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Jake
Early		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 178
 
Born: May 19, 1915 in Usa, NC, KINGS MOUNTAI
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 24 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1940 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1941 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1942 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
1943 28 DET AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1945 30 BRK NL $ 580,000   4 4 3 2 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1947 32 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 580,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 24 DET AL 34 108 9 24 5 1 1 9 1 0 13 10 .222 .303 .315 .618 11.3 0.8
    AA   28 104 16 30 3 4 2 16 0 0 19 15 .288 .398 .452 .850 19.1  
    A   26 87 16 37 13 0 4 20 0 1 22 5 .425 .541 .713 1.254 27.5  
1940 25 DET AL 33 111 12 18 2 0 1 12 0 0 7 13 .162 .210 .207 .417 2.5 0.0
1941 26 DET AL 57 132 22 37 11 1 0 18 0 0 20 22 .280 .368 .379 .747 19.6 2.9
1942 27 DET AL 16 39 3 8 2 1 0 7 0 0 7 4 .205 .327 .308 .634 4.9 0.1
1943 28 DET AL 15 23 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .130 .200 .174 .374 0.6 0.0
1944 29 AAA   137 535 74 141 28 1 10 57 0 2 75 67 .264 .354 .376 .730 73.6  
1945 30 BRK NL 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   31 97 17 24 3 0 4 21 1 0 13 19 .247 .336 .402 .738 14.0  
1946 31 AAA   137 491 59 102 23 0 16 72 0 2 53 63 .208 .285 .352 .637 51.1  
1947 32 CLE AL 36 120 8 20 1 1 4 16 0 0 12 22 .167 .239 .292 .530 8.8 0.0
    AA   80 290 41 73 14 2 10 50 0 0 51 33 .252 .364 .417 .781 46.6  
    A   26 95 17 26 6 0 4 11 0 0 24 8 .274 .420 .463 .883 19.6  
1948 33 AAA   94 297 32 53 12 1 3 25 0 3 43 49 .178 .282 .256 .538 22.7  
7 Years Sim 196 542 56 111 22 4 6 65 1 0 63 76 .205 .285 .293 .578 47.3 3.8
4 Years AAA 399 1420 182 320 66 2 33 175 1 7 184 198 .225 .314 .344 .658 161.5  
2 Years AA 108 394 57 103 17 6 12 66 0 0 70 48 .261 .377 .426 .804 65.6  
2 Years A 52 182 33 63 19 0 8 31 0 1 46 13 .346 .474 .582 1.056 47.1  
8 Years Minors 559 1996 272 486 102 8 53 272 1 8 300 259 .243 .343 .382 .725 274.2  
162 Game Average 447 46 91 18 3 4 53 0 0 52 62 .205 .285 .293 .578 39.1  
Career Highs 57 132 22 37 11 1 4 18 1 0 20 22 .280 .368 .379 .747 19.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   437 49 97 16 3 5 54 1 0 54 58 .222 .303 .307 .609 44.2
vs LH   105 7 14 6 1 1 11 0 0 9 18 .133 .207 .238 .445 4.1
Home 91 253 32 57 13 1 5 37 0 0 30 35 .225 .303 .344 .647 28.0
Away 105 289 24 54 9 3 1 28 1 0 33 41 .187 .268 .249 .517 20.4
RISP   146 0 28 7 2 0 54 0 0 22 27 .192 .282 .267 .550 12.8
Pinch Hitting   32 9 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .438 .486 .500 .986 6.7
Close/Late   74 9 20 4 1 0 10 0 0 8 9 .270 .333 .351 .685 9.0
Mar/Apr 17 58 7 11 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 9 .190 .266 .293 .559 4.3
May 24 52 7 15 2 2 0 6 0 0 5 5 .288 .356 .404 .760 7.2
June 34 97 12 19 2 0 1 7 1 0 12 10 .196 .282 .247 .529 7.7
July 24 51 8 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 11 5 .216 .349 .255 .604 5.8
August 52 151 10 24 7 1 1 13 0 0 12 27 .159 .217 .238 .455 6.9
Sep/Oct 44 133 12 31 3 1 4 25 0 0 17 20 .233 .314 .361 .675 16.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1939 24 DET AL C 32 31 266.0 95 9 1 0 .990 3.52 6 1 .167 0 1.6
1940 25 DET AL C 31 28 248.3 97 13 0 1 1.000 3.99 6 2 .333 0 0.6
1941 26 DET AL C 32 32 278.3 87 10 1 0 .990 3.14 8 2 .250 0 1.4
1942 27 DET AL C 12 12 104.0 40 4 1 1 .978 3.81 7 2 .286 0 0.3
1943 28 DET AL C 12 5 54.0 22 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 1 0 .000 0 0.3
1945 30 BRK NL 1B 4 0 20.0 25 3 0 6 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 32 CLE AL C 36 36 314.3 124 15 4 0 .972 3.98 16 4 .250 2 1.1
  C 156 144 1267.0 467 53 7 2 .987 3.69 44 11 .250 2 5.2
  1B 4 0 20.0 25 3 0 6 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   160 144 1287.0 492 56 7 8 .987 3.83 44 11 .250 2 5.3
Career Highs   36 36 314.3 124 15 4 6 1.000 12.27 16 4 .333 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 26 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bob Kearney (983)
  2. Jerry Willard (982)
  3. Zack Taylor (982)
  4. Jack Fimple (982)
  5. Jim Hegan (980)
  6. Ray Murray (979)
  7. Eddie Phillips (977)
  8. Del Wilber (976)
  9. Bill Cronin (976)
  10. Charlie Moore (975)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Detroit in 1939
Had first career hit on 6/1/1939, off Curt Davis (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1939, off Carl Hubbell (NYA)
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1944 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Released by Detroit on 10/13/1944
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/2/1945 to a 1-year deal worth $580,000 per year
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Brooklyn on 10/19/1946
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/14/1947 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Cleveland on 10/20/1948
 
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