Jake Early/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
< Jake Early (7809)(Difference between revisions)
| (6 intermediate revisions not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Person-pagetext | {{Person-pagetext | ||
|summary=was a professional player and manager. | |summary=was a professional player and manager. | ||
| + | |infobox-image=File:Jake_Early-1942_Washington-GonyonJ01.jpg | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{person-narrative-stub}} | {{person-narrative-stub}} | ||
One of a catcher's weapons is distracting the hitter. Jake barraged batters with zany chatter or singing as well as doing mock pitch-by-broadcasts to distract hitters. He was a capable receiver, | One of a catcher's weapons is distracting the hitter. Jake barraged batters with zany chatter or singing as well as doing mock pitch-by-broadcasts to distract hitters. He was a capable receiver, | ||
leading the AL in double plays in 1941, and assists and double plays in 1942. He also caught the entire All-Star game in 1942. | leading the AL in double plays in 1941, and assists and double plays in 1942. He also caught the entire All-Star game in 1942. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=The Ballplayers | last=| first=| publisher=Arbor House-William Morrow | city=New York | year=1990 }} | ||
| + | |||
| + | * {{cite-baseball-card | year=1993 | team= | league= | maker=Megacards The Conlon Collection }} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:15, 9 June 2011
One of a catcher's weapons is distracting the hitter. Jake barraged batters with zany chatter or singing as well as doing mock pitch-by-broadcasts to distract hitters. He was a capable receiver,
leading the AL in double plays in 1941, and assists and double plays in 1942. He also caught the entire All-Star game in 1942.
[edit] Sources
- The Ballplayers. New York: Arbor House-William Morrow, 1990.
- 1993 baseball card. (Megacards The Conlon Collection)
