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Jake Early
Jacob Willard Early

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

Born: May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1939
Final Game: September 30, 1949
Died: May 31, 1985 in Melbourne, FL
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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
1939	24	WSH	AL	32	91	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	82	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	96	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

1946	31	WSH	AL	64	212	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	WSH	AL	53	168	138	12	34	4	0	1	11	0	1	26	11	.246	.370	.297	.667	79	41	5	1	3	2
9 Seasons				747	2518	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	2250	1994	191	484	89	20	29	245	7	7	227	225	.243	.323	.351	.675	87	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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	Awards
1939	WSH	AL	24	C	24	108	95	9	4	1	.963	4.33	.981	4.44	1
1940	WSH	AL	25	C	56	327	276	41	10	5	.969	5.66	.982	4.68	5
1941	WSH	AL	26	C	100	453	385	52	16	13	.965	4.37	.983	4.54	17
1942	WSH	AL	27	C	98	472	392	71	9	11	.981	4.72	.979	4.28	9
1943	WSH	AL	28	C	122	537	443	83	11	10	.980	4.31	.981	4.61	13	AS,MVP-23
1946	WSH	AL	31	C	64	303	246	45	12	7	.960	4.55	.983	4.79	15
1947	SLB	AL	32	C	85	348	301	43	4	5	.989	4.05	.985	4.30	5
1948	WSH	AL	33	C	92	322	268	51	3	7	.991	3.47	.986	4.08	8
1949	WSH	AL	34	C	53	187	160	22	5	6	.973	3.43	.985	4.10	3
9 Seasons				C	694	3057	2566	417	74	65	.976	4.30	.983	4.42	76
9 Seasons				TOT	694	3057	2566	417	74	65	.976	4.30	.958	4.42	76

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 (1327th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Ray Mueller (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Essian (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chad Kreuter (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50