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Spider Jorgensen

John Donald Jorgensen

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: November 3, 1919 in Folsom, CA
High School: Folsom HS (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Giants 1947-1951

Final Game: June 30, 1951
Died: November 6, 2003 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Buried: Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Folsom, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1941	21	LAD-min	C	140	554	554		184	43	9	9						.332	.332	.491	.823		272						SNB · CALL
1946	26	LAD-min	AAA	117	443	376	79	110	21	7	5	71	4	5	58	31	.293	.393	.426	.818		160	6	4	5			MTL · IL
1947	27	BRO	NL	129	506	441	57	121	29	8	5	67	4		58	45	.274	.360	.410	.770	102	181	5	1	6		*5
1948	28	LAD-min	AAA	70	282	245	33	64	11	5	8	28	6		32	16	.261	.351	.445	.796		109		2	3			STP · AA
1948	28	BRO	NL	31	107	90	15	27	6	2	1	13	1		16	13	.300	.411	.444	.856	128	40	1	1	1		5
1949	29	BRO	NL	53	160	134	15	36	5	1	1	14	0		23	13	.269	.376	.343	.719	91	46	1	0	3		5
1950	30	SFG-min	AAA	64	254	215	32	71	6	4	8	47	1		38	10	.330	.431	.507	.938		109	4	0	1			MNE · AA
1950	30	TOT	NL	26	45	39	5	5	0	0	0	5	0		6	2	.128	.244	.128	.373	1	5	0	0	0		/5
1950	30	BRO	NL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0		/5
1950	30	NYG	NL	24	42	37	5	5	0	0	0	4	0		5	2	.135	.238	.135	.373	1	5	0	0	0		/5
1951	31	OLD	AAA	69	297	260	51	80	14	2	5	27	4		33	9	.308	.390	.435	.824		113		2	2			OLD · PCL
1951	31	NYG	NL	28	56	51	5	12	0	0	2	8	0	0	3	2	.235	.291	.353	.644	72	18	0	1	1		O9/5
1952	32	OLD	Opn	160	621	529	73	129	27	3	10	60	5		78	44	.244	.342	.363	.705		192		1	13			OLD · PCL
1953	33	OLD	Opn	170	708	610	103	170	25	3	13	70	4		82	26	.279	.368	.393	.761		240	10	4	12			OLD · PCL
1954	34	OLD	Opn	157	671	591	103	167	29	1	14	62	7		55	45	.283	.348	.406	.754		240	8	6	15	4		OLD · PCL
1955	35	OLD	Opn	147	582	516	68	126	18	3	15	54	6		48	41	.244	.310	.378	.688		195	7	3	11	4		OLD · PCL
1956	36	BAL-min	Opn	152	618	516	78	141	25	0	8	42	10		73	36	.273	.375	.368	.744		190	7	12	16	1		VAN · PCL
1957	37	BAL-min	Opn	135	503	422	61	123	22	3	16	55	1		64	33	.291	.389	.472	.861		199	9	6	7	4		VAN · PCL
1958	38	BAL-min	AAA	118	426	377	51	93	15	2	7	35	3		42	40	.247	.323	.353	.676		133	3	2	2	3		VAN · PCL
1959	39	BAL-min	AAA	13	31	25	4	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	.240	.367	.280	.647		7		0	1	0		VAN · PCL
1960	40	LAD-min	C	4	4	4		2	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000		2						GRF · PION
5 Yrs				267	874	755	97	201	40	11	9	107	5	0	106	75	.266	.359	.384	.743	96	290	7	3	11
162 Game Avg.				162	530	458	59	122	24	7	5	65	3		64	46	.266	.359	.384	.743	96	176	4	2	7

BRO (4 yrs)				215	776	667	87	184	40	11	7	95	5		98	71	.276	.370	.400	.771	103	267	7	2	10
NYG (2 yrs)				52	98	88	10	17	0	0	2	12	0	0	8	4	.193	.268	.261	.529	41	23	0	1	1

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	27	BRO	NL	129	506	1	-0	0	3	0	4	0.4	18	22	2.2	.503	.503	1.9	0.4	19	$	*5
1948	28	BRO	NL	31	107	4	0	0	-2	0	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.507	.501	0.8	-0.2	8	$	5
1949	29	BRO	NL	53	160	-1	2	1	1	0	3	0.2	6	8	0.8	.505	.502	0.7	0.1	7	$	5
1950	30	BRO	NL	2	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.485	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/5
1950	30	NYG	NL	24	42	-5	0	1	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/5
1951	31	NYG	NL	28	56	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	O9/5
5 Seasons				267	874	-3	2	2	1	-0	2	0.2	31	32	3.3	.501	.500	3.2	0.1	31	$

BRO (4 yrs)				215	776	4	1	1	2	0	8	0.8	27	36	3.6	.504	.501	3.4	0.3	34	$
NYG (2 yrs)				52	98	-7	0	2	-1	-0	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	27	BRO	NL	506	331	65	5.2	108	.297	.274	.278	.360	.354	.410	.412	.770	.765	102	.554	1.8	0.2	.751	.277	.136	4.4
1948	28	BRO	NL	107	65	16	6.5	105	.342	.300	.274	.411	.349	.444	.405	.856	.754	128	.669	4.3	0.4	.906	.333	.144	1.0
1949	29	BRO	NL	160	102	17	4.5	107	.292	.269	.275	.376	.349	.343	.412	.719	.761	91	.488	-0.8	-0.1	.697	.246	.075	.0
1950	30	TOT	NL	45	34	1	0.8	109	.135	.128	.271	.244	.348	.128	.420	.373	.768	1	.036	-5.7	-0.6	.324	.154	.000
1950	30	BRO	NL	3	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.333	.351	.000	.424	.333	.774	-5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
1950	30	NYG	NL	42	32	1	0.8	109	.143	.135	.271	.238	.348	.135	.420	.373	.768	1	.041	-5.4	-0.5	.313	.135	.000
1951	31	NYG	NL	56	40	5	3.4	104	.213	.235	.269	.291	.343	.353	.407	.644	.750	72	.368	-2.3	-0.2	.564	.176	.118	.0
5 Yrs				874	572	104	4.8	108	.286	.266	.276	.359	.351	.384	.411	.743	.762	96	.523	-2.7	-0.3	.720	.265	.118	6.4
162 Game Avg.				530	347	63	4.8	108	.286	.266	.276	.359	.351	.384	.411	.743	.762	96	.523	-2.7	-0.3	.720	.265	.118	4

BRO (4 yrs)				776	500	98	5.2	108	.301	.276	.277	.370	.352	.400	.411	.771	.763	103	.557	5.1	0.5	.759	.279	.124	5.8
NYG (2 yrs)				98	72	6	2.2	106	.183	.193	.270	.268	.345	.261	.412	.529	.757	41	.210	-7.8	-0.8	.451	.159	.068	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	27	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	7	22	20	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	6	0	0	0	0	0

1949	29	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	13	11	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182	.308	.364	.671	4	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							11	35	31	2	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.194	.286	.323	.608	10	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							11	35	31	2	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.194	.286	.323	.608	10	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	27	BRO	NL	506	1.0%	8.9%	11.5%	8.3%	35%	0.78	9.8	88.2	6.6		77%
1948	28	BRO	NL	107	0.9%	12.2%	15.0%	8.4%	33%	0.81	6.9	90.0	6.9	0.82	71%
1949	29	BRO	NL	160	0.6%	8.1%	14.4%	4.4%	19%	0.57	10.3	134.0	9.6	0.63	75%
1950	30	TOT	NL	45	0.0%	4.4%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	19.5		7.8	1.08	82%
1950	30	BRO	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00			2.0		67%
1950	30	NYG	NL	42	0.0%	4.8%	11.9%	0.0%	0%	0.40	18.5		9.3	0.92	83%
1951	31	NYG	NL	56	3.6%	3.6%	5.4%	3.6%	17%	0.67	25.5	25.5	6.4	1.15	84%
5 Yrs				874	1.0%	8.6%	12.1%	6.9%	30%	0.71	10.1	83.9	7.1	0.79	77%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.6%	10.0%	6.4%	28%	0.96	9.2	48.3	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	27	BRO	NL	1.2	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	BRO	NL	4.3	0.4	109	1.1	2.5	-1.4	.91	0.5	0.7	7.9	0.8	0.98	5.2	1.51	6
1949	29	BRO	NL	-1.0	-0.1	163	-0.3	2.5	-2.7	.97	0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.96	1.5	1.66	16
1950	30	TOT	NL	-5.7	-0.6	38	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.15	-0.3	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	-3.9	1.29	16
1950	30	BRO	NL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.0	1.31	-0.3	0.56	1
1950	30	NYG	NL	-5.4	-0.5	35	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.22	-0.3	0.0	-3.7	-0.4	1.02	-3.6	1.34	15
1951	31	NYG	NL	-2.3	-0.2	46	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.99	0.1	-0.2	0.9	0.1	0.97	1.8	1.65	15
5 Yrs				-3.4	-0.3	356	0.4	6.2	-5.8	.98	0.3	0.0	5.8	0.6	0.97	4.6	1.53	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	BRO	NL	1	33%	50	1		1	1	1	50%	4	1	3	2	2	0	2	1	1
1949	29	BRO	NL	2	24%	72	0		0	1	3	47%	14	8	6	2	1	1	3	1	2
1950	30	TOT	NL	0	46%	18	0		0	0	0	33%	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1950	30	BRO	NL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	30	NYG	NL	0	50%	18	0		0	0	0	33%	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1951	31	NYG	NL	0	21%	15	0	0	0	0	1	100%	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				3	29%	155	5	0	1	2	5	53%	22	9	13	6	5	1	6	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	28	BRO	NL	107	85%	27			6	3	0	3	1.51	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	29	1	3%	10	2	20%	67	12	18%	10	4	40%	3	1	33%	0
1949	29	BRO	NL	160	90%	36			16	3	0	2	1.66	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	30	1	3%	19	8	42%	100	14	14%	8	2	25%	8	5	63%	0
1950	30	TOT	NL	45	97%	5			16	2	0	2	1.29	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	8	3	38%	33	4	12%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1950	30	BRO	NL	3	100%	0			1	0	0	1	0.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	30	NYG	NL	42	97%	5			15	2	0	1	1.34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	8	3	38%	28	3	11%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1951	31	NYG	NL	56	87%	12			15	4	1	4	1.65	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	10	0	0%	8	6	75%	30	5	17%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				368	89%	201			53	12	1	11	1.53	9	0	9	4	0	3	1	0	5	11	220%	80	7	9%	45	19	42%	230	35	15%	23	9	39%	15	9	60%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			135%			17%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1947	27	129	506	441	57	121	29	8	5	67	4		58	45	.274	.360	.410	.770	102	181	5	1	6
1948	28	160	613	531	72	148	35	10	6	80	5		74	58	.279	.369	.416	.785	106	221	6	2	7
1949	29	213	773	665	87	184	40	11	7	94	5		97	71	.277	.370	.402	.772	103	267	7	2	10
1950	30	239	818	704	92	189	40	11	7	99	5		103	73	.268	.363	.386	.750	97	272	7	2	10
1951	31	267	874	755	97	201	40	11	9	107	5	0	106	75	.266	.359	.384	.743	96	290	7	3	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	27	135	521	456	56	122	29	8	5	66	4	58	47	.268	.351	.399	.751	64	129
1948	28	32	113	94	15	28	6	2	1	13	1	17	14	.298	.411	.436	.847	17	31
1949	29	55	164	138	14	36	5	1	1	13	0	23	14	.261	.366	.333	.700	17	53
1950	30	27	47	41	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	6	2	.122	.234	.122	.356	1	26
1951	31	29	57	52	5	12	0	0	2	8	0	3	2	.231	.286	.346	.632	5	28
5 Yrs		278	902	781	94	203	40	11	9	104	5	107	79	.260	.351	.374	.725	104	267
162 Game Avg.		162	526	455	55	118	23	6	5	61	3	62	46	.260	.351	.374	.725	61	267

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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