| Chipper Jones | |
|---|---|
 Jones with the Atlanta Braves in 2009 | |
| Atlanta Braves – No. 10 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: April 24, 1972 DeLand, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 11, 1993, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 2012, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .303 |
| Hits | 2,726 |
| Home runs | 468 |
| Runs batted in | 1,623 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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As coach:
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the National | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2018 |
| Vote | 97.2% (first ballot) |
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones Jr. (born April 24, 1972) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2012. The Braves chose Jones with the first overall pick in the 1990 MLB draft. He was also a member of their 1995 World Series championship team that beat the Cleveland Indians. An eight-time All-Star, Jones won the 1999 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award and the 1999 and 2000 NL Silver Slugger Award for third basemen. He was the MLB batting champion in 2008 after hitting .364.
Jones ended his career in 2012 with a .303 career batting average, 468 home runs, and 1,623 runs batted in (RBIs) and holds the Braves team record for career on-base percentage (.402); Jones ranks third on the Braves career home run list. Among switch hitters, Jones ranks second behind Eddie Murray for career RBIs, and he is the only switch hitter in MLB history with a career batting average of at least .300 and 400 or more home runs.[1] He was the 18th player in MLB history to accumulate 5,000 at bats and finish with at least a .300 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and .500 slugging percentage—and the only switch hitter to reach all of these milestones.[2]
On June 28, 2013, the Braves retired Jones' number 10 and inducted him into the team's Hall of Fame.[3][4] In 2018, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.[5] Jones served as an ESPN color analyst in 2020. He returned to the Braves as an assistant hitting consultant in 2021.
- ^ Player Statistics. Major League Baseball
- ^ Schlueter, Roger (September 17, 2012). "Rare coup in Chipper's reach". Major League Baseball. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Braves to retire No. 10 in honor of Jones". Yahoo! Sports. February 19, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta Braves retire Chipper Jones's No. 10 jersey". ESPN. Associated Press. June 28, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ O'Brien, David (January 24, 2018). "Chipper Jones elected to Baseball Hall of Fame". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 25, 2018.