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Jake Early

Jacob Willard Early

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

Born: May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/Browns 1939-1949

Final Game: September 30, 1949
Died: May 31, 1985 in Melbourne, FL
Buried: Brevard Memorial Park, Cocoa, FL
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	21	JCK	B	119	391	391		117	23	9	0						.299	.299	.404	.703		158					JCK · SALL
1937	22	MIN-min	A1,B	100	292	292		52	6	5	1						.178	.178	.243	.421		71					CNG,CHR · SOUA,PIED
1938	23	MIN-min	B	97	342	342		108	21	10	5						.316	.316	.480	.795		164					CHR · PIED
1939	24	WSH	AL	32	91	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	83	33	1	0	2	2
1940	25	WSH	AL	80	231	206	26	53	8	4	5	14	0	1	23	22	.257	.335	.408	.743	97	84	3	1	1	2
1941	26	WSH	AL	104	384	355	42	102	20	7	10	54	0	1	24	38	.287	.338	.468	.805	116	166	6	3	2	2
1942	27	WSH	AL	104	394	353	31	72	14	2	3	46	0	0	37	37	.204	.281	.280	.562	59	99	5	1	3	2
1943	28	WSH	AL	126	484	423	37	109	23	3	5	60	5	3	53	43	.258	.346	.362	.708	111	153	6	4	4	*2	AS,MVP-23
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	31	WSH	AL	64	213	189	13	38	6	0	4	18	0	0	23	27	.201	.288	.296	.584	68	56	3	0	0	2
1947	32	SLB	AL	87	268	214	25	48	9	3	3	19	0	1	54	34	.224	.381	.336	.717	99	72	3	0	0	2
1948	33	WSH	AL	97	286	246	22	54	7	2	1	28	2	1	36	33	.220	.322	.276	.598	62	68	1	1	3	2
1949	34	MIN-min	AA	59	153	153		44	7	0	4						.288	.288	.412	.699		63					CNG · SOUA
1949	34	WSH	AL	53	168	138	12	34	4	0	1	11	0	1	26	11	.246	.370	.297	.667	80	41	5	1	3	2
1950	35	SFG-MIN-min	AAA,AA	102	311	280	21	69	13	2	7	35	0		28	29	.246	.315	.382	.697		107	5	0	3		MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1951	36	SFG-min	AAA	37	112	92	16	23	5	0	5	23	0		19	7	.250	.378	.467	.846		43	2	0	1		MNE · AA
1952	37	SFG-min	AAA	63	174	146	24	43	5	1	8	28	1		27	26	.295	.405	.507	.911		74	2	0	1		MNE · AA
1953	38	SFG-min	AAA	27	62	43	8	9	1	0	3	6	0		18	13	.209	.443	.442	.884		19	1	0	1		MNE · AA
1954	39	MIN-min	B,A	79	167	167		33	7	1	1						.198	.198	.269	.467		45					RKH,CHR · TRIS,SALL
1960	45	SVL,GST	D	31	69	69		24	3	1	1						.348	.348	.464	.812		32					SVL,GST · WCAR
9 Yrs				747	2519	2208	216	532	98	23	32	264	7	8	281	259	.241	.330	.350	.679	89	772	33	11	18
162 Game Avg.				162	546	479	47	115	21	5	7	57	2	2	61	56	.241	.330	.350	.679	89	167	7	2	4

WSH (8 yrs)				660	2251	1994	191	484	89	20	29	245	7	7	227	225	.243	.323	.351	.675	88	700	30	11	18
SLB (1 yr)				87	268	214	25	48	9	3	3	19	0	1	54	34	.224	.381	.336	.717	99	72	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1939	24	WSH	AL	32	91	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1940	25	WSH	AL	80	231	-0	-0	0	-1	2	0	0.0	6	6	0.6	.500	.500	0.7	0.1	7	$	2
1941	26	WSH	AL	104	384	6	-0	0	-3	3	7	0.7	10	16	1.6	.506	.504	1.9	0.1	19	$	2
1942	27	WSH	AL	104	394	-18	0	0	1	3	-14	-1.5	8	-5	-0.6	.486	.491	-0.7	0.5	-6	$	2
1943	28	WSH	AL	126	484	6	0	0	-1	4	10	1.1	10	20	2.1	.509	.507	2.2	0.4	21	$	*2	AS,MVP-23

1946	31	WSH	AL	64	213	-7	0	0	-3	2	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.486	.494	0.0	-0.1	0	$	2
1947	32	SLB	AL	87	268	1	-0	0	0	2	4	0.3	7	10	1.0	.504	.502	1.1	0.2	10	$	2
1948	33	WSH	AL	97	286	-12	-1	1	0	2	-10	-1.0	7	-3	-0.3	.489	.494	-0.3	0.2	-3	$	2
1949	34	WSH	AL	53	168	-2	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$	2
9 Seasons				747	2519	-29	-0	-0	-7	21	-15	-1.6	60	45	4.3	.498	.499	5.2	1.6	52	$

WSH (8 yrs)				660	2251	-30	-0	-0	-7	19	-19	-2.0	53	35	3.3	.497	.498	4.1	1.4	42	$
SLB (1 yr)				87	268	1	-0	0	0	2	4	0.3	7	10	1.0	.504	.502	1.1	0.2	10	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1939	24	WSH	AL	91	65	10	4.1	107	.314	.262	.276	.303	.350	.393	.408	.696	.758	83	.402	-2.2	-0.2	.603	.190	.131
1940	25	WSH	AL	231	158	28	4.7	105	.268	.257	.271	.335	.342	.408	.410	.743	.753	97	.476	-0.9	-0.1	.682	.257	.150	.0
1941	26	WSH	AL	384	262	55	5.6	102	.300	.287	.269	.338	.345	.468	.397	.805	.742	116	.577	6.2	0.6	.738	.245	.180	.0
1942	27	WSH	AL	394	289	28	2.6	94	.220	.204	.265	.281	.339	.280	.370	.562	.709	59	.301	-19.5	-2.1	.479	.181	.076	.0
1943	28	WSH	AL	484	327	52	4.3	84	.277	.258	.252	.346	.325	.362	.347	.708	.672	111	.560	7.1	0.8	.656	.234	.104	5.0

1946	31	WSH	AL	213	154	16	2.8	91	.215	.201	.257	.288	.330	.296	.369	.584	.699	68	.324	-7.9	-0.8	.513	.217	.095	.0
1947	32	SLB	AL	268	170	27	4.2	98	.254	.224	.265	.381	.345	.336	.381	.717	.726	99	.508	2.3	0.2	.735	.360	.112	.0
1948	33	WSH	AL	286	197	22	3.0	103	.250	.220	.269	.322	.354	.276	.389	.598	.743	62	.310	-12.7	-1.3	.546	.207	.057	1.3
1949	34	WSH	AL	168	113	15	3.5	104	.262	.246	.267	.370	.358	.297	.388	.667	.747	80	.384	-2.7	-0.3	.609	.232	.051	.0
9 Yrs				2519	1735	253	3.9	97	.261	.241	.264	.330	.341	.350	.379	.679	.720	89	.450	-30.5	-3.1	.619	.236	.109	11.5
162 Game Avg.				546	376	55	3.9	97	.261	.241	.264	.330	.341	.350	.379	.679	.720	89	.450	-30.5	-3.1	.619	.236	.109	2

WSH (8 yrs)				2251	1565	226	3.9	96	.261	.243	.264	.323	.340	.351	.379	.675	.720	88	.444	-32.8	-3.3	.606	.222	.108	11.3
SLB (1 yr)				268	170	27	4.2	98	.254	.224	.265	.381	.345	.336	.381	.717	.726	99	.507	2.3	0.2	.735	.360	.112	.0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1943	WSH	AL	28	as C	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1939	24	WSH	AL	91	0.0%	15.4%	5.5%	9.9%	41%	2.80	6.0		6.0		77%
1940	25	WSH	AL	231	2.2%	9.5%	10.0%	7.4%	32%	0.96	9.4	41.2	14.7		77%
1941	26	WSH	AL	384	2.6%	9.9%	6.3%	9.6%	36%	1.58	9.3	35.5	6.6		80%
1942	27	WSH	AL	394	0.8%	9.4%	9.4%	4.8%	26%	1.00	9.5	117.7	7.7		79%
1943	28	WSH	AL	484	1.0%	8.9%	11.0%	6.4%	28%	0.81	9.8	84.6	7.1		77%

1946	31	WSH	AL	213	1.9%	12.7%	10.8%	4.7%	26%	1.17	7.0	47.3	10.5		74%
1947	32	SLB	AL	268	1.1%	12.7%	20.2%	5.6%	31%	0.63	6.3	71.3	11.3		66%
1948	33	WSH	AL	286	0.4%	11.5%	12.6%	3.5%	19%	0.92	7.5	246.0	8.8	0.51	74%
1949	34	WSH	AL	168	0.6%	6.6%	15.5%	3.0%	15%	0.42	12.5	138.0	12.5	0.65	75%
9 Yrs				2519	1.3%	10.3%	11.2%	6.1%	29%	0.92	8.5	69.0	8.4	0.56	76%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.2%	9.2%	6.1%	26%	1.00	9.7	64.8	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1939	24	WSH	AL	-2.2	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	25	WSH	AL	-0.9	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	26	WSH	AL	6.2	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	27	WSH	AL	-19.5	-2.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	28	WSH	AL	7.1	0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	31	WSH	AL	-7.9	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	SLB	AL	2.3	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	WSH	AL	-12.7	-1.3	249	-0.1	4.4	-4.5	1.12	-1.1	1.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.95	-12.8	2.49	8
1949	34	WSH	AL	-2.9	-0.3	155	-0.4	2.4	-2.8	1.17	-0.3	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.00	-3.2	1.57	3
9 Yrs				-30.7	-3.1	404	-0.5	6.8	-7.3	1.14	-1.4	1.0	-6.6	-0.7	0.97	-15.9	2.24	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SBH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	33	WSH	AL	4	23%	77	2	1	67%	1	1	1	2	0	25%	14	12	2	2	1	1	4	1	2
1949	34	WSH	AL	3	18%	64	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	2	26%	12	9	3	3	2	0	4	2	2
9 Yrs				7	23%	141	7	8	47%	1	2	1	3	2	26%	26	21	5	5	3	1	8	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	33	WSH	AL	286	94%	54			8	4	0	2	2.49	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	44	1	2%	23	10	43%	154	23	15%	10	8	80%	13	6	46%	0
1949	34	WSH	AL	168	95%	34			3	0	0	0	1.57	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	30	5	17%	14	6	43%	112	11	10%	8	5	63%	2	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				454	94%	532			11	4	0	2	2.24	32	0	9	1	0	1	1	0	6	18	300%	74	33	45%	37	16	43%	266	34	13%	18	13	72%	15	6	40%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			743%			78%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1939	24	32	91	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	83	33	1	0	2
1940	25	112	322	290	34	75	15	6	5	28	0	1	28	36	.259	.326	.403	.729	93	117	4	1	3
1941	26	216	706	645	76	177	35	13	15	82	0	2	52	74	.274	.332	.439	.771	105	283	10	4	5
1942	27	320	1100	998	107	249	49	15	18	128	0	2	89	111	.249	.314	.383	.697	90	382	15	5	8
1943	28	446	1584	1421	144	358	72	18	23	188	5	5	142	154	.252	.324	.376	.700	96	535	21	9	12
1944	29	446	1584	1421	144	358	72	18	23	188	5	5	142	154	.252	.324	.376	.700	96	535	21	9	12
1945	30	446	1584	1421	144	358	72	18	23	188	5	5	142	154	.252	.324	.376	.700	96	535	21	9	12
1946	31	510	1797	1610	157	396	78	18	27	206	5	5	165	181	.246	.320	.367	.687	92	591	24	9	12
1947	32	597	2065	1824	182	444	87	21	30	225	5	6	219	215	.243	.327	.363	.691	93	663	27	9	12
1948	33	694	2351	2070	204	498	94	23	31	253	7	7	255	248	.241	.327	.353	.680	89	731	28	10	15
1949	34	747	2519	2208	216	532	98	23	32	264	7	8	281	259	.241	.330	.350	.679	89	772	33	11	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1939	24	34	94	87	8	22	7	2	0	13	0	5	15	.253	.293	.379	.673	9	32
1940	25	84	239	214	26	54	8	4	5	14	0	23	23	.252	.328	.397	.725	28	80
1941	26	108	398	368	43	105	21	7	10	55	0	25	39	.285	.336	.462	.798	56	104
1942	27	110	420	376	34	78	15	2	3	51	0	40	39	.207	.285	.282	.567	31	104
1943	28	133	528	457	46	127	27	3	6	75	6	62	45	.278	.370	.389	.760	65	126

1946	31	67	229	202	16	44	7	0	5	22	0	27	28	.218	.310	.327	.637	20	64
1947	32	90	282	224	27	52	10	3	3	21	0	58	35	.232	.390	.344	.734	30	87
1948	33	101	297	256	22	55	7	2	1	28	2	37	34	.215	.316	.270	.586	22	97
1949	34	55	177	145	13	36	4	0	1	11	0	28	11	.248	.374	.297	.670	16	53
9 Yrs		782	2664	2329	235	573	106	23	34	290	8	305	269	.246	.336	.355	.691	277	747
162 Game Avg.		162	552	482	49	119	22	5	7	60	2	63	56	.246	.336	.355	.691	57	747

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1943 (C)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (23, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 AL 3 (10th) 1943 AL 4 (9th)

All-Star Games
1943 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL 3 (10th)
1943 AL 4 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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