Jake Goodman (baseball)

Jacob Goodman (September 14, 1853 – March 9, 1890) was an American major league baseball player who played for the 1877 Pittsburgh Allegheny, 1878 Milwaukee Grays and the 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

While playing in the minor leagues in 1884, Goodman was beaned by a pitch. After the head trauma, he became mentally unbalanced and suffered from palsy, ending his baseball career. He died of complications related to his injury at the age of 36, on March 6, 1890. He was Jewish.