Jake Hewitt

{{Short description|American baseball player (1870–1959)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jake Hewitt

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1870|6|6}}

|birth_place=Maidsville, West Virginia

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|5|15|1870|6|6}}

|death_place=Morgantown, West Virginia

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 6

|debutyear={{baseball year|1895}}

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 16

|finalyear={{baseball year|1895}}

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.15

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=4

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1895)

}}

Charles Jacob "Jake" Hewitt (June 6, 1870 – May 15, 1959) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was the first left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1895.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hewitja01.shtml "Jake Hewitt Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-26. Hewitt played two seasons of college baseball (1894–1895) for the West Virginia Mountaineers.{{cite web|title=West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |accessdate=11 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524191346/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}