Spook Jacobs

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: November 4, 1925 in Cheswold, DE us

Died: February 18, 2011 in Milford, DE

Buried: Milford Community Cemetery, Milford, DE

High School: Salem HS (Salem, NJ)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 28-160d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1956 (Age 30-242d)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs

Nicknames: Spook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

665

164

.247

RBI

OBP

.329

SLG

.274

OPS

.603

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-27 / in Starts: 13-26
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 156 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	66 (44-13-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 156 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	98 (52-30-15)

Most Driven In
J DeMaestri	2
R Pless	1
H LÃ³pez	1
V Power	1
M Baxes	0

Most Driven In By
H LÃ³pez	4
H Simpson	3
G Zernial	2
E Slaughter	1
J DeMaestri	1
L Walls	1
J Groth	1
D Cole	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	146	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	.74	-0.039	1.93	-0.06%	-0.45	2B
2	147	2	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	.88	0.036	2.38	0.06%	-0.24	2B
3	148	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	.79	-0.100	2.49	-0.19%	-0.80	2B
4	149	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	CG	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	2	.55	0.136	1.58	0.23%	1.88	2B
5	150	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.250	.568	2	1.41	0.004	4.42	0.01%	-0.07	2B
6	151	6	Apr 24	KCA		DET	L,4-7	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.261	.320	.261	.581	2	.95	0.010	2.58	0.02%	-0.12	2B
7	152	7	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.276	.222	.498	2	.71	0.006	1.80	0.01%	-0.13	2B
8	153	8	Apr 26	KCA		CLE	L,2-14	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	.23	0.019	.53	0.03%	-0.06	2B
9	154	9	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.263	.200	.463	2	.92	-0.025	1.91	-0.03%	-0.57	2B
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
10	155	10	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.286	.211	.496	8	1.66	-0.001	3.05	0.00%	-0.43	2B
11	156	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.225	.520	8	.81	-0.010	1.60	-0.01%	-0.13	2B
12	157	12	May 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.313	.233	.545	8	.92	-0.001	1.95	0.00%	0.36	2B
13	158	13	May 4	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.327	.222	.549	8	1.48	0.018	3.25	0.02%	-0.12	2B
14	159	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.208	.530	2	.96	-0.054	1.98	-0.07%	-0.65	2B
15	160	15	May 6 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.220	.350	.220	.570	1	1.24	0.257	2.17	0.27%	2.61	2B
16	161	16	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.369	.245	.615	1	.31	0.009	.57	0.01%	0.91	2B
17	162	17	May 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.224	.357	.259	.616	1	.84	-0.064	1.77	-0.08%	-0.22	2B
18	163	18	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.242	.365	.290	.655	1	.82	0.146	1.60	0.17%	1.12	2B
19	164	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.382	.313	.694	1	1.03	0.084	2.42	0.12%	1.01	2B
20	165	20	May 12	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.392	.318	.711	1	.82	0.038	1.70	0.05%	0.54	2B
21	166	21	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.381	.310	.691	1	.41	-0.035	.85	-0.04%	-0.59	2B
22	167	22	May 13 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.371	.303	.673	1	1.14	-0.022	2.59	-0.03%	-0.47	2B
23	168	23	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	.359	.291	.650	1	.93	-0.105	1.58	-0.11%	-1.33	2B
24	169	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.344	.277	.621	1	1.12	-0.118	1.73	-0.11%	-1.45	2B
25	170	25	May 17	KCA		BOS	L,1-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.247	.354	.282	.636	1	.74	0.040	.97	0.03%	0.70	2B
26	171	26	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.350	.273	.622	1	1.10	-0.063	1.24	-0.04%	-0.44	2B
27	172	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.336	.261	.597	8	1.39	-0.151	1.44	-0.09%	-1.20	2B
28	173	28	May 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.327	.253	.580	8	1.18	-0.091	1.40	-0.07%	-0.85	2B
29	174	30 (1)	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.324	.250	.574	8	.02	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.25	2B
30	175	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.324	.250	.574	8						2B
31	176	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.321	.247	.569	8	.65	-0.018	.51	-0.01%	-0.38	PR 2B
32	177	37 (4)	May 29	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.321	.247	.569	7						PR
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
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Pittsburgh Pirates
33	178	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG(10)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.206	.308	.235	.543	1						2B
34	179	60	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	.200	.306	.229	.534	1						2B
35	180	61	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	.204	.306	.231	.538	1						2B
36	181	62	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.299	.225	.524	1	.68	-0.050	1.77	-0.08%	-0.51	2B
37	182	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.191	.290	.217	.507	1	.56	0.004	1.22	0.01%	-0.21	2B
38	183	64	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.296	.235	.532	1	.76	0.021	1.46	0.03%	-0.03	2B
39	184	65	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.197	.290	.230	.519	1	1.35	0.016	1.74	0.01%	0.16	2B
40	185	66	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	.194	.291	.226	.517	1						2B
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
41	186	67	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.203	.297	.242	.539	1						2B
42	187	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.206	.302	.244	.546	1	1.17	0.013	1.19	0.01%	-0.06	2B
43	188	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.296	.239	.535	2	1.28	-0.106	1.11	-0.06%	-0.86	2B
							16-27		156	134	17	27	5	0	0	6	17	1	10	1	4	0	5	4	4	3	.201	.296	.239	.535		.91	-0.197	1.77	-0.01%	-3.31

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