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Earl Averill League
9-16-2076
William Jacobs Right Field
Retired (1968, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .243 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .683 Status Deceased (2019) Option Years 0  
H 834 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 12-12-1933
HR 93 Drafted Round 5, Pick 74
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(111 games)
RBI 451
SB 71
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR B 
Speed B+ Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (97.7%) Arm A- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1956 BOS
48
156
15
36
8
3
2
19
9
 37 0 4
1
 0 1
.625
.266
.359
.128
.231
1957 BOS-STL
48
84
9
17
2
0
4
14
8
 17 0 1
2
 1 1
.638
.269
.369
.167
.202
1958 STL-NYA
83
281
33
68
14
1
7
27
20
 68 2 4
1
 2 5
.667
.293
.374
.132
.242
1959 NYA
100
361
31
89
13
4
6
37
27
 87 2 1
3
 0 7
.656
.302
.355
.108
.247
1960 NYA-CIN
126
375
36
85
11
0
10
41
36
 78 1 1
5
 2 3
.631
.295
.336
.109
.227
1961 CIN
150
516
66
136
24
2
23
96
42
 99 1 5
12
 3 3
.769
.317
.452
.188
.264
1962 CIN
123
257
25
52
8
1
5
23
17
 50 0 2
0
 2 1
.550
.250
.300
.097
.202
1963 CIN
150
508
62
127
23
3
17
66
43
 109 3 2
20
 7 4
.719
.311
.407
.157
.250
1964 CIN
111
298
36
71
10
5
7
48
29
 60 0 2
9
 5 5
.680
.304
.376
.138
.238
1965 CIN
95
290
42
80
24
4
3
34
21
 61 2 3
12
 3 3
.743
.326
.417
.141
.276
1966 CIN
97
165
19
36
4
2
6
24
15
 32 1 0
4
 2 1
.663
.287
.376
.158
.218
1967 CIN
114
135
19
34
9
1
3
20
11
 31 0 0
2
 2 2
.708
.308
.400
.148
.252
1968 KC
2
8
3
3
1
0
0
2
0
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.875
.375
.500
.125
.375
Total
1247
3434
396
834
151
26
93
451
278
 731 12 25
71
 29 36
.683
.300
.383
.140
.243
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01William Jacobs has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1968-08-25The Kansas City Athletics have promoted William Jacobs to the major league team.
1968-07-08The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Joe Battle to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated William Jacobs for assignment.
1968-05-29The Kansas City Athletics have promoted William Jacobs to the major league team.
1968-04-11The Kansas City Athletics have acquired William Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Cincinnati Reds waive William Jacobs.
1967-03-01The Cincinnati Reds have re-claimed William Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1966-10-29The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Lee May to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated William Jacobs for assignment.
1960-03-01A trade has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds receive William Jacobs, Draft Pick - 1960 Round 1 (NYA), Draft Pick - 1960 Round 1 (PIT) from the New York Rotties in exchange for Draft Pick - 1960 Round 1 (CIN).
1958-07-11A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Horsemen and the New York Rotties. The New York Rotties receive William Jacobs, "Wicked" Lester Taylor, Peaches Stearns, Lou Huff from the St. Louis Horsemen in exchange for Al Galan, George Lucey.
1957-08-15A trade has been completed between the Boston Bucks and the St. Louis Horsemen. The St. Louis Horsemen receive William Jacobs, Shigeki Noguchi, Alex Cartwright from the Boston Bucks in exchange for Robin Goodfellow.
1956-07-20The Boston Bucks have promoted William Jacobs to the major league team. The Boston Bucks have sent Adam Kline to the minors.
1956-04-01The Boston Bucks have renamed John Buddie to William Jacobs.
1951-09-07A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Mud Ducks and the Boston Big Dig. The Boston Big Dig receive John Buddie from the Brooklyn Mud Ducks in exchange fo.
1951-06-17A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Mud Ducks and the New York Senators. The New York Senators receive Tyler Scroggins, Cliff Durbin from the Brooklyn Mud Ducks in exchange for Craig May, Galen Angelini, John Buddie.