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.
[ 2 syll. ja-cob, jac-ob ] The baby boy name Jacob is pronounced as JH EY-KahB (English) or Y AA-KaoP (Dutch) â . Jacob is used chiefly in the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name's meaning is Yahweh may protect; holder of heel; supplanter.A biblical name, it is derived from the elements ' yahweh ' name of God; 'aqeb' meaning heel; 'aqab' to supplant, to cheat.The name Jacob is from the Yaakov (Hebrew) or Yakubel (Hebrew). The usual English form James shares the same roots and is from the byform Iacomus (Latin), itself from Iacobus (Latin).acob is a very popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s. At the peak of its usage in 1998, 1.777% of baby boys were given the name Jacob. It ranked at #2 then.