Elmer Jacobs career ERA
3.55Career Regular Season
Elmer Jacobs has a career ERA of 3.55 over 9 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.81 in 1917.
- Most recent: 4.60 in 1927.
Average of 9 regular seasons, 1914 through 1927. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  PHI | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4.80 | 50.2 | 17 | 20 | 1.68 | 0 |
| 1916 |  PIT | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2.94 | 153.0 | 46 | 38 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1917 | PIT | 38 | 6 | 19 | 2.81 | 227.1 | 58 | 76 | 1.28 | 2 |
| 1918 | PIT/PHI | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2.95 | 146.1 | 35 | 56 | 1.22 | 1 |
| 1919 |  PHI/STL | 34 | 9 | 16 | 3.32 | 214.0 | 68 | 69 | 1.40 | 1 |
| 1920 | STL | 23 | 4 | 8 | 5.21 | 77.2 | 21 | 33 | 1.60 | 1 |
| 1924 |  CHC | 38 | 11 | 12 | 3.74 | 190.1 | 50 | 72 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 1925 | CHC | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5.17 | 55.2 | 19 | 22 | 1.53 | 1 |
| 1927 |  CHW | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4.60 | 74.1 | 22 | 37 | 1.91 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV