Otto Albert Jacobs (April 19, 1889 – November 19, 1955) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1918."Otto Jacobs Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
Biography Jacobs was born in Chicago, Illinois, and started his professional baseball career in 1910. He spent the next few years in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League."Otto Jacobs Minor League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27. In 1915, he joined the Rockford Wakes and had his best season, batting .302 and leading the league in home runs (7) and slugging percentage (.449)."1915 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
In 1918, with the Chicago White Sox roster depleted due to World War I, Jacobs joined the team as a backup catcher. He played in 29 games and batted .205. Later that year, he played with a semi-pro team called the Joliet Standards.Cottrell, Robert Charles. The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant (NYU Press, 2004), p. 117.
Jacobs died in 1955, at the age of 66.
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