Chipper Jones completes the Braves’ rally in the ninth with a three-run.
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Chipper Jones Latest triumph (09/02/2012)
Chipper Jones hit a three-run walk-off home run for the Braves on Sunday afternoon. It was the ninth walk-off home run of his career together with his second this season, each coming after his 40th birthday. Jones would be the second player in major-league history to hit two walk-off homers in a a single season at age 40 or older. The other player to accomplish it was Andres Galarraga for the Giants in 2001. All nine of Jones’s game-ending homers have been hit for the Braves, naturally. That’s by far the most walk-off home runs for any player in franchise past. Jones had shared that record with Hank Aaron (two for the Milwaukee Braves and six for the Atlanta Braves).
Who is Chipper Jones?
Chipper Jones, born April 24, 1972 is an American Main League Baseball third baseman who has played for 19 seasons together with the Atlanta Braves. Although initially a shortstop, he has spent most of his career as the beginning third baseman for the Braves. In 2002 and 2003, Jones mainly played left field, before returning to third base in 2004.
Jones debuted in 1993, and has played his entire profession with the Atlanta Braves. Chipper won the 1999 National League Most Beneficial Player Award, too as the 1999 and 2000 National League Silver Slugger Award for third basemen. He presently holds the Braves team record for profession on base percentage (.402), and on July 5, 2007, he passed Dale Murphy for third spot on the Braves all-time career household run list. In his career, via September 2, 2012, Jones is actually a .304 hitter with 468 home runs, 1,496 walks, and 1,619 RBI in two,476 games. He has probably the most profession RBIs for any third baseman.
He is also behind only Eddie Murray on the all-time switch hitters career RBI list.[2] He is deemed on the list of game’s greatest all-around hitters, and among the list of best switch hitters inside the background on the game.
He is the only switch hitter in Major League Baseball history to possess a .300+ profession (.304 in the finish from the 2011 season) batting average and 400 or additional house runs. As from the 2012 season, Jones may be the most senior active MLB player to have spent his complete profession with a single club, playing together with the Braves for 19 consecutive seasons. Numerous baseball writers anticipate Jones will probably be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame right after he retires.
