Jake Volz

{{Short description|American baseball player (1878–1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jake Volz |image=Jake Volz.jpg |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1878|4|4|mf=y}} |birth_place=San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1962|8|11|1878|4|4}} |death_place=San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 28 |debutyear=1901 |debutteam=Boston Americans |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 2 |finalyear=1908 |finalteam=Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=2-4 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=6.10 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=12 |teams= *Boston Americans ({{baseball year|1901}}) *Boston Beaneaters ({{baseball year|1905}}) *Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1908}}) }} '''Jacob Phillip "Silent Jake" Volz''' (April 4, 1878 – August 11, 1962) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901), Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Cincinnati Reds (1908). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, 175 lb., Volz batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Antonio, Texas. In a three-season career, Volz posted a 2–4 record with 12 strikeouts and a 6.10 ERA in 11 appearances, including seven starts, two complete games, and 38⅓ innings of work.

Volz married Anna (Cloud) Zuercher 1909 in San Antonio.<ref>''[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Y4-HTT]'', FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973</ref> On May 19, 1911, he shot Anna point blank in the face in front of their home while she was holding the hand of her five-year-old son from a prior marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1911-05-20 |title=Mrs. Annie Volz Dies From Bullet Wound |volume=46 |pages=1 |work=The San Antonio Express |issue=140 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Antonio_Express._(San_Antonio,_Tex.),_Vol._46,_No._140,_Ed._1_Saturday,_May_20,_1911_-_DPLA_-_f8f718084c2a4934c8b360d3fa562fde_(page_1).jpg |access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref><ref>''[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud/1911-05-20-CLOUD-VOLZ-01.php Husband held on Charge of Killing Wife]''. The San Antonio Light, no. 119, page 1, May 20, 1911.</ref> He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity.<ref>''[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud/1911-05-20-CLOUD-VOLZ-01.php Volz found Not Guilty]''. The Daily Advocate, Victoria, Texas, vol. 13, no. 32, page 1, April 1, 1912.</ref><ref>''[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud The Murder of Anna Cloud by her husband, Joseph P. "Jack" Volz]''. MyKindred.com website.</ref> Volz died in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, at age 84.

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