He graduated in 1984 from
Liverpool High School located in
Liverpool suburb of
Syracuse, New York. He was drafted by the
Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the
1984 Major League Baseball draft, and spent the next six seasons in the Reds' farm system. He played in 52 games in his rookie year before being released by the Reds and signed by the
Houston Astros. After a season with Houston, Jones was a member of the inaugural
Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993, and spent two years with the team, as well as two years with the
New York Mets. He spent 1997 with the
San Diego Padres then played for the inaugural
Arizona Diamondbacks team in 1998. After playing for the
San Francisco Giants and
Milwaukee Brewers, he played in the minor leagues until 2004. In 2004 Jones signed to play for the
Newark Bears of the independent
Atlantic League, following his retirement he returned to manage the Bears for two seasons from 2005 to 2006. the team went 100-165 during his time in Newark. In January 2007, he took over as manager of the
Kannapolis Intimidators, a minor league affiliate of the
Chicago White Sox. Jones currently lives now in
Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Cystal, and two children, Christopher and Crishana. ==References==