Nolan Allen Jones…Married, Morgan…Daughter, Kamryn May...Rated as the 20th-best amateur entering the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft by MLB.com and 19th overall prospect according to Baseball America...Committed to play at Virginia before signing with Cleveland...A 2016 graduate of Holy Ghost Prep (Bensalem, Pa.), where he posted a .636 average (28-for-44) in 19 games during his senior campaign...His older brother, Peyton, was a four-year starting goalie for Penn State Ice Hockey and left as the school’s all-time leader in games played/started (133), victories (76) and saves (3,685)...Currently plays in Germany for the Augsburg Panthers…Previously played for the Colorado Eagles, the Colorado Avalanche’s AHL club...Was an active member of the Guardians Chess Club in 2025 and participated in several charitable autograph signings.
2025
Spent the entire season on the active roster after being acquired from Colorado at the end of Spring Training for UTL Tyler Freeman (March 22)...Missed the last nine games of the season with a right oblique strain (last game was 9/19 at MIN)...Overall made 72 starts in right field, 23 in center and seven in left (-4 DRS, eight assists)...Season average peaked on July 11 (.233), but batted .180 (23-for-128) in the second half with six XBH and 11 RBI in his final 51 games (.254/.258/.512), batting .160 (8-for-50) over his last 18 games after Aug. 30...MLB OF assist leaders since 2023: Steven Kwan (32) Nolan Jones (31), three others tied (28)...Reached in a season-high 11 straight games from July 7-22...Led team with a 90.8 average exit velocity (66th percentile in MLB)…Seventieth percentile in MLB in hard-hit percentage at 46.7, and batted .405 (15-for-37) on the first pitch.
2024
Made his first career Opening Day roster…limited to 79 games due to two stints on the 10-day injured list (low back strain), April 29-June 14 and July 12-Aug. 18...Average outfield arm strength of 97.7 MPH was the second-fastest in the Majors...101.3 MPH assist on July 1 was the fastest outfield assist in the Majors in 2024 and the second-fastest by a Rockies player in the Statcast Era behind his own throw last year on Sept. 11, 2023 vs. Chicago-NL (102.7 MPH)…100.8 MPH assist in the top of the seventh inning on July 2 was the third-fastest outfield assist of the season, becoming the first player with a 100.0+ mph OF assist in back-to-back games under Statcast...Tallied four outfield assists, the third-most on the club…his 23 outfield assists in his first two seasons with the organization are the second-most by a Rockie outfielder in their first two seasons behind Dante Bichette (24)...Slashed .294/.372/.353 through his last 23 games of the season….344/.432/.406 through his final 10 games…ended the season with an active season-best, seven-game hitting streak and a 10-game on-base streak.
2023
Became the first rookie in Major League history to have at least 20 home runs, 20 stolen bases and 19 outfield assists in a season…also the first rookie in franchise history to log 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases … finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting....In his first season as a Rockie, slashed .297/.389/.542 (.931 OPS) with 22 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs, 62 RBI and 20 swiped bags across 106 games … made 56 starts in left field, 31 in right field, nine at first base, three in center field, and one at third base...Led all rookies (min. 400 PA) in batting, OBP, slugging and OPS…after his recall on May 28, ranked third among rookies in home runs (20) and RBI (62), was fourth in hits (109), tied for fourth in triples (four) and ranked fifth in doubles (22)...Led the Majors with 19 outfield assists in 93 games in the outfield, a franchise record surpassing Dante Bichette’s 17 assists in 144 games in 1999....One of 11 players since 1900 to record at least 19 outfield assists with 93 or fewer games played in the outfield, the first since the White Sox’ Shano Collins in 1918 (92 games, 20 assists)....Most outfield assists for any Major Leaguer since Jeff Francoeur recorded 19 in 2012 with Kansas City...His 0.22 assists-per-nine was the best mark for an outfielder in Major League history with a minimum 700 innings played (since 1901 when relevant data was tracked) … broke the record of 0.21 assists-per-nine set by the Philadelphia Athletics’ Merlin Kopp in 1918....Only four players in Major League history have posted a 0.20 rate or higher, most recently Roberto Clemente with a 0.20 mark in 1961...the last Major Leaguer to post a 0.15 mark or higher was the Mets’ Juan Lagares in 2013...Shattered the franchise record of 0.12 assists-per-nine set by Larry Walker and Dante Bichette in 1999 and matched again by Walker (2002), Brad Hawpe (2006) and Carlos González (2013)....98.9 MPH average arm strength the fastest among Major League position players and the fastest in history since the metric began being tracked in 2020....Outfield assist on Sept. 11 measured at 102.7 MPH, the fastest by a Rockie in the Statcast Era (since 2015) and the fastest in the Majors since Jackie Bradley Jr.’s 103.4 MPH assist on June 19, 2018....Recorded three of the seven fastest outfield assists in the Majors in 2023. Average home run distance of 418 feet was the third-furthest in the Majors among players with 15 or more home runs, trailing Shohei Ohtani (422 ft.), Ronald Acuña Jr. (420 ft.) and Ryan McMahon (420 ft.)…average home run exit velocity of 107.3 was the ninth-best in the Majors....Hit .434 (33-for-76) with RISP, the highest mark among qualified players…highest RISP average in the Majors since Allen Craig (.454) and Freddie Freeman’s (.443) 2013 seasons and the eighth-best mark in Major League history (since 1974, min. 100 PA)...560 OBP with RISP the 13th-best mark in history....Recalled for the first time from Triple-A Albuquerque on April 12…did not appear in a game before he was optioned on April 16…recalled for the second time on May 26 and remained on the active roster for the remainder of the season...In 39 games with Albuquerque, slashed .356/.481/.711 with 13 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 42 RBI.
2022
Promoted to the Majors for the first time on July 8, debuting the same day at Kansas City...began his Major League career with a four-game hitting streak, slashing .538/.625/.923 with two doubles, one home run and eight RBI during the stretch...Most RBI through his first four career games in Cleveland history...1.548 OPS the fourth-highest through first four career games...Appeared in 28 games for the Guardians, slashing .244/.309/.372 with five doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI, eight walks and 31 strikeouts...appeared in 22 games in right field for Cleveland and four as the designated hitter...In 55 games with Triple-A Columbus, hit .276/.368/.463 with 11 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 43 RBI and four stolen bases...Appeared in 42 games in right field, two in left field and 11 as the designated hitter for the Clippers...Overall on the season, hit .274 (66-for-241) with eight home runs against right-handers while hitting .237 (14- for-59) with three home runs against lefties.
2021
Spent entire year at AAA Columbus...Season got better as it went along until an ankle injury on August 29 at Memphis ended his season...Got off to a 3-for-36 (.083) start over the first 10 games, hit .189 (14-for-74, 22 games, 6 XBH, 6 RBI) and was hitting as low as .172 (16-for-93) on June 6...Over his last 28 games, July 29-Aug. 29, he batted .282 (29-for-103) with 5 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI and 24 runs (.385/.447/.832)...Suffered season-ending left ankle sprain sliding into second base, Aug. 29...Underwent surgery on Sept. 21 (Dr. Martin O'Malley, NYC) to stabilize the sprain (return to play expected at 5 to 6 months)…At the time of the injury he was leading the Triple-A East in walks (59), third in doubles (25), tied for fourth in RS (60) and fifth in XBH (39)...On the year he appeared in 67 games at 3B (65 GS), 25 games in RF (25GS) and 1 start at first base.
2020
Listed as Cleveland top prospect according to MLB.com and Baseball America entering the 2020 season...Spent the 2020 campaign at the Alternate Training Site in Lake County (appeared in nine games in ST as an invitee)...Split the 2019 season between Class-A Lynchburg and AA Akron, hitting a combined .272 (117-for-430) with 22 2B, 15 HR and 63 RBI in 126 games (.409/.442/.851) and was named an org. all-star by MLB.com... Led the system in on-base pct. and all of the Minors in walks (96)...Played in the Futures Game in Cleveland on July 7 and was elevated to AA Akron on July 11 for the second half... Hit .312 (101-for-324, .936 OPS) vs. RHP and .151 (16-for-106) with a .324 on-base pct. against LHP...Played in the Arizona Fall League after the season, connecting for four homers and eight RBI in 15 games...Underwent right thumb surgery in October (Dr. Thomas Graham).
2018
Finished 3rd in Midwest League in OPS (.858), tied for 4th in on-base % (.393), 6th in slugging % (.464), T8th in home runs (16) and finished 10th in walks (63)…Named No. 2 prospect in Cleveland organization by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline entering 2019 …Voted Best Infield Arm in Farm System by Baseball America.
2017
Led organization in batting average (.317) and led team in batting average, runs scored (41), hits (69), doubles (19), games played (62) and walks (43)...Also led New York-Penn League in on-base percentage (.430) and OPS (.912); tied for league lead with 25 extra-base hits and ranked 2nd in slugging pct(.482)...Named Baseball America Short-Season All-Star...Named Best Strike Zone Discipline & Best Infield Arm in Cleveland Farm System entering 2018 by Baseball America...Named Cleveland's No. 3 prospect and No. 80 in MLB overall entering 2018 by ESPN.
