Jacob
Lakey
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 12, 1980 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2007    2008    2014   
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 23 TRN VL   0 1 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 4 4
2004 24 TRN VL   3 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 4 4
2005 25 TRN VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 3 4
2006 26 TRN VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 4 4 4 3 4
2007 27 TRN VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 4 4 5 4 4
2008 28 TRN VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 4 3 4
2009 29 TRN VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 5 4 4
2010 30 HOL GL $ 4,970,000 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 5 4 4
2011 31 PHI VL $ 4,970,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 5 4 4
2012 32 AWN VL $ 4,970,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 4 5 5 5 4 4
2013 33 SAC GL $ 4,100,000 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 4
2014 34 LAS GL $ 4,100,000 4 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 4
2015 35 LAS GL $ 4,100,000 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 4
2016 36 LAS GL $ 2,770,000 4 5 4 3 4 3 9 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 4
2017 37 LAS GL $ 2,650,000 3 4 3 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3
2018 38 WIS GL $ 1,260,000 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2
2019 39 WIS GL $ 1,260,000 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 4,970,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 9 10 10 9 9 9 4 5 5 5 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 23 AAA   84 339 52 76 8 2 31 68 16 7 23 52 .224 .273 .534 .807 53.2  
    AA   41 155 22 36 6 0 10 20 6 0 11 25 .232 .283 .465 .748 22.1  
    A   34 119 18 28 4 0 5 15 8 3 15 20 .235 .321 .395 .716 16.4  
2004 24 AAA   161 662 117 168 28 13 46 128 31 14 53 122 .254 .309 .544 .853 112.1  
2005 25 TRN VL 117 422 73 103 15 5 35 73 26 5 37 73 .244 .309 .552 .861 74.8 9.5
    AAA   6 23 2 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 4 .130 .130 .217 .348 -0.1  
2006 26 TRN VL 132 445 92 126 15 8 35 97 26 4 43 98 .283 .355 .589 .944 89.4 21.5
2007 27 TRN VL 161 617 106 162 23 10 42 129 37 3 42 119 .263 .325 .536 .862 109.8 18.9
2008 28 TRN VL 158 601 94 138 26 4 28 93 40 8 51 125 .230 .293 .426 .719 81.4 11.6
2009 29 TRN VL 136 448 80 113 13 4 35 85 32 4 38 93 .252 .315 .533 .848 78.2 13.3
2010 30 HOL GL 143 500 79 119 23 6 27 69 18 3 36 104 .238 .299 .470 .769 74.7 7.6
2011 31 HOL GL 77 243 36 54 14 2 10 36 11 1 10 55 .222 .269 .420 .689 27.4 5.2
  PHI VL 56 195 27 39 9 2 12 26 9 0 18 34 .200 .283 .451 .734 26.7 4.8
  TOT   133 438 63 93 23 4 22 62 20 1 28 89 .212 .276 .434 .709 54.1 10.0
2012 32 AWN VL 99 215 31 47 5 4 10 24 15 3 21 51 .219 .291 .419 .710 27.6 2.0
  VIR GL 26 102 12 24 0 2 4 11 7 2 9 29 .235 .297 .392 .689 12.3 0.0
  TOT   125 317 43 71 5 6 14 35 22 5 30 80 .224 .293 .410 .703 40.0 2.0
2013 33 SAC GL 154 557 82 130 17 6 27 85 11 0 41 131 .233 .294 .431 .725 73.6 9.6
2014 34 LAS GL 159 590 86 147 31 4 32 89 42 5 46 161 .249 .319 .478 .796 92.8 17.9
2015 35 LAS GL 111 363 38 73 15 2 8 44 26 7 27 92 .201 .264 .320 .583 32.3 4.1
2016 36 LAS GL 153 550 82 122 16 6 36 100 29 6 38 155 .222 .277 .469 .746 81.1 10.2
2017 37 LAS GL 132 437 83 115 16 2 32 79 35 10 26 132 .263 .310 .529 .839 72.0 10.5
2018 38 WIS GL 116 412 51 104 25 6 12 43 22 13 20 105 .252 .288 .430 .718 48.9 4.7
2019 39 WIS GL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   44 30 6 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 8 .100 .270 .233 .504 2.4  
15 Years Sim 1933 6698 1052 1616 263 73 385 1083 386 74 503 1558 .241 .302 .475 .777 1003.0 151.2
4 Years AAA 295 1054 177 250 39 15 78 202 48 22 83 186 .237 .300 .525 .824 167.6  
1 Years AA 41 155 22 36 6 0 10 20 6 0 11 25 .232 .302 .465 .767 22.1  
1 Years A 34 119 18 28 4 0 5 15 8 3 15 20 .235 .316 .395 .711 16.4  
6 Years Minors 370 1328 217 314 49 15 93 237 62 25 109 231 .236 .302 .506 .808 206.2  
162 Game Average 561 88 135 22 6 32 90 32 6 42 130 .241 .302 .475 .777 84.1  
Career Highs 161 617 106 162 31 10 42 129 42 13 51 161 .283 .355 .589 .944 109.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5480 907 1375 228 62 331 915 322 65 443 1325 .251 .315 .496 .811 876.0
vs LH   1218 145 241 35 11 54 168 51 9 60 233 .198 .245 .378 .622 117.8
Home 967 3287 514 787 117 34 197 540 187 34 230 756 .239 .298 .476 .774 483.8
Away 965 3411 538 829 146 39 188 543 186 40 273 802 .243 .306 .474 .780 510.0
RISP   1695 0 407 58 21 98 676 0 0 171 405 .240 .314 .473 .787 254.2
Pinch Hitting   154 27 37 4 1 4 15 6 0 8 39 .240 .291 .357 .648 16.2
Close/Late   763 116 170 31 3 36 97 0 0 80 213 .223 .307 .413 .720 97.6
Mar/Apr 316 1119 165 266 37 14 59 177 57 11 87 259 .238 .300 .454 .754 158.6
May 314 1087 166 240 39 14 67 179 53 14 81 266 .221 .281 .467 .748 150.4
June 291 1036 175 261 45 7 61 171 66 14 70 235 .252 .309 .486 .794 158.3
July 267 921 162 250 41 11 60 156 59 12 67 204 .271 .329 .535 .864 161.5
August 323 1146 171 266 41 13 63 177 62 9 84 277 .232 .292 .455 .747 160.6
Sep/Oct 421 1389 213 333 60 14 75 223 76 14 114 317 .240 .307 .465 .772 204.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 25 TRN VL CF 112 104 931.7 307 2 12 0 .963 2.98   3.2
2006 26 TRN VL CF 123 109 984.0 350 7 4 4 .989 3.27   5.0
2007 27 TRN VL CF 158 151 1362.0 473 7 8 4 .984 3.17   9.1
2008 28 TRN VL CF 157 153 1386.7 426 10 16 5 .965 2.83   8.3
2009 29 TRN VL CF 131 116 1023.7 353 7 15 4 .960 3.17   7.3
    SS 2 1 12.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
2010 30 HOL GL 3B 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 134 125 1125.3 340 7 10 3 .972 2.78   5.4
2011 31 HOL GL CF 75 70 581.2 198 2 2 1 .990 3.10   3.9
  PHI VL CF 54 51 489.5 167 2 2 0 .988 3.11   2.8
  TOT   CF 129 121 1070.7 365 4 4 1 .989 3.10   6.7
2012 32 AWN VL 2B 2 1 10.0 5 3 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
  VIR GL 2B 0 0 4.7 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.57   0.1
  TOT   2B 2 1 14.7 8 5 0 2 1.000 7.96   0.2
  AWN VL CF 54 43 336.7 85 2 1 0 .989 2.33   1.5
  VIR GL CF 14 11 157.7 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.5
  TOT   CF 68 54 494.4 125 3 1 0 .992 2.33   1.9
  AWN VL RF 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  VIR GL RF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  AWN VL SS 1 0 2.7 1 3 1 1 .800 13.33   0.1
  VIR GL SS 0 0 1.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 6.92   0.0
  TOT   SS 1 0 4.0 1 4 1 2 .833 11.25   0.1
2013 33 SAC GL CF 154 154 1345.0 461 6 8 2 .983 3.12   5.9
2014 34 LAS GL CF 159 156 1378.3 488 9 6 2 .988 3.25   5.6
2015 35 LAS GL CF 109 96 860.0 266 3 11 1 .961 2.82   3.6
    RF 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00    
2016 36 LAS GL CF 143 139 1227.0 377 5 7 1 .982 2.80   5.2
2017 37 LAS GL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 121 117 984.0 313 4 3 2 .991 2.90   5.3
2018 38 WIS GL CF 114 104 934.3 293 8 6 3 .980 2.90   3.4
2019 39 WIS GL CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  CF 1814 1699 15110.1 4939 82 111 32 .978 2.99   75.9
  SS 3 1 16.0 3 8 1 3 .917 6.19   0.2
  2B 2 1 14.7 8 5 0 2 1.000 7.96   0.2
  RF 2 1 11.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.55   0.0
  3B 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1823 1703 15160.8 4961 97 112 37 .978 3.00   76.4
Career Highs   159 156 1386.7 488 12 16 5 1.000 6.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 28 TRN VL 12 46 2 7 2 1 0 5 1 0 4 12 .152 .220 .239 .459
2009 29 TRN VL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
2011 31 PHI VL 3 11 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .455 .636
2017 37 LAS GL 12 42 7 10 1 1 1 5 6 1 4 15 .238 .304 .381 .685
Career Post-Season Batting 28 102 10 20 3 2 2 13 8 1 8 30 .196 .255 .324 .578
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2006-7-.582*
Triples
2006-3-8
2007-2-10
2018-10-6
CAR-33-73
Homeruns
2014-10-32
2016-7-36
Stolen Bases
2007-7-37
2008-3-40
2009-10-32
2014-3-42
CAR-38-386
Caught Stealing
2018-10-13
Strikeouts
2014-5-161
CAR-50-1558
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Barry Larkin (893)
  2. Jeremy Ritchey (886)
  3. Julio Villegas (878)
  4. Dale Wiltse (862)
  5. Raymond Horowitz (861)
  6. Matt Schenck (859)
  7. Tracy Bean (856)
  8. Tanner Mick (853)
  9. Micheal Bryant (845)
  10. Lewis Walther (844)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Trenton in 2003
Had first career hit on 4/3/2005, off Johnny Menard (ORO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/2005, off Johnny Menard (ORO)
Injured on 5/27/2005 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Springfield, driving in 4 runs on 8/26/2005
Injured on 5/19/2006 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 8/20/2006
Won VL Gold Glove in 2007
Won VL Gold Glove in 2008
Injured on 7/4/2009 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Injured on 10/18/2009 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Trenton to Hollywood on 3/2/2010
Injured on 4/3/2011 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Hollywood to Philadelphia on 7/30/2011
Injured on 9/22/2011 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from Philadelphia to Virginia on 3/2/2012 (Going to VIR: DH F. Player15, CF J. Lakey. Going to PHI: DH F. Player30)
Traded from Virginia to Annawan on 5/7/2012 (Going to VIR: 1B S. Kay. Going to AWN: CF J. Lakey)