"Ross A. Jones" is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. Jones was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers ninth overall in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.

After four seasons in the Dodgers' farm system, Jones was traded with Sid Fernandez to the New York Mets for Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz (pitcher)/Carlos Diaz. He made the team out of Spring training , but saw only limited action behind Jose Oquendo and Ron Gardenhire at short, and was used primarily as a pinch hitter or pinch runner. In thirteen plate appearances, he had a double (baseball)/double and three walk (baseball)/walks. The double was a game winning walk-off hit (baseball)/hit against Al Holland and the Philadelphia Phillies on April 28. On May 13, in one of his few appearances on the field with the Mets, Jones committed an error (baseball)/error that led to three unearned runs in the Mets 5-3 loss to the Dodgers. He was reassigned to their triple A affiliate, the Tidewater Tides shortly afterwards, and briefly reappeared with the Mets following the All-Star break.

Jones split between Tidewater and the double A Jackson Mets, and batted only .192 combined. Following the season, he was released, and signed with the Seattle Mariners.

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