Baseball Career
Born in Cheswold, Delaware, Jacobs graduated from Salem High School, Salem, New Jersey in 1943. Immediately after graduation, Jacobs enlisted in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of sergeant during World War II and was awarded the Asian Pacific Theatre Medal, the American Theatre Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the United States Victory Medal.
Following his honorable military discharge, he played professional baseball for 17 seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations, three of them in the majors, while playing for several professional league clubs including the highly competitive Cuban, Panamanian and Puerto Rican winter leagues.
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