Jake Early
1939–1949 · bats L / throws R · ALS, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
747G
.241AVG
.330OBP
.350SLG
More career statistics
532H
32HR
264RBI
7SB
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 259 | 260 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,518 | 2,519 |
| Batting · Runs | 216 | 214 |
| Batting · RBI | 264 | 261 |
| Batting · Walks | 281 | 282 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 747 | 2,518 | 2,208 | 216 | 532 | 98 | 23 | 32 | 264 | 281 | 259 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 772 | .241 | .330 | .350 | .680 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1940-05-28 to 1940-06-12
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1942-06-30 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1941-06-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1942-09-08 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 369 | 1213 | 259 | 13 | 121 | 145 | 108 | .246 | .333 | .362 |
| Away | 378 | 1306 | 273 | 19 | 140 | 137 | 152 | .236 | .314 | .339 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 155 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 12 | .212 | .297 | .285 |
| May | 125 | 413 | 97 | 7 | 48 | 56 | 40 | .278 | .370 | .424 |
| June | 148 | 521 | 108 | 6 | 56 | 54 | 64 | .234 | .311 | .354 |
| July | 149 | 513 | 93 | 4 | 44 | 56 | 54 | .206 | .290 | .283 |
| August | 148 | 464 | 112 | 6 | 52 | 49 | 40 | .275 | .347 | .387 |
| September | 132 | 447 | 91 | 9 | 47 | 50 | 49 | .230 | .315 | .339 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 122 | 440 | 102 | 6 | 47 | 50 | 29 | .266 | .345 | .409 |
| cleveland-guardians | 108 | 357 | 80 | 4 | 41 | 38 | 47 | .256 | .331 | .349 |
| new-york-yankees | 107 | 350 | 64 | 2 | 29 | 40 | 43 | .209 | .297 | .278 |
| detroit-tigers | 102 | 348 | 63 | 3 | 28 | 41 | 48 | .207 | .299 | .280 |
| boston-red-sox | 102 | 324 | 60 | 5 | 40 | 35 | 34 | .213 | .293 | .323 |
| st-louis-browns | 99 | 333 | 77 | 6 | 34 | 38 | 34 | .263 | .345 | .379 |
| chicago-white-sox | 95 | 326 | 75 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 22 | .254 | .325 | .400 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 12 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | .344 | .488 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 84 | 22 | – | 13 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 80 | 206 | 53 | 5 | 14 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 104 | 355 | 102 | 10 | 54 | – | .287 | – | – |
| 1942 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 104 | 353 | 72 | 3 | 46 | – | .204 | – | – |
| 1943 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 126 | 423 | 109 | 5 | 59 | 5 | .258 | – | – |
| 1946 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 64 | 189 | 38 | 4 | 17 | – | .201 | – | – |
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 87 | 214 | 48 | 3 | 19 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1948 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 97 | 246 | 54 | 1 | 28 | 2 | .220 | – | – |
| 1949 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 53 | 138 | 34 | 1 | 11 | – | .246 | – | – |