Orville Jorgens

Orville Edwin Jorgens

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

Born: June 4, 1908 in Rockford, IL
High School: Lane Tech (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Team: Phillies 1935-1937

Final Game: September 29, 1937
Died: January 11, 1992 in Colorado Springs, CO
Buried: Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
Relatives: Brother of Arndt Jorgens
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1929	21	DAV	D	15	12	.556		33						226.0	227	124			112							1.500	9.0		4.5			DAV · MSVL
1930	22	JEA,CLK	C	6	11	.353	5.26	20						119.2	130	79	70		63							1.613	9.8		4.7			JEA,CLK · MATL
1931	23	HUN,BEC,CLK,HRB,YOR	C,B	5	8	.385	3.31	23						111.1	85	54	41		58							1.284	6.9		4.7			HUN,BEC,CLK,HRB,YOR · MATL,NYPL
1932	24	ATL-min	B,AA	0	1	.000		4						8.0																		HRB,MTL · NYPL,IL
1933	25	GAL	A	9	12	.429	2.91	31						164.0	123	77	53		98							1.348	6.8		5.4			GAL · TL
1934	26	GAL	A	14	9	.609	3.24	39						211.0	197	101	76		98							1.398	8.4		4.2			GAL · TL
1935	27	PHI	NL	10	15	.400	4.83	53	24	11	6	0	2	188.1	216	129	101	12	96	57	8	1	5	878	94	1.657	10.3	0.6	4.6	2.7	0.59
1936	28	PHI	NL	8	8	.500	4.79	39	21	6	4	0	0	167.1	196	110	89	16	69	58	7	0	7	765	95	1.584	10.5	0.9	3.7	3.1	0.84
1937	29	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	4.41	52	9	19	1	0	3	140.2	159	83	69	12	68	34	5	0	3	621	99	1.614	10.2	0.8	4.4	2.2	0.50
1938	30	PIT-min	AA	9	9	.500	5.44	35	21					149.0	178	98	90		87							1.779	10.8		5.3			MTL,BLT · IL
1939	31	SFR	AA	13	5	.722	3.90	27	24					157.0	166	83	68		76							1.541	9.5		4.4			SFR · PCL
1940	32	SFR	AA	2	4	.333	4.98	10	9					47.0	51	23	26		29							1.702	9.8		5.6			SFR · PCL
1941	33	CHC-min	AA	0	1	.000	9.00	1			0	0		4.0	9	5	4		4	1	0	0	0			3.250	20.2		9.0	2.2	0.25	MLW · AA
3 Yrs				21	27	.438	4.70	144	54	36	11	0	5	496.1	571	322	259	40	233	149	20	1	15	2264	96	1.620	10.4	0.7	4.2	2.7	0.64
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.438	4.70	49	19	12	4	0	2	170	196	111	89	14	80	51	7	0	5	778	96	1.620	10.4	0.7	4.2	2.7	0.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1935	27	PHI	NL	188.0	53	24	129	6.18	4.91	-0.42	112.3	5.98	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.9	15	.490	.497	$
1936	28	PHI	NL	167.1	39	21	110	5.92	4.84	-0.37	113.5	5.91	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.2	17	.499	.500	$
1937	29	PHI	NL	136.2	52	9	83	5.47	4.66	-0.23	111.9	5.47	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	1.1	13	.501	.500	$
3 Seasons				492.0	144	54	322	5.89	4.82	-0.35	112.6	5.82	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	3.2	45	.496	.499	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	27	PHI	NL	878	1.4%	6.5%	10.9%	2.4%	10%	79%
1936	28	PHI	NL	765	2.1%	7.6%	9.0%	2.8%	11%	79%
1937	29	PHI	NL	621	1.9%	5.5%	11.0%	2.3%	9%	78%
3 Yrs				2264	1.8%	6.6%	10.3%	2.5%	10%	79%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.7%	8.5%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1935	27	10	15	.400	4.83	53	24	11	6	2	188.1	216	129	101	12	96	57	8	1	5	878	94	1.657	10.3	0.6	4.6	2.7	0.59	94
1936	28	18	23	.439	4.81	92	45	17	10	2	355.2	412	239	190	28	165	115	15	1	12	1643	95	1.622	10.4	0.7	4.2	2.9	0.70	95
1937	29	21	27	.438	4.70	144	54	36	11	5	496.1	571	322	259	40	233	149	20	1	15	2264	96	1.620	10.4	0.7	4.2	2.7	0.64	96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1935	27	11	11	.500	3.84	206.0	207	98	88	12	92	62	8	1.451	9.0	4.0	2.7	0.67	0.5	53
1936	28	10	10	.500	3.83	181.0	186	86	77	15	65	63	7	1.387	9.2	3.2	3.1	0.97	0.7	39
1937	29	7	8	.467	4.09	141.0	158	71	64	12	68	34	5	1.603	10.1	4.3	2.2	0.50	0.8	52
3 Yrs		28	29	.491	3.90	528.0	551	255	229	39	225	159	20	1.470	9.4		2.7	0.71	0.7	144

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1935 NL 53 (1st) 1937 NL 52 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1937 NL 3 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1936 NL 16 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1935 NL 96 (2nd)
Losses s c a p y 1935 NL 15 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1935 NL 101 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1936 NL 7 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1935 NL 8 (3rd) 1936 NL 7 (4th) 1937 NL 5 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1937 NL 19 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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