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

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 30	SLB		NYY	W,15-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12	May 1	SLB		WSH	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	13	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	14	May 4 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	16 (1)	May 6	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	17	May 7	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	18	May 8	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	19	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	54	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	20	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	22 (1)	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	24 (1)	May 16	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-12	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	25	May 17	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	26	May 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
14	27	May 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	28	May 20	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	29	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
17	30	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	31	May 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	33 (1)	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	36	Jun 1	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	37	Jun 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
23	38	Jun 3	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
24	39	Jun 4	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
25	40	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	43 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	44	Jun 9	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	45	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	46	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	47	Jun 13	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	6	2	0	8	1
32	48	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-12	GS	26	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	49	Jun 15 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	52 (2)	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	56 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	57	Jun 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
37	58	Jun 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	62 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	63	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	66 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
42	67	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
43	71 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
44	73 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	74	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	75	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	76	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
48	77	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	83 (5)	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	84	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	89 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	91 (1)	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	92	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	94 (1)	Aug 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	95	Aug 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	96	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	99 (2)	Aug 6	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	100	Aug 7	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	102 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	103	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
61	105 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	106	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	108 (1)	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
64	110 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
65	112 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	113	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	L,2-8	GS	12	2.0	3	0	1	4	0
67	115 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	116	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
69	117	Aug 21	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	118	Aug 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
71	119	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
72	125 (5)	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
73	126	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	128 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	129	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	130	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	131	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	132	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	133	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	135 (1)	Sep 9	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
81	142 (6)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	146 (3)	Sep 20	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
83	147	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	149 (1)	Sep 23	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	152 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							85gm		628.0	301	43	4	348	5