Elmer Jacobs
1914–1927 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
250G
.161AVG
.198OBP
.199SLG
More career statistics
56H
0HR
13RBI
0SB
50–81W–L
1,189.1IP
336K
3.55ERA
133GS
7SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 347 | 348 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 384 | 385 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,081 | 5,084 |
| Pitching · p er | 469 | 472 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,223 | 1,234 |
| Pitching · p hr | 40 | 38 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,568 | 3,562 |
| Pitching · p k | 336 | 332 |
| Pitching · p r | 583 | 579 |
| Pitching · p w | 423 | 426 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 384 | 347 | 22 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 69 | .161 | .198 | .199 | .397 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,189.3 | 250 | 133 | 65 | 50 | 81 | 7 | 1,223 | 583 | 469 | 40 | 423 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 1.384 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1919-07-09 to 1919-07-31
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1918-08-20 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1918-07-18 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1916-07-22 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 138 | 221 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 56 | .171 | .186 | .211 |
| Away | 112 | 164 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 45 | .148 | .177 | .181 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .111 | .138 | .111 |
| May | 53 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | .169 | .197 | .183 |
| June | 43 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .159 | .169 | .175 |
| July | 56 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | .169 | .187 | .205 |
| August | 43 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | .172 | .183 | .250 |
| September | 35 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .150 | .191 | .225 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 34 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .116 | .136 | .116 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 33 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .149 | .196 | .170 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 33 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .163 | .193 | .265 |
| cincinnati-reds | 30 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .216 | .200 | .243 |
| boston-braves | 30 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .135 | .200 | .135 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .240 | .222 | .260 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .156 | .194 | .250 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 18 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .105 | .152 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 49 | 17 |
| 1916 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 40 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .075 | 152 | 45 |
| 1917 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 67 | 12 | – | – | – | .179 | 228 | 58 |
| 1918 | Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 45 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .178 | 145 | 34 |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 69 | 16 | – | 1 | – | .232 | 214 | 62 |
| 1920 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 26 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .192 | 77 | 21 |
| 1924 |  Chicago Cubs | 38 | 54 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .111 | 190 | 52 |
| 1925 | Chicago Cubs | 18 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | .231 | 55 | 18 |
| 1927 |  Chicago White Sox | 25 | 20 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .150 | 74 | 25 |