Andruw Rudolf Jones (born April 23, 1977, in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers.
During his first two years with the Atlanta Braves, Jones most often appeared as a right fielder. However, until 2009, he played exclusively in center field. Aside from 1996, when he appeared in 32 games, Jones appeared in 150 or more games in each year of his career up to 2008, when he appeared in o...
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Andruw Rudolf Jones (born April 23, 1977, in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers.
During his first two years with the Atlanta Braves, Jones most often appeared as a right fielder. However, until 2009, he played exclusively in center field. Aside from 1996, when he appeared in 32 games, Jones appeared in 150 or more games in each year of his career up to 2008, when he appeared in only 75 games.
Jones has been a noted defensive specialist, and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007.
He has appeared in the All-Star Game five times and he won both the Hank Aaron Award and a Silver Slugger Award for outfielders in 2005. In 2002, he was the inaugural National League All-Star Final Vote winner.
Jones signed with the Atlanta Braves organization as a free agent in 1993 at the age of 16. By 1996, he was being hailed as "the next Griffey." The Braves brought Jones up to Atlanta on...
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