Jake Early

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Full Name: Jacob Willard Early	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/168	First Game: May 4, 1939
Birthdate: May 19, 1915	Final Game: September 30, 1949
Birthplace: King's Mountain, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 31, 1985
Deathplace: Melbourne, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Jake Early (Jacob Willard Early) was born on May 19, 1915 in King's Mountain, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1939 for the Washington Senators. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 5 home runs and 14 RBI. Early played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Jake Early's best season was 1943, when he knocked in 60 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	WAS	A	32	84	8	22	0	14	.262	.303	.393	7	2	5	14	0	2	0	0	1
1940	WAS	A	80	206	26	53	5	14	.257	.335	.408	8	4	23	22	1	1	0	0	3
1941	WAS	A	104	355	42	102	10	54	.287	.338	.468	20	7	24	38	3	2	0	0	6
1942	WAS	A	104	353	31	72	3	46	.204	.281	.280	14	2	37	37	1	3	0	0	5
1943	WAS	A	126	423	37	109	5	60	.258	.346	.362	23	3	53	43	4	4	5	0	6
1946	WAS	A	64	189	13	38	4	18	.201	.288	.296	6	0	23	27	0	0	0	0	3
1947	STL	A	87	214	25	48	3	19	.224	.381	.336	9	3	54	34	0	0	0	0	3
1948	WAS	A	97	246	22	54	1	28	.220	.322	.276	7	2	36	33	1	3	2	0	1
1949	WAS	A	53	138	12	34	1	11	.246	.370	.297	4	0	26	11	1	3	0	0	5
Total			747	2208	216	532	32	264	.241	.330	.350	98	23	281	259	11	18	7	0	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	WAS	A	C	24	0	0	95	9	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.963
1940	WAS	A	C	56	0	0	276	41	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	.969
1941	WAS	A	C	100	0	0	385	52	16	13	0	17	0	0	0	.965
1942	WAS	A	C	98	0	0	392	71	9	11	0	9	0	0	0	.981
1943	WAS	A	C	122	0	0	443	83	11	10	0	13	0	0	0	.980
1946	WAS	A	C	64	0	0	246	45	12	7	0	15	0	0	0	.960
1947	STL	A	C	85	0	0	301	43	4	5	0	5	0	0	0	.989
1948	WAS	A	C	92	0	0	268	51	3	7	0	8	0	0	0	.991
1949	WAS	A	C	53	0	0	160	22	5	6	0	3	0	0	0	.973
Total			C	694	0	0	2566	417	74	65	0	76	0	0	0	.976

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Frank Mancuso (December 16, 1946).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators (March 26, 1948).
Released by Washington Senators (April 19, 1949).
Granted free agency (February 1, 1950).

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