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+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	2	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
6	6	Apr 24	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
7	7	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 26	KCA		CLE	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
9	9	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
11	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
12	12	May 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
13	13	May 4	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
14	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
15	15	May 6 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
16	16	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
17	17	May 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
18	18	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
19	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
20	20	May 12	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	25	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
21	21	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
22	22	May 13 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
23	23	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
24	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
25	25	May 17	KCA		BOS	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
26	26	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
27	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
28	28	May 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
29	30 (1)	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
30	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6		13	3.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
31	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	13	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	PR 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Pittsburgh Pirates
32	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	60	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	61	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	5.2	1	1	0	2	0
35	62	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
36	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	2	9	1	2B
37	64	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	4	1	11	2	2B
38	65	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
39	66	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GS	0	7.0	1	4	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	67	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GS	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
42	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
							42gm		326.2	104	95	9	208	31