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Spider Jorgensen
John Donald Jorgensen

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 15, 1947
Final Game June 30, 1951
Born November 3, 1919 in Folsom, CA
Died November 6, 2003 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 27 BRO NL 129  441   57  121  29  8   5   67   4     58  45  .274  .360  .410  101  181   6           1   5
 1948 28 BRO NL  31   90   15   27   6  2   1   13   1     16  13  .300  .411  .444  129   40   1           1   1
 1949 29 BRO NL  53  134   15   36   5  1   1   14   0     23  13  .269  .376  .343   91   46   3           0   1
 1950 30 TOT NL  26   39    5    5   0  0   0    5   0      6   2  .128  .244  .128    1    5   0           0   0
         BRO NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      1   0  .000  .333  .000   -5    0   0           0   0
         NYG NL  24   37    5    5   0  0   0    4   0      5   2  .135  .238  .135    1    5   0           0   0
 1951 31 NYG NL  28   51    5   12   0  0   2    8   0  0   3   2  .235  .291  .353   72   18   1           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      267  755   97  201  40 11   9  107   5  0 106  75  .266  .359  .384   95  290  11   0   0   3   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        458   59  122  24  7   5   65   3  0  64  46  .266  .359  .384   95  176   7   0   0   2   4
 Career High    129  441   57  121  29  8   5   67   4  0  58  45  .274  .360  .410  101  181   6   0   0   1   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 27 BRO NL  506  331   65   5.2   109| .274  .279| .360  .355| .410  .413| .770  .768| 101  .554   1.3   0.1     
 1948 28 BRO NL  108   65   16   6.5   104| .300  .272| .411  .347| .444  .403| .855  .750| 129  .669   4.5   0.4     
 1949 29 BRO NL  160  102   17   4.5   107| .269  .275| .376  .349| .343  .412| .719  .761|  91  .488  -0.8  -0.1     
 1950 30 TOT NL   45   34    1   0.8   109| .128  .271| .244  .348| .128  .420| .372  .768|   1  .036  -5.7  -0.5     
         BRO NL    3    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .333  .349| .000  .422| .333  .771|  -5  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         NYG NL   42   32    1   0.8   109| .135  .271| .238  .348| .135  .420| .373  .768|   1  .040  -5.4  -0.5     
 1951 31 NYG NL   56   40    5   3.4   104| .235  .269| .291  .343| .353  .407| .644  .750|  72  .368  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       875  572  104   4.8   108| .266  .276| .359  .352| .384  .412| .743  .763|  95  .523  -3.1  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 27 BRO NL 3B 128 116 235 19 26 .949 .947 2.74 2.80 1948 28 BRO NL 3B 24 22 33 7 3 .887 .942 2.29 2.81 1949 29 BRO NL 3B 36 28 59 5 5 .946 .952 2.42 2.98 1950 30 TOT NL 3B 6 7 15 2 1 .917 .944 3.67 3.00 BRO NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 NYG NL 3B 5 7 14 2 1 .913 .946 4.20 3.00 1951 31 NYG NL OF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 2.23 0 0 11 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 27 BRO NL 3B 128 116 235 19 26 .949 .947 2.74 2.80 1948 28 BRO NL 3B 24 22 33 7 3 .887 .942 2.29 2.81 1949 29 BRO NL 3B 36 28 59 5 5 .946 .952 2.42 2.98 1950 30 TOT NL 3B 6 7 15 2 1 .917 .944 3.67 3.00 BRO NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 NYG NL 3B 5 7 14 2 1 .913 .946 4.20 3.00 1951 31 NYG NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.10 1951 31 NYG NL OF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 2.23 0 0 11
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 195 173 343 33 35 .940 .947 2.65 2.84 OF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 2.23 0 0 11 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 206 187 343 33 35 .941 .948 2.57 2.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   7  20   1   4  2  0  0   3   2   4  .200  .273  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   4  11   1   2  2  0  0   0   2   2  .182  .308  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  11  31   2   6  4  0  0   3   4   6  .194  .286  .323   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Triples
1947 NL-8-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1910) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

May 17, 1950: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

July 1, 1951: Traded by the New York Giants with Red Hardy to the Oakland (PCL) for Earl Rapp.


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