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Baby Doll Jacobson

William Chester Jacobson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 16, 1890 in Cable, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1915
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/Tigers/Indians/Athletics 1915-1927

Final Game: September 22, 1927
Died: January 16, 1977 in Orion, IL
Buried: Dayton Corners Cemetery, Colona, IL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:10AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #544. Kevin McReynolds… #545. Jose Valentin… #546. Richie Zisk… #547. BABY DOLL JACOBSON… #548. Raul Mondesi… #549. Topsy Hartsel… #550. Jermaine Dye… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 24 TOT AL 71 203 180 18 38 12 3 1 13 3 5 15 40 .211 .290 .328 .618 85 59 5 3 O3
1915 24 DET AL 37 72 65 5 14 6 2 0 4 0 2 5 14 .215 .282 .369 .651 91 24 1 1 3/O
1915 24 SLB AL 34 131 115 13 24 6 1 1 9 3 3 10 26 .209 .295 .304 .599 82 35 4 2 O
1917 26 SLB AL 148 572 529 53 131 23 7 4 55 10 31 67 .248 .294 .340 .635 97 180 4 8 *O3
1919 28 SLB AL 120 492 455 70 147 31 8 4 51 9 24 47 .323 .362 .453 .815 126 206 4 9 *O/3
1920 29 SLB AL 154 673 609 97 216 34 14 9 122 11 7 46 37 .355 .402 .501 .903 135 305 2 16 *O/3
1921 30 SLB AL 151 663 599 90 211 38 14 5 90 8 8 42 30 .352 .398 .487 .885 119 292 3 19 *O3
1922 31 SLB AL 145 629 555 88 176 22 16 9 102 19 6 46 36 .317 .379 .463 .842 115 257 9 19 *O/3
1923 32 SLB AL 147 643 592 76 183 29 6 8 81 6 6 29 27 .309 .343 .419 .762 95 248 2 20 *O
1924 33 SLB AL 152 642 579 103 184 41 12 19 97 6 8 35 45 .318 .361 .528 .889 122 306 4 24 *O MVP-8
1925 34 SLB AL 142 602 540 103 184 30 9 15 76 8 11 45 26 .341 .392 .513 .905 124 277 1 16 *O MVP-7
1926 35 TOT AL 148 635 576 62 172 51 2 8 90 5 3 31 36 .299 .337 .436 .772 101 251 2 26 *O89/7 MVP-26
1926 35 SLB AL 50 197 182 18 52 15 1 2 21 1 2 9 14 .286 .319 .412 .731 86 75 0 6 8O
1926 35 BOS AL 98 438 394 44 120 36 1 6 69 4 1 22 22 .305 .344 .447 .791 109 176 2 20 O89/7
1927 36 TOT AL 94 318 293 27 72 17 3 1 42 1 0 11 19 .246 .280 .334 .615 59 98 3 11 O78/9
1927 36 BOS AL 45 164 155 11 38 9 3 0 24 1 0 5 12 .245 .278 .342 .620 61 53 2 2 7O
1927 36 CLE AL 32 116 103 13 26 5 0 0 13 0 0 6 4 .252 .300 .301 .601 56 31 1 6 O8/9
1927 36 PHA AL 17 38 35 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .229 .229 .400 .629 57 14 0 3 O/798
11 Seasons 1472 6072 5507 787 1714 328 94 83 819 86 54 355 410 .311 .357 .450 .807 111 2479 39 171
162 Game Avg. 162 668 606 87 189 36 10 9 90 9 39 45 .311 .357 .450 .807 111 273 4 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SLB (10 yrs) 1243 5244 4755 711 1508 269 88 76 704 81 51 317 355 .317 .364 .459 .823 115 2181 33 139
BOS (2 yrs) 143 602 549 55 158 45 4 6 93 5 1 27 34 .288 .326 .417 .743 95 229 4 22
PHA (1 yr) 17 38 35 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .229 .229 .400 .629 57 14 0 3
CLE (1 yr) 32 116 103 13 26 5 0 0 13 0 0 6 4 .252 .300 .301 .601 56 31 1 6
DET (1 yr) 37 72 65 5 14 6 2 0 4 0 2 5 14 .215 .282 .369 .651 91 24 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1915 24 DET AL 72 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 3/O
1915 24 SLB AL 131 -4 0 0 0 0 -2 5 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ O
1917 26 SLB AL 572 -6 -1 0 0 4 -6 20 11 0.9 7 0.8 0.1 $ *O3
1919 28 SLB AL 492 11 1 0 0 1 -4 17 26 2.7 25 2.7 0.0 $ *O/3
1920 29 SLB AL 673 26 2 0 0 8 -5 21 52 5.2 44 4.4 0.8 $ *O/3
1921 30 SLB AL 663 18 -1 0 0 5 -4 20 38 3.7 33 3.2 0.5 $ *O3
1922 31 SLB AL 629 10 4 0 0 5 -4 19 34 3.5 29 2.9 0.6 $ *O/3
1923 32 SLB AL 643 -10 -1 0 0 5 -4 20 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $ *O
1924 33 SLB AL 642 15 1 0 0 10 -4 20 42 4.2 32 3.1 1.1 $ *O MVP-8
1925 34 SLB AL 602 21 0 0 0 -6 -4 19 30 2.9 36 3.5 -0.6 $ *O MVP-7
1926 35 SLB AL 197 -5 -1 0 0 -4 -1 6 -5 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ 8O MVP-26
1926 35 BOS AL 438 0 -1 0 0 -3 -3 13 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $ O89/7 MVP-26
1927 36 BOS AL 164 -10 0 0 0 1 -2 5 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ 7O
1927 36 CLE AL 116 -7 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ O8/9
1927 36 PHA AL 38 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O/798
11 Seasons 6072 54 2 0 0 24 -46 193 226 22.4 203 20.3 2.1 $
SLB (10 yrs) 5244 76 4 0 0 28 -38 167 237 23.4 209 20.9 2.5 $
BOS (2 yrs) 602 -10 -1 0 0 -2 -5 18 0 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $
PHA (1 yr) 38 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $
CLE (1 yr) 116 -7 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 72 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1915 TOT AL 24 OF 39 62 58 3 1 1 .984 1.56 .958 2.05 6-8-26
1915 DET AL 24 1B 10 120 114 4 2 5 .983 11.80 .987 10.78
1915 DET AL 24 OF 7 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 .958 2.04 3-5-0
1915 SLB AL 24 OF 32 53 50 2 1 1 .981 1.63 .958 2.05 3-3-26
1917 SLB AL 26 OF 131 318 292 18 8 6 .975 2.37 .967 2.22 0-54-77
1917 SLB AL 26 1B 11 133 119 7 7 4 .947 11.45 .989 11.07
1919 SLB AL 28 OF 106 294 270 9 15 2 .949 2.63 .958 2.26
1919 SLB AL 28 1B 8 78 75 2 1 1 .987 9.63 .988 10.68
1919 SLB AL 28 CF 73 73 71 225 206 7 12 2 .947 2.92 .961 2.64
1919 SLB AL 28 LF 17 17 17 43 41 0 2 0 .953 2.41 .961 2.21
1919 SLB AL 28 RF 16 15 14 28 25 2 1 0 .964 1.69 .951 1.94
1920 SLB AL 29 OF 154 421 394 18 9 6 .979 2.68 .962 2.25
1920 SLB AL 29 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80
1920 SLB AL 29 CF 110 110 108 312 296 10 6 4 .981 2.78 .966 2.55
1920 SLB AL 29 RF 44 44 44 109 98 8 3 2 .972 2.41 .958 1.91
1921 SLB AL 30 OF 142 392 378 7 7 1 .982 2.71 .960 2.33
1921 SLB AL 30 1B 10 103 91 12 0 9 1.000 10.30 .991 10.63
1921 SLB AL 30 CF 142 141 138 400 386 7 7 1 .983 2.77 .962 2.67
1922 SLB AL 31 OF 137 388 367 9 12 4 .969 2.74 .964 2.31
1922 SLB AL 31 1B 7 61 57 2 2 10 .967 8.43 .991 10.80
1922 SLB AL 31 CF 125 123 120 362 340 9 13 4 .964 2.79 .968 2.70
1922 SLB AL 31 LF 12 12 11 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .969 2.40
1923 SLB AL 32 OF 146 430 409 10 11 4 .974 2.87 .965 2.38
1923 SLB AL 32 CF 146 146 145 430 409 10 11 4 .974 2.87 .968 2.69
1924 SLB AL 33 OF 152 502 488 7 7 4 .986 3.26 .970 2.39 MVP-8
1924 SLB AL 33 CF 152 152 152 502 488 7 7 3 .986 3.26 .975 2.80 MVP-8
1925 SLB AL 34 OF 139 374 343 18 13 9 .965 2.60 .965 2.43 MVP-7
1925 SLB AL 34 CF 139 139 135 374 343 18 13 9 .965 2.60 .971 2.89 MVP-7
1926 TOT AL 35 OF 148 147 143 315 298 9 8 1 .975 2.07 .966 2.34 MVP-26
1926 TOT AL 35 CF 107 105 103 258 244 9 5 1 .981 2.36 .969 2.72 MVP-26
1926 SLB AL 35 CF 50 49 47 111 105 2 4 0 .964 2.14 .969 2.72
1926 SLB AL 35 OF 50 49 47 111 105 2 4 0 .964 2.14 .966 2.34
1926 BOS AL 35 OF 98 98 96 204 193 7 4 1 .980 2.04 .966 2.34
1926 BOS AL 35 CF 57 56 56 147 139 7 1 1 .993 2.56 .969 2.72
1926 BOS AL 35 RF 36 36 35 48 46 0 2 0 .958 1.28 .964 2.00 MVP-26
1926 BOS AL 35 LF 6 6 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.33 .964 2.30 MVP-26
1927 TOT AL 36 OF 84 74 68 193 180 5 8 0 .959 2.20 .964 2.35
1927 TOT AL 36 LF 48 45 40 105 99 4 2 0 .981 2.15 .967 2.38
1927 TOT AL 36 CF 32 28 27 86 79 1 6 0 .930 2.50 .966 2.71
1927 TOT AL 36 RF 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .955 1.98
1927 BOS AL 36 LF 39 38 34 96 90 4 2 0 .979 2.41 .967 2.38
1927 BOS AL 36 OF 39 38 34 96 90 4 2 0 .979 2.41 .964 2.35
1927 CLE AL 36 OF 31 29 28 88 81 1 6 0 .932 2.65 .964 2.35
1927 CLE AL 36 CF 30 28 27 86 79 1 6 0 .930 2.67 .966 2.71
1927 CLE AL 36 RF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 2.00
1927 PHA AL 36 OF 14 7 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 .964 2.35
1927 PHA AL 36 LF 9 7 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 2.38
1927 PHA AL 36 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.97
1927 PHA AL 36 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
11 Seasons OF 1378 221 211 3689 3477 113 99 38 .973 2.61 .964 2.32 89-1088-203
9 Seasons (incomplete) CF 1026 1017 999 2949 2791 78 80 28 .973 2.80 .968 2.72
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 100 96 94 187 171 10 6 2 .968 1.81 .958 1.95
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 83 80 73 184 175 4 5 0 .973 2.16 .966 2.34
6 Seasons 1B 47 495 456 27 12 29 .976 10.28 .989 10.80
11 Seasons TOT 1425 221 211 4184 3933 140 111 67 .973 2.86 .967 2.60 89-1088-203
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 AL (8, 17%)
1925 AL (7, 16%)
1926 AL (26, 2%)
0.35 Career Shares (556th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1920 AL  5.2 (6th)
1924 AL  4.2 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1920 AL  4.4 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1920 AL  0.8 (5th)
1921 AL  0.5 (10th)
1924 AL  1.1 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1919 AL  .323 (7th)
1920 AL  .355 (6th)
1921 AL  .352 (6th)
Career  .311 (100th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1919 AL  .453 (8th)
1920 AL  .501 (8th)
1924 AL  .528 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1919 AL  .815 (9th)
1920 AL  .903 (8th)
1921 AL  .885 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1920 AL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1920 AL  609 (6th)
1921 AL  599 (9th)
1923 AL  592 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1920 AL  673 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1920 AL  97 (10th)
1924 AL  103 (9th)
1925 AL  103 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1920 AL  216 (4th)
1921 AL  211 (4th)
1925 AL  184 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1920 AL  305 (5th)
1921 AL  292 (9th)
1924 AL  306 (2nd)
1925 AL  277 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1919 AL  31 (9th)
1921 AL  38 (7th)
1924 AL  41 (3rd)
1926 AL  51 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1920 AL  14 (7th)
1921 AL  14 (7th)
1922 AL  16 (2nd)
1924 AL  12 (5th)
Career  94 (189th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 AL  4 (10th)
1924 AL  19 (3rd)
1925 AL  15 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1920 AL  122 (2nd)
1922 AL  102 (5th)
1926 AL  90 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1917 AL  67 (2nd)
1919 AL  47 (7th)
1924 AL  45 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1922 AL  19 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1920 AL  159 (5th)
1921 AL  154 (3rd)
1923 AL  140 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1920 AL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1920 AL  121 (6th)
1921 AL  113 (10th)
1924 AL  106 (8th)
1925 AL  105 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1920 AL  30 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1920 AL  2.9 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1920 AL  57 (9th)
1924 AL  72 (2nd)
1925 AL  54 (9th)
1926 AL  61 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1920 AL  264 (6th)
1921 AL  256 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1919 AL  .689 (8th)
1920 AL  .726 (6th)
1921 AL  .660 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 AL  9 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 AL  26 (10th)
Career  171 (116th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1917 AL  5.7 (9th)
1920 AL  9.9 (9th)
1922 AL  12.2 (6th)
1925 AL  10.4 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 AL  30.5 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1923 AL  435 (8th)
1926 AL  433 (8th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,026 (78th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,791 (65th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  78 (55th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  80 (15th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  154 (1st)
1924 AL  152 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  394 (2nd)
1921 AL  378 (3rd)
1922 AL  367 (4th)
1923 AL  409 (2nd)
1924 AL  488 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  18 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1919 AL  15 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  2.92 (2nd)
1920 AL  2.78 (3rd)
1921 AL  2.77 (3rd)
1922 AL  2.79 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.87 (2nd)
1924 AL  3.26 (1st)
Career  2.80 (24th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1920 AL  .981 (2nd)
1921 AL  .983 (2nd)
1922 AL  .964 (5th)
1923 AL  .974 (4th)
1924 AL  .986 (2nd)
1926 AL  .981 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1919 AL  2.63 (3rd)
1920 AL  2.68 (3rd)
1921 AL  2.71 (4th)
1922 AL  2.74 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.87 (2nd)
1924 AL  3.26 (1st)
Career  2.61 (42nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  .979 (4th)
1921 AL  .982 (2nd)
1923 AL  .974 (5th)
1924 AL  .986 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 81 (292), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (346), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (391), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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