Biography;

Professional baseball player.  Born–Mobile, August 4, 1942. Education– Mobile County Training School; Alabama A & M University.  Played in the New York Mets organization, 1963-75.  Played for the Chicago White Sox, 1976.  Left fielder; considered one of the strongest arms in the National League.  A member of the “Miracle Mets” of 1969; Jones made the final catch that cinched the World Championship for the Team. Named to National League All-Star Team, 1969. Named to the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1991, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame.  2012, named the Mets’ All-Time Left Fielder by a  panel of sportswriters and sportscasters.

Source;

Young, A.S.  The Mets from Mobile.

Joint_Publications;

Cleon.  New York:  Coward-McCann, 19+70.