Baby Doll Jacobson
Encyclopedia
William Chester "Baby Doll" Jacobson (August 16, 1890 - January 16, 1977) was a Major League
baseball
outfielder
. Jacobson was born in Cable
, Illinois
, USA.
His best season was 1920, when he hit for a .355 batting average
and amassed 122 RBI
s.
Jacobson died in Orion, IL
at the age of 86. Jacobson was laid to rest at Dayton Corners Cemetery in Colona, IL
.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
. Jacobson was born in Cable
Cable, Illinois
Cable is an unincorporated community in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, and is located south of Sherrard.-Geography:Cable is located at ....
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA.
His best season was 1920, when he hit for a .355 batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
and amassed 122 RBI
Run batted in
Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI...
s.
Jacobson died in Orion, IL
Orion, Illinois
Orion is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,861 at the 2010 census. It is home of the Orion Chargers...
at the age of 86. Jacobson was laid to rest at Dayton Corners Cemetery in Colona, IL
Colona, Illinois
Colona is a city in Henry County, Illinois, along the Green River. It is part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area. The population was 5,099 at the 2010 census, down from 5,173 at the 2000 census....
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External links
- BaseballReference.com - career statistics and analysis
- TheBaseballPage.com
- TheDeadBallEra.com - Jacobson's Obituary
- FindAGrave.com - Jacobson's grave site