Jesse Askew

Jesse Askew

Born: February 2, 1914 in Starksville, MS
Died: January 5, 2000 deathplace unknown
(85 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 165

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Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery (Normandy, MO)

Compared to Contemporary Shortstops (Top 50)

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔		62.7	48.6	6.0	0.1	8.3
2	Dick Lundy	SS	21	1916-1937		36.6	23.5	7.7	0.0	5.5
3	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		30.2	16.8	9.1	0.9	3.4
4	Silvio García	SS	9	1936-1947		21.8	17.9	0.8	0.2	2.8
5	Chester Williams	SS	13	1930-1942		15.5	6.3	5.2	0.0	4.1
6	Halley Harding	SS	7	1926-1937		8.2	6.8	-0.4	0.0	1.7
7	Leroy Morney	SS	13	1932-1944		5.0	5.0	-1.5	0.0	1.5
8	Jake Stephens	SS	17	1921-1937		4.0	-4.1	4.3	0.0	3.9
9	Jake Dunn	SS	10	1930-1940		3.8	3.9	-1.1	0.0	1.1
10	John Lyles	SS	8	1932-1943		0.7	1.5	-1.2	0.0	0.4
11	Clarence Lamar	SS	9	1936-1944		0.7	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.6
12	Larnie Jordan	SS	4	1936-1942		0.5	1.0	-0.9	0.0	0.4
13	Johnny Albertson	SS	2	1936-1937		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
14	Emmett Mueller	SS	4	1936-1942		0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
15	Lou Collins	SS	2	1933-1937		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
16	Jimmy Johnson	SS	4	1932-1943		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
17	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		0.0	-2.9	0.8	0.2	1.9
18	Jesse Askew	SS	1	1936		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Oliver Blakeney	SS	1	1936		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Millito Navarro	SS	3	1928-1937		-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2
21	Ormond Sampson	SS	4	1932-1941		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.2
22	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.4	-2.0	0.0	0.0	1.6
23	Bill Sadler	SS	4	1935-1944		-0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.1	0.1
24	Flash Miller	SS	8	1934-1945		-0.5	0.1	-0.9	0.0	0.4
25	Mario Rodríguez	SS	2	1934-1936		-0.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0
26	Bozo Jackson	SS	5	1933-1945		-0.7	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1
27	Bill Yancey	SS	10	1927-1936		-0.7	-0.9	-1.5	0.0	1.7
28	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.8	0.1	-1.1	0.0	0.3
29	Tice James	SS	5	1936-1946		-1.3	-0.4	-1.2	0.0	0.3
30	Anthony Cooper	SS	10	1928-1941		-1.5	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.6
31	Marcelino Bauza	SS	5	1930-1945		-3.2	-4.1	-0.5	0.0	1.4
32	Jelly Jackson	SS	9	1934-1945		-4.4	-6.4	0.2	0.0	1.8

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