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	32-32 / in Starts: 27-29
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 213 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	102 (49-34-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 213 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	138 (71-45-22)

Most Driven In
J Priddy	3
C Travis	2
M Vernon	2
Self	2
G Myatt	1
G Binks	1
S Spence	1
G Torres	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
B Lewis	1
E Wynn	1
S Spence	1
J Grace	1
G Coan	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	447	5 (4)	Apr 20	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
2	448	6	Apr 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	8						C
3	449	11 (4)	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	8	.25	0.021	.41	0.02%	0.02	C
4	450	12	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	8	1.08	-0.082	1.52	-0.07%	-0.61	C
May		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
5	451	15 (2)	May 5	WSH		CLE	W,12-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	8	1.04	-0.051	1.32	-0.04%	-1.12	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
6	452	44 (28)	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	8	.36	0.014	.44	0.01%	0.15	C
7	453	46 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	8						C
8	454	47	Jun 8 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.238	.059	.297	8	.82	0.011	1.14	0.01%	0.30	C
9	455	51 (3)	Jun 11	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		1	0	0			0	0	0	.056	.320	.056	.376	8						C
10	456	55 (3)	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	6-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.308	.053	.360	8	.72	-0.020	.67	-0.01%	-0.49	C
11	457	60 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.310	.091	.401	8						C
12	458	62 (1)	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.077	.273	.077	.350	8						C
13	459	65 (2)	Jun 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.243	.067	.310	8	1.12	-0.093	.75	-0.04%	-0.98	C
14	460	66	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-15	0-GF	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.268	.182	.450	8						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
15	461	68 (1)	Jul 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.081	.244	.162	.407	8						C
16	462	71 (2)	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.245	.171	.416	8	.46	0.110	.21	0.03%	0.68	C
17	463	73 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-11	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.111	.245	.178	.423	8						C
18	464	79 (5)	Jul 14 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.104	.232	.167	.399	8	1.00	-0.094	.10	-0.01%	-0.81	C
19	465	80	Jul 15	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.237	.176	.414	8	.78	-0.011	.09	0.00%	-0.36	C
20	466	81	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.127	.238	.182	.420	8						C
21	467	82	Jul 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.250	.186	.436	8	1.91	-0.081	.20	-0.01%	0.09	C
22	468	83	Jul 18	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.254	.194	.447	8	1.04	-0.001	.05	0.00%	0.03	C
23	469	85 (1)	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	L,2-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.138	.253	.185	.438	8						C
24	470	87 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.130	.241	.174	.414	8						C
25	471	89 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.265	.208	.473	8	1.04	0.089	.03	0.00%	1.02	C
26	472	90	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.264	.200	.464	8	.44	-0.024	.01	0.00%	-0.70	C
27	473	91	Jul 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.253	.190	.443	8	.98	-0.106	.03	0.00%	-1.24	C
28	474	92	Jul 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.266	.198	.463	8	1.92	0.055	.06	0.00%	0.17	C
29	475	93	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.258	.190	.448	8	1.77	-0.131	.04	0.00%	-0.92	C
30	476	95 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.258	.190	.448	8						C
31	477	98 (2)	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.248	.182	.429	8	.81	-0.078	.01	0.00%	-1.00	C
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
32	478	99	Aug 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.187	.437	8	.50	0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.20	C
33	479	100	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.266	.219	.485	8	.73	0.084	.01	0.00%	1.03	C
34	480	101	Aug 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.162	.259	.212	.471	8	2.13	-0.271	.04	0.00%	-0.99	C
35	481	104 (2)	Aug 7	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.263	.210	.473	8	1.97	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
36	482	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-13	CG	3	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.282	.272	.554	8	.42	0.126	.00	0.00%	1.85	C
37	483	107	Aug 9	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.275	.264	.539	8	.78	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
38	484	108	Aug 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.173	.266	.255	.521	8	.81	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
39	485	110 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.276	.259	.535	8	.77	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
40	486	111	Aug 11 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,5-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.276	.259	.535	8						C
41	487	112	Aug 14	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.252	.521	8	1.28	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
42	488	114 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.263	.246	.509	8	1.10	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
43	489	115	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.275	.260	.536	8	1.02	0.052	.00	0.00%	2.56	C
44	490	117 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.277	.262	.539	8	.95	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
45	491	119 (1)	Aug 20	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.271	.256	.527	8	.81	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
46	492	121 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.271	.256	.527	8						C
47	493	122	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.264	.248	.512	8	.51	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
48	494	123	Aug 24	WSH		DET	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.263	.248	.511	8	.63	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.27	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
49	495	130 (6)	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.276	.273	.549	8	1.03	0.137	.00	0.00%	1.08	C
50	496	132 (1)	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.281	.282	.563	8	1.21	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.54	C
51	497	133	Sep 5	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.274	.274	.548	8	2.27	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
52	498	135 (1)	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.274	.274	.548	7						C
53	499	136	Sep 8 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.278	.273	.551	7	1.32	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
54	500	139 (2)	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.277	.268	.545	7	.60	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
55	501	141 (1)	Sep 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.277	.268	.544	7						C
56	502	143 (1)	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	W,15-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.191	.280	.272	.552	7	.55	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
57	503	145 (1)	Sep 17	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.274	.265	.539	7	1.76	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
58	504	146	Sep 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.195	.284	.296	.580	7						C
59	505	147	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.197	.284	.295	.578	7						C
60	506	148	Sep 21	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.278	.288	.566	7	1.18	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
61	507	149	Sep 22	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.194	.279	.294	.573	7						C
62	508	150	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.283	.295	.578	7	.57	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.85	C
63	509	152 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.199	.287	.296	.583	7						C
64	510	153	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.201	.291	.296	.587	7						C
							32-32		213	189	13	38	6	0	4	18	24	2	27	0	0		2	3	0	0	.201	.291	.296	.587		1.00	-0.966	.14	-0.10%	-5.95

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