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Jones was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. He made a quick jump through the minors to make his major league debut on September 11, 1993.
After sitting out the entire 1994 season with an ACL tear in his left knee, Jones came back strong in 1995, leading all major league rookies in RBI (86), games played (145), games started (123), plate appearanceIn baseball statistics, a player has a plate appearance (denoted by PA every time he: Has an at bat (AB) Receives a base on balls (BB) Receives a hit by pitch (HBP) Hits a sacrifice fly (SF) Hits a sacrifice bunt (S) Reaches base because of interference As (602), at-bats (524), and runs scored (87). He eventually went on to be named The Sporting News Rookie of the Year AwardThe Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award was established in 1946 by The Sporting News TSN . In 1947-48, and again in 1950, a single award was given for all of Major League Baseball. In 1949 and since 1951, TSN has given an award to a player from each le, and finished second in the BBWAA Rookie of the YearIn Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given to the top rookie baseball player in the American and National Leagues. Awarding began in 1947, coincidentally the year in which Jackie Robinson endured the toughest rookie year in baseball h balloting.
In 1999See also 1998 in sports, other events of 1999, 2000 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Dale Jarrett Indy Racing League Indianapolis 500 Kenny Brack CART Racing Jua, Jones won the National LeagueThis article refers to the American baseball league. For the English cricket league of the same name, please see National League (cricket). The term National League generally refers to the organization more properly referred to as the National League of P MVPIn the game of baseball, both amateur and professional, it is tradition to annually recognize the one player in the league who has contributed the most to the success of the player's team. In the United States, the awarding of the Most Valuable Player Awa award after hit .319 with 45 home runs and 110 RBI.
In 11-season career Jones is a .304 hitter with 310 home runs and 1039 RBI in 1542 games. Today, he is considered one of the game's best all-around hitters.
On August 16, 2004 Jones hit the 300th home run of his career in a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres.