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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	63	16.0	10	0	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 29	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	WSH		NYY	L,7-9	CG	53	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	11	May 2 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
12	12	May 2 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
13	13	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
14	14	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
17	17	May 8	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	6	0	2	8	0
18	18	May 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
19	20 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
20	21	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	22	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	23	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
23	24	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
24	25	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,10-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	26	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
26	27	May 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	28	May 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
28	29	May 26	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	2	8	0
29	30	May 27	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	31	May 29	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	32	May 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	34 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	35	May 31 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	5	2	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	37	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	38	Jun 3	WSH		DET	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	39	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,1-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
38	41 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	42	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		DET	W,8-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	43	Jun 9	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	44	Jun 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	45	Jun 12	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	46	Jun 13 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,16-5	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
44	47	Jun 13 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	48	Jun 14	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	49	Jun 15	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	50	Jun 16	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
48	51	Jun 17	WSH		NYY	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	52	Jun 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	53	Jun 19	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	54	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	55	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	56	Jun 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	57	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
55	59 (1)	Jun 25	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	60	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	61	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	62	Jun 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	63	Jun 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	64	Jul 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	65	Jul 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
62	66	Jul 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	67	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
64	69 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	70	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	71	Jul 6	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	68	15.2	6	1	0	7	0
67	73 (1)	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
68	74	Jul 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	4	2	0	6	0
69	75	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	76	Jul 11 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	77	Jul 11 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
72	78	Jul 15	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
73	79	Jul 16	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	80	Jul 17	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	81	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	82	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	84	Jul 22 (1)	WSH		DET	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	86 (1)	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,6-12	CG	53	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	87	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
81	88	Jul 25 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	90 (1)	Jul 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	91	Jul 27	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	92	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	L,7-12	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	93	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103 (9)	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	104	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
88	105	Aug 11	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
90	110 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	111	Aug 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
92	112	Aug 18 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	19	4.1	2	2	0	4	1
93	113	Aug 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	114	Aug 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	116	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	117	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	119 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	49	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
99	121 (1)	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
100	122	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	123	Aug 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	125 (1)	Aug 28	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
103	126	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
104	127	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	128	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	131 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	134 (1)	Sep 10	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	135	Sep 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	136	Sep 12 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	137	Sep 12 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	138	Sep 14	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	139	Sep 15	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
114	140	Sep 17	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	141	Sep 19 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
116	142	Sep 19 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	144 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	147 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	148	Sep 27 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	149	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	150	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
122	151	Sep 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							122gm		1038.0	443	83	11	537	10