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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 |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 1/2/1933 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (97.9 %) | (96.6 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1953 | Minors | 0.00 | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 | 25 / 0 | |||
| 1954 | Minors | 0.00 | 9 / 12 | 7 / 7 | 11 / 12 | 9 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 11 / 12 | 10 / 10 | 62 / 0 | |||
| 1955 | Minors | 70.00 | 7 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 8 / 11 | 3 / 9 | 8 / 8 | 9 / 11 | 7 / 12 | 49 / 70 | |||
| 1956 | Minors | 69.00 | 9 / 16 | 3 / 7 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 3 / 11 | 8 / 11 | 5 / 9 | 40 / 69 | |||
| 1957 | Minors | 53.00 | 4 / 5 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 1 / 1 | 15 / 53 | |||
| 1957 | Majors | 1.17 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | |||
| 1958 | Majors | 15.79 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 15 | |||
| 1959 | Majors | 13.24 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 13 | |||
| 1960 | Majors | 5.79 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 5 | |||
| 1961 | Majors | 13.10 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 13 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 11.80 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 11 | |||
| 1963 | Majors | 15.60 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 15 | |||
| 1964 | Majors | 19.10 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 19 | |||
| 1965 | Majors | 31.20 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 31 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 36.60 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 36 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 33.10 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 3 / 33 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 20.85 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 20 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 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 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1969-11-01 | Billy Jacobs has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1969-04-05 | The Chicago Wind Breakers have waived Billy Jacobs. |
| 1969-03-01 | The Chicago Wind Breakers have promoted Tyson Fazio to the major league team. The Chicago Wind Breakers have designated Billy Jacobs for assignment. |
| 1957-09-26 | The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Billy Jacobs to the major league team. |
| 1954-03-01 | The Chicago Black Sox have renamed Kirby Puckett to Billy Jacobs. |
| 1953-08-03 | A 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. |
| 1953-04-10 | The St. Louis Red Sox have acquired Kirby Puckett from the waiver wire. |
| 1953-04-06 | The Brooklyn Blues have waived Kirby Puckett. |
| 1953-04-06 | The Brooklyn Blues have renamed Billy Jacobs to Kirby Puckett. |
| 1953-04-06 | The Brooklyn Blues have acquired Billy Jacobs from the waiver wire. |