Jake Volz

{{Short description|American baseball player (1878–1962)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jake Volz

|image=Jake Volz.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1878|4|4|mf=y}}

|birth_place=San Antonio, Texas, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|8|11|1878|4|4}}

|death_place=San Antonio, Texas, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 28

|debutyear=1901

|debutteam=Boston Americans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 2

|finalyear=1908

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2-4

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.10

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=12

|teams=

• Boston Americans ({{baseball year|1901}})
• Boston Beaneaters ({{baseball year|1905}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1908}})

}}

Jacob Phillip "Silent Jake" Volz (April 4, 1878 – August 11, 1962) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901), Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Cincinnati Reds (1908). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, 175 lb., Volz batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Antonio, Texas.

In a three-season career, Volz posted a 2–4 record with 12 strikeouts and a 6.10 ERA in 11 appearances, including seven starts, two complete games, and 38⅓ innings of work.

Volz married Anna (Cloud) Zuercher 1909 in San Antonio.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Y4-HTT], FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 On May 19, 1911, he shot Anna point blank in the face in front of their home while she was holding the hand of her five-year-old son from a prior marriage.{{Cite news |date=1911-05-20 |title=Mrs. Annie Volz Dies From Bullet Wound |volume=46 |pages=1 |work=The San Antonio Express |issue=140 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Antonio_Express._(San_Antonio,_Tex.),_Vol._46,_No._140,_Ed._1_Saturday,_May_20,_1911_-_DPLA_-_f8f718084c2a4934c8b360d3fa562fde_(page_1).jpg |access-date=2022-03-31}}[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud/1911-05-20-CLOUD-VOLZ-01.php Husband held on Charge of Killing Wife]. The San Antonio Light, no. 119, page 1, May 20, 1911. He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity.[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud/1911-05-20-CLOUD-VOLZ-01.php Volz found Not Guilty]. The Daily Advocate, Victoria, Texas, vol. 13, no. 32, page 1, April 1, 1912.[http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/AnnaCloud The Murder of Anna Cloud by her husband, Joseph P. "Jack" Volz]. MyKindred.com website.

Volz died in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, at age 84.