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Jake Thielman
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Birthdate: 5/20/1879
Died: 1/28/1928
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 175 lbs.
Place of Birth: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Baseball player, Jake Thielman, St. Louis Cardinals, warming up, throwing near dugout prior to game against Chicago Cubs. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1905. SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Jake Thielman, baseball player, pitcher, National League St. Louis Cardinals, warming up, throwing near dugout at West Side Grounds, which was located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street, in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Negative SDN-003420, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Jake Thielman came from a baseball family in St. Cloud, Minnesota. His younger brother Henry also pitched in the major leagues. Jake had a very productive rookie season, 1905, with the St Louis CArdinals. He had a 15-16 record with a fine 3.50 earned run average, completed 26-of-29 games, 242 innings. The next season John Thielman was injury plagued, pitching in just one game. Traded to Cleveland he finished with a 11-8 record in 1907.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1905 STL (NL) 32 29 15 16 0 26 0 242.0 265 138 94 4 62 0 87 6 12 1 3.50
1906 STL (NL) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
1907 CLE (AL) 20 18 11 8 0 18 3 166.0 151 60 43 2 34 0 56 7 7 0 2.33
1908 CLE (AL) 11 8 4 3 0 5 0 61.2 59 30 25 2 9 0 15 0 4 1 3.65
1908 BOS (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40.50
5 years   65 56 30 28 0 49 3 475.1 483 238 167 9 107 0 158 13 23 2 3.16
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1905 STL (NL) 34 91 16 21 1 5 0 8 12 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 .231 .327 SLG
1906 STL (NL) 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 SLG
1907 CLE (AL) 21 59 7 12 2 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 .203 .254 SLG
1908 CLE (AL) 13 23 4 8 2 1 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 .348 .483 SLG
1908 BOS (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
5 years   70 175 27 42 5 6 0 20 21 0 4 0 0 2 9 0 .240 .328 .SLG



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