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Historical player · 1914–1927

Elmer Jacobs

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 165 · Born 8/10/1892 · From Salem, MO USA · Debut 1914-04-23 · Final 1927-09-13

Career · batting

250

347

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.161 · 0.397

Career · pitching

250

133

1,189.3

W-L

50-81

336

ERA

3.55

WHIP

1.38

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1916–1918

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Hits

#903 on the Pirates

↑ 1 K. Bevacqua

↓ 1 J. Wyrostek

RBI

#1,232 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Agrazal

Runs

#963 on the Pirates

↑ 1 T. Beamon

↓ 1 J. Archer

#953 on the Pirates

↑ 1 H. Arundel

↓ 1 G. Alexander

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1914–1919

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Hits

#922 on the Phillies

↑ 1 H. Bates

↓ 1 V. Worley

RBI

#1,042 on the Phillies

↑ 1 T. Barrett

↓ 1 T. Zachary

Runs

#875 on the Phillies

↑ 1 E. Averill

↓ 1 B. Beck

#917 on the Phillies

↑ 1 F. Baker

↓ 1 T. Adams

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1919–1920

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Hits

#955 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 C. Carr

↓ 1 M. Watson

RBI

#1,144 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Arocha

↓ 1 E. Zmich

Runs

#1,192 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 F. Anderson

#1,110 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Allen

↓ 1 J. Adduci

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1924–1925

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Hits

#1,098 on the Cubs

↑ 1 D. Bird

↓ 1 A. Young

RBI

#995 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 Z. Zabel

Runs

#1,147 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Barberie

↓ 1 B. Zick

#1,058 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 T. Angley

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1927–1927

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Hits

#1,029 on the White Sox

↑ 1 P. Appleton

↓ 1 H. Yancy

RBI

#954 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 R. Wrona

Runs

#865 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Asche

↓ 1 H. Allen

#1,005 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Abrams

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#7,634 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Battle

↓ 1 T. Wood

RBI

#8,901 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Yoter

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1914	Phillies	NL	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0.000	—	0.000
1916	Pirates	NL	34	40	3	3	0	1	1	3	13	0.075	—	0.125
1917	Pirates	NL	38	67	3	12	2	0	0	1	26	0.179	—	0.209
1918	Pirates	NL	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.286	—	0.286
1918	Phillies	NL	18	38	1	6	0	1	2	2	14	0.158	—	0.211
1919	Phillies	NL	17	45	5	8	2	0	1	1	9	0.178	—	0.222
1919	Cardinals	NL	17	23	0	8	2	1	0	1	4	0.348	—	0.522
1920	Cardinals	NL	23	26	2	5	1	0	2	1	7	0.192	—	0.231
1924	Cubs	NL	38	54	3	6	0	0	5	3	13	0.111	—	0.111
1925	Cubs	NL	18	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.231	—	0.231
1927	White Sox	AL	25	20	4	3	0	0	2	1	5	0.150	—	0.150
Career			250	347	22	56	7	3	13	14	101	0.161	0.198	0.199

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1914	Phillies	NL	1	3	14	7	0	50.7	65	27	20	17	4.80	1.68
1916	Pirates	NL	6	10	34	17	0	153.0	151	50	38	46	2.94	1.24
1917	Pirates	NL	6	19	38	25	2	227.3	214	71	76	58	2.81	1.28
1918	Pirates	NL	0	1	8	4	0	23.3	31	15	14	2	5.79	1.93
1918	Phillies	NL	9	5	18	14	1	123.0	91	33	42	33	2.41	1.08
1919	Phillies	NL	6	10	17	15	0	128.7	150	55	44	37	3.85	1.51
1919	Cardinals	NL	3	6	17	8	1	85.3	81	24	25	31	2.53	1.24
1920	Cardinals	NL	4	8	23	9	1	77.7	91	45	33	21	5.21	1.60
1924	Cubs	NL	11	12	38	22	1	190.3	181	79	72	50	3.74	1.33
1925	Cubs	NL	2	3	18	4	1	55.7	63	32	22	19	5.17	1.53
1927	White Sox	AL	2	4	25	8	0	74.3	105	38	37	22	4.60	1.91
Career			50	81	250	133	7	1,189.3	1,223	469	423	336	3.55	1.38

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	250	0	0.0	46	355	14	8