Fred Jacklitsch
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Frederick Lawrence Jacklitsch
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.
- Debut June 6, 1900
- Final Game June 30, 1917
- Born May 24, 1876 in Brooklyn, NY USA
- Died July 18, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY USA
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Catcher Fred Jacklitsch played thirteen years in the majors, many of them with the Philadelphia Phillies. However, the most at-bats he had in a season was 337, with the 1914 Baltimore Terrapins in the Federal League.
Jacklitsch, who played almost all of his career in the dead-ball era, was good at drawing walks and had an on-base percentage that was more than 100 points higher than his batting average.
He was born and died in Brooklyn, where he also played major league baseball in 1903-04. He was coach of Rutgers University from 1926-1931.
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Jacklitsch photo in 1904 shows an interesting photo of Jacklitsch in a catching pose in 1904 while with Brooklyn, and gives a good idea of what the grass on the field was like in ballparks of the time, and also what lay beyond the outfield fences.
