Andruw Jones' BEST defensive plays!

[@yoshigg]

I watched this guy all my young life, and what you don't get from highlights is how many awesome plays he made look easy.

[@ralphcrisp2896]

Like watching an F-18 climb.

[@yoshigg]

​​@@ralphcrisp2896 like @2:03, 99 out of 100 outfielders wouldn't be able to get to that ball and would just play it off the fence.

[@scipio7]

Remember when you could watch baseball on tv?

[@natureboy1313]

Yep, i remember Monday Night Baseball on ABC.

[@matthewhendo9933]

Tbs for me. Always watched the Braves

[@mambomeek]

Only got into baseball about 3 years ago as a UK fan so unfortunately, no 😅

[@scipio7]

@mambomeek well, friend, it used to be in the 1990s that in most places, you could get 3 or 4 games a week on regular broadcast TV, and there was 1 or more games almost every night on basic cable. It's frustratingly difficult to just turn on a TV and get a game today. It's been a couple years since I watched a game on TV (I go to minor league games in my city quite a few times a season). I used to watch 50+ full MLB games a season. Now, it's just really difficult to watch games.

[@mambomeek]

@@scipio7 yeh, I have TNT sport and it's kinda like "you get what you get" in terms of what teams they show, they do air the full series though which is good I suppose, most games being on in the early hours of the morning for us is difficult too. As a Braves fan I've seen many people talking about the "tbs days", sounds like that was a good time to be a fan.

[@Roysorb]

Growing up watching Andruw, Edmonds, and Tori was such a privilege.

[@karlweeber2227]

It seemed like he just saved all hia good plays for Tom Glavine according to that video haha

[@williamcolvin9439]

I never had the privilege of watching Willie mays. But this is the best defensive center fielder I’ve ever seen in person or on tv.

[@FesteredTsar]

By all measurable standards, he is the greatest defensive center fielder in the history of the game. +84 defensive runs saved more than Willie Mays. Andruw's is the highest rate defensive centerfielder in all of MLB history. Even Willie Mays said he was the best he had ever seen.

[@mariosantiago3691]

I agree with you Andruw Jones is top 5 all time What a beauty whatching this guy Playing centerfield What a player

[@williamcolvin9439]

@ I was at a game in 97 and he was playing right field in the old Fulton county stadium. He made an incredible diving catch where he slid over the tops of the bullpen mounds with a reckless abandon. I was 14 then and knew we had found someone special. That play can forever be found and partially witnessed in the Braves 1998 tv game intro.

[@jarreuscapehart642]

That dude made outfield look so cool when I was a youngster. I always thought he played a better CF than even Griffey, Respectfully.

[@Travishenderson100]

The man was a 10 time Gold Glove winner

[@reed5369]

there should be a thousand more plays in this highlight reel

[@MSR-1701]

When I think of Andruw Jones, I think of "the Jones Boys" (he and Chipper were popular) and the time in 98 when Andruw lazily fielded a ball and got a chew out by Bobby Cox. There were awesome memories, though those two stuck all these years😅

[@TonyKadafi]

I grew up watching the Braves on TBS…AJ is the best outfielder that ever played! By far…

[@bradleycarroll8187]

He should already be in the HOF already

[@joshsmith4512]

bat keeps him out

[@austinbralley3833]

@@joshsmith4512 Tell that to Ozzie Smith. Ozzie's OPS+ for his career was an 87. That means he was 13% below league average for his career. He only had 4 seasons above the league average in his entire career. Andruw had 11 seasons at or over 100. Ozzie's BA was .08 points higher than Andruw, but his OBP was the exact same as Andruw, .337. I won't even bring up HRs, RBIs, and OPS because they hit a different spots in the line up and were different style hitters. But they are both the best to ever play their position. Andruw should 100% be in the hall of fame if Ozzie was a first ballot guy.

[@joshsmith4512]

@@austinbralley3833 he's a short stop.

[@austinbralley3833]

@@joshsmith4512You are correct.

[@joshsmith4512]

@@austinbralley3833 not to mention, the greatest ss ever. the man was a human vacuum cleaner. Jones will probably get in eventually. but no one cares if a ss has big offensive numbers. and he did have big hits in dramatic moments, GO Cray folks go crazy, he had over 2k hits the end of his career he was a decent hitter for a ss of his era. i watched them both play. 😁 ozzie had the best range I've ever seen, man robbed base hits for a hobby, some of the most insane double plays your will ever see to

[@splinter8723]

Tom Glavin owes him a beer or 2

[@jordanhutton5787]

Steaks for real

[@keelychow4569]

Andruw Jones will forever be the Michael Jordan of defensive center fielders.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Why?

[@keelychow4569]

@@TiagoGomez-hb9te He’s the GOAT among all defensive center fielders.

[@berniegordon6338]

Easy now. Griffey, Willy Mays, Edmonds

[@Someone-hi1nt]

@@berniegordon6338 defensively speaking, yes jones is better than all of those

[@ww8407]

This is why Hall of Fame Voters are not credible and don't value defense. Apparently the greatest defensive outfielder ever isn't a HOFmer. Oh yea, he hit 400 Homers. A joke.

[@AABB-bm9kk]

Instead we get Harold Baines in the Hall (even Baines must be saying WTF?! ) 🤦‍♂️ The only glove Baines put on was when it got chilly 😄

[@kwakerjak]

@@AABB-bm9kk To be fair, Harold Baines was inducted by the veterans’ committee, who are composed of former players and executives and tend to be prone to cronyism. The sportswriters who didn’t vote Jones in also passed on Baines.

[@dengmo3625]

Griffey had like 10 golf gloves, but yeahhhh Andrew Jones is the best CF hahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha

[@Natey11]

@@dengmo3625Andruw Jones had 10 Gold Gloves also

[@dengmo3625]

@@Natey11 and 200 more homers and prolly a lot more SB’s and without looking, prolly a much better avg

[@johnnymoondog9474]

1:12 that dude was feelin it

[@Natey11]

definitely won his parlay

[@anonymousyt-vq8jk]

the calls are solid too

[@CalebSeal-l1i]

One of my favorite players ever.

[@nickpoust]

The sound of my childhood in the booth, and one of the best defensive players the game has ever seen doing what he does. Really hoping he makes the Hall.

[@Chris-cq5pw]

Kind of amazing that Tom Glavine was pitching in almost every single one of these

[@DonaldAdolfoJarquinGarcia]

Crecí viendo todos los juegos de Atlanta por TBS. Me parece que en esos tiempos, era mejor Base ball que ahora mismo.

[@moparedtn]

RIP Skip Caray. It was good to hear his voice again - and yes, Andruw belongs in the HOF. Easily the best I've ever seen in my 60+ years.

[@BertoSmokes2much]

Andrew Jones use to make things look easy catching routine fly balls..For me he was the best CF during that era he played w the Braves🔥🔥

[@Lance-Stroll]

He and Steve McNair were moving faster than it looked

[@bassface84]

one of the best to ever do it.

[@charleston2theworld]

Bring the hill back in Houston...that was my favorite quirk about any park...makes it an obstacle for the CF

[@GHOST91141]

😂 I agree bring it back

[@mysterygamermgclues8864]

agreed

[@reed5369]

if u want injuries then yes put it back

[@RyanAngelo90]

The pitching staff of the Braves had a low ERA during the steroids era, because of him. It’s so ungrateful and disrespectful that he hasnt been elected jet in the HOF. 10 GG & 400+ HR

[@Shorsey30]

The hall of fame is a joke with this man not in it.

[@atqy1690]

All these were going backward. To me Andruw playing shallow and diving forward to rob a single was what made him so different. He made it look so easy with an overhand catch and did it so routinely that no one really noticed.

[@paulnettles9109]

Multiple pitchers of that era have said that Andruw was waiting on a flyball where their CFs wouldve had to dive or wouldnt be there and it wouldve lowered their ERAs to have him.

[@MichaelWalker-wu2pq]

I've been saying it for years and I'll say it for more years to come: put Andruw Jones in the Hall of Fame!!!

[@Benjamin_Marchus]

….Skip Caray saying the name Andruw Jones 🤤

[@UnFunGames-q8y]

Seen a lot of HOF ballets with Jones' name checked...hopefully it finally happens this year

[@venividivici8672]

In my mind he is hands down the greatest defensive center fielder the game has ever seen. Not to mention he had 1,933 hits, 434 home runs, 1,289 RBIs, and 1,204 runs scored. Should have been a first ballot hall of famer.

[@dvldog_]

Bet he'd be in the HOF if he weren't a Brave.

[@melissabusby12]

Put him in the HOF people!!!!

[@philb.1502]

Jones hit over 400 home runs and collected 10 gold gloves in his career. If you look at his defensive brilliance combined with his power numbers, he should be in the Hall of Fame. Dale Murphy, too! He's another Brave who got screwed.

[@bigoldawg2791]

That third catch at 1:00 was obsurd

[@SCFick318]

Andruw and Chipper, first baseball game I ever saw and became a fan for life

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Why do you have Ampharos from Pokemon as your PFP?

[@jamirbingham4101]

@@TiagoGomez-hb9tewhy ain’t I your dad?

[@AABB-bm9kk]

Griffey was winning gold gloves when they both should have been going to Jones 👏✌️

[@kovac06]

uhhh they were both winning them cuz they were in different leagues

[@AABB-bm9kk]

@@kovac06 Yeah, I’m entirely aware they were in different leagues (at least until Griffey went to Cincinnati). 😳 I’m saying Jones actually deserved all the GGs he won. ✌️ I think Griffey was a bit overrated defensively.

[@AABB-bm9kk]

@@kovac06 Yeah, I’m aware they were in different leagues (Until Griffey became a Red). What I’m saying is Jones deserved all his gold gloves. I think Griffey was a bit overrated defensively.

[@kovac06]

@AABB-bm9kk Ahh, okay, well, I agree with that. I absolutely loved Griffey as a kid, but I realize most of his gold gloves were reputation based now

[@AABB-bm9kk]

@@kovac06 That’s exactly what I’m saying:) I’m not dissing Griffey - He’s an all-time great ✌️

[@yunghanhuang8188]

1:58 I an dtunk now, I will come back next time to finish

[@BasedDon]

Jim Thome is a HOF, but AJ isn’t? lol, what a stupid world we live in.

[@dmvercar7849]

Andrew rarely got a day off. Bobby was always i need you in center

[@Jester_KillzEm]

Look how many times he saved Tom Glavine alone 🤣

[@helenefaw3210]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put Andruw Jones in the HOF...this video alone proves he deserves to be there!!!

[@jasmithactor]

A wizard with the Glove… Underrated with the Bat…. So Why isn’t he in Cooperstown?🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@SFTaYZa]

Remember when bobby took him out of the game

[@jeffreysmith2186]

Is Tom Glavine pitching in every highlight? TG might not be in the HOF without Andrew Jones

[@SummerInPhilly]

Man how many of these were hit off Glavine?

[@timbliss9892]

Tom Glavine has talked about how often AJ25 saved him and he wasn't kidding! LOL!

[@オーレティンコスモール-z]

日本でプレーしてくれてありがとう

[@jamesrichardson381]

The Hall of Fame voters need to get their heads out of their asses with Andruw Jones. What the hell are they thinking? Has everyone actually looked at the stats of some of the players who were elected? It's so arbitrary. Why was great defense enough for a player like Ozzie Smith to get voted in and yet here Amdruw sits 8 years on the ballot. The difference is Andruw was one of the best offensive players in baseball during his prime. For the 10 years in a row he won 10 gold gloves he trailed only Bonds and A-Rod in bwar. He hit more home runs in one of his average years than Ozzie did in his career. As good as Ozzie was defensively at short Andruw was better in Center.If defense was enough for players like Ozzie with Andruw we're talking literally the greatest defensive outfielder ever. Interestingly enough they had the exact same OBP but other than that Andruw was far and away better offensively, were talking 434 Home runs here. Chipper made a great point when he said the other voters need to think about this if it was a player who played for the yankees for 15 years and had 10 gold gloves, 434 HR's and andruws stats would he still be sitting on the ballot? Hell no. There are 6 outfielders who have ever won 10 gold gloves and 5 are in the Hall of Fame, Griffey Jr., Musual, Clemente, Willie Mays and now Ichiro. Andruw is the 6th.

[@JavierCorderoereu]

Con todo ésto grandes jugadas, pero mal profesional cuando vino a Venezuela con tiburones, pues lo que hizo fue hacer quedar mal a él el equipo y la liga, chaoooo fuera le dijo nuestro siempre selebre PPP.

[@メンマハヤテ]

彼が日本に来なけりゃ私は野球が好きになってないでしょう、是非殿堂入りしてくれAJ

[@MrBendylaw]

These are not his best catches; they don't look easy.

[@AABB-bm9kk]

Bonds deserves to have home runs taken from him He got plenty free ones from PEDs 😄

[@daisuzu]

ピッチャーグラビンばっかり

[@スプーニーバーガー-t8l]

オリックスではdh

[@shi-yk1ns]

楽天だよ

[@富田林のヤベー奴]

Go to HOF

[@EJ-jw9ow]

My goodness, can you offer a little emotion and excitement for the greatness you just witnessed? Youd think those announcers were calling a game of checkers. Lifeless hacks