Baby Doll Jacobson

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: August 16, 1890 in Cable, IL us

Died: January 16, 1977 in Orion, IL

Buried: Dayton Corners Cemetery, Colona, IL

Debut: April 14, 1915 (Age 24-241d, 4,291st in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1927 (Age 37-037d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: William Chester Jacobson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

5507

1714

.311

787

RBI

818

OBP

.357

SLG

.450

OPS

.807

OPS+

112

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 83 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 31 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

3 Tms
SLB	76
BOS	6
PHA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	28

Home/Road
Home	44
Away	39

Outs
1	35
0	26
2	21
Unk	1

8 Opps
PHA	17
DET	14
CHW	12
WSH	11
BOS	11
NYY	11
CLE	4
SLB	3

61 Pitchers
Howard Ehmke	4
George Mogridge	3
Sad Sam Jones	3
Earl Whitehill	3
James Edwards	2
Dutch Leonard	2
Tom Zachary	2
Eric Erickson	2
Bob Shawkey	2
Hollis Thurston	2
Alex Ferguson	2
Eddie Rommel	2
Waite Hoyt	2
Bob Hasty	2
Roy Crumpler	2
Rollie Naylor	2
Herb Pennock	2
Joe Giard	1
Jess Doyle	1
Charlie Robertson	1
Sarge Connally	1
Dennis Burns	1
Red Ruffing	1
Allen Russell	1
Buster Ross	1
Lil Stoner	1
Walter Johnson	1
Red Faber	1
Jing Johnson	1
Dixie Davis	1
Bullet Joe Bush	1
Stan Coveleski	1
Claral Gillenwater	1
Elam Vangilder	1
Doug McWeeny	1
Sam Gibson	1
Roy Moore	1
Bert Cole	1
Carl Yowell	1
Oscar Fuhr	1
Rube Schauer	1
Luther Roy	1
Horace Lisenbee	1
Ted Lyons	1
Sam Gray	1
Jack Quinn	1
Harry Courtney	1
Bonnie Hollingsworth	1
Scott Perry	1
Mike Cvengros	1
Red Oldham	1
Hooks Dauss	1
Fred Heimach	1
Walter Ancker	1
Harry Harper	1
Carl Mays	1
Ted Blankenship	1
George Uhle	1
Cliff Markle	1
Stan Baumgartner	1
Tom Rogers	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	41
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	13
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	58
9	10
78	7
8	3
89	1

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	73
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	16
-2-	8
-23	6
12-	4
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

135 RBI
RISP	22
0 on	44
1 on	26
2 on	11
3 on	1
Any on	38

Inning
1	10
2	13
3	11
4	10
5	7
6	12
7	5
8	7
9	8

1-3	34
4-6	29
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	8
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	24
-1	6
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	14
Unk	1

Ahead	29
Tied	24
Behind	29
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	63
RF	11
1B	5
LF	4

OrderPos
6th	27
5th	23
4th	19
3rd	12
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1915-09-14	SLB	@	PHA	Walter Ancker	ahead 10-4	t 9	2	---	1	6	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1917-05-18	SLB		WSH	Harry Harper	behind 0-2	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	8	0.210	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Austin Scores
3	3	2	1	1917-06-06	SLB	@	PHA	Rube Schauer	behind 5-11	t 9	1	---	1	4	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1917-07-08	SLB		NYY	George Mogridge	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1--	2	6	8	0.079	95%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; D. Pratt Scores
5	5	4	1	1917-08-11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Jing Johnson	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1--	2	7	9	0.334	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Severeid Scores
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1919-08-02	SLB	@	PHA	Tom Rogers	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.181	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gedeon Scores
7	7	2	1	1919-08-07 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Carl Mays	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	3	7	0.135	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1919-08-19	SLB		BOS	Waite Hoyt	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	0.037	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	1919-08-23	SLB		WSH	Eric Erickson	ahead 7-4	b 6	1	1-3	3	3	3	0.046	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Gallia Scores; J. Gedeon Scores
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1920-05-07	SLB	@	DET	Dutch Leonard	tied 3-3	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.233	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Sisler Scores
11	11	2	1	1920-05-12	SLB	@	PHA	Rollie Naylor	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	2	6	9	0.200	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Williams Scores
12	12	3	1	1920-05-23	SLB	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	2	6	9	0.149	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Williams Scores
13	13	4	1	1920-06-11	SLB		WSH	Eric Erickson	behind 0-3	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.154	41%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gedeon Scores
14	14	5	1	1920-07-20	SLB	@	PHA	Roy Moore	behind 0-1	t 6	1	12-	3	4	8	0.351	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Tobin Scores; J. Gedeon Scores
15	15	6	1	1920-08-24 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Scott Perry	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---	1	4	8	0.119	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	1920-08-27	SLB	@	BOS	Herb Pennock	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.183	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Sisler Scores
17	17	8	1	1920-09-24	SLB	@	DET	Roy Crumpler	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1	4	8	0.138	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	2	1920-09-24	SLB	@	DET	Roy Crumpler	behind 6-16	t 9	1	--3	2	4	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Sisler Scores
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1921-07-02 (2)	SLB		CHW	Doug McWeeny		b 2			2	5	3
20	20	2	1	1921-07-05	SLB		DET	Howard Ehmke	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	1	4	8	0.029	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1921-07-09	SLB		WSH	Harry Courtney	tied 0-0	b 2	0	-2-	2	5	8	0.120	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Williams Scores
22	22	4	1	1921-07-16	SLB		PHA	Eddie Rommel	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	5	8	0.147	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1921-08-18	SLB		WSH	Walter Johnson	behind 0-6	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.036	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1922-04-24	SLB		DET	Red Oldham	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	-23	3	4	8	0.103	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Ellerbe Scores; G. Sisler Scores
25	25	2	1	1922-05-20	SLB	@	NYY	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	123	4	5	8	0.071	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Gerber Scores/unER; G. Sisler Scores/unER; K. Williams Scores/unER; B. Jacobson Scores/unER
26	26	3	1	1922-06-06	SLB		BOS	Herb Pennock	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	8	0.162	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Tobin Scores
27	27	4	1	1922-07-30	SLB		BOS	Allen Russell	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.100	65%		Home Run (LF-CF)
28	28	5	1	1922-08-03	SLB		PHA	Bob Hasty	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-23	3	5	3	0.218	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Shorten Scores; J. Tobin Scores
29	29	6	2	1922-08-03	SLB		PHA	Bob Hasty	ahead 4-3	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	0.118	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
30	30	7	1	1922-08-18	SLB	@	PHA	Rollie Naylor	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.100	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	8	1	1922-09-06	SLB		CLE	George Uhle	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1--	2	5	8	0.088	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Williams Scores
32	32	9	1	1922-09-21	SLB		WSH	George Mogridge	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	4	8	0.059	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1923-05-03	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Blankenship	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	8	0.209	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Foster Scores
34	34	2	1	1923-05-22	SLB		WSH	Bonnie Hollingsworth	behind 4-5	b 4	1	12-	3	3	8	0.272	76%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Short CF); C. Root Scores/unER; J. Tobin Scores
35	35	3	1	1923-06-05	SLB	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	0.061	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	4	1	1923-06-07	SLB	@	PHA	Fred Heimach	behind 1-3	t 3	0	-23	3	3	8	0.162	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Tobin Scores; W. Gerber Scores
37	37	5	1	1923-06-16	SLB	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	behind 0-6	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	8	0.037	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Tobin Scores
38	38	6	1	1923-08-05	SLB	@	NYY	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	---	1	4	8	0.104	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	7	1	1923-08-23	SLB		BOS	Alex Ferguson	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	8	0.098	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	1	1923-09-08 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Claral Gillenwater	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	8	0.111	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1924-04-17	SLB	@	CHW	Sarge Connally	behind 1-5	t 8	1	---	1	6	8	0.027	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	2	1	1924-04-19	SLB	@	DET	Lil Stoner	behind 2-7	t 9	1	-2-	2	5	8	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
43	43	3	1	1924-05-01	SLB		DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	1	6	8	0.068	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
44	44	4	1	1924-06-01	SLB		CHW	Mike Cvengros	behind 0-5	b 4	1	1--	2	5	8	0.100	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Sisler Scores
45	45	5	1	1924-06-09	SLB		NYY	Sad Sam Jones	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	1	5	8	0.110	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	6	1	1924-06-15	SLB		PHA	Stan Baumgartner	behind 8-6	b 9	1	1--	2	5	8
47	47	7	1	1924-06-16	SLB		PHA	Dennis Burns	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	0.099	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	8	1	1924-06-24 (1)	SLB		DET	Earl Whitehill	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	0.099	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	9	2	1924-06-24 (1)	SLB		DET	Earl Whitehill	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.099	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	10	1	1924-06-27	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.100	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	11	1	1924-07-01 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Stan Coveleski	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	8	0.129	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	12	1	1924-07-14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Cliff Markle	ahead 7-0	t 7	0	1--	2	6	8	0.006	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); M. McManus Scores
53	53	13	1	1924-07-15	SLB	@	NYY	Waite Hoyt	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	8	0.090	69%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF)
54	54	14	1	1924-08-05 (2)	SLB		WSH	Tom Zachary	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	0.099	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	15	1	1924-08-06	SLB		WSH	George Mogridge	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	8	0.047	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	16	1	1924-09-11 (1)	SLB		CLE	Carl Yowell	behind 5-7	b 8	1	1--	2	6	8	0.369	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
57	57	17	1	1924-09-12	SLB		CLE	Luther Roy	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	1--	2	6	8	0.040	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
58	58	18	1	1924-09-17 (2)	SLB		NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	behind 4-8	b 7	1	12-	3	6	8	0.214	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Sisler Scores; K. Williams Scores
59	59	19	1	1924-09-21	SLB		WSH	Tom Zachary	behind 2-3	b 4	2	1--	2	6	8	0.231	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1925-05-01	SLB	@	CHW	Hollis Thurston	behind 1-8	t 7	0	---	1	6	8	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	2	2	1925-05-01	SLB	@	CHW	Hollis Thurston	behind 2-9	t 9	2	---	1	6	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	3	1	1925-05-05	SLB		DET	Dutch Leonard	behind 1-3	b 1	2	12-	3	6	8	0.238	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Williams Scores; M. McManus Scores
63	63	4	1	1925-05-06	SLB		DET	Bert Cole	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	1	6	8	0.058	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
64	64	5	1	1925-05-19	SLB		BOS	Jack Quinn	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	1	6	8	0.029	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	6	1	1925-05-31	SLB	@	CHW	Charlie Robertson	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-23	3	6	8
66	66	7	1	1925-06-10	SLB	@	BOS	Red Ruffing	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	8	0.101	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	8	1	1925-07-04 (2)	SLB		DET	Jess Doyle	behind 7-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	8
68	68	9	1	1925-07-07 (2)	SLB		NYY	Alex Ferguson	behind 3-2	b 6	1	-23	3	6	8
69	69	10	1	1925-07-16	SLB		BOS	Howard Ehmke	ahead 10-6	b 8	1	---	1	6	8	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
70	70	11	1	1925-07-17	SLB		BOS	Buster Ross	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	8	0.099	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
71	71	12	1	1925-08-04	SLB	@	BOS	Oscar Fuhr	ahead 6-1	t 3	1	-2-	2	6	8	0.051	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
72	72	13	1	1925-08-10	SLB	@	PHA	Sam Gray	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	6	8	0.108	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
73	73	14	1	1925-09-12 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	James Edwards	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.174	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. LaMotte Scores
74	74	15	2	1925-09-12 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	James Edwards	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	8	0.028	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1926-04-21	SLB		CHW	Red Faber	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	1--	2	6	8	0.117	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McManus Scores
76	76	2	1	1926-05-18	SLB	@	BOS	Howard Ehmke	behind 2-6	t 8	2	---	1	5	8	0.019	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	3	1	1926-06-21	BOS	@	PHA	Howard Ehmke	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.100	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	4	1	1926-07-10 (1)	BOS		DET	Hooks Dauss	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.300	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	5	1	1926-07-21 (2)	BOS		SLB	Joe Giard	behind 1-3	b 3	1	-23	3	4	9	0.220	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Flagstead Scores; T. Rigney Scores
80	80	6	1	1926-07-27	BOS	@	DET	Sam Gibson	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	7	0.134	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Haney Scores
81	81	7	1	1926-08-10	BOS	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	8	0.085	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
82	82	8	1	1926-08-18	BOS		SLB	Dixie Davis	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.103	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1927-09-06 (2)	PHA		WSH	Horace Lisenbee	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	7	0.100	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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