Calvin Jones (baseball)


Calvin Douglas Jones was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners.

Career

Jones attended the University of California, Riverside, where he played college baseball for the Highlanders from 1982–1983.
Jones was drafted by the Mariners as the 1st pick in the first round of the January 1984 MLB draft. He played his first professional season with their Class A Short Season Bellingham Mariners in 1984 and his last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers' Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes in 1996.

Personal life and death

Jones died from cancer on February 12, 2022, at the age of 58.