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Jake Early
Jacob Willard Early

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

Debut May 4, 1939
Final Game September 30, 1949
Born May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC
Died May 31, 1985 in Melbourne, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 WSH AL  32   84    8   22   7  2   0   14   0  0   5  14  .262  .303  .393   82   33   2           0   1
 1940 25 WSH AL  80  206   26   53   8  4   5   14   0  1  23  22  .257  .335  .408   96   84   1           1   3
 1941 26 WSH AL 104  355   42  102  20  7  10   54   0  1  24  38  .287  .338  .468  116  166   2           3   6
 1942 27 WSH AL 104  353   31   72  14  2   3   46   0  0  37  37  .204  .281  .280   59   99   3           1   5
 1943 28 WSH AL 126  423   37  109  23  3   5   60   5  3  53  43  .258  .346  .362  111  153   4           4   6 MVP-23,AS
 1946 31 WSH AL  64  189   13   38   6  0   4   18   0  0  23  27  .201  .288  .296   68   56   0           0   3
 1947 32 SLB AL  87  214   25   48   9  3   3   19   0  1  54  34  .224  .381  .336   99   72   0           0   3
 1948 33 WSH AL  97  246   22   54   7  2   1   28   2  1  36  33  .220  .322  .276   62   68   3           1   1
 1949 34 WSH AL  53  138   12   34   4  0   1   11   0  1  26  11  .246  .370  .297   79   41   3           1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      747 2208  216  532  98 23  32  264   7  8 281 259  .241  .330  .350   89  772  18   0   0  11  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   47  115  21  5   7   57   2  2  61  56  .241  .330  .350   89  167   4   0   0   2   7
 Career High    126  423   42  109  23  7  10   60   5  3  54  43  .287  .381  .468  116  166   4   0   0   4   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 24 WSH AL   91   65   10   4.1   107| .262  .277| .303  .351| .393  .410| .696  .762|  82  .402  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1940 25 WSH AL  231  158   28   4.7   106| .257  .272| .335  .344| .408  .412| .743  .756|  96  .475  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1941 26 WSH AL  384  262   55   5.6   102| .287  .269| .338  .345| .468  .397| .806  .742| 116  .577   6.2   0.6   0%
 1942 27 WSH AL  394  289   28   2.6    94| .204  .265| .281  .339| .280  .370| .561  .709|  59  .301 -19.5  -2.1   0%
 1943 28 WSH AL  484  327   52   4.3    84| .258  .251| .346  .325| .362  .347| .708  .672| 111  .560   7.1   0.8  62%
 1946 31 WSH AL  212  154   16   2.8    91| .201  .257| .288  .330| .296  .369| .584  .699|  68  .324  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1947 32 SLB AL  268  170   27   4.2    98| .224  .265| .381  .345| .336  .381| .717  .726|  99  .507   2.3   0.2   0%
 1948 33 WSH AL  286  197   22   3.0   103| .220  .269| .322  .354| .276  .389| .598  .743|  62  .309 -12.7  -1.3  66%
 1949 34 WSH AL  168  113   15   3.5   105| .246  .268| .370  .360| .297  .390| .667  .750|  79  .383  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2518 1735  253   3.9    97| .241  .264| .330  .341| .350  .380| .680  .721|  89  .450 -30.9  -3.2  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 24 WSH AL C 24 95 9 4 1 .963 .981 4.33 4.44 1 1940 25 WSH AL C 56 276 41 10 5 .969 .982 5.66 4.68 5 1941 26 WSH AL C 100 385 52 16 13 .965 .983 4.37 4.54 17 1942 27 WSH AL C 98 392 71 9 11 .981 .979 4.72 4.28 9 1943 28 WSH AL C 122 443 83 11 10 .980 .981 4.31 4.61 13 AS 1946 31 WSH AL C 64 246 45 12 7 .960 .982 4.55 4.79 15 1947 32 SLB AL C 85 301 43 4 5 .989 .985 4.05 4.30 5 1948 33 WSH AL C 92 268 51 3 7 .991 .986 3.47 4.08 8 1949 34 WSH AL C 53 160 22 5 6 .973 .985 3.43 4.10 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 24 WSH AL C 24 95 9 4 1 .963 .981 4.33 4.44 1 1940 25 WSH AL C 56 276 41 10 5 .969 .982 5.66 4.68 5 1941 26 WSH AL C 100 385 52 16 13 .965 .983 4.37 4.54 17 1942 27 WSH AL C 98 392 71 9 11 .981 .979 4.72 4.28 9 1943 28 WSH AL C 122 443 83 11 10 .980 .981 4.31 4.61 13 1946 31 WSH AL C 64 246 45 12 7 .960 .982 4.55 4.79 15 1947 32 SLB AL C 85 301 43 4 5 .989 .985 4.05 4.30 5 1948 33 WSH AL C 92 268 51 3 7 .991 .986 3.47 4.08 8 1949 34 WSH AL C 53 160 22 5 6 .973 .985 3.43 4.10 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 694 2566 417 74 65 .976 .982 4.30 4.42 76 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 694 2566 417 74 65 .976 .982 4.30 4.42
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   WSH AL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   1   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   1   0   0  .000  .333  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1943 (C)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-23-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-3-10
1943 AL-4-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 16, 1946: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Frank Mancuso.

March 26, 1948: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns.

April 19, 1949: Released by the Washington Senators.

February 1, 1950: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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