Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 250
- W
- 50
- L
- 81
- ERA
- 3.55
- IP
- 1189.1
- K
- 336
- BB
- 423
- WHIP
- 1.38
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | PHI | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4.80 | 50.2 | 17 | 20 | 1.68 |
| 1916 | PIT | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2.94 | 153.0 | 46 | 38 | 1.24 |
| 1917 | PIT | 38 | 6 | 19 | 2.81 | 227.1 | 58 | 76 | 1.28 |
| 1918 |  PIT/PHI | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2.95 | 146.1 | 35 | 56 | 1.22 |
| 1919 |  PHI/STL | 34 | 9 | 16 | 3.32 | 214.0 | 68 | 69 | 1.40 |
| 1920 | STL | 23 | 4 | 8 | 5.21 | 77.2 | 21 | 33 | 1.60 |
| 1924 | CHC | 38 | 11 | 12 | 3.74 | 190.1 | 50 | 72 | 1.33 |
| 1925 | CHC | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5.17 | 55.2 | 19 | 22 | 1.53 |
| 1927 | CHW | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4.60 | 74.1 | 22 | 37 | 1.91 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 65
- SHO
- 9
- K/9
- 2.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PIT | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | PIT/PHI | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PHI/STL | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CHC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CHW | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Elmer Jacobs's career stats?
Elmer Jacobs played 9 seasons for the Phillies, the Pirates, the Cardinals, the Cubs and the White Sox. He had 50 wins and 336 strikeouts with a 3.55 ERA over 1,189.1 innings. His best season was 1924: 11 wins, a 3.74 ERA and 50 strikeouts.
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