Since 1876, 1,214 different pitchers have hit at least one home run in the major leagues, with 567 of them hitting a single four-bagger and 71 hitting at least 10 career blasts. The most home runs in one season by all pitchers combined came in 1970, when 51 dingers were hit by hurlers.
The meaning of Jacob is supplanter. Jacob is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Ja-cob. Jacob is the anglicized form of the Latin Iacobus, which is a form of the Greek New Testament name Iakobos, itself a form of the Hebrew Old Testament name Ya-akov.
Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. From 1999 through 2012, Jacob has been the most popular baby name for boys in the United States. It is a cognate of James.Jacob is derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek á¼°Î¬ÎºÏÎ²Î¿Ï Iakobos, from Hebrew ×Ö·×¢Ö²×§Ö¹× (YaÊ¿qob, YaÊ¿aqov, YaÊ¿ÄqÅá¸), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca.n a Christian context, Jacob â James as reduced English form â is the name for several people in the New Testament: (1) apostle James, son of Zebedee, (2) another apostle James, son of Alphaeus, and (3) James the Just, who led the original Messianic Community in Jerusalem.