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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	73 (72)	Jul 7 susp	WSH		BOS	L,4-8	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	74	Jul 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	75	Jul 9	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	77 (1)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-4	GS	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	78	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
6	80 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
7	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	82	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	84 (1)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	4	1	0	5	0
10	85	Jul 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	86	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	89 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		DET	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	91 (1)	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,7-13	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	92	Jul 29	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	93	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	L,9-11	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	94	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	95	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	96	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	97	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	98	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
21	100 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	101	Aug 7 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	103 (1)	Aug 9	WSH		PHA	L,3-8	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	106 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,11-13	GF	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	107	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	49	11.1	0	1	0	1	0
26	109 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	110	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	10.2	4	1	0	5	0
28	111	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	112	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	113	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
31	115 (1)	Aug 21	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	116	Aug 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	117	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	118	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
35	120 (1)	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	121	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	122	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	123	Aug 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	126 (2)	Sep 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
40	127	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	130 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	132 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	134 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
44	136 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-20	CG	56	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
45	138 (1)	Sep 13	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
46	140 (1)	Sep 16	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
47	143 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	144	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,6-15	GF	11	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
49	145	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	146	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	147	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	7.0	7	1	1	9	1
52	150 (2)	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	152 (1)	Sep 30	WSH		BOS	L,9-11	GS	24	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
							53gm		371.0	160	22	5	187	6