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Spook Jacobs

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Full Name: Robert Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/155 First Game: April 13, 1954
Birthdate: November 4, 1925 Final Game: July 3, 1956
Birthplace: Cheswold, Delaware MLB Experience: 3 years
Bat/Throw: Right/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

Spook Jacobs (Robert Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs) was born on November 4, 1925 in Cheswold, Delaware. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 0 home runs and 26 RBI. Jacobs played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 3 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 PHI A 132 508 63 131 0 26 .258 .336 .283 11 1 60 22 0 6 17 0 5
1955 KC A 13 23 7 6 0 1 .261 .370 .261 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
1956 PIT N 11 37 4 6 0 1 .162 .225 .216 2 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0
1956 KC A 32 97 13 21 0 5 .216 .321 .247 3 0 15 5 0 3 4 1 4
1956 Total 43 134 17 27 0 6 .201 .296 .239 5 0 17 10 1 4 4 1 4
Total NL 11 37 4 6 0 1 .162 .225 .216 2 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0
Total AL 177 628 83 158 0 32 .252 .335 .277 14 1 78 27 1 10 22 1 10
Total 188 665 87 164 0 33 .247 .329 .274 16 1 80 32 2 11 22 1 10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 PHI A 2B 131 0 0 347 300 17 98 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1955 KC A 2B 7 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PIT N 2B 11 0 0 26 24 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1956 KC A 2B 31 0 0 78 71 5 26 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1956 Total 2B 42 0 0 104 95 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 .957
Total 2B 180 0 0 460 404 26 133 0 0 0 0 0 .971

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1946).
  • Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1953).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack McMahan and Curt Roberts (June 23, 1956).

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