID=jones01reu |title=Ruben Jones (manager page) |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He died in Big Spring, Texas in 1970 at age 76.