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In his major-league debut, on July 13, 1961, Jones tied a post-1900 National League record by collecting four hits (three singles and a doubleBaseball statistics In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fiel) in his first game.

Jones' most productive season came in 1965See also 1964 in sports, other events of 1965, 1966 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Ned Jarrett Indianapolis 500 Jimmy Clark USAC Racing Mario Andretti Formu, when he battedBatting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. Batting average in baseball In baseball, the batting average is defined as the ratio of hits to at bats. The Major .262 with 31 home runIn baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. Home runs are among the most popular aspects ofs and 75 runs batted in. Jones teamed that year with Hank AaronHenry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is best known for setting the record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 by Babe Ruth. He was born in Mobile,, Eddie MathewsEdwin Lee Mathews ( October 13, 1931 February 18, 2001) was a Major League Baseball star player born in Texarkana, Texas. Eddie Mathews was six years old when his family moved to Santa Barbara, California where he developed into a star high school player., Joe TorreJoseph Paul Torre (born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is the manager of the New York Yankees and a former Major League Baseball player in the National League for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Mets. He has also mana, Felipe Alou, and Gene Oliver as the Braves set a NL record with six 20-HR hitters in one season. When the Braves moved to Jones's native Atlanta in 1966, he hit 23 homers despite a shoulder injury. In 1967, he was traded to Cincinnati.

In the 1968 expansion draft, Jones was the second player selected by the Expos (the fourth pick overall), behind Manny Mota . On April 14, 1969, Jones hit a three-run home run and two-run triple in the Expos' first home victory as a franchise, an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Jarry Park. Jones finished that season with a career-high .270 batting average, 22 homers and 79 RBI. So popular was Jones in Montreal that the left-field bleachers in Jarry Park were nicknamed "Jonesville".

In his career Jones batted .252, with 133 home runs, 415 RBI, 485 runs, 132 doubles, 31 triples, and 65 stolen bases in 1002 games.

Mack Jones died in Atlanta from complications with stomach cancer. He was 65 years old.

Highlights

• Tied a NL record with a four-hits game debut (1961)
• Hit the first MLB home run outside the United States (April 14, 1969)

Quotation

• A former Triple-A Syracuse SkyChiefs outfielder, Mack Jones was inducted into the Syracuse Baseball Wall of Fame in 2000. He had one of the better seasons ever by a Syracuse player in 1964, when he batted .317 with 15 doubles, 18 triples, 39 home runs and 102 runs batted in. He holds modern-day (since 1961) single-season Syracuse records for runs scored (111), total bases (337), RBIs, triples and home runs, all set in '64. Jones was part of a famed Syracuse outfield that season that included future major-league stars Wille Horton and Jim Northrup.