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Mike Jacobs

Michael James Jacobs

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Royals/Mets 2005-2010
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.064, Arb Eligible: 2011, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: John Boggs [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1999	18	NYM-min	Rk	44	167	147	18	49	12	0	4	30	2	0	14	30	.333	.383	.497	.880		73	3	1	0	5	2	MET · GULF
2000	19	NYM-min	Rk,A	77	303	260	29	67	20	4	7	48	7	4	39	81	.258	.354	.446	.800		116	5	1	1	2	2	KPT,CLM · APPY,SALL
2001	20	NYM-min	A,A-	65	273	246	30	69	18	0	3	41	1	2	19	57	.280	.338	.390	.728		96	5	4	1	3	0	CLM,BKN · SALL,NYPL
2002	21	NYM-min	A+	118	501	467	62	117	26	1	11	64	2	3	25	95	.251	.291	.381	.673		178	11	4	0	5	5	SCE · FLOR
2003	22	NYM-min	AA	119	450	407	56	134	36	1	17	81	0	3	28	87	.329	.376	.548	.923		223	11	7	0	8	1	BNG · EL
2004	23	NYM-min	AAA	27	106	96	8	17	3	0	2	6	0	0	9	30	.177	.245	.271	.516		26	1	0	0	1	2	NFK · IL
2005	24	NYM-min	AA	117	482	433	66	139	37	2	25	93	1	2	35	94	.321	.376	.589	.965		255	11	7	1	6	6	BNG · EL
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
2007	26	FLA-min	A+,AA	7	23	22	3	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	5	.227	.261	.500	.761		11	1	0	0	0	0	JUP,CAR · FLOR,SOUL
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
2009	28	KCR	AL	128	478	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	.228	.297	.401	.698	84	174	9	2	0	1	2	3
2010	29	NYM-TOR-min	AAA	120	528	469	79	128	29	3	21	91	1	0	49	86	.273	.335	.482	.817		226	10	0	0	10	4	BFL,LVG · IL,PCL
2010	29	NYM	NL	7	28	24	1	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	.208	.296	.375	.671	82	9	0	0	1	0	0	/3
2011	30	COL-min	AAA	117	495	429	70	128	30	1	23	97	3	3	58	105	.298	.376	.534	.910		229	9	0	0	8	2	CSP · PCL
6 Seasons				556	2117	1930	244	489	115	6	100	310	5	2	166	486	.253	.313	.475	.787	104	916	49	7	1	13	17
162 Game Avg.				162	617	562	71	142	34	2	29	90	1	1	48	142	.253	.313	.475	.787	104	267	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
NYM (2 yrs)				37	140	124	20	36	8	0	12	25	0	0	13	29	.290	.360	.645	1.005	161	80	5	1	1	1	0
KCR (1 yr)				128	478	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	.228	.297	.401	.698	84	174	9	2	0	1	2

NL (5 yrs)				428	1639	1496	198	390	99	5	81	249	5	2	125	354	.261	.317	.496	.813	109	742	40	5	1	12	15
AL (1 yr)				128	478	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	.228	.297	.401	.698	84	174	9	2	0	1	2

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
2005	24	NYM	NL	112	11	0	-1	-1	1	-2	3	11	1.2	10	1.0	0.2	$	3
2006	25	FLA	NL	520	4	-4	-2	-2	1	-7	15	5	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$327,000	*3
2007	26	FLA	NL	460	-3	-4	-1	-1	-6	-7	13	-9	-0.9	-3	-0.3	-0.6	$380,000	3
2008	27	FLA	NL	519	2	-2	-1	0	-18	-7	15	-11	-1.1	7	0.7	-1.8	$395,000	*3
2009	28	KCR	AL	478	-11	-2	1	-0	-2	-11	17	-9	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$3,275,000	3
2010	29	NYM	NL	28	-1	-0	-0	0	0	-0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$900,000	/3
6 Seasons				2117	2	-12	-4	-4	-24	-34	64	-13	-1.2	11	1.1	-2.3	$5,277,000

FLA (3 yrs)				1499	3	-10	-4	-3	-23	-21	43	-15	-1.5	8	0.8	-2.3	$1,102,000
NYM (2 yrs)				140	10	-0	-1	-1	1	-2	4	11	1.2	10	1.0	0.2	$900,000
KCR (1 yr)				478	-11	-2	1	-0	-2	-11	17	-9	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$3,275,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
2005	NYM	NL	24	1B	28		251	237	10	4	24	.984	1	-1	8.82	.993	9.52
2006	FLA	NL	25	1B	124		995	931	57	7	101	.993	1	-6	7.97	.994	9.36
2006	FLA	NL	25	DH	1	1
2007	FLA	NL	26	1B	108		845	793	45	7	91	.992	-6	-6	7.76	.993	9.17
2008	FLA	NL	27	1B	119		898	825	62	11	67	.988	-18	-23	7.45	.992	9.28
2008	FLA	NL	27	DH	6	6
2009	KCR	AL	28	1B	15		110	94	14	2	13	.982	-2	4	7.20	.994	9.02
2009	KCR	AL	28	DH	102	102
2010	NYM	NL	29	1B	7		52	50	1	1	3	.981	0	1	7.29	.993	9.13
	6 Seasons			1B	401		3151	2930	189	32	299	.990	-24	-31	7.78	.993	9.28
	6 Seasons			TOT	401		3151	2930	189	32	299	.990	-24	-31	7.78	.993	9.28

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y Active 401 (24th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 2008 NL 11 (4th) Active 32 (21st)

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

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
Active 401 (24th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL 11 (4th)
Active 32 (21st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 38th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1999.
November 24, 2005: Traded by the New York Mets with Grant Psomas (minors) and Yusmeiro Petit to the Florida Marlins for Carlos Delgado and cash.
October 31, 2008: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Kansas City Royals for Juan Oviedo.
December 10, 2009: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
February 10, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
July 30, 2010: Traded by the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for player to be named.
October 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
August 18, 2011: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
January 4, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	25	Florida Marlins	$327,000
2007	26	Florida Marlins	$380,000
2008	27	Florida Marlins	$395,000
2009	28	Kansas City Royals	$3,275,000
2010	29	New York Mets	$900,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,277,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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