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Larry Wayne Jones
Sworn in to the Hall of Fame in: 2018
Main group: Atlanta Braves
Main position: 3rd Baseman


He was the leading setting gamer on the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s as well as 2000s, a club defined by its pitching.

Yet Chipper Jones saw to it those Braves teams had a potent crime too-- one that caused 11 straight journeys to the Postseason for Jones' Braves.

Larry Wayne Jones was birthed April 24, 1972 in DeLand, Fla., and also was raised in neighboring Pierson. A two-sport professional athlete in senior high school who chose baseball over college football chances at Southern California and the College of Florida, Jones was the very first total choice in the 1990 MLB Draft by the Braves, that were then at the onset of a restoring procedure headed by future Hall of Famers Bobby Cox and also John Schuerholz.

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By 1995, Jones was the Braves' beginning 3rd baseman and hit out of the No. 3 opening for a club that won the Globe Collection title. Four years later, Jones won the National Organization Most Prized Possession Gamer Award after hitting a career-high 45 home runs.

During the regular period, Jones appeared to enhance with age-- winning his very first batting title at the age of 36 in 2008 when he struck.364 while likewise leading the NL in on-base percent with a mark of.470. At the end of his 19 years in the major leagues-- all with the Braves-- Jones had totaled 2,726 hits, 468 home runs and even more strolls (1,512) than strikeouts (1,409). He was named to eight All-Star Gamings and also finished in the Top 10 of the NL MVP electing 5 times.

His 468 home runs are the most ever before by a National League switch hitter.

" All you ever before desire as a baseball player is the respect of your peers, whether it's the people you bet or individuals you play with," Jones said. "I can honestly say I have that, that it's possibly what I'm most proud of."

When he retired, Jones' 1,623 RBI were one of the most of any kind of player whose primary position was third base.

Jones was chosen to the Hall of Popularity in 2018.

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