Spook Jacobs Baseball player

Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs (November 4, 1925 – February 18, 2011) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1956 for the Philadelphia Athletics (1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955–56), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1956). Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 155 lb, he batted and threw right-handed. His teammates affectionately called him Spook, a moniker that he used throughout his life.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 04, 1925
Birth place
Cheswold Delaware
Date of deathFebruary 18, 2011
Place of death
Milford Delaware

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Baseball player

Career startApril 13, 1954
Career endJuly 03, 1956
batting sideRight
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
History of the Philadelphia Athletics
position
Second baseman
teams
Oakland Athletics
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

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