{{short description|American baseball player (born 1936)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Hal Jones |position=First baseman |image= |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1936|4|19}} |birth_place=Louisiana, Missouri, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 25 |debutyear=1961 |debutteam=Cleveland Indians |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 30 |finalyear=1962 |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.216 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=5 |teams= *Cleveland Indians (1961–1962) }}'''Harold Marion Jones''' (born April 9, 1936) is an American former professional baseball player whose career lasted from 1956 to 1964.
Jones' professional career began in 1956 with the Negro league Kansas City Monarchs, whom he represented in that season's East–West All-Star Game.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/33d0c3d0/files/uploaded/Negro%20League%20Players%20Who%20Played%20in%20the%20Major%20Leagues.pdf |title=Negro League Players Who Made the Major Leagues |publisher=Center for Negro League Baseball Research |date= |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>
A first baseman, he appeared in 17 games in Major League Baseball for portions of the {{mlby|1961}} and {{mlby|1962}} seasons for the Cleveland Indians. Jones was born in Louisiana, Missouri. He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and {{convert|194|lb}}.
Jones was a power hitter in minor league baseball, amassing seasons of 97, 99, 104, 104 and 127 runs batted in in levels ranging from Class D to Triple-A. He also had seasons of 22, 24, 27, 34 and 35 home runs and batted .284 lifetime. In the majors, 16 of his 17 games came during September call-ups. He collected 11 hits during those auditions, with two homers—solo blows hit September 19, 1961, against Bill Kunkel,<ref>Retrosheet [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B09192CLE1961.htm box score: 1961-09-19 (2)]</ref> and October 1, 1961, off Art Fowler.<ref>Retrosheet [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B10010LAA1961.htm box score: 1961-10-01]</ref>
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