Jake Munch

{{short description|American baseball player (1890-1966)}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jake Munch |position=Outfielder |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1890|11|16|mf=y}} |birth_place=Morton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1966|6|8|1890|11|16}} |death_place=Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 27 |debutyear=1918 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 27 |finalyear=1918 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.267 |stat2label=Hits |stat2value=8 |stat3label=Runs scored |stat3value=3 |teams= *Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1918}}) }} '''Jacob Ferdinand Munch''' (November 16, 1890 - June 8, 1966) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played in 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics in {{Baseball year|1918}}, mostly as a pinch hitter, although he also played three games in the outfield and two at first base.

==Personal life== Munch died at his home in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1966.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jake Munch Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-jake-munch-d/153384265/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |date=June 10, 1966 |at=1D}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munch, Jake}} Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:Philadelphia Athletics players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Baseball players from Delaware County, Pennsylvania Category:1890 births Category:1966 deaths Category:Suffolk Nuts players Category:Atlanta Crackers players Category:Burials at Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania) Category:Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players