Spook Jacobs
1954–1956 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
188G
.247AVG
.329OBP
.274SLG
More career statistics
164H
0HR
33RBI
22SB
3Rare 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 | 32 | 31 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 759 | 758 |
| Batting · Walks | 80 | 79 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 759 | 665 | 87 | 164 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 80 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 182 | .247 | .329 | .274 | .603 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1954-08-01 to 1954-08-23
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1954-08-22 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1954-08-22 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1954-06-01 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 409 | 82 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 18 | .229 | .308 | .249 |
| Away | 84 | 349 | 82 | 0 | 19 | 35 | 13 | .267 | .335 | .303 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | .261 | .304 | .293 |
| May | 60 | 219 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 7 | .259 | .347 | .292 |
| June | 36 | 161 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 8 | .231 | .292 | .259 |
| July | 30 | 129 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 4 | .233 | .295 | .267 |
| August | 19 | 81 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | .269 | .395 | .269 |
| September | 16 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .224 | .288 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 28 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | .176 | .224 | .194 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 107 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | .228 | .318 | .239 |
| detroit-tigers | 28 | 113 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | .231 | .283 | .250 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 25 | 97 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | .362 | .454 | .412 |
| baltimore-orioles | 25 | 106 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 8 | .264 | .340 | .297 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 100 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .279 | .350 | .302 |
| new-york-yankees | 19 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .254 | .359 | .284 |
| new-york-giants | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .286 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 132 | 508 | 131 | – | 26 | 17 | .258 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 13 | 23 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .261 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 134 | 27 | – | 6 | 4 | .201 | – | – |