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 â² has 5 more alternative forms via Yaakov: Yaacob, Yachov, Yacov, Yago and Yakob. Jacob has 2 feminine forms: Jacobina and Jacqueline. Jacob is a very prominent first name for males (#122 out of 1220, Top 10%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#1541 out of 150436, Top 1%).acob â² has 5 more alternative forms via Yaakov: Yaacob, Yachov, Yacov, Yago and Yakob. Jacob has 2 feminine forms: Jacobina and Jacqueline. Jacob is a very prominent first name for males (#122 out of 1220, Top 10%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#1541 out of 150436, Top 1%).