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Jake Early
Jacob Willard Early

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 168 lb.

MLB Debut May 4, 1939
Final Game September 30, 1949
Born May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC
Died May 31, 1985 (age 70)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 BON NL   38   83    8   20   6   5   0   11   0   0    5   13  .241  .297  .434  .730   100    36   1   1   0   2   6  
 1940 25 BON NL   68  208   33   56   9   5  10   34   0   0   22   21  .269  .338  .505  .842   120   105   2   1   3   0   1  
 1941 26 WAA AL  129  392   28  102  22  10   3   46   0   0   22   40  .260  .297  .390  .687    95   153   7   4   2   0  12  
 1942 27 WAA AL   68  232   20   45   7   3   5   20   0   0   23   26  .194  .266  .315  .580    84    73   2   1   1   0   6  
 1943 28 WAA AL  115  326   30   78  11   1   6   45   5   4   38   41  .239  .319  .334  .653   101   109   2   2   6   1   7  
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 WAA AL   15   13    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .231  .286  .462  .747   105     6   1   0   0   0   1  
 1947 32 WAA AL   28   23    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    6   11  .174  .345  .348  .693   101     8   0   0   0   0   0  
         PIN NL   68  177   23   37   7   4   2   25   0   0   58   32  .209  .398  .328  .726   101    58   0   5   0   1   3  
         TOT      96  200   25   41   8   4   3   26   0   0   64   43  .205  .393  .330  .723          66   0   5   0   1   3 
 1948 33 WAA AL   44  112    8   23   6   3   0    5   0   0   10   11  .205  .276  .312  .589    81    35   0   0   3   1   0  
 1949 34 WAA AL   61  149   15   34   3   0   1   16   0   1   22   10  .228  .329  .268  .598    85    40   1   1   0   1   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      634 1715  168  402  72  31  29  205   5   5  207  206  .234  .317  .363  .680         623  16  15  15   6  38
 Per 600 PA           525   51  123  22   9   9   63   2   2   63   63                                 191   5   5   5   2  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With WAA      460 1247  104  289  50  17  17  135   5   5  122  140  .232  .300  .340  .640         424  13   8  12   3  28
   With BON      106  291   41   76  15  10  10   45   0   0   27   34  .261  .326  .485  .811         141   3   2   3   2   7
   With PIN       68  177   23   37   7   4   2   25   0   0   58   32  .209  .398  .328  .726          58   0   5   0   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      747 2208  216  532  98  23  32  264   7   8  281  259  .241  .330  .350  .679         772  18          11  33
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1939 24 BON NL   5    8   3.4  11   1   0  .091   9   11    9  .818    8   13  .381  C    4(-2)e12   34   
 1940 25 BON NL   3   36   6.4  10   5   1  .500   9   33   32  .970   15   12  .556  C    4(-2)e13  100   
 1941 26 WAA AL  10   43   3.7  27   5   0  .185  14   50   39  .780   17   17  .500  C    4(-2)e14 -118   
 1942 27 WAA AL  24   19   2.7   0   0   0  .000  12   38   28  .737   26   14  .650  C    4(-2)e8    18   
 1943 28 WAA AL  22   35   3.6   2   1   0  .500   8   43   28  .651   20   18  .526  C    4(-2)e7   -54   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 WAA AL  14    1   3.1   9   3   1  .333   1    1    1 1.000    1    0 1.000  C    4(-2)e14  163   
 1947 32 WAA AL  10    3   4.7  22   4   1  .182   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  C    4(-2)e6   -24   
         PIN NL   8   29   5.3   6   1   0  .167   7   33   20  .606   13    2  .867  C    4(-2)e6     9   
         TOT                    28   5   1  .179   7   33   20  .606   13    2  .867
 1948 33 WAA AL   3   10   3.1  11   3   0  .273   1   18   15  .833   12    5  .706  C    4(-1)e1    -9   
 1949 34 WAA AL  19   14   3.3  11   0   0  .000   2   17   12  .706    4    4  .500  C    4(-2)e7   -69   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          202   3.9 109  23   3  .211  63  244  184  .754  116   85  .577                 -24   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1939 24 BON NL  C     28   108    16    9    1   .932    22   186.2   5.98
 1940 25 BON NL  C     60   223    24    9    2   .965    56   473.0   4.70
 1941 26 WAA AL  C    105   409    41   14    5   .970    99   863.1   4.69
 1942 27 WAA AL  C     68   328    33   12    5   .968    68   600.0   5.42
 1943 28 WAA AL  C    112   436    35    8    5   .983    92   833.0   5.09
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 WAA AL  C      4     7     0    1    0   .875     0    12.0   5.25
 1947 32 WAA AL  C      1     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
         PIN NL  C     62   253    12    7    1   .974    58   511.0   4.67
 1948 33 WAA AL  C     31   129    11    1    0   .993    28   242.2   5.19
                 LF     1     5     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   7.50
 1949 34 WAA AL  C     51   189    15    2    3   .990    48   375.1   4.89
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    522  2085   187   63   22   .973   471  4099.0   4.99
                 LF     1     5     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   7.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1939  BON   66-88   Thomas Treece
 1940  BON   78-76   Thomas Treece
 1941  WAA   72-82   Larry Cupp
 1942  WAA   84-70   Larry Cupp
 1943  WAA   85-69   Larry Cupp
 1946  WAA   68-86   Larry Cupp
 1947  WAA   58-96   Larry Cupp
 1947  PIN   86-68   Mike Tomeo
 1948  WAA   62-92   Larry Cupp
 1949  WAA   61-93   Larry Cupp

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