Jake Early

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: May 19, 1915 in Kings Mountain, NC us

Died: May 31, 1985 in Melbourne, FL

Buried: Brevard Memorial Park, Cocoa, FL

Debut: May 4, 1939 (Age 23-350d, 8,660th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1949 (Age 34-134d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Jacob Willard Early

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

2208

532

.241

216

RBI

264

OBP

.330

SLG

.350

OPS

.679

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-21 / in Starts: 8-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	62 (35-21-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
J Wasdell	2
B Myer	2
C Travis	2
B Estalella	2
J Bloodworth	2
S West	2
O Bluege	1
Self	0

Most Driven In By
S West	2
B Lewis	1
T Wright	1
K Chase	1
J Haynes	1
G Case	1
Self	0

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	12 (11)	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	2.31	0.085	8.13	0.18%	0.29	PH
2	2	14 (1)	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,12-14	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.64	0.000	4.63	0.00%	0.40	C
3	3	15	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	3.13	0.179	7.94	0.27%	0.67	PH
4	4	16	May 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	8	.62	-0.011	1.47	-0.02%	-0.04	C
5	5	17	May 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	8	1.17	-0.012	2.37	-0.01%	-0.12	C
6	6	18	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.368	.421	.789	8	1.09	0.023	1.99	0.03%	-0.15	C
7	7	21 (2)	May 16	WSH		DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.304	.304	.348	.652	8						C
8	8	22	May 17	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.269	.308	.577	8	.67	-0.021	.78	-0.02%	-0.91	C
9	9	24 (1)	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.310	.345	.655	8	1.19	-0.064	1.78	-0.06%	-0.67	C
10	10	27 (2)	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	8	1.04	0.216	1.17	0.15%	0.81	C
11	11	28	May 24	WSH		SLB	W,16-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.324	.595	8	.64	-0.088	.58	-0.05%	-1.92	C
12	12	32 (3)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.293	.350	.643	8	1.36	0.003	1.37	0.00%	0.24	C
13	13	34 (1)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.275	.293	.350	.643	9	2.02	-0.022	.95	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
14	14	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.442	.775	8	.63	0.167	.19	0.03%	3.18	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	15	39 (2)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.319	.422	.741	8	.54	-0.029	.17	-0.01%	-0.40	C
16	16	40	Jun 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.320	.404	.724	8	.64	-0.013	.13	0.00%	0.01	C
17	17	42 (1)	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.396	.710	9	.51	-0.015	.08	0.00%	-0.40	PH
18	18	43	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.321	.434	.755	8	.47	0.169	.10	0.02%	1.57	C
19	19	45 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.426	.742	9	1.60	-0.037	.47	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
20	20	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.317	.411	.727	8	.76	-0.037	.14	0.00%	-0.44	C
21	21	49 (2)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.313	.417	.729	8						C
22	22	51 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.299	.397	.695	8	.83	-0.068	.07	0.00%	-0.61	C
23	23	56 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.282	.373	.655	8	.56	-0.008	.02	0.00%	-0.77	C
24	24	58 (1)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	GS-9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.307	.400	.707	8	1.33	0.131	.04	0.00%	1.24	C
25	25	64 (5)	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.303	.394	.697	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
26	26	66 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.295	.384	.678	8	.82	-0.039	.01	0.00%	-0.49	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	27	68 (1)	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.317	.416	.733	8	1.47	0.191	.00	0.00%	2.23	C
28	28	69	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.313	.410	.724	9	3.57	-0.093	.01	0.00%	-0.25	PH
29	29	73 (3)	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.310	.405	.715	8	.58	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
30	30	80 (6)	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.310	.405	.715	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	31	104 (23)	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,8-13	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.318	.413	.730	8	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	153 (48)	Sep 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.262	.303	.393	.696	8	.45	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.54	C
							11-21		91	84	8	22	7	2	0	13	5	0	14	0	1		2	1	0	0	.262	.303	.393	.696		.98	0.611	1.07	0.51%	3.42

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