Elmer Jacobs

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Full Name: William Elmer Jacobs	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165	First Game: April 23, 1914
Birthdate: August 10, 1892	Final Game: September 13, 1927
Birthplace: Salem, Missouri	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: February 10, 1958
Deathplace: Salem, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 10, 1892 in Salem, Missouri, Elmer Jacobs (William Elmer Jacobs) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Jacobs broke into the bigs on April 23, 1914 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.80 ERA in 50.2 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Elmer Jacobs's best season was 1919, when he posted a 3.32 ERA and struck out 68 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1914	PHI	N	14	7	1	3	4.80	17	35	27	1	0	0	50.2	65	2	20	0	3	3
1916	PIT	N	34	17	6	10	2.94	46	70	50	8	0	0	153	151	2	38	0	2	4
1917	PIT	N	38	25	6	19	2.81	58	87	71	10	1	2	227.1	214	3	76	0	1	5
1918	PIT	N	8	4	0	1	5.79	2	18	15	0	0	0	23.1	31	0	14	0	0	0
1918	PHI	N	18	14	9	5	2.41	33	39	33	12	4	1	123	91	3	42	0	2	4
1918	TOT	N	26	18	9	6	2.95	35	57	48	12	4	1	146.1	122	3	56	0	2	4
1919	STL	N	17	8	3	6	2.53	31	30	24	4	1	1	85.1	81	2	25	0	2	5
1919	PHI	N	17	15	6	10	3.85	37	66	55	13	0	0	128.2	150	5	44	0	2	6
1919	TOT	N	34	23	9	16	3.32	68	96	79	17	1	1	214	231	7	69	0	4	11
1920	STL	N	23	9	4	8	5.21	21	56	45	1	0	1	77.2	91	2	33	0	4	5
1924	CHI	N	38	22	11	12	3.74	50	93	79	13	1	1	190.1	181	9	72	0	5	2
1925	CHI	N	18	4	2	3	5.17	19	37	32	1	1	1	55.2	63	9	22	0	3	1
1927	CHI	A	25	8	2	4	4.60	22	49	38	2	1	0	74.1	105	3	37	0	0	4
Total	NL		225	125	48	77	3.48	314	531	431	63	8	7	1115	1118	37	386	0	24	35
Total	AL		25	8	2	4	4.60	22	49	38	2	1	0	74.1	105	3	37	0	0	4
Total			250	133	50	81	3.55	336	580	469	65	9	7	1189.1	1223	40	423	0	24	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1914	PHI	N	P	14	0	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1916	PIT	N	P	34	0	0	3	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1917	PIT	N	P	38	0	0	8	75	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1918	PIT	N	P	8	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1918	PHI	N	P	18	0	0	9	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1918	TOT	N	P	26	0	0	12	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	STL	N	P	17	0	0	3	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	PHI	N	P	17	0	0	3	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1919	TOT	N	P	34	0	0	6	68	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1920	STL	N	P	23	0	0	3	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1924	CHI	N	P	38	0	0	9	54	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1925	CHI	N	P	18	0	0	1	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1927	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	3	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.938
Total			P	250	0	0	46	355	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1914	PHI	N	14	14	1	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
1916	PIT	N	34	40	3	3	0	1	.075	.159	.125	0	1	3	13	1	1	0	0	0
1917	PIT	N	38	67	3	12	0	0	.179	.203	.209	2	0	1	26	1	3	0	0	0
1918	PIT	N	8	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1918	PHI	N	18	38	1	6	0	2	.158	.200	.211	0	1	2	14	0	2	0	0	0
1918	TOT	N	26	45	1	8	0	2	.178	.213	.222	0	1	2	17	0	2	0	0	0
1919	STL	N	17	23	0	8	0	0	.348	.375	.522	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
1919	PHI	N	17	45	5	8	0	1	.178	.196	.222	2	0	1	9	0	1	0	0	0
1919	TOT	N	34	68	5	16	0	1	.235	.257	.324	4	1	2	13	0	2	0	0	0
1920	STL	N	23	26	2	5	0	2	.192	.222	.231	1	0	1	7	0	3	0	0	0
1924	CHI	N	38	54	3	6	0	5	.111	.158	.111	0	0	3	13	0	6	0	0	0
1925	CHI	N	18	13	0	3	0	0	.231	.231	.231	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1927	CHI	A	25	20	4	3	0	2	.150	.190	.150	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		225	327	18	53	0	11	.162	.199	.202	7	3	13	96	2	17	0	0	0
Total	AL		25	20	4	3	0	2	.150	.190	.150	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0
Total			250	347	22	56	0	13	.161	.198	.199	7	3	14	101	2	21	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates (December, 1915).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Erskine Mayer (July 1, 1918).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Frank Woodward and Doug Baird to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Lee Meadows and Gene Paulette (July 14, 1919).

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