Kenneth Frederick Jones (April 13, 1903 – May 15, 1991), nicknamed "Broadway", was a professional

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Life

An alumnus of

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, he was born in

Dover, New Jersey Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about west of New York City and about west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 18,157,

and died in Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 88.

Career

He was a right-handed

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over parts of two seasons (1924, 1930) with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves. For his career, he compiled a 0–1 record, with a 5.40

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

, and 4 strikeouts in 21⅔ innings pitched.

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1903 births 1991 deaths Detroit Tigers players Boston Braves players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from New Jersey Birmingham Barons players Memphis Chickasaws players Pittsfield Hillies players Providence Grays (minor league) players Newark Bears (International League) players Norfolk Tars players Reading Keystones players Georgetown University alumni People from Dover, New Jersey Sportspeople from Morris County, New Jersey {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub