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Spook Jacobs
Robert Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game July 3, 1956
Born November 4, 1925 in Cheswold, DE

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 28 PHA AL 132  508   63  131  11  1   0   26  17  3  60  22  .258  .336  .283   72  144   6   1       0   5
 1955 29 KCA AL  13   23    7    6   0  0   0    1   1  2   3   0  .261  .370  .261   72    6   1   0   0   1   1
 1956 30 TOT     43  134   17   27   5  0   0    6   4  3  17  10  .201  .296  .239   44   32   4   0   1   1   4
         KCA AL  32   97   13   21   3  0   0    5   4  1  15   5  .216  .321  .247   53   24   3   0   1   0   4
         PIT NL  11   37    4    6   2  0   0    1   0  2   2   5  .162  .225  .216   21    8   1   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      188  665   87  164  16  1   0   33  22  8  80  32  .247  .329  .274   66  182  11   1   1   2  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   75  141  14  1   0   28  19  7  69  28  .247  .329  .274   66  157   9   1   1   2   9
 Career High    132  508   63  131  11  1   0   26  17  3  60  22  .258  .336  .283   72  144   6   1   1   1   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 28 PHA AL  575  392   51   3.5    99| .258  .265| .336  .341| .283  .388| .619  .729|  72  .410 -18.7  -1.9  85%
 1955 29 KCA AL   28   21    2   2.6   103| .261  .267| .370  .347| .261  .398| .631  .746|  72  .255  -0.7  -0.1  33%
 1956 30 TOT     156  118   10   2.3   105| .201  .266| .296  .344| .239  .409| .535  .753|  44  .208 -10.4  -1.0  57%
         KCA AL  115   84    8   2.6   106| .216  .267| .321  .349| .247  .408| .568  .757|  53  .238  -6.3  -0.6  80%
         PIT NL   41   34    2   1.6   101| .162  .262| .225  .328| .216  .413| .441  .741|  21  .128  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       759  531   63   3.2   100| .247  .265| .329  .342| .274  .393| .603  .734|  66  .359 -29.8  -3.0  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 28 PHA AL 2B 131 347 300 17 98 .974 .976 4.94 4.84 1955 29 KCA AL 2B 7 9 9 0 4 1.000 .978 2.57 4.87 1956 30 TOT 2B 42 104 95 9 31 .957 .975 4.74 4.72 5.48 5.41 39 326.7 KCA AL 2B 31 78 71 5 26 .968 .973 4.81 4.74 5.68 5.44 28 236.0 PIT NL 2B 11 26 24 4 5 .926 .980 4.55 4.66 4.96 5.33 11 90.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 28 PHA AL 2B 131 347 300 17 98 .974 .976 4.94 4.84 1955 29 KCA AL 2B 7 9 9 0 4 1.000 .978 2.57 4.87 1956 30 TOT 2B 42 104 95 9 31 .957 .975 4.74 4.72 5.48 5.41 39 326.7 KCA AL 2B 31 78 71 5 26 .968 .973 4.81 4.74 5.68 5.44 28 236.0 PIT NL 2B 11 26 24 4 5 .926 .980 4.55 4.66 4.96 5.33 11 90.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 180 460 404 26 133 .971 .976 4.80 4.81 39 326.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 180 460 404 26 133 .971 .976 4.80 4.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Stolen Bases
1954 AL-17-4

Singles
1954 AL-119-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1954 AL-23.1-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1953: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1953 rule 5 draft.

June 23, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack McMahan and Curt Roberts.


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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