Jake Kafora Stats

Jake Kafora was born on Tuesday, October 16, 1888, in Chicago, Illinois. Kafora was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 5, 1913, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jake Kafora baseball stats page.

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Jake Kafora



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Birth Name:   Frank Jacob Kafora
Nickname:   Tomatoes
Born On:   10-16-1888  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chicago, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-23-1928 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery:   St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, Illinois
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   10-05-1913 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-07-1914
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Jake Kafora Pitching Stats

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Jake Kafora Hitting Stats

1913 25 Pirates 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000
1914 26 Pirates 21 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 - .130 .200 .130
2 Years 22 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 .125 .222 .125

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Jake Kafora Fielding Stats

1913 Pirates C 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - - 1.000 0.00
1914 Pirates C 17 - - 32 1.9 32 27 5 0 0 1 - - 1.000 0.00
C Totals 18 0 0 33 1.8 33 28 5 0 0 2 n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
2 Years 18 - - 33 1.8 33 28 5 0 0 2 n/a n/a 1.000 0.00

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Jake Kafora Miscellaneous Stats

1913 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - -
1914 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 0.0 - - -
2 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 0.0 - - -

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Jake Kafora Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1913 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -

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