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Jake Evans

Jake Evans

1879–1885 · Throws R · 5'8", 154 lb · b. 1856 Baltimore, MD

Career 472 G · 435 H · 1 HR · 168 RBI · .238 AVG · 0–1 · 6.60 ERA · 3 SO · 15.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

2

1 best in baseball 1 league only

13 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1882 Best season

Spanning 1882–1884, peaking at 1 titles in 1882.

Team records #5 Troy Trojans career RBI #6 Troy Trojans career H #7 Troy Trojans career R #8 Cleveland Blues career RBI #8 Worcester Ruby Legs career SO #8 Cleveland Blues career H #8 Worcester Ruby Legs career IP #9 Cleveland Blues career R #10 Cleveland Blues 1884 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

2,194th League titles 2
1,857th Best in baseball 1
2,209th Top-5 finishes 13

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

111th Outfield Assists 154

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Outfield Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1884 NL .917 1881 #3 1882 #2 1883 #3
Outfield Assists	1	1st	—	1882 31 1879 #2 1881 #2
Outfield Range Factor	—	#2	—	1879 #2 1882 #3
Outfield Putouts	—	#3	—	1879 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1884	1	OF FPCT .917
1882	1	OF A 31

Batting

7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1879	TRN	NL	72	280	30	65	9	5	0	17	5	18	0	.232	.246	.300	.546
1880	TRN	NL	47	180	31	46	8	1	0	22	7	15	0	.256	.283	.311	.595
1881	TRN	NL	83	315	35	76	11	5	0	28	14	30	0	.241	.274	.308	.581
1882	WOR	NL	80	334	33	71	10	4	0	25	7	22	0	.213	.229	.266	.495
1883	CL2	NL	90	332	36	79	13	2	0	31	8	38	0	.238	.256	.289	.545
1884	CL2	NL	80	313	32	81	18	3	1	38	15	49	0	.259	.293	.345	.638
1885	BL2	AA	20	77	18	17	1	1	0	7	7	0	0	.221	.318	.260	.578
Career	—	—	472	1,831	215	435	70	21	1	168	63	172	0	.238	.264	.300	.565

Pitching

3 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1880	TRN	NL	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	4.0	11	6	0	0	0	2.75
1882	WOR	NL	0	1	5.62	1	1	0	8.0	13	5	1	0	2	1.63
1883	CL2	NL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Career	—	—	0	1	6.60	3	1	0	15.0	24	11	1	0	3	1.60

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1879	TRN	NL	OF	72	—	642.0	153	30	24	4	207	.884	2.54
1880	TRN	NL	OF	47	—	389.0	68	9	8	4	85	.906	1.64
			P	1	—	4.0	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1881	TRN	NL	OF	83	—	739.0	145	31	14	5	190	.926	2.12
1882	WOR	NL	OF	68	—	635.0	131	31	16	2	178	.910	2.38
			SS	11	—	98.0	10	43	10	6	63	.841	4.82
			2B	1	—	6.0	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
			3B	1	—	2.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			P	1	—	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1883	CL2	NL	OF	86	—	778.0	119	29	16	1	164	.902	1.72
			3B	3	—	23.0	3	4	3	0	10	.700	2.33
			SS	3	—	25.0	9	6	0	1	15	1.000	5.00
			2B	1	—	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
			P	1	—	3.0	0	4	1	0	5	.800	4.00
1884	CL2	NL	OF	76	—	656.0	136	19	14	3	169	.917	2.04
			2B	4	—	37.0	11	12	2	3	25	.920	5.75
			SS	2	—	11.0	3	4	1	0	8	.875	3.50
1885	BL2	AA	OF	20	—	185.0	37	5	5	2	47	.894	2.10
Career	—	—	OF	452	—	4024.0	789	154	97	21	1,040	.907	2.09
	—	—	SS	16	—	134.0	22	53	11	7	86	.872	4.69
	—	—	2B	6	—	46.0	14	15	2	3	31	.935	4.83
	—	—	3B	4	—	25.0	3	5	3	0	11	.727	2.00
	—	—	P	3	—	15.0	1	6	1	0	8	.875	2.33