70 Facts About Chipper Jones

Chipper Jones was a member of their 1995 World Series championship team that beat the Cleveland Indians.

An eight-time All-Star, Chipper Jones won the 1999 National League Most Valuable Player Award and the 1999 and 2000 NL Silver Slugger Award for third basemen.

Chipper Jones was the MLB batting champion in 2008 after hitting.

Chipper Jones returned to the Braves as an assistant hitting consultant in 2021.

Chipper Jones was born in DeLand, Florida, on April 24,1972.

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Chipper Jones began his high school baseball career at Taylor High School, where he pitched a one-hitter as a freshman.

Chipper Jones went to The Bolles School as a sophomore, where he was a two-way player in football.

In 1989, Chipper Jones won First Team All-State honors in both football and baseball, and won a state championship in baseball.

Chipper Jones won the Gatorade Circle of Champions Florida Baseball Player of the Year, Regional Baseball Player of the Year, was the Runner-up National Player of the Year, and was inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2012.

Chipper Jones accepted a scholarship offer to play college baseball at the University of Miami.

In 1991, Chipper Jones played with the Macon Braves, Atlanta's class-A minor league affiliate.

Chipper Jones moved up to the Durham Bulls, the Braves' class A-advanced minor league team, in 1992.

Chipper Jones changed his position from shortstop to third base, following the guidance of the Braves organization.

Chipper Jones made his major league debut on September 11,1993, as the youngest player in the league.

However, Chipper Jones suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee in spring training.

In 1995, Chipper Jones led all major league rookies in runs batted in, games played, games started, plate appearances, at bats, and runs scored.

Chipper Jones played in the 1996 World Series, in which the Braves lost to the New York Yankees in six games.

Chipper Jones recorded the last official hit at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium before its closure and demolition in 1997, as well as the first hit in Turner Field history.

In 1998, Chipper Jones came in ninth in the voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award, as he scored 123 runs and had 96 walks.

In 1999, Chipper Jones won the National League MVP award after becoming the first player ever to hit over.

Ironically, Chipper Jones was not selected for the MLB All-Star game that year.

Chipper Jones was walked intentionally 18 times; 2nd in the league, and his.

Atlanta swept the series at Turner Field, though, largely thanks to Chipper Jones, who hit four home runs and drove in seven of the 13 runs that the Braves scored.

Chipper Jones signed a six-year, $90 million contract with the Braves in 2000.

In 2001, a season of flux for the Braves who had won the NL East every year since their 1995 World Series victory, Chipper Jones was involved in a public "lingering feud" with former teammate John Rocker.

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Chipper Jones proved adequate in left field, but following two more early playoff exits in 2002 and 2003, a hamstring pull in the early 2004 season and the struggles of third baseman Mark DeRosa, he moved back to his regular position of third base.

Chipper Jones was selected to play in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Chipper Jones hit a home run in his first at bat of the Classic against Mexico off of Atlanta Braves teammate Oscar Villarreal, who was with the team from 2006 to 2007.

Chipper Jones went 6-for-17 with a double and two home runs in the tournament.

On July 15,2006, Chipper Jones recorded his 1,902nd career hit, to become the Atlanta Braves' all-time hits leader, passing Hank Aaron.

Chipper Jones performed well both offensively and defensively during the 2007 season.

Chipper Jones was sixth in MVP voting, his highest finish since winning the award in 1999.

Chipper Jones opened the Chipper Jones's 10th Inning Baseball Academy in Suwanee, Georgia, in late 2007.

Chipper Jones began the 2008 season where he left off in 2007, hitting over.

Chipper Jones had back-to-back games in which he hit two home runs.

Chipper Jones was picked to start in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, receiving the most votes by fans, managers, and other players of any NL third basemen.

Chipper Jones won his first batting title at age 36, the oldest switch-hitter to win a batting title.

In 2008, Chipper Jones tied an MLB record for most consecutive 20+ home run seasons to start a career.

In December 2008, Chipper Jones accepted an invitation to play for the USA team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Chipper Jones was scratched from an elimination game in the 2009 World Baseball Classic after straining his right oblique muscle, while playing for team USA.

On March 31,2009, Chipper Jones agreed to a three-year $42 million contract extension with the Braves; the deal includes an option that could become worth up to $61 million over four seasons.

Chipper Jones got off to a poor start in 2010 and met with Atlanta Braves management in June to discuss possible retirement at the end of the season, but his performance improved as the season progressed.

Chipper Jones's season came to an end after he was injured in a game against the Houston Astros on August 10,2010; injury reports indicated that he had torn the ACL in his left knee, which would require surgery.

Chipper Jones had a setback earlier in the winter when he was away for a week—I think he was actually on a hunting trip—and he was not doing the [leg] lifts.

Chipper Jones made great progress with his rehab and took part in spring training.

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Chipper Jones was in the Braves' opening day lineup against the Nationals, getting the first hit and scoring the first run of the 2011 Major League Baseball season.

Chipper Jones suffered from a torn meniscus in his right knee for much of the first half of the 2011 season, and received Cortisone shots in an attempt to manage the pain.

On March 22,2012, the Braves announced that Chipper Jones would retire following the 2012 season, after 19 major league seasons with the team.

Chipper Jones opened the 2012 season on the disabled list, following surgery on March 26,2012, to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

The next day, in the final regular-season at-bat at Dodger Stadium of his career, Chipper Jones knocked in the winning run in the top of the 9th inning.

Chipper Jones hit his 460th home run off Trevor Cahill of the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 27,2012, putting Chipper Jones in 33rd position on the list of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters.

Chipper Jones is in 33rd position on the list of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders, passing Lou Gehrig's record for doubles during the same series with Arizona on June 29,2012.

On July 3,2012, Chipper Jones was named to the NL All-Star team as a replacement for the injured Matt Kemp.

Chipper Jones made it known that he wished the National League would win the All-Star game in his pregame address to his NL teammates:.

On September 12,2012, Chipper Jones recorded his 1,500th walk in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the first switch hitter in Major League Baseball history to obtain at least 2,500 hits, 1,500 RBIs, 1,500 runs and 1,500 walks.

Chipper Jones joined Stan Musial, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Lou Gehrig as the only players in Major League history to record at least 2,500 hits, 1,500 walks, 1,500 runs, 500 doubles, 450 home runs, and 1,500 RBIs while hitting.

Chipper Jones has the most RBIs of any player who was primarily a third baseman.

Chipper Jones, who approached the podium as his former walk-up song played in the background, was joined onstage by former Braves owner Ted Turner, Braves franchise president John Schuerholz, former Braves player Dale Murphy, then-current Braves player Dan Uggla, and former Braves manager Bobby Cox, as well as his parents and children.

Chipper Jones came to the rescue on his ATV, and pulled Freeman out of the jam.

Chipper Jones returned to the Braves as an adviser for the 2016 season.

Chipper Jones was announced as one of the four inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on January 24,2018.

Chipper Jones is the second 1st-overall draft pick to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

On March 1,2020, Chipper Jones was hired by ESPN to be a color analyst, starting with 20 Wednesday Night Baseball broadcasts.

Chipper Jones left ESPN in the off-season after Jon Sciambi, his primary broadcast partner, joined the Marquee Sports Network as the play-by-play announcer for its Chicago Cubs telecasts.

In February 2021, Chipper Jones was hired by the Atlanta Braves as a part-time hitting consultant.

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Chipper Jones met his first wife, Karin Fulford, while he was playing with the Braves class A affiliate in Macon, Georgia.

The couple married in 1992 and divorced in 2000, after it was revealed that Chipper Jones had an 18-month extramarital affair with a Hooters waitress that produced a son, Matthew, born in 1998.

Chipper Jones married second wife Sharon Logonov in March 2000 in Pierson, Florida.

Chipper Jones was a co-owner of Outdoor Channel's hunting show Buck Commander with friends and pro athletes Adam LaRoche, Ryan Langerhans, Tom Martin, and Willie Robertson.

In 2008, Jones released a charity wine called "Chipper Chardonnay", with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Miracle League, an organization serving children with disabilities.