Larry Wayne Jones, Jr. (innate April 24, 1972 in DeLand, Florida), better known as Chipper Jones, occurs as Major League Baseball third baseman.

Jones was selected per Atlanta Braves in the First circular (1st pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. He processed the flying go for it through the minors to make his major league debut in September 11, 1993.

Fallowing sitting out a entire 1994 season with an ACL tear within his left knee, Jones come back hard in 1995, leading all major league greenhorn inside RBI (86), games played (145), games started (123), plate appearances (602), at-bats (524), and runs scored (87). He finally went in to win The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award, and finished 2nd in the BBWAA Rookie of the Year balloting behind Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo.

Around 1999, Jones won the National League MVP award after hitting .319 by using 45 home runs and 110 Run batted in. Jones led a Braves to the World Series against the New York Yankees that year, where a Braves were swept. He did, notwithstanding, hit their single page process in the series, against Yankees starter Orlando Hernández.

As punishment a failure of a Braves to win a pennant a preceding 2 years, prior to the run of the 2002 season, Jones announced his willingness to move from third base to left field to make room for the incoming Vinny Castilla. Jones proved adequate inside left field, however charted deuce further early playoff exits around 2002 & 2003 and a hamstring pull in the early 2004 season, he moved back to his traditional third base.

In August 16, 2004 Jones hit a 300th page redo of his career around the Five-Four triumph above the San Diego Padres.

Around an 11-year career, Jones occurs as .303 hitter by owning 330 residence diarrhea & 1108 Run batted within in 1646 games. In todays world, he is considered one of a back's better 100%-all-round hitters.

He is the sole switch hitter within Major League Baseball history to have a .300+ career batting average & additional than 300 personal diarrhea. Mickey Mantle, arguably the better switch hitter ever, ended his career by having a .298 batting norm.

Jones has emerged as a team leader in recent years and is easily-respected in the club.

Awards and Accomplishments
5-instance All-Star (1996-98, 2000-01) National League MVP (1999) 2-time [[Silver Slugger] at 3rd Base (1999-2000) TSN Rookie of the Year (1995)

Along with his many awards he has finished four times in the top 10 votes for the National League MVP (1996-98,2000). He also set a streak of eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons from 1996-2003, but failed to reach it again in 2004 with only ninety-six.

Trivia
Jones began playing baseball at the elite North Florida prep school [http://www.bolles.org The Bolles School.] Jones is an avid hunter and owns the [http://www.doubledimeranch.com Double Dime Ranch] near Carrizo Springs, Texas. Jones' two wives have confusing first names. His first wife was Karin and his current wife is Sharon. In 1998, Jones was a subject of scandal due to his fathering of a child -- with a Hooters waitress, not his wife at the time, Karin. Jones and his second wife (Sharon) have three children, Larry Wayne III (Trey), Tristen, and Shea, named after after Shea Stadium, where Jones hit his first major league home run on May 9, 1995.