Chris Jones enters the final year of his outstanding collegiate baseball career as he continues to climb the lists of all-time Rutgers-Camden program records. Jones has started all 113 games he has played at Rutgers-Camden and would set the all-time program record for games played if he approaches his 2018 total of 43. Brian Murphy (2001-04) holds the program mark with 154 games, 41 ahead of Jones.
The Scarlet Raptors’ shortstop as a freshman and the team’s second baseman for the past two seasons, Jones owns a .348 career batting average, the sixth-highest mark in program history for all players with the NCAA minimum of 200 career at bats. His 165 career hits are seventh in program history and within 43 of tying the all-time record set by Murphy. His 97 career RBIs rank fifth in program history and are within 38 of the record held by Jamie Schwantes (1994-97). He also owns 34 career doubles (tied for sixth in program history), placing him within 12 two-baggers of tying Murphy’s program record. He had 12 doubles in 2018 after hitting 14 in 2017.
Jones also ranks among the program’s career leaders with eight sacrifice flies (tied for fourth, only four shy of the program mark), 222 total bases (seventh), 474 at bats (tied for ninth), 90 runs (11th) and seven triples (tied for 11th).
Defensively, his 290 career assists rank fifth in program history and are only 38 shy of the Rutgers-Camden record set by Brian Jakubowski (2004-06). His 57 double plays also rank fifth on the program’s career list, while his 508 total chances rank 15th.
An All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team player in both the ABCA/Rawlings and
D3baseball.com awards last year, Jones also has earned numerous academic honors during his career at Rutgers-Camden.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2016-17 scholastic year…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2016 Fall, 2017 Spring, 2017 Fall, 2018 Spring and 2018 Fall semesters…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Baseball 2018: ABCA/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team…
D3baseball.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team…Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week April 30…Served as one of the team’s captains…Started all 43 of the Scarlet Raptors’ games as a second baseman in 2018…His .350, the third-highest average among regulars…Led team with 177 at bats…Second on the team with 62 hits, 42 RBIs, 36 runs scored, 12 doubles and 84 total bases…Tied for second on the team with two triples and two home runs…Had a .475 slugging percentage and a .399 on-base percentage…Defensively, tied for the team lead with 21 double plays, finished second with 108 assists and also added 61 putouts…His 108 assists rank 10th on the list of the program’s single-season records and his 21 double plays tied for 13th on the all-time season list…Offensively, his 43 games played are tied for sixth among single-season program records, only one shy of the five-way tie for first place…Also ranks among Rutgers-Camden single-season program records with 177 at bats (second, one shy of the record), 62 hits (tied for fifth), 42 RBIs (seventh), 84 total bases (13th), 12 doubles (tied for 14th) and 36 runs (tied for 14th)…Tied the program’s single-game record with 10 assists against Kean University (April 26)…Led the team with 21 multiple-hit games, including a 4-for-5 game with three runs and three RBIs against Kean (April 26) that allowed him to pass the 200-total base mark for his career, hiking his total to 202…Had a 15-game hitting streak from April 18-May 5 (27-for-65, .415), tied with Tyler Travis for the longest streak on the team during the season…From April 15 through the end of the season (May 11), reached base safely in 18 straight games, the second-longest streak on the Scarlet Raptors in 2018…Had 11 multiple-RBI games, the second-highest total on the team during the season, including a team-high six games with three RBIs…Tied for the club lead with five three-hit games…Went 2-for-5 with two runs and a solo home run at York College (May 2)…Hit his second home run of the year in the nightcap of a May 11 doubleheader at St. Joseph’s, going 2-for-3, including a double, for two runs and three RBIs…Had a pair of doubles against Misericordia (April 22), going 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI.
Baseball 2017: Started all of the team’s 38 games at second base…Led the club with a .346 batting average, 162 at bats, 32 runs, 56 hits, 27 RBIs, 79 total bases, 14 doubles and three triples…Ranked among the program’s all-time single-season leaders with his 14 doubles (tied for fifth), 162 at bats (tied for 11th), 56 hits (13th) and 79 total bases (14th)…Defensively, his 18 double plays led the team and tied for the 18th-highest single-season mark in Rutgers-Camden history…His 104 assists ranked second on the team and tied for the 10th-highest single-season mark in program history…Joined the 100-hit club with a fifth-inning double against New Jersey City University (April 29, Game Two)…Served as a team captain…Earned NJAC Academic Honorable Mention…Led the team with 20 multiple-hit games (16 games with two hits and four contests with three hits)…Paced the team with seven multiple-RBI games (five games with two RBIs and one apiece with three and four RBIs)…Had the longest hitting streak on the team at 11 games, opening the season by hitting safely in 11 games (21-for-50, .420) from Feb. 24-March 17…After a hitless game, rattled off a six-game hitting streak (March 24-April 4), going 10-for-24 (.417)…Closed out the season with a seven-game hitting streak (April 23-May 3), raising his season average from .326 to its final .346 by going 14-for-33 (.424)…Went hitless in only six games all season, and only once went hitless in back-to-back contests…Went 3-for-4 with one run , a double, a triple and his season high of four RBIs against Kean University (April 28)…Also had three-hit games against Brockport (3-for-4, one run, March 12), Trinity (3-for-5, three runs, one double, his first career home run and one RBI, March 16) and Neumann (3-for-6, two runs, April 4)…Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and three RBIs against Suffolk University (March 17)…In his final doubleheader of the season, against New Jersey City University (April 29), he went 2-for-5 in both games, while combining for three RBIs and one run…Scored two or more runs in eight different games.
Baseball 2016: Started all 32 of his games, 30 at shortstop and two at designated hitter…Hit .348 with a .437 slugging percentage and a .377 on-base percentage…Led the team with six sacrifice flies, tied for the second-highest single-season total in program history and only one shy of Corey Hoffman’s 2002 club record…Scored 22 runs and placed third on the team with 28 RBIs…Had eight doubles, two triples, 10 walks and four stolen bases (in seven attempts)…Had 53 putouts and ranked second on the team with 78 assists…Turned 18 double plays…Named NJAC Honorable Mention and NJAC Rookie of the Year…Three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week (March 7, March 21, April 11)…Second on the team with 16 multiple-hit games and tied for third with seven multiple-RBI games…Had the fourth-longest hitting streak on the team, hitting safely in 11 consecutive games from April 14-26 (19-for-50, .380, 14 RBIs, nine runs)…Opened the season with an eight-game hitting streak March 2-29 (14-for-32, .438, 12 RBIs, nine runs)…Also had a six-game hitting streak April 2-10 (10-for-26, .385)…Went hitless in only four games all season…In his 32 games, batted in the third spot and the cleanup spot of the order 12 times apiece, and hit fifth on the other eight occasions…Hit .441 (15-for-34) against southpaws and .783 (18-for-23) with a runner at third base and less than two outs…Opened the season with back-to-back games going 2-for-4 with one run against Penn State-Abington (March 2, when he also added one RBI) and the College at Brockport (March 5)…Had a huge game against defending national champion Cortland State (March 14), going 3-for-5 with a double, walk, sacrifice fly, three runs and five RBIs…Had 10 total chances against Rowan University (April 11), collecting four putouts and one of his three six-assist games on the season…Went 3-for-4 with one run and four RBIs against Stockton University (April 14)…In a doubleheader sweep over New Jersey City University (April 23), went a combined 5-for-10 with two doubles, one triple, one walk, one sacrifice fly, three runs and five RBIs, while also combining for four putouts and seven assists…Closed his season with a three-game hitting streak, April 29-30, going 4-for-10 (.400) with three walks, a double, one run and one RBI.
Pre-Rutgers: Started his collegiate career at High Point University during the Fall 2015 semester before transferring to Rutgers-Camden.
High School: Four-year varsity baseball letterman at Bishop Eustace Prep for Coach Sam Tropiano…Four-year First Team All-Conference…Three-time Carpenter Cup All-Star Team…2015 All-South Jersey…2015 All-State New Jersey…2015 Perfect Game All-American.
Personal: Born January 22, 1997…Christopher “Chris” Jones…Nicknamed “Jonesy”…Business major at Rutgers-Camden…Chris is the son of Craig and Jen Jones of Sewell.
