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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 (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

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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
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	101	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	108	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	90	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	-min	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	-min	Opn	160	621	529	73	129	27	3	10	60	5		78	44	.244	.342	.363	.705		192		1	13		OLD · PCL
1953	33	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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 Seasons				267	875	755	97	201	40	11	9	107	5	0	106	75	.266	.359	.384	.743	95	290	7	3	11
162 Game Avg.				162	531	458	59	122	24	7	5	65	3		64	46	.266	.359	.384	.743	95	176	4	2	7

BRO (4 yrs)				215	777	667	87	184	40	11	7	95	5		98	71	.276	.370	.400	.771	102	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1947	27	BRO	NL	506	2	0	0	0	3	0	18	23	2.4	20	2.0	0.4	$	*5
1948	28	BRO	NL	108	5	0	0	0	-2	0	4	7	0.7	9	0.9	-0.2	$	5
1949	29	BRO	NL	160	1	-1	0	0	1	0	6	7	0.7	6	0.6	0.1	$	5
1950	30	BRO	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/5
1950	30	NYG	NL	42	-5	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	/5
1951	31	NYG	NL	56	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	O9/5
5 Seasons				875	1	-1	0	0	1	0	31	32	3.3	31	3.1	0.2	$

BRO (4 yrs)				777	8	-1	0	0	2	0	28	37	3.8	35	3.5	0.3	$
NYG (2 yrs)				98	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	3	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
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	2.03	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	2.03	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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1947 NL 0.4 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1947 NL 8 (6th)	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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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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 Oakland (PCL) for Earl Rapp.

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