Overall, Jones\' professional baseball career spanned 21 seasons. He was originally signed by the Pirates in 1971, although he did not make his professional debut until the following season with the Niagara Falls Pirates. He made his major league debut for the 1975 NL East division-winning Pirates, appearing in two September games. The Pirates traded him to Seattle following the 1978 season, then traded for him a year later. After that, he drifted through several organizations, never going more than two seasons without spending time in the minor leagues.\n', '

One of Jones\' most memorable games came on May 28, 1988, with the Milwaukee Brewers. Jones, who had not started a major league game since 1981, started against the Cleveland Indians in place of the injured Teddy Higuera. In Higuera\'s previous start, he had lasted just one inning, and Jones pitched 5 innings in relief, giving up just 2 hits and one run. Surprisingly, Jones came within two outs of a no-hitter before giving up a single to Ron Washington and being pulled for closer Dan Plesac.\n', '

The game, which took place in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was the best of his career. Jones, who had been pitching in the minor leagues with the Syracuse Chiefs the previous year, never pitched a complete-game shutout, and in fact never gave up fewer than five hits in any of his four career complete games. "I kind of looked up at the board tonight and thought, \'What am I doing? What in the world am I doing?\' This is by far my best game ever," Jones told reporters after the game. "After about the fifth or sixth inning, I was really bearing down, trying to get it. After the hit, it really hit me hard, I was totally exhausted. I was overextending myself, using everything I had to get the ball up there. I was too tired to get nervous."\n', '

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