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Orville Jorgens
Orville Edward Jorgens

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 19, 1935
Final Game September 29, 1937
Born June 4, 1908 in Rockford, IL
Died January 11, 1992 in Colorado Springs, CO

Brother of Art Jorgens

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 27 PHI NL  10  15  53  24   6   0  11  2  188.3  216  129  101  12   96   57   8   5   878       1  4.83  4.50   93 1.657
 1936 28 PHI NL   8   8  39  21   4   0   6  0  167.3  196  110   89  16   69   58   7   7   765       0  4.79  4.50   94 1.584
 1937 29 PHI NL   3   4  52  11   1   0  19  3  140.7  159   83   69  12   68   34   5   3   621       0  4.41  4.30   97 1.614
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .438  21  27 144  56  11   0  36  5  496.3  571  322  259  40  233  149  20  15  2264       1  4.70  4.44   95 1.620
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  48  19   3   0  12  1  168.7  194  109   88  13   79   50   6   5   769   0   0  4.70  4.44   95 1.620
 Career High     10  15  53  24   6   0  19  3  188.3  216  129  101  16   96   58   8   7   878   0   1  4.41  4.50   97 1.584

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 27 PHI NL  53   62    2    6   0  0   0    4   0      3  15  .097  .138  .097  -38    6   3           0   1
 1936 28 PHI NL  39   60    6   12   2  0   0    4   0      2  11  .200  .226  .233   19   14   2           0   2
 1937 29 PHI NL  52   35    2    5   0  0   0    1   0      3  12  .143  .211  .143   -5    5   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      144  157   10   23   2  0   0    9   0  0   8  38  .146  .188  .159   -9   25   6   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        177   11   26   2  0   0   10   0  0   9  43  .146  .188  .159   -9   28   7   0   0   0   3
 Career High     53   62    6   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   3  15                          14   3   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 27 PHI NL   68   60    1   0.4   112| .097  .297| .138  .354| .097  .424| .235  .778| -38  .013 -12.8  -1.3     
 1936 28 PHI NL   64   52    3   1.6   111| .200  .298| .226  .358| .233  .417| .459  .775|  19  .116  -7.2  -0.7     
 1937 29 PHI NL   39   31    1   0.9   108| .143  .289| .211  .352| .143  .410| .354  .763|  -5  .046  -5.4  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       171  143    5   0.9   111| .146  .296| .188  .355| .159  .418| .347  .773|  -9  .050 -25.4  -2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 27 PHI NL P 53 9 55 2 0 .970 .960 1.21 1.18 3.06 2.31 24 188.3 1936 28 PHI NL P 39 5 39 0 3 1.000 .950 1.13 1.16 2.37 2.32 21 167.3 1937 29 PHI NL P 52 8 40 3 2 .941 .958 0.92 1.20 3.07 2.39 11 140.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 27 PHI NL P 53 9 55 2 0 .970 .960 1.21 1.18 3.06 2.31 24 188.3 1936 28 PHI NL P 39 5 39 0 3 1.000 .950 1.13 1.16 2.37 2.32 21 167.3 1937 29 PHI NL P 52 8 40 3 2 .941 .958 0.92 1.20 3.07 2.39 11 140.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 144 22 134 5 5 .969 .956 1.08 1.18 2.83 2.34 56 496.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 144 22 134 5 5 .969 .956 1.08 1.18 2.83 2.34 56 496
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1935 NL-53-1
1937 NL-52-2

Saves
1937 NL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1936 NL-16-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1935 NL-96-2

Losses
1935 NL-15-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 NL-101-10

Wild Pitches
1936 NL-7-7

Hit Batsmen
1935 NL-8-3
1936 NL-7-4
1937 NL-5-5

Games Finished
1937 NL-19-5

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 22, 1937: Purchased by the Baltimore (International) from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 6, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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