About Otto Jacobs
Lived 1889 – 1955 (aged 66). Otto Jacobs was an American baseball player.
Otto Albert Jacobs (April 19, 1889 – November 19, 1955) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1918.
Biography Jacobs was born in Chicago, Illinois, and started his professional baseball career in 1910. He spent the next few years in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. In 1915, he joined the Rockford Wakes and had his best season, batting .302 and leading the league in home runs (7) and slugging percentage (.449).
In 1918, with the Chicago White Sox roster depleted due to World War I, Jacobs joined the team as a backup catcher. He played in 29 games and batted .205.
Jacobs died in 1955, at the age of 66.
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American baseball player (1889–1955)
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Otto Jacobs was born on 19 April 1889 in Chicago.
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Otto Jacobs died on 19 November 1955 in Chicago.
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