On Tuesday, Baseball Reference announced that it has dramatically expanded its coverage of the Negro Leagues and historical Black major league players.
Jones, a five-time All-Star in Baltimore, has been a longtime supporter of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and was one of the first to review the expanded Baseball-Reference.com website, which now includes Major Negro Leagues (from 1920-1948) listed with the National League and American League as major leagues.
“There’s so much history in the Negro Leagues and that’s what has always interested me,” said Jones, who currently plays for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan.