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jones with the atlanta braves 2012 switch 250 deland , florida 1993 october 3 .303 468 2,726 1,623 third baseman / left fielder atlanta braves batting average home runs hits runs batted in september 11 24 april 1972 chipper jones 4-18-12 . jpg chipper jones
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chipper jones

larry wayne `` chipper '' jones , jr. -lrb- born april 24 , 1972 -rrb- is an american former major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- third baseman who spent his entire 19-year mlb career playing for the atlanta braves , and all 23 years as a professional baseball player in the atlanta organization .
initially a shortstop , he was the braves ' primary starting third baseman for nearly all of the period from 1995 -- 2012 .
in 2002 and 2003 , jones played left field before returning to third base in 2004 .
standing 6 ' 4 '' -lrb- -rrb- tall and weighing during his playing career , jones threw right-handed and was a switch hitter .
the number one overall pick in the 1990 mlb draft by atlanta , jones made his mlb debut late in 1993 .
between 1996 and 2003 , he batted at least .300 with 26 home runs in seven of eight seasons .
an eight time all-star , he won the 1999 national league -lrb- nl -rrb- most valuable player award , and the 1999 and 2000 nl silver slugger award for third basemen .
he was the mlb batting champion in 2008 after hitting .364 .
he currently holds the braves team record for career on-base percentage -lrb- .402 -rrb- , and on july 5 , 2007 , passed dale murphy for third place on the braves all-time career home run list .
jones ended his career in 2012 with a .304 career batting average , with 468 home runs , 1,512 walks , and 1,623 rbi in 2,499 games with 8,984 at bats .
he has the most career rbi for a third baseman .
also one of the most accomplished switch hitters in the history of the game , he finished behind only eddie murray for career rbi by switch hitters .
he is the only switch hitter in mlb history with both a career batting average of at least .300 and 400 or more home runs .
he was the eighteenth hitter in mlb history to accumulate 5,000 at bats and finish with at least a .300 batting average , .400 on-base percentage , and .500 slugging percentage , and the only switch hitter to reach all these milestones .
when nearing retirement as a player , many baseball writers anticipated jones will be inducted into the baseball hall of fame as soon as he becomes eligible .
on june 28 , 2013 , the braves retired jones ' number 10 and inducted him into the team 's hall of fame .
