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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	6	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,8-14	GF	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-6	GF	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	25 (14)	May 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	GF	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	26	May 13	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	27	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	28	May 15	WSH		SLB	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
9	29	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
10	30	May 17	WSH		SLB	W,12-7	GS	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	31	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
12	33 (1)	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	1
13	34	May 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	45	11.0	7	3	0	10	0
14	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	7	1	1	9	1
15	37	May 24 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	38	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	39	May 27	WSH		NYY	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	40	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
19	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	43	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	44	Jun 1 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	46 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	47	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,12-14	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
24	48	Jun 4	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	49	Jun 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	50	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	51	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
28	52	Jun 8	WSH	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
29	53	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	54	Jun 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	56 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	57	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	58	Jun 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
34	59	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	60	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	62 (1)	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	63	Jun 24	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	64	Jun 25	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	53	13.0	8	0	0	8	0
39	66 (1)	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	67	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	68	Jun 29 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
42	69	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	70	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	71	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
45	72	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	74 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	75	Jul 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
48	77 (1)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
49	78	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	79	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
51	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	81	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	82	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	83	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-9	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	85 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	86	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	87	Jul 23	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	88	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,6-5	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
59	89	Jul 25	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	90	Jul 26	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	91	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	92	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	93	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	94	Jul 30	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	95	Aug 1	WSH		CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	97 (1)	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
67	98	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
68	100 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	101	Aug 7	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	102	Aug 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-15	CG	48	8.0	3	0	2	5	1
71	105 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
72	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	107	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	108	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
75	110 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	112 (1)	Aug 16	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	113	Aug 17	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	117 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	118	Aug 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	119	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
82	121 (1)	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
83	122	Aug 25 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	123	Aug 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
86	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	127 (1)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
88	128	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	130 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	131	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	133	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	134	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	138 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	145 (6)	Sep 17	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	146	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	147	Sep 20	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
98	148	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
99	150 (1)	Sep 23	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
100	151	Sep 24 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
							100gm		817.0	385	52	16	453	13