Ruben Jones

American baseball player
Baseball player
Ruben Jones
Outfielder
Born: (1894-02-05)February 5, 1894
Austin, Texas
Died: February 14, 1970(1970-02-14) (aged 76)
Big Spring, Texas
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1923, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Teams
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)

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.[1][2] 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.[3] He died in Big Spring, Texas in 1970 at age 76.

References

  1. ^ "Ruben Jones". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Reuben Jones". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ruben Jones (manager page)". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads


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