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Are you an O's fan hon? If so you will want to add this item to your collection. This baseball is signed by Adam Jones. It is officially authenticated by Major League Baseball. This ball was given to the donor by the Oriole's for a heavy hitter award. It is inside of an acrylic box, never opened or handled.

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Baltimore Orioles

On February 8, 2008, Jones was traded to the Baltimore Orioles along with left-handed reliever George Sherrill and minor league pitchers Kam Mickolio, Chris Tillman, and Tony Butler for the left-handed starting pitcher Érik Bédard.^[2]

2008

On July 28, 2008, Jones became the second player ever to hit a triple and a grand slam in the same game as a visitor to Yankee Stadium (the first was Pat Seerey in 1945). On September 21, 2008, Jones hit the final triple at Yankee Stadium in the second inning off Andy Pettitte and later scored the first run of the game.

Jones finished his first season with the Orioles batting .270 to go along with 9 home runs, 57 RBI and 10 stolen bases. He ranked 11th in the major leagues with 7 triples.

2009

After a strong start to the season, Jones was selected to represent Baltimore in the 2009 All Star Game on July 5. In the game, he drove in Curtis Granderson on a sacrifice fly for the winning run in the American League's 4–3 victory.

The second half wasn't as kind to Jones though and in August, he sprained his left ankle and missed the end of the 2009 season. He finished the season with a .277 batting average, 19 homers, 70 RBI and 10 stolen bases. He tied for 5th among major league center fielders with 9 outfield assists.

In November, he was awarded a Gold Glove for his defensive play.^[11]

2010

Jones finished his third season in Baltimore with a .284 batting average, 19 homers, 69 RBI and 7 stolen bases. He led all center fielders and was second in the majors in outfield assists with 12.

2011

As of August, Jones was having the best statistical season of his career.^[1] On August 6, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, he hit his then career high 20th home run of the season.^[12]

In 2011, Jones led the major leagues in sacrifice flies, with 12, and led all AL outfielders in errors, with 8.^[13][14]

2012

Jones started the 2012 season hitting .310 with 14 home runs and 31 runs batted in through the Orioles' first 46 games. His stellar play led to the Orioles signing him to a contract extension for six years that is worth $85.5 million. Escalators could raise that total to $91.5 million over the same period. The contract surpassed the previous contracts of Miguel Tejada and Nick Markakis as the largest in Orioles' history and makes Jones the second highest paid center fielder in Major League Baseball, behind the Dodgers' Matt Kemp.^[15] Jones hit the second walk-off home run of his career on June 9, a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning that resulted in a 6-4 victory for the Orioles over the Philadelphia Phillies.

On July 1, Jones was selected to be one of the Orioles representatives in the 2012 All Star Game.^[16]

Jones hit the 100th home run of his career on August 28 against the Chicago White Sox. Two days later, he established a new career high by hitting his 26th home run of the season, also against the White Sox. He finished the regular season with 32 home runs.

On September 30, 2012, Jones was named the Most Valuable Oriole for the second consecutive season. The Orioles made the playoffs as a Wildcard against Texas Rangers. Jones hit a sac fly to score a run in the Orioles 5-1 win.

2013

Prior to the start of the 2013 season, Jones was selected by the United States national baseball team to participate in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He appeared in his second All-Star game, his first as a starter.

On August 11, 2013, Adam Jones reached a career-high 85 RBIs.

On September 5, 2013, Jones reached 100 RBIs for the first time, when he connected for a home run off of Jose Quintana.

Jones finished a strong 2013 season batting .285 with 33 home runs and 108 RBIs, both of which were new career highs. He did, however, draw only 25 walks and finished with a .318 on-base percentage, his lowest since 2008.

After the Baltimore Orioles failed to make the 2013 playoffs, Jones decided to join MLB Network as an extra analyst for the duration of the postseason.^[17]

2014

On April 13, Jones recorded his 1,000 career hit off Mark Buehrle in a game versus the Toronto Blue Jays. In a game against the Houston Astros at Camden Yards on May 11, 2014, he singled with the bases loaded and drove in his 500th and 501st RBIs. Jones participated in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.^[18] After the season ended, he travelled to Japan to join a team of MLB All-Stars playing against All-Stars of Nippon Professional Baseball in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series.^[19]

2015

In 2015, Jones was elected to his fifth All-Star Game, his fourth in a row.^[20] He was originally voted in as a reserve, however, an injury to Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon allowed Jones to replace Gordon as a starting outfielder.^[21][22] During the Orioles final game before the All-Star break, Jones hit two homeruns in a game against the Washington Nationals, raising his career total with the Orioles to 180. His second homerun moved him into eighth on the Orioles all-time homeruns list,^[23] and it was his seventh career multi-homerun game. On July 30, Jones hit the 182nd homerun of his Orioles career, which tied him for seventh on the teams all-time list with Ken Singleton. The very next night, Jones hit a three-run homerun, giving him sole possession of seventh place on the all-time Orioles homerun list. It was also his one hundredth career homerun at OPACY. On August 16, Jones went 3-for-4 and hit two homeruns in an 18-2 rout of the Oakland Athletics. It was Jones' eighth career multi-homerun game.

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