Grover William "Deacon" Jones (born April 18, 1934) is a retired American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He appeared in 40 Major League games as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the Chicago White Sox (1962–63; 1966). Jones attended Ithaca College, threw right-handed, batted left-handed and was listed as tall and . In his 11-year minor-league career (1955–56; 1959–67; 1969), Jones with 154 home runs and a slugging percentage . His big-league experience consisted of 60 plate appearances and he (14 hits in 49 at bats) with one home run (hit off Jim Hannan of the Washington Senators on September 28, 1963) and 10 runs batted in. A great natural hitter, Jones still holds the Midwest League record for the highest single-season batting average when he for the Dubuque Packers in 1956. He also had 135 hits, smashed 26 homers and had slugging percentage in only 330 at bats. After retiring as a player, Jones served as a scout and minor-league coach and manager in the White Sox organization through 1973. Jones was a coach for the Houston Astros from 1976–82, and with the San Diego Padres from 1984–87. Jones joined the Baltimore Orioles as a minor-league hitting coach and liaison with minority communities. Jones is currently serving as the special assistant to the president for the Sugar Land Skeeters, a member of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. References External links , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project 1934 births Living people African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball players Appleton Foxes players Baltimore Orioles scouts Baseball players from New York (state) Chicago White Sox players Chicago White Sox scouts Dubuque Packers players Fox Cities Foxes players Houston Astros coaches Indianapolis Indians players Lincoln Chiefs players Lynchburg White Sox players Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball hitting coaches Minor league baseball coaches People from White Plains, New York Rapiños de Occidente players San Diego Padres coaches San Diego Padres (minor league) players Sarasota Sun Sox players Waterloo White Hawks players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople Florida Instructional League White Sox players Charleston White Sox players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Minor league baseball managers White Plains High School alumni