Jake Early

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC us

Died: May 31, 1985 in Melbourne, FL

Buried: Brevard Memorial Park, Cocoa, FL

Debut: May 4, 1939 (Age 23-350d, 8,660th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1949 (Age 34-134d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Jacob Willard Early

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

2208

532

.241

216

RBI

264

OBP

.330

SLG

.350

OPS

.679

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-53 / in Starts: 23-28
Longest Hitting Streak	13 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 231 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	117 (59-42-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 231 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	151 (77-48-25)

Most Driven In
J Pofahl	2
Z Bonura	2
Self	2
J Bloodworth	1
C Travis	1
G Walker	1
S West	1
J Sanford	0

Most Driven In By
G Case	3
S West	3
J Bloodworth	3
Self	2
B Lewis	2
K Chase	2
J Pofahl	2
R Monteagudo	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	33	2 (1)	Apr 18	WSH		BOS	L,0-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.10	0.004	.24	0.01%	0.39	PH
2	34	5 (2)	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	3.70	-0.058	6.86	-0.07%	-0.34	PH C
3	35	6	Apr 25	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	8	.78	0.040	1.45	0.05%	0.38	C
4	36	7	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	W,8-6	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.571	.667	.857	1.524	8	.66	0.038	1.36	0.05%	0.49	C
5	37	8	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.545	1.007	8	1.83	-0.171	4.04	-0.23%	-1.32	C
6	38	10 (1)	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.385	.500	.538	1.038	8	1.99	0.043	5.22	0.07%	0.07	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	39	12 (1)	May 1	WSH		DET	L,7-10	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.529	.538	1.068	9	2.11	0.022	5.94	0.04%	0.24	PH
8	40	15 (2)	May 5	WSH		SLB	L,3-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.385	.556	.538	1.094	9						PH
9	41	16	May 6	WSH		SLB	L,9-11	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.526	.500	1.026	9	.92	-0.017	1.42	-0.02%	-0.19	PH
10	42	17	May 7	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS-10	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.412	.583	.588	1.172	6	1.59	0.087	2.09	0.07%	1.38	C
11	43	22 (4)	May 12	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.389	.560	.556	1.116	8	1.03	-0.048	1.34	-0.04%	-0.83	PH
12	44	27 (4)	May 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.538	.526	1.065	9	.91	-0.040	1.41	-0.04%	-0.58	PH
13	45	33 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.519	.500	1.019	9	2.72	-0.072	4.38	-0.07%	-0.46	PH
14	46	35 (1)	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.533	.500	1.033	8	.67	0.042	.89	0.03%	0.41	C
15	47	38 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.500	.462	.962	6	.49	-0.031	.41	-0.02%	-0.42	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	48	39	Jun 1	WSH		DET	L,3-12	3-GF	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.514	.483	.996	8	.09	-0.006	.08	0.00%	0.27	C
17	49	40	Jun 2	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.382	.500	.500	1.000	6	1.08	-0.046	.88	-0.02%	0.16	C
18	50	42 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.489	.513	1.002	6	.67	0.023	.56	0.01%	0.03	C
19	51	44 (1)	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.415	.529	.537	1.066	6	.49	0.023	.42	0.01%	1.08	C
20	52	45	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.432	.554	.545	1.099	6	1.72	0.259	1.43	0.13%	1.05	C
21	53	47 (1)	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	L,6-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.408	.525	.551	1.076	8						C
22	54	48	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.396	.508	.528	1.036	8	1.80	-0.090	1.14	-0.04%	-0.40	C
23	55	49	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.404	.507	.544	1.051	8	.94	0.033	.46	0.01%	1.28	C
24	56	50	Jun 11	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.414	.514	.552	1.066	9	.63	0.030	.25	0.01%	0.39	PH
25	57	51	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.419	.514	.581	1.094	7	.74	0.107	.23	0.02%	0.96	C
26	58	53 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.415	.513	.615	1.128	5						C
27	59	54	Jun 15 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.391	.488	.580	1.068	5						C
28	60	55	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.494	.580	1.074	9	1.01	0.045	.20	0.01%	0.41	PH
29	61	57 (1)	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.471	.548	1.019	6	1.15	-0.132	.13	-0.01%	-1.54	C
30	62	58	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.451	.519	.970	6	.41	-0.041	.03	0.00%	-1.01	C
31	63	59	Jun 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.442	.506	.948	6	.83	-0.051	.05	0.00%	-0.63	C
32	64	60	Jun 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.337	.430	.488	.918	6	1.61	0.037	.12	0.00%	-0.04	C
33	65	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.427	.483	.910	6	1.35	-0.056	.15	0.00%	-0.82	C
34	66	63	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.426	.479	.905	6	.69	-0.015	.05	0.00%	-0.27	C
35	67	66 (2)	Jun 29	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.337	.425	.469	.894	6	.92	-0.013	.10	0.00%	-0.85	C
36	68	67	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.421	.465	.886	7						PH
37	69	68	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.327	.412	.452	.864	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	70	69	Jul 1	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.407	.439	.846	8	.65	-0.058	.04	0.00%	-0.91	C
39	71	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.394	.423	.817	8	1.10	-0.114	.03	0.00%	-1.31	C
40	72	73 (1)	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.397	.452	.849	8						C
41	73	76 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.385	.437	.822	8	.39	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.85	C
42	74	79 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.377	.426	.803	8	.74	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-0.66	C
43	75	86 (6)	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.374	.423	.797	9	.62	-0.018	.01	0.00%	-0.37	PH
44	76	88 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.366	.413	.779	8	.74	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
45	77	90 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.287	.366	.411	.776	8						C
46	78	92 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-13	GS-7	3	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.378	.439	.818	8	.18	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.25	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	79	99 (6)	Aug 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.376	.436	.812	9	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH
48	80	101 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.375	.449	.824	8	1.08	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
49	81	103 (1)	Aug 8	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.373	.445	.818	9	1.05	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
50	82	104	Aug 9	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.297	.370	.442	.812	9						PH
51	83	105	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.368	.439	.807	9	2.76	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
52	84	108 (2)	Aug 14	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1			0	0	0	.291	.367	.433	.800	8						C
53	85	110 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.370	.434	.805	8	.94	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
54	86	112 (1)	Aug 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-12	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.374	.438	.813	9	2.52	0.117	.00	0.00%	0.84	PH
55	87	114 (1)	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.378	.456	.834	9	.23	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
56	88	116 (1)	Aug 23	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.305	.379	.470	.849	8						C
57	89	117	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.303	.376	.465	.840	8	.66	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.12	C
58	90	120 (2)	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.379	.465	.844	9	3.56	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
59	91	121	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.382	.459	.841	8	1.22	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
60	92	122	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-6	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.380	.456	.836	9	1.33	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
61	93	123	Aug 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.378	.453	.831	9	2.32	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	94	125 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.370	.442	.811	5	.90	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.94	C
63	95	126	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.370	.442	.811	8						C
64	96	127	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG(6)	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.283	.364	.434	.797	6	.99	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
65	97	130 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.356	.424	.780	8	1.32	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-2.03	C
66	98	131	Sep 6	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.356	.422	.778	8	.49	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
67	99	132	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	L,5-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.354	.420	.773	8						C
68	100	134 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-4	0-GF(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.274	.352	.417	.769	9						PH
69	101	135	Sep 10	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.350	.430	.780	8	.85	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.08	C
70	102	136	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.348	.428	.776	9	1.72	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH
71	103	137	Sep 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.341	.418	.760	8	.29	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
72	104	138	Sep 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.340	.416	.756	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
73	105	139	Sep 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.343	.415	.758	8	1.53	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
74	106	141 (1)	Sep 16	WSH	@	DET	L,2-9	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.340	.411	.750	8	.23	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
75	107	142	Sep 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.338	.423	.761	8	1.11	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.78	C
76	108	143	Sep 18 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.416	.750	8	1.03	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
77	109	147 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.332	.410	.742	8	.73	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
78	110	149 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.332	.409	.741	8	.79	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
79	111	150	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.330	.407	.737	9	1.63	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
80	112	153 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.335	.408	.743	8	.98	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
							27-53		231	206	26	53	8	4	5	14	23	3	22	1	1		3	4	0	1	.257	.335	.408	.743		1.01	-0.674	.55	-0.05%	-9.72

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