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Spook Jacobs

Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: November 4, 1925 in Cheswold, DE
High School: Salem HS (Pennsville, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates 1954-1956

Final Game: July 3, 1956
Died: February 18, 2011 in Milford, DE
Buried: Milford Community Cemetery, Milford, DE
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Standard Batting

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
1946	20	LAD-min	D	68	266	266		68	10	0	1						.256	.256	.305	.560		81							THM · NCSL
1947	21	LAD-min	C	125	534	534		170	28	7	2						.318	.318	.408	.727		218							JHN · MATL
1948	22	LAD-min	B	137	549	549		180	21	13	2						.328	.328	.424	.752		233							AVL · TRIS
1949	23	LAD-min	AA	99	332	332		88	6	1	2						.265	.265	.307	.572		102							MOB · SOUA
1950	24	LAD-min	AA	150	589	589		179	36	4	0						.304	.304	.379	.683		223							MOB · SOUA
1951	25	LAD-min	AA	142	514	514		153	24	7	1						.298	.298	.377	.675		194							MOB · SOUA
1952	26	LAD-min	AA,AAA	137	545	534	13	164	26	4	1	5	2		10	2	.307	.320	.376	.696		201	1	0	1				MOB,STP · SOUA,AA
1953	27	LAD-min	AA	154	714	645	102	182	23	5	0	40	28	15	58	37	.282	.342	.333	.676		215		1	10				FTW · TL
1954	28	PHA	AL	132	574	508	63	131	11	1	0	26	17	3	60	22	.258	.336	.283	.619	71	144	5	0	6	1		*4
1955	29	OAK-min	AAA	122	544	456	83	144	24	5	0	37	13		68	29	.316	.410	.390	.801		178		5	15	0			CLB · IL
1955	29	KCA	AL	13	28	23	7	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	73	6	1	1	1	0	0	/4
1956	30	PIT-OAK-min	Opn,AAA	106	474	404	60	138	20	3	0	33	6		49	27	.342	.416	.406	.822		164	5	3	17	1			HOL,CLB · PCL,IL
1956	30	TOT	MLB	43	155	134	17	27	5	0	0	6	4	3	17	10	.201	.296	.239	.535	45	32	4	1	4	0	1	4
1956	30	KCA	AL	32	114	97	13	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	15	5	.216	.321	.247	.569	53	24	4	0	3	0	1	4
1956	30	PIT	NL	11	41	37	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	.162	.225	.216	.441	21	8	0	1	1	0	0	4
1957	31	PIT-min	Opn	135	618	526	88	155	14	3	0	34	5		72	28	.295	.384	.333	.717		175	12	6	12	2			HOL · PCL
1958	32	PIT-min	AAA	150	664	590	86	172	19	6	0	41	7		61	35	.292	.358	.344	.702		203		2	7	4	1		CLB · IL
1959	33	PIT-min	AAA	85	246	209	28	50	4	1	0	14	5		23	9	.239	.312	.268	.580		56		0	12	2	2		CLB · IL
1960	34	PHI-min	AA	125	485	389	78	119	14	0	0	21	7		96	22	.306	.443	.342	.785		133							CNG · SOUA
3 Yrs				188	757	665	87	164	16	1	0	33	22	8	80	32	.247	.329	.274	.603	65	182	10	2	11	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	652	573	75	141	14	1	0	28	19	7	69	28	.247	.329	.274	.603	65	157	9	2	9	1

KCA (3 yrs)				177	716	628	83	158	14	1	0	32	22	6	78	27	.252	.335	.277	.612	68	174	10	1	10	1	1
PIT (1 yr)				11	41	37	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	.162	.225	.216	.441	21	8	0	1	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				177	716	628	83	158	14	1	0	32	22	6	78	27	.252	.335	.277	.612	68	174	10	1	10	1	1
NL (1 yr)				11	41	37	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	.162	.225	.216	.441	21	8	0	1	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	28	PHA	AL	132	574	-19	4	1	-16	5	-24	-2.7	16	-9	-1.2	.480	.484	0.5	-1.2	7	$	*4
1955	29	KCA	AL	13	28	-1	-0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/4
1956	30	KCA	AL	32	114	-5	1	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.486	.497	0.0	-0.0	0	$	4
1956	30	PIT	NL	11	41	-3	-1	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.455	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	4
3 Seasons				188	757	-27	4	1	-20	7	-36	-3.9	21	-15	-1.9	.479	.494	0.3	-1.4	5	$

KCA (3 yrs)				177	716	-25	5	1	-18	6	-31	-3.4	19	-12	-1.5	.481	.493	0.5	-1.3	6	$
PIT (1 yr)				11	41	-3	-1	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.455	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	28	PHA	AL	574	392	51	3.5	100	.269	.258	.266	.336	.342	.283	.390	.619	.732	71	.410	-19.4	-2.0	.566	.171	.026	.0
1955	29	KCA	AL	28	21	2	2.6	103	.261	.261	.266	.370	.346	.261	.397	.631	.743	73	.255	-0.7	-0.1	.450	.087	.000	.0
1956	30	TOT	MLB	155	118	10	2.3	105	.218	.201	.265	.296	.343	.239	.409	.535	.752	45	.208	-10.3	-1.0	.447	.172	.037	.0
1956	30	KCA	AL	114	84	8	2.6	106	.228	.216	.267	.321	.349	.247	.408	.569	.757	53	.238	-6.3	-0.6	.519	.216	.031	.0
1956	30	PIT	NL	41	34	2	1.6	100	.188	.162	.260	.225	.327	.216	.411	.441	.738	21	.128	-4.0	-0.4	.273	.054	.054
3 Yrs				757	531	63	3.2	101	.259	.247	.266	.329	.343	.274	.394	.603	.736	65	.358	-30.4	-3.1	.536	.168	.027	.0
162 Game Avg.				652	458	54	3.2	101	.259	.247	.266	.329	.343	.274	.394	.603	.736	65	.358	-30.4	-3.1	.536	.168	.027

KCA (3 yrs)				716	497	61	3.3	101	.262	.252	.267	.335	.344	.277	.393	.612	.736	68	.374	-26.4	-2.7	.553	.175	.025	.0
PIT (1 yr)				41	34	2	1.6	100	.188	.162	.260	.225	.327	.216	.411	.441	.738	21	.129	-4.0	-0.4	.273	.054	.054

AL (3 yrs)				716	497	61	3.3	101	.262	.252	.267	.335	.344	.277	.393	.612	.736	68	.374	-26.4	-2.7	.553	.175	.025	.0
NL (1 yr)				41	34	2	1.6	100	.188	.162	.260	.225	.327	.216	.411	.441	.738	21	.129	-4.0	-0.4	.273	.054	.054

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	28	PHA	AL	574	0.0%	3.8%	10.5%	2.1%	9%	0.37	23.1		19.5	1.49	85%
1955	29	KCA	AL	28	0.0%	0.0%	10.7%	0.0%	0%	0.00			23.0	0.73	82%
1956	30	TOT	MLB	155	0.0%	6.5%	11.0%	3.2%	19%	0.59	13.4		22.3	1.87	80%
1956	30	KCA	AL	114	0.0%	4.4%	13.2%	2.6%	14%	0.33	19.4		19.4	2.04	81%
1956	30	PIT	NL	41	0.0%	12.2%	4.9%	4.9%	33%	2.50	7.4		37.0	1.17	78%
3 Yrs				757	0.0%	4.2%	10.6%	2.3%	10%	0.40	20.8		20.2	1.51	84%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.4%	9.5%	6.6%	29%	1.20	7.7	38.9	8.1	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	28	PHA	AL	-18.7	-1.9	593	-1.4	7.6	-9.0	.92	-1.9	0.3	-15.5	-1.6	0.89	-17.9		0
1955	29	KCA	AL	-0.7	-0.1	31	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.63	-0.0	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.87	-1.0	0.45	1
1956	30	TOT	MLB	-10.3	-1.0	144	-0.2	2.0	-2.1	.90	-0.5	0.3	-2.9	-0.3	0.91	-4.9		0
1956	30	KCA	AL	-6.3	-0.6	121	-0.0	1.7	-1.7	.89	-0.3	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.91	-3.3		0
1956	30	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	23	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.97	-0.2	0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.92	-1.6		0
3 Yrs				-29.8	-3.0	768	-1.5	9.9	-11.4	.91	-2.3	0.6	-20.0	-2.0	0.89	-23.8	0.45	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	28	PHA	AL	6	33%	273	17	3	85%	16	3	1	2	7	11	55%	34	18	15	10	6	4	12	0	12
1955	29	KCA	AL	0	70%	21	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	0
1956	30	TOT	MLB	5	38%	55	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	1	4	67%	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
1956	30	KCA	AL	3	36%	49	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	1	4	63%	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	30	PIT	NL	2	44%	6	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				11	35%	349	22	8	73%	21	7	1	3	8	16	55%	41	21	19	13	8	5	17	2	15

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	28	PHA	AL	574	21%	131			0	0	0	0		0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	6	55%	72	5	7%	33	11	33%	245	29	12%	18	13	72%	13	8	62%	0
1955	29	KCA	AL	28	21%	6			1	0	0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1956	30	TOT	MLB	155	25%	27			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	31	4	13%	6	3	50%	64	6	9%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1956	30	KCA	AL	114	24%	21			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	27	4	15%	5	2	40%	58	6	10%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1956	30	PIT	NL	41	32%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				757	22%	164			1	0	0	0	0.45	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	16	11	69%	109	10	9%	42	15	36%	320	36	11%	21	15	71%	14	8	57%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			32%			14%			49%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	28	132	574	508	63	131	11	1	26	17	3	60	22	.258	.336	.283	.619	71	144	5	0	6	1
1955	29	145	602	531	70	137	11	1	27	18	5	63	22	.258	.337	.282	.620	71	150	6	1	7	1	0
1956	30	188	757	665	87	164	16	1	33	22	8	80	32	.247	.329	.274	.603	65	182	10	2	11	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	28	138	607	535	69	141	12	1	29	18	65	23	.264	.343	.290	.632	53	132
1955	29	14	29	24	7	6	0	0	1	1	3	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	2	13
1956	30	45	163	140	17	28	5	0	6	4	18	10	.200	.296	.236	.531	9	43
3 Yrs		197	799	699	93	175	17	1	36	23	86	33	.250	.334	.278	.611	64	188
162 Game Avg.		162	657	575	76	144	14	1	30	19	71	27	.250	.334	.278	.611	53	188

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1954 AL 17 (4th)	Singles s c a p y 1954 AL 119 (6th)	SB % s c a p y 1954 AL 85.00 (2nd)	AB per SO s c a p y 1954 AL 23.1 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 AL 17 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 AL 119 (6th)

SB % s c a p y
1954 AL 85.00 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 AL 23.1 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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