What years did Todd Jones play?

Todd Jones played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008.

Was Todd Jones a pitcher?

Yes. Todd Jones pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 868 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Todd Jones hit?

Todd Jones hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What teams did Todd Jones play for?

Todd Jones played for 8 teams: the Houston Astros (1993–1996), the Detroit Tigers (1997–2001, 2006–2008), the Minnesota Twins (2001), the Colorado Rockies (2002–2003), the Boston Red Sox (2003), the Cincinnati Reds (2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), and the Florida Marlins (2005).

Did Todd Jones win a Cy Young Award?

No. Todd Jones did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Todd Jones win?

Todd Jones was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Todd Jones's career stats?

In 982 games, Todd Jones went 58-63 with a 3.97 ERA, 868 strikeouts, 1,072.0 innings pitched, and 319 saves.

What was Todd Jones's salary?

Todd Jones's last recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2008. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2008.

What position did Todd Jones play?

Todd Jones played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Todd Jones and how much did he weigh?

Todd Jones was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Todd Jones's career ERA?

Todd Jones finished with a 3.97 career ERA, going 58-63 with 868 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Todd Jones have?

Todd Jones recorded 868 career strikeouts.

Is Todd Jones in the Hall of Fame?

No. Todd Jones has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Todd Jones

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2008)

Todd Jones was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008 for 8 teams, including the Houston Astros, a span of 16 seasons. Across 982 career appearances, he went 58-63 with a 3.97 ERA, 868 strikeouts, and 319 saves. Todd Jones was an All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13862.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 58–63

ERA 3.97

WHIP 1.41

SO 868

Pitcher PIV 13862.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 200 lb
Born: 4/24/1968 in Marietta, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-07-07
Last Game: 2008-08-15
Awards: All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Todd Barton Givin Jones

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Career Pitching Statistics

Todd Jones — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
58	63	982	1	0	0	319	1072.0	1,072	473	93	443	868	3.97	13862.7

Career ERA 3.97 vs. league average 4.45 across their career seasons — 10.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Todd Jones Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	HOU	NL	1	2	27	0	2	37.1	28	13	15	25	3.13	4.19 (+25%)	-127.9
1994	HOU	NL	5	2	48	0	5	72.2	52	22	26	63	2.72	4.51 (+40%)	2697.9
1995	HOU	NL	6	5	68	0	15	99.2	89	34	52	96	3.07	4.45 (+31%)	1233.0
1996	HOU	NL	6	3	51	0	17	57.1	61	28	32	44	4.40	4.61 (+5%)	-136.9
1997	DET	AL	5	4	68	0	31	70.0	60	24	35	70	3.09	4.39 (+30%)	2095.2
1998	DET	AL	1	4	65	0	28	63.1	58	35	36	57	4.97	4.43 (-12%)	-228.6
1999	DET	AL	4	4	65	0	30	66.1	64	28	35	64	3.80	4.71 (+19%)	847.5
2000	DET	AL	2	4	67	0	42	64.0	67	25	25	67	3.52	4.77 (+26%)	2093.8
2001	DET	AL	4	5	45	0	11	48.2	60	25	22	39	4.62	4.42 (-5%)	15.0
2001	MIN	AL	1	0	24	0	2	19.1	27	7	7	15	3.26	4.42 (+26%)	-88.6
2002	COL	NL	1	4	79	0	1	82.1	84	43	28	73	4.70	4.28 (-10%)	797.0
2003	COL	NL	1	4	33	1	0	39.1	61	36	18	28	8.24	4.40 (-87%)	-1279.6
2003	BOS	AL	2	1	26	0	0	29.1	32	18	13	31	5.52	4.40 (-26%)	933.9
2004	CIN	NL	8	2	51	0	1	57.0	49	24	25	37	3.79	4.46 (+15%)	624.2
2004	PHI	NL	3	3	27	0	1	25.1	35	14	8	22	4.97	4.46 (-11%)	46.7
2005	FLO	NL	1	5	68	0	40	73.0	61	17	14	62	2.10	4.29 (+51%)	3546.9
2006	DET	AL	2	6	62	0	37	64.0	70	28	11	28	3.94	4.53 (+13%)	1274.7
2007	DET	AL	1	4	63	0	38	61.1	64	29	23	33	4.26	4.47 (+5%)	852.0
2008	DET	AL	4	1	45	0	18	41.2	50	23	18	14	4.97	4.32 (-15%)	-1333.6
Career · 19 seasons			58	63	982	1	319	1,072.0	1,072	473	443	868	3.97	—	13,863

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Todd Jones — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
982	19	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.211	.250	.263	.513	0

Career AVG .211 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 21.0% below league average.

Career OBP .250 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 25.6% below league average.

Career SLG .263 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 37.8% below league average.

Career OPS .513 vs. league average .759 across their career seasons — 32.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Todd Jones Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	HOU	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	HOU	NL	48	5	0	2	0	0	0	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	HOU	NL	68	5	1	1	1	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	HOU	NL	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	DET	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	DET	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	DET	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	DET	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	MIN	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	COL	NL	79	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	COL	NL	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CIN	NL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	PHI	NL	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	FLO	NL	68	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	DET	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	DET	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	DET	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			982	19	1	4	1	1	6	.211	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Todd Jones — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Todd Jones — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	ALCS	DET	3	.000
2006	ALDS1	DET	2	.000
2006	WS	DET	2	.000
2003	ALCS	BOS	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Todd Jones — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	8	0	4	7.0	8	0	2	5	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Todd Jones — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
2006	ALCS	DET	3	2	3.0	3	1	2
2006	ALDS1	DET	2	1	2.0	1	0	2
2006	WS	DET	2	1	1.2	3	0	0
2003	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0.1	1	1	1

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Todd Jones — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	494	12	1	3	0	0	.250
Away	488	7	0	1	0	0	.143

Pitching — Home / Away

Todd Jones — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	494	545.0	566	248	198	418	4.10
Away	488	527.0	506	225	245	450	3.84

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Todd Jones — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2008-08-15	DET	BAL	—	0.2	3	5	0	3	0	0
2008-07-30	DET	CLE	—	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1
2008-07-25	DET	CHW	L	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1
2008-07-23	DET	KCR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-07-20	DET	BAL	—	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008-07-17	DET	BAL	SV	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
2008-07-13	DET	MIN	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008-07-10	DET	MIN	—	0.2	3	2	1	0	0	0
2008-07-09	DET	CLE	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008-07-06	DET	SEA	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Todd Jones — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	982	1	70	112	8	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Todd Jones — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	HOU	P	27	0	4	2	0	0
1994	HOU	P	48	0	4	3	0	0
1995	HOU	P	68	0	3	11	1	1
1996	HOU	P	51	0	4	6	0	0
1997	DET	P	68	0	1	4	0	0
1998	DET	P	65	0	7	7	0	2
1999	DET	P	65	0	2	5	1	0
2000	DET	P	67	0	3	2	0	0
2001	DET	P	45	0	5	9	1	0
2001	MIN	P	24	0	2	1	0	0
2002	COL	P	79	0	11	13	0	1
2003	COL	P	33	1	5	4	1	1
2003	BOS	P	26	0	4	3	0	0
2004	CIN	P	51	0	3	5	1	0
2004	PHI	P	27	0	1	2	1	0
2005	FLO	P	68	0	5	13	1	0
2006	DET	P	62	0	2	10	0	1
2007	DET	P	63	0	2	7	1	0
2008	DET	P	45	0	2	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Todd Jones Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	982

Awards & Honors

Todd Jones — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2005	Reliever of the Month	August
2000	Reliever of the Year Award
2000	TSN Fireman of the Year

Salary History

Todd Jones's recorded salaries total $37,282,615 over 16 seasons, 1993 to 2008. Jones's career, 1993 to 2008, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Todd Jones — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	DET	AL	$7,000,000
2007	DET	AL	$4,809,159
2006	DET	AL	$5,792,956
2005	FLO	NL	$1,100,000
2004	CIN	NL	$500,000
2003	COL	NL	$3,000,000
2002	COL	NL	$1,000,000
2001	DET	AL	$3,975,000
2000	DET	AL	$3,650,000
1999	DET	AL	$2,500,000
1998	DET	AL	$2,250,000
1997	DET	AL	$975,000
1996	HOU	NL	$300,000
1995	HOU	NL	$175,000
1994	HOU	NL	$146,500
1993	HOU	NL	$109,000
Total recorded salary			$37,282,615

College History

Todd Jones — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville	AL	1988, 1989

Award Voting History

Todd Jones — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2000	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	3.0	140	0

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Todd Jones: the record in brief

Between the debut on July 7, 1993 and the final game on August 15, 2008, Todd Jones built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the Houston Astros (1993 through 1996), the Detroit Tigers (1997 to 2008), the Minnesota Twins (2001), the Colorado Rockies (2002 to 2003), the Boston Red Sox (2003), the Cincinnati Reds (2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), and the Florida Marlins (2005). Born on April 24, 1968, in Marietta, GA, USA, Jones is listed as a pitcher and threw right-handed and batted left-handed. The bio gives 200 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. Todd Jones was the playing name; the full given name is Todd Barton Givin.

Jones's career pitching line is 58 wins, 63 losses and a 3.97 ERA over 982 appearances. Jones had 868 strikeouts and 319 saves. That 3.97 ERA compares with a 4.45 league average across the same seasons, 10.8% better. The best win total was 8, in 2004. The strikeout high was 96 in 1995.

Frequently Asked Questions about Todd Jones

What years did Todd Jones play?: Todd Jones played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008.
Was Todd Jones a pitcher?: Yes. Todd Jones pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 868 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Todd Jones hit?: Todd Jones hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What teams did Todd Jones play for?: Todd Jones played for 8 teams: the Houston Astros (1993–1996), the Detroit Tigers (1997–2001, 2006–2008), the Minnesota Twins (2001), the Colorado Rockies (2002–2003), the Boston Red Sox (2003), the Cincinnati Reds (2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), and the Florida Marlins (2005).
Did Todd Jones win a Cy Young Award?: No. Todd Jones did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Todd Jones win?: Todd Jones was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Todd Jones's career stats?: In 982 games, Todd Jones went 58-63 with a 3.97 ERA, 868 strikeouts, 1,072.0 innings pitched, and 319 saves.
How much did Todd Jones earn in his career?: Todd Jones's recorded salaries total $37,282,615 over 16 seasons, 1993 to 2008. Jones's career, 1993 to 2008, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Todd Jones's salary?: Todd Jones's last recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2008. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2008.
What position did Todd Jones play?: Todd Jones played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Todd Jones and how much did he weigh?: Todd Jones was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Todd Jones's career ERA?: Todd Jones finished with a 3.97 career ERA, going 58-63 with 868 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Todd Jones have?: Todd Jones recorded 868 career strikeouts.
Is Todd Jones in the Hall of Fame?: No. Todd Jones has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.