Mike Jacobs
Michael James Jacobs
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 30, 1980 in Chula Vista, CA
High School: Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 38th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2005
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Standard Batting

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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
2005 24 NYM NL 30 112 100 19 31 7 0 11 23 0 0 10 22 .310 .375 .710 1.085 179 71 5 1 0 1 0 3
2006 25 FLA NL 136 520 469 54 123 37 1 20 77 3 0 45 105 .262 .325 .473 .798 106 222 16 1 0 5 2 *3/D
2007 26 FLA NL 114 460 426 57 113 27 2 17 54 1 2 31 101 .265 .317 .458 .775 100 195 12 2 0 1 3 3
2008 27 FLA NL 141 519 477 67 118 27 2 32 93 1 0 36 119 .247 .299 .514 .812 108 245 7 1 0 5 10 *3/D
2009 28 KCR AL 128 478 434 46 99 16 1 19 61 0 0 41 132 .228 .297 .401 .698 83 174 9 2 0 1 2 D3
5 Seasons 549 2089 1906 243 484 114 6 99 308 5 2 163 479 .254 .313 .476 .789 104 907 49 7 0 13 17
162 Game Avg. 162 616 562 72 143 34 2 29 91 1 1 48 141 .254 .313 .476 .789 104 268 14 2 0 4 5
FLA (3 yrs) 391 1499 1372 178 354 91 5 69 224 5 2 112 325 .258 .314 .483 .796 105 662 35 4 0 11 15
KCR (1 yr) 128 478 434 46 99 16 1 19 61 0 0 41 132 .228 .297 .401 .698 83 174 9 2 0 1 2
NYM (1 yr) 30 112 100 19 31 7 0 11 23 0 0 10 22 .310 .375 .710 1.085 179 71 5 1 0 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 421 1611 1472 197 385 98 5 80 247 5 2 122 347 .262 .318 .498 .816 110 733 40 5 0 12 15
AL (1 yr) 128 478 434 46 99 16 1 19 61 0 0 41 132 .228 .297 .401 .698 83 174 9 2 0 1 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2005 24 NYM NL 112 75 25 8.9 106 .294 .310 .266 .375 .336 .710 .424 1.085 .760 179 .754 11.0 1.0 1.108 .500 .400 .0
2006 25 FLA NL 520 367 70 5.1 108 .295 .262 .266 .325 .336 .473 .432 .798 .768 106 .501 4.8 0.4 .749 .313 .211 5.2
2007 26 FLA NL 460 328 58 4.8 108 .311 .265 .269 .317 .338 .458 .430 .775 .768 100 .469 -1.1 -0.1 .694 .263 .192 1.9
2008 27 FLA NL 519 371 73 5.3 109 .260 .247 .268 .299 .341 .514 .428 .812 .769 108 .534 2.5 0.2 .773 .344 .266 1.9
2009 28 KCR AL 478 345 52 4.0 106 .282 .228 .265 .297 .334 .401 .425 .698 .759 83 .396 -11.9 -1.1 .631 .267 .173 .0
5 Seasons 2089 1486 278 5.0 108 .287 .254 .267 .313 .337 .476 .429 .789 .766 104 .499 5.3 0.5 .733 .309 .222 9.5
162 Game Avg. 616 438 82 5.0 108 .287 .254 .267 .313 .337 .476 .429 .789 .766 104 .499 2 0 .733 .309 .222 3
FLA (3 yrs) 1499 1066 201 5.1 109 .288 .258 .268 .314 .338 .483 .430 .796 .768 105 .503 6.2 0.6 .740 .308 .224 9.3
KCR (1 yr) 478 345 52 4.0 106 .282 .228 .265 .297 .334 .401 .425 .698 .759 83 .396 -11.9 -1.1 .631 .267 .173 .0
NYM (1 yr) 112 75 25 8.9 106 .294 .310 .266 .375 .336 .710 .424 1.085 .760 179 .754 11.0 1.0 1.108 .500 .400 .0
NL (4 yrs) 1611 1141 226 5.3 108 .289 .262 .268 .318 .338 .498 .430 .816 .768 110 .527 17.2 1.6 .764 .321 .236 9.4
AL (1 yr) 478 345 52 4.0 106 .282 .228 .265 .297 .334 .401 .425 .698 .759 83 .396 -11.9 -1.1 .631 .267 .173 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2005 24 NYM NL 112 9.8% 19.6% 8.9% 16.1% 58% 2.20 4.5 9.1 4.3 0.72 1.16 61% 19% 26.2% 9%
2006 25 FLA NL 520 3.9% 20.2% 8.7% 11.2% 47% 2.33 4.5 23.5 6.1 0.65 1.02 67% 20% 9.7% 8%
2007 26 FLA NL 460 3.7% 22.0% 6.7% 10.0% 41% 3.26 4.2 25.1 7.9 0.58 0.80 67% 21% 9.3% 11%
2008 27 FLA NL 519 6.2% 22.9% 6.9% 11.8% 52% 3.31 4.0 14.9 5.1 0.54 0.76 64% 20% 15.7% 14%
2009 28 KCR AL 478 4.0% 27.6% 8.6% 7.5% 36% 3.22 3.3 22.8 7.1 0.61 0.78 59% 17% 12.7% 20%
5 Seasons 2089 4.7% 22.9% 7.8% 10.5% 45% 2.94 4.0 19.3 6.2 0.60 0.86 64% 20% 12.6% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 24 NYM NL 1 0 26% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 3 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 1
2006 25 FLA NL 2 0 23% 178 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 21% 28 27 1 9 3 5 16 10 5
2007 26 FLA NL 3 0 31% 150 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 5 32% 18 15 2 7 3 4 13 7 6
2008 27 FLA NL 2 0 29% 108 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 25% 13 11 2 11 8 2 12 7 5
2009 28 KCR AL 5 0 22% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25% 27 25 2 12 7 5 10 5 5
5 Seasons 13 0 26% 606 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 20 18 26% 89 81 7 42 22 18 53 30 22
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 24 NYM NL 112 96% 31 1 0 2 2 1 1 0.68 11 0 2 11 0 6 5 0 0 0 21 5 24% 12 3 25% 63 14 22% 9 5 56% 5 2 40% 0
2006 25 FLA NL 520 82% 123 2 0 11 1 0 2 2.47 20 0 16 18 2 12 8 0 0 0 92 16 17% 48 14 29% 324 59 18% 32 14 44% 39 12 31% 0
2007 26 FLA NL 460 75% 113 7 0 8 3 1 2 1.18 17 0 18 12 5 10 7 0 0 0 92 12 13% 39 9 23% 300 39 13% 27 13 48% 21 11 52% 0
2008 27 FLA NL 519 76% 118 8 0 14 1 0 1 1.63 32 1 10 25 7 14 18 0 0 0 102 7 7% 43 11 26% 368 62 17% 28 13 46% 34 10 29% 0
2009 28 KCR AL 478 77% 99 8 0 8 4 1 2 2.41 19 0 6 18 1 8 11 0 0 0 97 9 9% 58 10 17% 318 44 14% 32 9 28% 30 11 37% 0
5 Seasons 2089 79% 484 26 0 43 11 3 8 1.86 99 1 52 84 15 50 49 0 0 0 404 49 12% 200 47 24% 1373 218 16% 128 54 42% 129 46 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 24 NYM NL 112 380 3.39 244 64% 15% 21% 32% 32% 85% 0% 55% 75% 45% 7% 8 0 13% 14 5 4% 5 3 18% 0 0 0
2006 25 FLA NL 520 1917 3.69 1209 63% 21% 20% 28% 31% 79% 1% 50% 75% 40% 3% 15 1 13% 67 37 8% 44 28 26% 0 0 0
2007 26 FLA NL 460 1680 3.65 1077 64% 16% 21% 32% 30% 84% 1% 54% 75% 46% 5% 21 5 14% 64 33 8% 35 21 20% 0 0 0
2008 27 FLA NL 519 1907 3.67 1230 64% 19% 22% 30% 30% 81% 5% 52% 73% 37% 5% 24 2 13% 70 34 7% 35 19 16% 0 0 0
2009 28 KCR AL 478 1935 4.05 1200 62% 29% 18% 28% 25% 71% 1% 44% 74% 25% 5% 25 1 16% 75 29 10% 48 28 24% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2089 7819 3.74 4960 63% 21% 20% 30% 29% 79% 2% 50% 74% 37% 4% 93 9 14% 290 138 8% 167 99 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 24 30 112 100 19 31 7 0 11 23 0 0 10 22 .310 .375 .710 1.085 179 71 5 1 0 1 0
2006 25 166 632 569 73 154 44 1 31 100 3 0 55 127 .271 .334 .515 .849 119 293 21 2 0 6 2
2007 26 280 1092 995 130 267 71 3 48 154 4 2 86 228 .268 .327 .490 .817 111 488 33 4 0 7 5
2008 27 421 1611 1472 197 385 98 5 80 247 5 2 122 347 .262 .318 .498 .816 110 733 40 5 0 12 15
2009 28 549 2089 1906 243 484 114 6 99 308 5 2 163 479 .254 .313 .476 .789 104 907 49 7 0 13 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 24 30 111 99 19 30 7 0 11 23 0 10 22 .303 .369 .707 1.076 25 30
2006 25 136 513 464 53 118 35 1 19 75 3 43 105 .254 .316 .457 .773 68 136
2007 26 114 454 421 56 108 26 2 16 53 1 30 101 .257 .308 .442 .750 57 114
2008 27 141 515 474 64 115 26 2 31 89 1 35 119 .243 .293 .502 .795 70 141
2009 28 128 479 435 46 100 16 1 19 62 0 41 132 .230 .299 .402 .701 52 128
5 Seasons 549 2072 1893 238 471 110 6 96 302 5 159 479 .249 .307 .465 .773 272 549
162 Game Avg. 162 611 559 70 139 32 2 28 89 1 47 141 .249 .307 .465 .773 80 549

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

AB per HR s c a p y
2008 NL  14.9 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Brian Daubach (958)
  2. Luke Easter (944)
  3. Ben Broussard (944)
  4. George Crowe (940)
  5. Steve Bilko (939)
  6. Fred Whitfield (939)
  7. Josh Willingham (936)
  8. Erubiel Durazo (934)
  9. Bubba Trammell (930)
  10. Craig Wilson (928)
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  1. Andre Thornton (959)
  2. Fred Whitfield (959)
  3. Rico Brogna (952)
  4. Don Mincher (951)
  5. Bob Robertson (945)
  6. Carlos Pena (942)
  7. Mike Epstein (936)
  8. Jay Gibbons (934)
  9. Bo Jackson (932)
  10. Nick Johnson (930)
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  3. Fred Whitfield (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Andre Thornton (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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