Jake Stenzel
[edit] Biography
Jake Stenzel (Jacob Charles Stenzel) was born on June 24, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on June 16, 1890 for the Chicago Colts. In 1893, his rookie year, he hit .362 with 4 home runs and 37 RBI. Stenzel played for the Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Perfectos and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Jake Stenzel's best season was 1894, when he stole 61 bases, hit for a .354 average and knocked in 121 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1890
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 41
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .268
| .286
| .293
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| 60
| 224
| 57
| 81
| 4
| 37
| .362
| .423
| .509
| 13
| 4
| 24
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| 131
| 522
| 148
| 185
| 13
| 121
| .354
| .441
| .580
| 39
| 20
| 75
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 61
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| PIT
| N
| 129
| 514
| 114
| 192
| 7
| 97
| .374
| .447
| .539
| 38
| 13
| 57
| 25
| 11
| 6
| 53
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| 114
| 479
| 104
| 173
| 2
| 82
| .361
| .410
| .486
| 26
| 14
| 32
| 13
| 8
| 6
| 57
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| 131
| 536
| 113
| 189
| 4
| 116
| .353
| .404
| .481
| 43
| 7
| 36
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 69
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 108
| 404
| 64
| 114
| 1
| 33
| .282
| .367
| .381
| 15
| 11
| 41
| 0
| 13
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| 35
| 138
| 33
| 35
| 0
| 22
| .254
| .340
| .319
| 5
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| 143
| 542
| 97
| 149
| 1
| 55
| .275
| .360
| .365
| 20
| 13
| 53
| 0
| 19
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 35
| 128
| 21
| 35
| 1
| 19
| .273
| .367
| .367
| 9
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 29
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .310
| .412
| .345
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 44
| 157
| 26
| 44
| 1
| 22
| .280
| .376
| .363
| 10
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 766
| 3024
| 662
| 1024
| 32
| 533
| .339
| .408
| .480
| 190
| 71
| 299
| 71
| 58
| 36
| 292
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1890
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1890
| CHI
| N
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| C
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .757
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 311
| 23
| 27
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1895
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 257
| 23
| 27
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 247
| 13
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 264
| 12
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| OF
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 257
| 8
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 314
| 14
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| OF
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 71
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1899
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 741
| 0
| 0
| 1569
| 93
| 131
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Tom O'Brien, Harry Truby and Elmer Horton to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Steve Brodie and Jim Donnelly (November 11, 1896).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Joe Quinn to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ducky Holmes and cash (June 10, 1898).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (July 28, 1899).
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