Jake Northrop

{{short description|American baseball player (1888-1945)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jake Northrop

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1888|3|5}}

|birth_place=Monroeton, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1945|11|16|1888|3|5}}

|death_place=Monroeton, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 29

|debutyear=1918

|debutteam=Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 24

|finalyear=1919

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=6–6

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.91

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=13

|teams=

• Boston Braves ({{mlby|1918}}–{{mlby|1919}})

}}

George Howard "Jake" Northrop (March 5, 1888 – November 16, 1945) nicknamed "Jerky",{{cite book|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=1-4027-4771-3}} was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/northja01.shtml "Jake Northrop Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.