# Jake Jacobs

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{{short description|American baseball player (1937-2010)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jake Jacobs
|image=Jake Jacobs.jpg
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1937|06|09}}
|birth_place=[Youngstown, Ohio](/source/Youngstown%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2010|07|26|1937|06|09}}
|death_place=[Palmetto, Florida](/source/Palmetto%2C_Florida), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 13
|debutyear=1960
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 28 
|finalyear=1961
|finalteam=Minnesota Twins
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat2value=10
|stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s
|stat1value=.200
|stat3label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value=2
|teams=
* [Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins) (1960–61)
}}
'''Lamar Gary''' "'''Jake'''" '''Jacobs''' (June 9, 1937 – July 26, 2010) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [outfielder](/source/outfielder). He played parts of two seasons in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball), {{baseball year|1960}} and {{baseball year|1961}}, [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) and [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, {{cvt|175|lb|abbr=on}}, he batted and threw right-handed.<ref name=BR-majors>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacobja01.shtml |title=Baseball Reference – major league statistics}}</ref>

== Life ==
A native of [Youngstown, Ohio](/source/Youngstown%2C_Ohio), Jacobs attended [Boardman High School](/source/Boardman_High_School) and graduated from [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University). He was signed as a [bonus baby](/source/bonus_baby) non-drafted free agent by the Washington Senators in 1959, being immediately allocated to Class-D [Sanford Greyhounds](/source/Florida_State_League). In his professional debut, Jacobs led his team with a .313 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) and a 448 [slugging percentage](/source/slugging_percentage), gaining a promotion to the Class-A [Charlotte Hornets](/source/Charlotte_Hornets_(baseball)) the next year.<ref name=BR-majors/><ref name=BR-minors>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jacobs001lam |title=Baseball Reference – minor league statistics}}</ref>

Jacobs spent most of 1960 with Charlotte before joining the Senators in late September, appearing in two games as a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) and four as a [pinch runner](/source/pinch_runner). He ascended to [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) in 1961, and split the season between the [Syracuse Chiefs](/source/Syracuse_Chiefs) and [Indianapolis Indians](/source/Indianapolis_Indians) before returning to the majors in September for four games with the Minnesota Twins (the Senators had moved to [Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis-St._Paul%2C_Minnesota) during the offseason). He played two more years in the minors, for the [Vancouver Mounties](/source/Vancouver_Mounties) in 1962 and Charlotte again in 1963.<ref name=BR-majors/><ref name=BR-minors/>

In his brief majors career, Jacobs was a .200 hitter (2-for-10) and scored two runs in 10 games. In five minor league seasons, he posted a .277 average in 545 games.<ref name=BR-majors/><ref name=BR-minors/>

Jacobs died in [Palmetto, Florida](/source/Palmetto%2C_Florida) where he lived, at the age of 73 from dementia.<ref name=OBIT>{{cite web |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/75838f451232b050 |title=Alt-Obituaries.com}}</ref>

==Sources==
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Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
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Category:Syracuse Chiefs players
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Category:Baseball players from Ohio
Category:Ohio Bobcats baseball players
Category:1937 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:Deaths from dementia in Florida
Category:Sportspeople from Palmetto, Florida
Category:Baseball players from Manatee County, Florida

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