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Larry
Jacobus		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 196
 
Born: December 18, 1893 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 9 10 9 7 8 8
1919 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 9 9
1920 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
1921 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
1922 28 CLE AL $ 350,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1923 29 CLE AL $ 350,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1924 30 CLE AL $ 1,302,857 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1925 31 CLE AL $ 4,100,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1926 32 CLE AL $ 4,100,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
1927 33 CLE AL $ 4,100,000 2 5 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1928 34 CLE AL $ 5,100,000 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1929 35 CLE AL $ 5,100,000 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 4 4 4 9 10 9 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1922 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1923 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1924 30 CLE AL $ 1,302,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1925 31 CLE AL $ 4,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1926 32 CLE AL $ 4,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1927 33 CLE AL $ 4,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1928 34 CLE AL $ 5,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1929 35 CLE AL $ 5,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1918 24 CLE AL 0 2 .000 9 0 0 0 4 9.3 4 2 0 3 3 1.93 .125 .200 .156 .356 2.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 45 0 0 0 21 40.3 26 7 1 9 35 1.56 .190 .240 .292 .532  
1919 25 CLE AL 3 3 .500 16 0 0 0 6 16.7 26 10 0 6 5 5.40 .361 .418 .514 .932 0.8
1920 26 CLE AL 3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 5 30.7 28 6 0 4 13 1.76 .255 .284 .327 .612 5.9
1921 27 CLE AL 2 3 .400 14 0 0 0 5 16.7 21 10 1 2 10 5.40 .304 .333 .435 .768 2.0
1922 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 15 0 0 0 4 18.0 21 9 0 1 5 4.50 .288 .307 .397 .704 2.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 6 13.0 16 2 0 0 8 1.38 .302 .302 .358 .660  
1923 29 CLE AL 3 6 .333 27 0 0 0 2 34.7 42 12 0 10 8 3.12 .298 .344 .383 .727 3.2
1924 30 CLE AL 1 3 .250 24 0 0 0 12 18.3 21 9 0 5 7 4.42 .284 .338 .405 .743 3.0
1925 31 CLE AL 3 2 .600 17 0 0 0 5 27.7 21 6 1 5 8 1.95 .214 .262 .276 .537 4.9
1926 32 CLE AL 3 9 .250 40 0 0 0 19 46.0 65 24 1 12 12 4.70 .332 .370 .474 .844 3.2
1927 33 CLE AL 4 9 .308 46 0 0 0 4 46.7 66 27 4 8 12 5.21 .340 .367 .485 .852 1.8
1928 34 CLE AL 2 5 .286 39 0 0 0 10 49.0 58 24 3 12 12 4.41 .297 .343 .426 .768 4.0
1929 35 CLE AL 3 5 .375 52 0 0 0 3 64.0 62 17 2 8 17 2.39 .258 .282 .379 .661 7.6
12 Years Sim 29 51 .363 320 0 0 0 79 377.6 435 156 12 76 112 3.72 .291 .329 .408 .736 40.8
2 Years AAA 3 1 .750 56 0 0 0 27 53.3 42 9 1 9 43 1.52 .221 .256 .311 .567  
Season Average 2 4 .333 26 0 0 0 6 31.5 36 13 1 6 9 3.72 .291 .329 .408 .736  
Career Highs 4 9 .600 52 0 0 0 19 64.0 66 27 4 12 17 5.40 .361 .418 .514 .932  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   192 71 5 25 64   .284 .309 .400 .709
vs LH   243 85 7 51 48   .297 .339 .414 .752
Home 19 16 .543 164 0 0 0 27 195.0 216 75 3 42 58 3.46 .286 .324 .408 .733
Away 10 35 .222 156 0 0 0 52 182.6 219 81 9 34 54 3.99 .296 .327 .407 .734
Mar/Apr 8 5 .615 42 0 0 0 8 58.3 67 25 0 7 16 3.86 .302 .323 .387 .711
May 2 6 .250 47 0 0 0 12 58.6 55 13 1 10 19 2.00 .249 .281 .335 .616
June 2 10 .167 49 0 0 0 14 56.3 63 23 1 7 9 3.68 .280 .302 .387 .688
July 6 11 .353 61 0 0 0 12 70.0 98 37 2 15 27 4.76 .336 .368 .483 .851
August 5 10 .333 64 0 0 0 18 69.6 80 33 5 17 16 4.27 .290 .331 .431 .762
Sep/Oct 6 9 .400 57 0 0 0 15 64.6 72 25 3 20 25 3.48 .279 .331 .395 .726
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1918 24 CLE AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1919 25 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1920 26 CLE AL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1921 27 CLE AL 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1922 28 CLE AL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1924 30 CLE AL 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1925 31 CLE AL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.5 0.0
1926 32 CLE AL 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1927 33 CLE AL 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1928 34 CLE AL 39 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1929 35 CLE AL 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
11 Years Sim 293 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .111 .138 .111 .249 0.1 0.6
162 Game Average 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .138 .111 .249 0.0  
Career Highs 52 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .200 .188 .200 .388 0.3
vs LH   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.8
Home 77 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
Away 122 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .111 .105 .111 .216 -0.5
RISP   7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .125 .143 .268 -0.1
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.4
May 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 33 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
August 30 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Sep/Oct 15 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1918 24 CLE AL P 9 0 9.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.89    
1919 25 CLE AL P 16 0 16.7 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.32    
1920 26 CLE AL P 21 0 30.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.47    
1921 27 CLE AL P 14 0 16.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.78    
1922 28 CLE AL P 15 0 18.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.00    
1923 29 CLE AL P 27 0 34.7 4 11 1 0 .938 3.89    
1924 30 CLE AL P 24 0 18.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95    
1925 31 CLE AL P 17 0 27.7 4 5 0 1 1.000 2.93    
1926 32 CLE AL P 40 0 46.0 6 10 0 0 1.000 3.13    
1927 33 CLE AL P 46 0 46.7 3 7 3 1 .769 1.93    
1928 34 CLE AL P 39 0 49.0 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.94    
1929 35 CLE AL P 52 0 64.0 2 19 0 0 1.000 2.95    
Career Totals   320 0 377.6 32 92 4 3 .969 2.96    
Career Highs   52 0 64.0 6 19 3 1 1.000 4.32    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1918-9-4
1919-3-6
1920-7-5
1921-2-5
1922-7-4
1924-1-12
1925-8-5
1926-1-19
1927-9-4
1928-2-10
CAR-5-79
 Games Pitched
1927-2-46
1929-3-52
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Oscar Tuero (961)
  2. Ed Hovlik (951)
  3. Gene Ford (950)
  4. Mal Eason (942)
  5. George Winter (940)
  6. Dick McCabe (940)
  7. Ray Steineder (933)
  8. Dummy Leitner (933)
  9. Elijah Jones (933)
  10. Sammy Curran (931)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1918
Earned first career win on 7/9/1919
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,302,857 through salary arbitration
9/16/1924: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,100,000 per year, for 3 years
Had first career hit on 9/21/1924, off Jim Lindsey (NYA)
 
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