Chipper Jones

Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, Jr. (born April 24, 1972, in DeLand, Florida), is an American Major League baseball player. Although initially a shortstop, Chipper has spent most of his career as the starting third baseman for the Atlanta Braves. In 2002 and 2003, Jones primarily played left field. Since 2003, he has played most of his games at third base.

Jones debuted in 1993 and has played his entire career with the Braves. Chipper won the 1999 National League Most Valuable Player Award, as well as the 1999 and 2000 National League Silver Slugger Award for third basemen. He currently holds the Braves team record for career On base percentage (.404), and on May 31, 2006, he passed Hank Aaron for second place on the Atlanta Braves all-time career home run list.[1] On July 5, 2007, he passed Dale Murphy for the Atlanta club record of 372 home runs.

In his career through the 2008 season, Jones is a .308/.404/.548 hitter with 392 home runs, 1,157 walks and 1,317 RBIs in 1,911 games. He is behind only Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray on the all-time switch hitters career home run list. He is considered one of the game's best all-around hitters, and one of the best switch hitters in the history of the game.[2][3] He is the only switch hitter in Major League Baseball history to have a .300+ career batting average and more than 300 home runs.