Jacob Ellsworth Daubert was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Superbas and Cincinnati Reds.
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22 Facts About Jake Daubert
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Jake Daubert was recognized throughout his career for his performance on the field.
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Jake Daubert won the 1913 and 1914 National League batting titles and the 1913 Chalmers Award as the National League's Most Valuable Player.
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Jake Daubert was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania to Jacob and Sarah Jake Daubert.
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In 1895, at the age of eleven, the young Jake Daubert joined his father and two brothers at work in the local coal mines.
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In 1906, Jake Daubert left his job at the mines and signed a contract with a baseball team in Lykens, Pennsylvania.
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Jake Daubert was originally a pitcher on the team before he converted to first base.
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However, Jake Daubert never played for Cleveland as they released him shortly thereafter.
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On May 6,1910, Jake Daubert recorded 21 putouts in a single game, one short of the major league record.
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In 1911 and 1912, Jake Daubert placed ninth and eighth in the Chalmers Award voting.
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Jake Daubert, who had been among the founding members of the Players' Fraternity, sued for the balance of his salary.
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Once in Cincinnati, Jake Daubert served as the Reds' captain for the remainder of his career.
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When he left Brooklyn for Cincinnati, Jake Daubert held the Brooklyn franchise record for games played at first base.
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Jake Daubert spent time as a businessman and invested in several business ventures.
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Jake Daubert's holdings included a pool hall, a cigar business, a semi-pro baseball team, a moving-picture business and a coal breaker.
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Jake Daubert left the Reds late in the 1924 season after falling ill during a road trip to New York.
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Jake Daubert died in Cincinnati one week after the operation, with the doctor citing "exhaustion, resulting in indigestion, [as] the immediate cause of death".
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Jake Daubert was interred at the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
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Jake Daubert was survived by his wife Gertrude, his son George, and his daughter Louisa.
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Jake Daubert currently holds the NL record for most sacrifice hits.
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Jake Daubert was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame in 1990.
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