Background
Jacobus was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1894.
Jacobus was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1894.
He spent most of his career in the Texas League and played five games in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. Jacobus was 6 feet, 2 inches (187 meters) tall and weighed 186 pounds (84 kilograms). He started his professional baseball career in 1915 with the Ohio State League"s Portsmouth Cobblers.
Jacobus then moved on to the Texas League"s Galveston Pirates in 1916.
He went 2-3 in his first year in the league and 10-13 in his second. In September 1917, Jacobus was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 draft.
He was with the team early in the following season but did not pitch well enough to appear in a regular season game until July. Jacobus made five relief appearances for the Reds in July and August 1918 and went 0-1 with a 5.71 earned run average.
On August 13, he was released, and the Pittsburgh Press reported that he " not in shape to work and of no use to the team"
Jacobus then spent the rest of his career in the Texas League.
He had winning records from 1919 to 1921. In 1925, he went 9-22 to set a career-high in losses and lead the league in that category, as well. Jacobus pitched for the Houston Buffaloes in 1926 and 1927.
In February 1928, Jacobus was involved in a car accident.
He lost the use of his right eye and never played professional baseball again. He died in North College Hill, Ohio, in 1965.