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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	10	0	1	11	0
4	5	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	6	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	10 (1)	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	11	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	13 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	16 (2)	Apr 29	WSH		CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	17	Apr 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18	May 1	WSH		CLE	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	20 (1)	May 3 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
14	22 (1)	May 5	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	24 (1)	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
16	28 (3)	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	29	May 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
18	31 (1)	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.2	5	2	0	7	0
19	33 (1)	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
20	35 (1)	May 24	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	36	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	37	May 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	39 (1)	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	41 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	42	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	44 (1)	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	45	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	46	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
29	48 (1)	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	49	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
31	51 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	53 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	54	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	57 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
35	59 (1)	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
36	60	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	61	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	62	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
39	63	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	64	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	65	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	66	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	67	Jun 26	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
44	68	Jun 27	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	70 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	71	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	74 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	75	Jul 3	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
49	76	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	77	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	78	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	79	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	80	Jul 9	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
54	81	Jul 11	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	82	Jul 12 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,7-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	83	Jul 12 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	9	4	0	13	0
57	85 (1)	Jul 15	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	9	1	0	10	1
58	86	Jul 16	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	88 (1)	Jul 18	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	89	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	91 (1)	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	92	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	94 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
64	95	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	96	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-6	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	97	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	99 (1)	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	100	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	GS	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	102 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	103	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	104	Aug 6	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	106 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
73	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	108	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	109	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	110	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
77	112 (1)	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	126 (13)	Sep 1	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	2	1	5	1
79	127	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	129 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	132 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	133	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	134	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	135	Sep 7	WSH		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
85	136	Sep 8	WSH		BOS	W,15-11	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	138 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
87	140 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	141	Sep 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	142	Sep 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	143	Sep 14	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	144	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
92	145	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	146	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	147	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
95	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
96	149	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	150	Sep 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	151	Sep 23	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							98gm		815.0	392	71	9	472	11