Jake Weimer
[edit] Biography
Born on November 29, 1873 in Ottumwa, Iowa, Jake Weimer (Jacob Weimer) played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 7 year career. Weimer broke into the bigs on April 17, 1903 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.30 ERA in 282 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jake Weimer's best season was 1904, when he posted a 1.91 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 177 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 33
| 20
| 8
| 2.30
| 128
| 111
| 72
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 282
| 241
| 4
| 104
| 0
| 5
| 11
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 37
| 20
| 14
| 1.91
| 177
| 96
| 65
| 31
| 5
| 0
| 307
| 229
| 1
| 97
| 0
| 4
| 7
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 30
| 18
| 12
| 2.26
| 107
| 84
| 63
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 250.1
| 212
| 1
| 80
| 0
| 5
| 12
|
| 1906
| CIN
| N
| 41
| 39
| 20
| 14
| 2.22
| 141
| 105
| 75
| 31
| 6
| 1
| 304.2
| 263
| 0
| 99
| 0
| 7
| 13
|
| 1907
| CIN
| N
| 29
| 26
| 11
| 14
| 2.41
| 67
| 73
| 56
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 209
| 165
| 6
| 63
| 0
| 4
| 23
|
| 1908
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 15
| 8
| 7
| 2.39
| 36
| 38
| 31
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 116.2
| 110
| 2
| 50
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1909
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 191
| 180
| 97
| 69
| 2.23
| 657
| 511
| 365
| 143
| 21
| 2
| 1472.2
| 1227
| 14
| 493
| 0
| 27
| 73
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 66
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 81
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 65
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1906
| CIN
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 87
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1907
| CIN
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 66
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1908
| CIN
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 191
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 402
| 32
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 107
| 10
| 21
| 0
| 6
| .196
| .265
| .234
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 115
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 11
| .183
| .197
| .209
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 92
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 6
| .207
| .240
| .239
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CIN
| N
| 41
| 108
| 9
| 29
| 0
| 7
| .269
| .325
| .278
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 72
| 7
| 14
| 1
| 4
| .194
| .247
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 45
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .244
| .277
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 192
| 540
| 46
| 115
| 1
| 36
| .213
| .257
| .243
| 11
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Harry Steinfeldt and Jimmy Sebring (October 26, 1905).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Dave Brain to New York Giants in exchange for Bob Spade and $5000 (July 10, 1908).
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