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Billy Williams League
7-16-2070
Shorty Jacobs First Base
Retired (1961, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .296 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .801 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 492 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 06-28-1925
HR 54 Drafted Round 20, Pick 313
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(105 games)
RBI 249
SB 2
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C  Velocity D+   Mentor vR B 
Speed D- Bunt B- Control C+   Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * F  (1.1%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF B+ (72.1%) Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF D- (6.3%)   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
1950 DET
56
131
16
36
5
0
2
13
12
 19 0 0
0
 2 5
.694
.336
.359
.084
.275
1951 DET
51
159
22
49
9
0
9
26
21
 11 0 1
2
 13 1
.921
.387
.535
.226
.308
1953 DET-KC-NYN
92
312
44
93
11
0
11
44
31
 46 2 3
0
 1 7
.801
.362
.439
.141
.298
1954 NYN
134
253
32
76
14
0
8
52
29
 30 2 6
0
 0 1
.820
.369
.451
.150
.300
1955 CHN-NYN
85
247
30
83
10
2
6
35
26
 24 2 3
0
 2 11
.865
.399
.466
.130
.336
1956 NYN
100
276
29
77
8
0
8
36
23
 47 2 2
0
 0 9
.732
.337
.395
.116
.279
1957 NYN-CLE
90
83
18
23
2
0
4
13
14
 13 0 0
0
 0 0
.827
.381
.446
.169
.277
1958 CLE
64
65
12
21
2
0
5
13
9
 7 0 0
0
 0 0
.990
.405
.585
.262
.323
1959 CLE
61
76
8
19
2
0
1
11
12
 17 1 0
0
 1 0
.675
.360
.316
.066
.250
1960 CLE
25
51
1
13
1
0
0
4
4
 12 1 0
0
 0 1
.596
.321
.275
.020
.255
1961 CLE
6
8
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.583
.333
.250
.000
.250
Total
764
1661
212
492
64
2
54
249
182
 227 10 15
2
 19 35
.801
.366
.435
.138
.296
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Shorty Jacobs has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1961-08-18The Cleveland Rockers have waived Shorty Jacobs.
1961-07-13The Cleveland Rockers have designated Shorty Jacobs for assignment.
1957-04-09The Cleveland Rockers have acquired Shorty Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1957-04-09The Cleveland Rockers have designated Billy McFadden for assignment.
1955-04-05The New York Mets have acquired Shorty Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Chicago Gunners have promoted Joe Pott to the major league team. The Chicago Gunners have designated Shorty Jacobs for assignment.
1953-06-10The New York Whitehawks have promoted Shorty Jacobs to the major league team.
1953-06-05The New York Whitehawks have acquired Shorty Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1953-06-01The Kansas City Blues have waived Shorty Jacobs.
1953-05-31The Kansas City Blues have acquired Shorty Jacobs from the waiver wire.
1953-05-27The Detroit Turkeys have waived Shorty Jacobs.
1952-04-05The Detroit Turkeys have demoted Shorty Jacobs to the minor leagues.
1951-09-05The Detroit Turkeys have promoted Shorty Jacobs to the major league team.
1951-06-06The Detroit Turkeys have promoted Norbert Leo Butz to the major league team. The Detroit Turkeys have promoted Pete Ballou to the major league team. The Detroit Turkeys have sent Roy Williams to the minors. The Detroit Turkeys have sent Shorty Jacobs to the minors.
1951-04-08The Detroit Turkeys have promoted Shorty Jacobs to the major league team. The Detroit Turkeys have designated Jerrod Nelson for assignment.
1951-03-03The Detroit Turkeys have promoted Lance Shoe to the major league team. The Detroit Turkeys have sent Shorty Jacobs to the minors.
1950-04-01The Detroit Turkeys have renamed Earl Jeter to Shorty Jacobs.