SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  HOF History / Support B-R: T-Shirts & Hats or Page Sponsorships
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Brook Jacoby

Brook Jacoby
Brook Wallace Jacoby

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 13, 1981
  vs. SDP 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born November 23, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

imjustagirl sponsor(s) this page.

You can sponsor a page.
Page Expires: 2009-03-26 Alert Me!
        Twenty years later, he's still my favorite.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 21 ATL NL  11   10    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200   13    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1983 23 ATL NL   4    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1984 24 CLE AL 126  439   64  116  19  3   7   40   3  2  32  73  .264  .314  .369   87  162   2   7   0   3  13
 1985 25 CLE AL 161  606   72  166  26  3  20   87   2  3  48 120  .274  .324  .426  105  258   1   7   3   0  17
 1986 26 CLE AL 158  583   83  168  30  4  17   80   2  1  56 137  .288  .350  .441  116  257   1   1   5   0  15 AS
 1987 27 CLE AL 155  540   73  162  26  4  32   69   2  3  75  73  .300  .387  .541  143  292   0   2   2   3  19
 1988 28 CLE AL 152  552   59  133  25  0   9   49   2  3  48 101  .241  .300  .335   77  185   0   5   2   1  12
 1989 29 CLE AL 147  519   49  141  26  5  13   64   2  5  62  90  .272  .348  .416  114  216   0   8   3   3  15
 1990 30 CLE AL 155  553   77  162  24  4  14   75   1  4  63  58  .293  .365  .427  122  236   2   4   6   2  20 AS
 1991 31 TOT AL 122  419   28   94  21  1   4   44   2  1  27  54  .224  .274  .308   63  129   0   4   3   3  13
         CLE AL  66  231   14   54   9  1   4   24   0  1  16  32  .234  .289  .333   72   77   0   0   2   2   7
         OAK AL  56  188   14   40  12  0   0   20   2  0  11  22  .213  .255  .277   51   52   0   4   1   1   6
 1992 32 CLE AL 120  291   30   76   7  0   4   36   0  3  28  54  .261  .324  .326   84   95   3   4   2   1  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1311 4520  535 1220 204 24 120  545  16 25 439 764  .270  .334  .405  104 1832  10  42  26  16 138
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   66  151  25  3  15   67   2  3  54  94  .270  .334  .405  104  226   1   5   3   2  17
 Career High    161  606   83  168  30  5  32   87   3  5  75 137  .300  .387  .541  143  292   3   8   6   3  20
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 21 ATL NL   10    9    0   0.0    93| .200  .265| .200  .330| .200  .379| .400  .710|  13  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1983 23 ATL NL    9    9    0   0.0   103| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .404| .000  .746|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1984 24 CLE AL  483  347   50   3.9    99| .264  .266| .314  .329| .369  .401| .683  .730|  87  .428  -7.6  -0.8  60%
 1985 25 CLE AL  662  468   81   4.6    98| .274  .260| .324  .326| .426  .404| .750  .730| 105  .504   3.3   0.3  40%
 1986 26 CLE AL  641  433   88   5.4    99| .288  .259| .350  .327| .441  .404| .791  .731| 116  .569  12.8   1.2  66%
 1987 27 CLE AL  620  402  110   7.3   106| .300  .265| .387  .333| .541  .426| .928  .759| 143  .669  34.5   3.2  40%
 1988 28 CLE AL  606  439   55   3.4    96| .241  .262| .300  .327| .335  .394| .635  .721|  77  .377 -17.2  -1.7  40%
 1989 29 CLE AL  592  406   75   4.9    94| .272  .262| .348  .327| .416  .385| .764  .712| 114  .559  11.2   1.1  28%
 1990 30 CLE AL  624  421   83   5.3    95| .293  .259| .365  .327| .427  .388| .792  .715| 122  .584  16.7   1.7  20%
 1991 31 TOT AL  453  343   34   2.7    95| .224  .258| .274  .326| .308  .391| .582  .717|  63  .274 -21.2  -2.2  66%
         CLE AL  249  185   21   3.1    98| .234  .261| .289  .330| .333  .397| .622  .727|  72  .326  -9.6  -1.0   0%
         OAK AL  204  158   13   2.2    92| .213  .253| .255  .321| .277  .384| .532  .705|  51  .212 -11.5  -1.2 100%
 1992 32 CLE AL  327  238   29   3.3    93| .261  .258| .324  .327| .326  .383| .650  .710|  84  .369  -5.8  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5027 3515  605   4.6    97| .270  .261| .334  .328| .405  .398| .739  .726| 104  .506  23.3   1.9  39%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 21 ATL NL 3B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 2.33 2.47 7.88 2.81 0 8.0 1983 23 ATL NL 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.30 1.20 2.70 2 15.0 1984 24 CLE AL 3B 126 86 187 14 17 .951 .950 2.17 2.19 2.24 2.75 125 1099.0 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 1985 25 CLE AL 3B 161 114 319 19 26 .958 .953 2.69 2.38 2.79 2.85 158 1395.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1986 26 CLE AL 3B 158 109 292 25 24 .941 .948 2.54 2.37 2.62 2.74 155 1379.7 AS 1987 27 CLE AL 3B 144 134 254 22 19 .946 .952 2.69 2.31 2.83 2.77 142 1233.7 1B 7 58 7 0 5 1.000 .992 9.29 8.50 11.94 9.59 6 49.0 DH 4 1988 28 CLE AL 3B 151 99 298 10 23 .975 .954 2.63 2.36 2.74 2.71 149 1304.0 1989 29 CLE AL 3B 144 92 268 17 15 .955 .943 2.50 2.34 2.56 2.73 144 1266.0 DH 3 1990 30 CLE AL 3B 99 44 158 4 14 .981 .944 2.04 2.32 2.35 2.75 90 772.7 AS 1B 78 584 28 2 61 .997 .992 7.85 8.36 9.81 9.63 62 561.7 AS 1991 31 TOT AL 3B 67 49 101 2 12 .987 .955 2.24 2.33 2.52 2.79 61 535.3 TOT AL 1B 58 404 35 5 30 .989 .992 7.57 8.30 8.84 9.75 49 447.0 CLE AL 1B 55 379 32 5 27 .988 .992 7.47 8.30 8.70 9.75 47 425.0 3B 15 11 29 0 3 1.000 .955 2.67 2.33 3.16 2.79 14 114.0 OAK AL 3B 52 38 72 2 9 .982 .955 2.12 2.33 2.35 2.79 47 421.3 1B 3 25 3 0 3 1.000 .993 9.33 8.30 11.45 9.74 2 22.0 1992 32 CLE AL 3B 111 46 175 10 17 .957 .950 1.99 2.40 2.72 2.78 77 731.3 1B 10 45 2 0 7 1.000 .994 4.70 8.36 8.29 9.69 5 51.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 27 CLE AL 1B 7 58 7 0 5 1.000 .992 9.29 8.50 11.94 9.59 6 49.0 1990 30 CLE AL 1B 78 584 28 2 61 .997 .992 7.85 8.36 9.81 9.63 62 561.7 1991 31 TOT AL 1B 58 404 35 5 30 .989 .992 7.57 8.30 8.84 9.75 49 447.0 CLE AL 1B 55 379 32 5 27 .988 .992 7.47 8.30 8.70 9.75 47 425.0 OAK AL 1B 3 25 3 0 3 1.000 .993 9.33 8.30 11.45 9.74 2 22.0 1992 32 CLE AL 1B 10 45 2 0 7 1.000 .994 4.70 8.36 8.29 9.69 5 51.0 1985 25 CLE AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1981 21 ATL NL 3B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 2.33 2.47 7.88 2.81 0 8.0 1983 23 ATL NL 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.30 1.20 2.70 2 15.0 1984 24 CLE AL 3B 126 86 187 14 17 .951 .950 2.17 2.19 2.24 2.75 125 1099.0 1985 25 CLE AL 3B 161 114 319 19 26 .958 .953 2.69 2.38 2.79 2.85 158 1395.0 1986 26 CLE AL 3B 158 109 292 25 24 .941 .948 2.54 2.37 2.62 2.74 155 1379.7 1987 27 CLE AL 3B 144 134 254 22 19 .946 .952 2.69 2.31 2.83 2.77 142 1233.7 1988 28 CLE AL 3B 151 99 298 10 23 .975 .954 2.63 2.36 2.74 2.71 149 1304.0 1989 29 CLE AL 3B 144 92 268 17 15 .955 .943 2.50 2.34 2.56 2.73 144 1266.0 1990 30 CLE AL 3B 99 44 158 4 14 .981 .944 2.04 2.32 2.35 2.75 90 772.7 1991 31 TOT AL 3B 67 49 101 2 12 .987 .955 2.24 2.33 2.52 2.79 61 535.3 CLE AL 3B 15 11 29 0 3 1.000 .955 2.67 2.33 3.16 2.79 14 114.0 OAK AL 3B 52 38 72 2 9 .982 .955 2.12 2.33 2.35 2.79 47 421.3 1992 32 CLE AL 3B 111 46 175 10 17 .957 .950 1.99 2.40 2.72 2.78 77 731.3 1987 27 CLE AL DH 4 1989 29 CLE AL DH 3 1984 24 CLE AL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 9.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1166 776 2058 123 168 .958 .950 2.43 2.34 1103 9739.7 1B* 153 1091 72 7 103 .994 .992 7.60 8.34 122 1108.7 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0 0.0 SS* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1321 1867 2131 130 271 .969 .962 3.03 3.03
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1990   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1986 *
1990 *

OPS
1987 AL-.928-10

Games
1985 AL-161-4

Home Runs
1987 AL-32-9

Strikeouts
1985 AL-120-10
1986 AL-137-8

Adjusted OPS+
1987 AL-143-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1987 AL-34-10

Batting Wins
1987 AL-3.2-10

Offensive Win%
1987 AL-.669-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1987 AL-19-7
1990 AL-20-5

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.3 (1174) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1101) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Scott Hatteberg (951)
  2. Keith Moreland (945)
  3. Wil Cordero (942)
  4. Hector Lopez (941)
  5. Don Hoak (931)
  6. Aaron Boone (927)
  7. Scott Spiezio (926)
  8. Scott Brosius (924)
  9. Steve Buechele (924)
  10. David Bell (923)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Johnny Vergez (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Whitey Kurowski (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Nilsson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fernando Tatis (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Tabor (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wil Cordero (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Hayes (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charlie Hayes (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

October 21, 1983: Sent by the Atlanta Braves to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on August 28, 1983. The Atlanta Braves sent players to be named later and $150,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Len Barker. The Atlanta Braves sent Rick Behenna (September 2, 1983), Brett Butler (October 21, 1983), and Brook Jacoby (October 21, 1983) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

July 26, 1991: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).

November 6, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 29, 1992: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Cleveland Indians$140,000
1986Cleveland Indians$437,500
1987Cleveland Indians$612,500
1988Cleveland Indians$812,500
1989Cleveland Indians$962,500
1990Cleveland Indians$987,500
1991Oakland Athletics$1,150,000
1992Cleveland Indians$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,652,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Brook Jacoby's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Brook Jacoby    

Viewed 45255 times through January 8, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Brook Brook Wallace Jacoby

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Brook Jacoby
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.