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Spider Jorgensen
John Donald Jorgensen
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
Final Game: June 30, 1951
Died: November 6, 2003 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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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 IBB Pos Awards
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 BRO NL 31 108 90 15 27 6 2 1 13 1 16 13 .300 .411 .444 .856 129 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 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 NYG NL 28 56 51 5 12 0 0 2 8 0 0 3 2 .235 .291 .353 .644 72 18 0 1 1 O/5
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

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BRO NL 27 3B 128 370 116 235 19 26 .949 2.74 .947 2.80
1948 BRO NL 28 3B 24 62 22 33 7 3 .887 2.29 .945 2.81
1949 BRO NL 29 3B 36 92 28 59 5 5 .946 2.42 .952 2.98
1950 TOT NL 30 3B 6 24 7 15 2 1 .917 3.67 .950 3.02
1950 BRO NL 30 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1950 NYG NL 30 3B 5 23 7 14 2 1 .913 4.20 .948 3.00
1951 NYG NL 31 OF 11 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 .979 2.23 0-0-11
1951 NYG NL 31 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 3.10
5 Seasons 3B 195 549 173 343 33 35 .940 2.65 .948 2.84
1 Season OF 11 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 .979 2.23 0-0-11
5 Seasons TOT 206 563 187 343 33 35 .941 2.57 .890 2.81 0-0-11

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1947 NL--8--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Felix Torres (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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