Jacque Jones

Jacque Dewayne Jones (born April 25, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Florida Marlins.

[3] On August 15, 2006, Jones hit a home run over the center field wall against Roger Clemens at Minute Maid Park, well over 440 feet.

Jones remained with the Cubs to start the 2007 season, though he was never really accepted by the fan base, partly due to his lack of production and partly due to questionable comments regarding the teams decision to fire Dusty Baker, whom Jones said he came to Chicago to play for.

Trades with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers fell through in June 2007 because of new owner Sam Zell's unwillingness to transfer money to another team to cover Jones' remaining salaries.

[6] On February 5, 2009, Jones signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Cincinnati Reds.

[8] He received very loud standing ovations during his at-bats during two exhibition games against the St. Louis Cardinals at Target Field.

[9] Jones was on the ballot for Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014 but received only one vote,[10] less than the minimum 5% needed to appear in subsequent years.

Jones was hired as the hitting coach for the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps by the San Diego Padres for the 2012 season.

In 2014, he was named the hitting coach for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas but resigned from the job midway through the season.

Jacque Jones with Marlins in 2008.