Early Years
Born in Cambria, Wisconsin, as David Jefferson, he later changed his last name to Jones. He attended college at Northern Illinois University, and learned to be a druggist before becoming a ball player while living in Portage and Mauston, Wisconsin. Jones would go on to purchase a drug store in Detroit in 1910 during his playing days.
Jones was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 15, 1901, with the Milwaukee Brewers.
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