Christopher Carlos Jones (born December 16, 1965) is an American former professional baseball

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

. Jones made his Major League Baseball debut with the

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on April 21, 1991 and appeared in his final game with the Milwaukee Brewers on July 29, 2000.

Career

He graduated in 1984 from

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located in

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suburb of

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. He was drafted by the

in the 3rd round of the

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, and spent the next six seasons in the Reds' farm system. He played in 52 games in his rookie year before being released by the Reds and signed by the

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. After a season with Houston, Jones was a member of the inaugural

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team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993, and spent two years with the team, as well as two years with the

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. He spent 1997 with the

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then played for the inaugural

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team in 1998. After playing for the

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and

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, he played in the minor leagues until 2004. In 2004 Jones signed to play for the

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of the independent Atlantic League, following his retirement he returned to manage the Bears for two seasons from 2005-06. the team went 100-165 during his time in Newark. In January 2007, he took over as manager of the

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, a minor league affiliate of the

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. Jones currently lives now in

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, with his wife, Cystal, and two children, Christopher and Crishana.

References

External links

Pura Pelota
(Venezuelan League)

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