Elmer Jacobs

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: August 10, 1892 in Salem, MO us

Died: February 10, 1958 in Salem, MO

Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Salem, MO

Debut: April 23, 1914 (Age 21-256d, 4,118th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1927 (Age 35-034d)
vs. PHA 3.1 IP, 12 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 10 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: William Elmer Jacobs

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

ERA

3.55

250

133

1189.1

336

WHIP

1.384

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-29 / in Starts: 6-19
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	31 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 72 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	38 (23-9-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 72 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (20-14-8)

Most Driven In
F Schulte	0
A McCarthy	0
C Ward	0

Most Driven In By
J Pitler	2
M Carey	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	49	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.72	-0.017	1.86	-0.03%	-0.13	P
2	50	9 (7)	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	L,3-10	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.06	-0.002	.11	0.00%	-0.13	P
3	51	16 (6)	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.41	-0.034	2.17	-0.03%	-0.20	P
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
4	52	24 (7)	May 11	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	53	25	May 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.68	-0.145	1.78	-0.09%	-1.18	P
6	54	31 (5)	May 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.055	.92	-0.03%	-0.43	P
7	55	34 (2)	May 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	4-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.72	0.094	1.01	0.03%	0.66	P
8	56	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.43	-0.010	.17	0.00%	-0.20	P
9	57	38 (1)	May 31	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
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
10	58	41 (2)	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.308	.538	9	.67	0.160	.21	0.03%	1.39	P
11	59	46 (4)	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.214	.214	.286	.500	9	3.71	-0.098	.58	-0.01%	-0.28	P
12	60	48 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.176	.235	.412	9	1.34	-0.093	.28	-0.01%	-0.57	P
13	61	51 (2)	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		0		.190	.227	.238	.465	9	1.89	0.145	.22	0.01%	0.34	P
14	62	55 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.182	.217	.227	.445	9	1.39	-0.039	.19	0.00%	-0.29	P
15	63	59 (3)	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.240	.250	.490	9	.90	0.012	.04	0.00%	0.04	P
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
16	64	63 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.185	.214	.222	.437	9	.54	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-0.38	P
17	65	67 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.226	.233	.459	9	1.38	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.63	P
18	66	71 (3)	Jul 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.226	.233	.459	9						P
19	67	73 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.242	.265	.303	.568	9	.41	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.35	P
20	68	78 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.242	.265	.303	.568	9						P
21	69	79	Jul 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-10	1-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.222	.243	.278	.521	9	.12	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
22	70	83 (3)	Jul 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.243	.278	.521	9						P
23	71	87 (3)	Jul 25	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	10-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.237	.270	.507	9	1.60	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
24	72	89 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.200	.220	.250	.470	9	1.72	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.94	P
25	73	94 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,7-11	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.186	.205	.233	.437	9	.92	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
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
26	74	99 (4)	Aug 4	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.186	.205	.233	.437	9						P
27	75	100	Aug 9	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.178	.196	.222	.418	9	.17	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
28	76	108 (7)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.213	.239	.452	9	.21	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
29	77	110 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.204	.229	.433	9	.81	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
30	78	115 (4)	Aug 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	6-GF(22)	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0		.167	.196	.204	.400	9	2.42	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-1.14	P
31	79	122 (6)	Aug 31 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.175	.203	.211	.414	9	.52	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
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
32	80	129 (6)	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.213	.220	.433	9	1.63	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
33	81	133 (3)	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.222	.230	.452	9	.91	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
34	82	138 (4)	Sep 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.190	.215	.222	.438	9	.82	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
35	83	144 (5)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.185	.209	.215	.424	9	.55	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
36	84	145	Sep 19 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.185	.209	.215	.424	9						P
37	85	150 (4)	Sep 24	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.182	.206	.212	.418	9	2.10	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
38	86	155 (4)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.203	.209	.412	9	.33	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
							9-29		72	67	3	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	3		0		0		.179	.203	.209	.412		1.19	-0.962	.22	-0.13%	-7.60

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