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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 BRO NL 27 3B 128 126 113 370 116 235 19 26 .949 2.74 .947 3.06
1948 BRO NL 28 3B 24 21 14 62 22 33 7 3 .887 2.29 .941 3.10
1949 BRO NL 29 3B 36 29 23 92 28 59 5 5 .946 2.42 .952 3.18
1950 TOT NL 30 3B 6 5 5 44.0 24 7 15 2 1 .917 4.50 3.67 .948 3.29 3.28
1950 BRO NL 30 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 3.30
1950 NYG NL 30 3B 5 5 5 42.0 23 7 14 2 1 .913 4.50 4.20 .948 3.30 3.28
1951 NYG NL 31 OF 11 7 7 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 1.27 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 NYG NL 31 RF 11 7 7 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 1.27 .981 2.04 2.03
1951 NYG NL 31 3B 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 .950 3.30 3.40
5 Seasons 3B 195 181 155 47.0 549 173 343 33 35 .940 4.40 2.65 .947 3.29 3.10
1 Season RF 11 7 7 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 1.27 .981 2.04 2.03
1 Season OF 11 7 7 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 1.27 .981 2.42 2.41
5 Seasons TOT 206 188 162 126.0 563 187 343 33 35 .941 2.64 2.57 .948 2.74 3.06
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1947 BRO NL 27 3B
1948 BRO NL 28 3B
1949 BRO NL 29 3B
1950 BRO NL 30 3B
1950 NYG NL 30 3B
1951 NYG NL 31 RF
1951 NYG NL 31 3B
5 Seasons 3B
1 Season RF
5 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 BRO NL 27 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1948 BRO NL 28 31 21 31 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1949 BRO NL 29 53 29 53 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1950 NYG NL 30 24 5 24 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1950 BRO NL 30 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1951 NYG NL 31 28 7 28 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 11 0 18 0
5 Seasons 267 188 267 206 0 0 0 0 195 0 0 0 11 11 0 70 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 BRO NL 28 831 67% 79% 26% 73 81% 4 24 19 1 4 40 27 8 3 2 7 0 2 5 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 33%
1949 BRO NL 29 1167 66% 75% 26% 90 89% 1 27 23 2 2 58 46 9 0 2 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 0 4 2 1 1 4 50%
1950 NYG NL 30 158 70% 84% 24% 15 100% 1 6 4 1 1 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1950 BRO NL 30 10 60% 70% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 31 11 64% 100% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2177 67% 77% 26% 180 87% 6 57 46 4 7 111 84 18 3 4 12 0 5 7 8 10 7 0 7 3 2 1 8 50%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 89% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 NYG NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263 57% 83% 33% 14 86%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263 57% 83% 33% 14 86%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  128 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  235 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  19 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  .949 (4th)

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