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Joe Jackson League
4-1-2062
Billy Jacobs Center Field
Retired (1969, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .756 Status Deceased (1999) Option Years 0  
H 534 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 01-02-1933
HR 41 Drafted Undrafted
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(100 games)
RBI 195
SB 51
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C  Velocity F    Mentor vR A-
Speed B  Bunt D+ Control F    Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (96.6%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (97.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 20 0.00 6 / 6 6 / 6 3 / 5 1 / 1 3 / 6 2 / 2 4 / 4 25 / 30
1954 Minors 21 0.00 9 / 12 7 / 7 11 / 12 9 / 9 5 / 9 11 / 12 10 / 10 62 / 71
1955 Minors 22 70.00 7 / 10 7 / 10 8 / 11 3 / 9 8 / 8 9 / 11 7 / 12 49 / 71
1956 Minors 23 69.00 9 / 16 3 / 7 7 / 8 5 / 8 3 / 11 8 / 11 5 / 9 40 / 70
1957 Minors 24 53.00 4 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 4 / 8 5 / 8 1 / 1 15 / 26
1957 Majors 24 1.17 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1958 Majors 25 15.79 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 1 4 / 15
1959 Majors 26 13.24 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 4 / 13
1960 Majors 27 5.79 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 5
1961 Majors 28 13.10 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 4 2 / 13
1962 Majors 29 11.80 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 4 1 / 11
1963 Majors 30 15.60 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 15
1964 Majors 31 19.10 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 19
1965 Majors 32 31.20 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 31
1966 Majors 33 36.60 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 36
1967 Majors 34 33.10 1 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 3 / 33
1968 Majors 35 20.85 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 20
1969 Majors 36 12.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 12
Total 0 0 0 41 / 87 25 / 63 29 / 81 21 / 54 26 / 62 40 / 77 29 / 68 211 / 492
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Billy Jacobs has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-04-05The Chicago Wind Breakers have waived Billy Jacobs.
1969-03-01The Chicago Wind Breakers have promoted Tyson Fazio to the major league team. The Chicago Wind Breakers have designated Billy Jacobs for assignment.
1957-09-26The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Billy Jacobs to the major league team.
1954-03-01The Chicago Black Sox have renamed Kirby Puckett to Billy Jacobs.
1953-08-03A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Red Sox and the Chicago Black Sox. The Chicago Black Sox receive Ramon Cueto, Kirby Puckett, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (STL) from the St. Louis Red Sox in exchange for Mike Ledee.
1953-04-10The St. Louis Red Sox have acquired Kirby Puckett from the waiver wire.
1953-04-06The Brooklyn Blues have waived Kirby Puckett.
1953-04-06The Brooklyn Blues have renamed Billy Jacobs to Kirby Puckett.
1953-04-06The Brooklyn Blues have acquired Billy Jacobs from the waiver wire.