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Name Team Age
Billy Jacobs Retired (1969, Age 36) Died (1999, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Undrafted
(1953)
CF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Jackson League 0 10 years (100 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ D+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 1/2/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (97.9 %) A+ (96.6 %) (0.0 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1965 C CHA 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 6.00 1.000
2B CHA 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
LF CHA 14 14 123.0 31 31 0 0 0 -2 2.27 1.000
CF CHA 23 23 199.0 53 53 0 0 0 0 2.40 1.000
RF CHA 10 10 92.0 19 18 0 1 0 0 1.76 .947
1966 C CHA 1 0 2.66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 3.38 1.000
2B CHA 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
LF CHA 31 31 275.66 67 66 0 1 0 -2 2.15 .985
CF CHA 22 22 197.66 49 47 1 1 0 -2 2.19 .980
RF CHA 11 11 99.33 13 12 0 1 0 +1 1.09 .923
1967 1B CHA 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2B CHA 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
SS CHA 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
LF CHA 27 27 239.33 58 54 1 3 0 -4 2.07 .948
CF CHA 20 20 170.0 60 59 1 0 0 -4 3.18 1.000
RF CHA 10 10 85.66 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.58 1.000
1968 SS CHA 1 1 9.0 5 1 3 1 0 -1 4.00 .800
LF CHA 5 5 44.0 14 13 1 0 0 -1 2.86 1.000
CF CHA 26 26 225.0 55 51 0 4 0 -3 2.04 .927
RF CHA 4 4 35.33 8 7 0 1 0 0 1.78 .875
Pos Total C 3 0 5.66 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.77 1.000
1B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2B 4 0 5.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.40 1.000
SS 3 1 11.0 5 1 3 1 0 -1 3.27 .800
LF 77 77 681.99 170 164 2 4 0 -9 2.19 .976
CF 91 91 791.66 217 210 2 5 0 -9 2.41 .977
RF 35 35 312.32 55 52 0 3 0 +1 1.50 .945
Total 215 204 1810.63 453 430 10 13 0 0 0 0 NaN% -18 2.19 .971
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.