BIOGRAPHY
Jahmai Jones was born August 4, 1997, Roswell, Georgia. He is a second baseman in the MLB.
Jones attended the Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. As a senior, he hit .464 with eight home runs, 21 runs batted in (RBIs), and 40 stolen bases and was named the Gwinnett Daily Post Baseball Player of the Year. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the second round of the 2015 MLB draft. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Angels and spent all of 2015 there, posting a .244 batting average with two home runs, 20 RBIs and 16 stolen bases.
In 2016, Jones started the season with the Orem Owlz and was promoted to the Burlington Bees during the season. He finished 2016 batting .302 with four home runs, 30 RBIs and twenty stolen bases in 64 games between both clubs.
In 2017, Jones played for both Burlington and the Inland Empire 66ers, posting a combined .282 batting average with 14 home runs, 47 RBIs, 27 stolen bases and a .794 OPS in 127 games. In 2018, Jones played with Inland and the Mobile BayBears, slashing .239/.337/.380 with 10 home runs, 55 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases in 123 games.
In 2019, Jones spent the season with the Mobile BayBears, batting .234/.308/.324 with five home runs, fifty RBIs, and nine stolen bases over 130 games. Following the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox, and also, he was added to the Angeles 40-man roster.
On August 31, 2020, Jones made his MLB debut as a pinch-runner. On September 26, 2020, Jones got his first career hit off of Tony Gonsolin of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On July 3, 2023, Jones signed a major league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and was added to their active roster. The very same day, Jones recorded his first hit as a Brewer - a game tying, three RBI double.