Ed Jurak

Edward James Jurak

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 24, 1957 in Hollywood, CA
High School: San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1982
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants/Athletics 1982-1989

Final Game: June 26, 1989
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1975	17	BOS-min	A-	68	290	250	41	63	9	3	0	25	5	1	34	28	.252	.340	.312	.652		78	8	1	2	3	0		ELM · NYPL
1976	18	BOS-min	A	113	401	401		88	6	2	4						.219	.219	.274	.494		110							WSM · CARL
1977	19	BOS-min	AA	123	508	441	74	116	12	8	1	36	8	5	51	74	.263	.345	.333	.679		147		5	10	1			BRI · EL
1978	20	BOS-min	A,AAA	61	215	185	23	49	1	2	0	17	2	1	23	36	.265	.341	.292	.633		54		0	4	3			WHV,PAW · FLOR,IL
1979	21	BOS-min	AA	135	504	435	50	96	17	2	0	41	7	4	44	63	.221	.296	.269	.565		117		4	17	4			BRI · EL
1980	22	BOS-min	AAA	83	258	221	16	58	8	1	3	31	0	1	23	31	.262	.332	.348	.680		77		2	8	4			PAW · IL
1981	23	BOS-min	AA,AAA	110	472	387	76	128	22	5	2	34	10	4	75	50	.331	.445	.429	.874		166		6	2	2	4		BRI,PAW · EL,IL
1982	24	BOS-min	AAA	81	334	284	39	84	14	1	9	43	8	1	42	46	.296	.393	.447	.840		127		4	3	1	0		PAW · IL
1982	24	BOS	AL	12	24	21	3	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	4	.333	.375	.333	.708	92	7	0	0	0	1	0	5/8
1983	25	BOS	AL	75	183	159	19	44	8	4	0	18	1	2	18	25	.277	.350	.377	.727	95	60	4	1	3	2	1	635/D4
1984	26	BOS	AL	47	79	66	6	16	3	1	1	7	0	2	12	12	.242	.359	.364	.723	97	24	1	0	1	0	0	34/56
1985	27	BOS-min	AAA	72	312	263	33	68	11	2	6	38	4	3	37	34	.259	.354	.384	.738		101		3	7	2	2		PAW · IL
1985	27	BOS	AL	26	14	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.231	.516	42	3	1	0	0	0	0	/56D37

1986	28	SJO	A	28	93	71	14	23	0	0	3	10	4	2	20	13	.324	.473	.451	.923		32		0	2	0	0		SJO · CALL
1987	29	TEX-min	AA,AAA	129	522	432	76	146	19	4	13	55	20	6	87	55	.338	.449	.491	.940		212		1	1	1	3		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1988	30	OAK-min	AAA	126	523	448	63	132	22	2	7	67	13	8	62	55	.295	.375	.400	.775		179		2	1	10	5		TAC · PCL
1988	30	OAK	AL	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5D
1989	31	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	53	199	176	23	51	7	0	1	17	4	2	19	16	.290	.362	.347	.708		61		2	0	2	0		PHX,INA · PCL,AA
1989	31	SFG	NL	30	48	42	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.238	.319	.238	.557	64	10	1	0	1	0	0	/654379
1990	32	SEA-min	AAA	114	413	353	47	90	17	2	7	52	5	8	54	56	.255	.354	.374	.727		132		2	0	4	0		CGY · PCL
1991	33	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1992	34	MVA	AAA																										MVA · MEX
6 Yrs				193	349	302	35	80	11	5	1	33	1	4	38	49	.265	.346	.344	.690	89	104	7	1	5	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	293	253	29	67	9	4	1	28	1	3	32	41	.265	.346	.344	.690	89	87	6	1	4	3	1

BOS (4 yrs)				160	300	259	32	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.270	.351	.363	.714	93	94	6	1	4	3	1
SFG (1 yr)				30	48	42	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.238	.319	.238	.557	64	10	1	0	1	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				163	301	260	33	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.269	.350	.362	.712	92	94	6	1	4	3	1
NL (1 yr)				30	48	42	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.238	.319	.238	.557	64	10	1	0	1	0	0

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
1982	24	BOS	AL	12	24	-0	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.491	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	5/8
1983	25	BOS	AL	75	183	0	-0	-0	2	1	2	0.3	6	8	0.8	.503	.501	0.6	0.3	6	$	635/D4
1984	26	BOS	AL	47	79	0	-1	1	0	-1	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	34/56
1985	27	BOS	AL	26	14	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$125,000	/56D37

1988	30	OAK	AL	3	1	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/5D
1989	31	SFG	NL	30	48	-2	-0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	/654379
6 Seasons				193	349	-3	-1	0	-1	0	-6	-0.5	11	5	0.6	.497	.499	0.6	0.0	6	$125,000

BOS (4 yrs)				160	300	-1	-1	0	1	-0	-1	0.0	9	8	0.9	.499	.500	0.7	0.2	7	$125,000
SFG (1 yr)				30	48	-2	-0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$
OAK (1 yr)				3	1	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1982	24	BOS	AL	24	15	3	5.4	103	.389	.333	.271	.375	.336	.333	.413	.708	.749	92	.571	-0.1	-0.0	.643	.095	.000
1983	25	BOS	AL	183	126	21	4.5	104	.324	.277	.274	.350	.336	.377	.413	.727	.749	95	.492	-0.8	-0.1	.645	.208	.101	.0
1984	26	BOS	AL	79	54	9	4.5	101	.283	.242	.269	.359	.333	.364	.406	.723	.739	97	.495	0.0	0.0	.642	.273	.121	.0
1985	27	BOS	AL	14	11	1	2.4	102	.300	.231	.266	.286	.332	.231	.413	.516	.745	42	.238	-1.1	-0.1	.364	.077	.000

1988	30	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.320	.000	.385	.000	.705	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1989	31	SFG	NL	48	34	3	2.4	88	.270	.238	.250	.319	.317	.238	.373	.557	.690	64	.275	-1.8	-0.2	.455	.119	.000
6 Yrs				349	241	37	4.1	101	.310	.265	.269	.346	.333	.344	.406	.690	.738	89	.462	-4.0	-0.4	.601	.195	.079	1.0
162 Game Avg.				293	202	31	4.1	101	.310	.265	.269	.346	.333	.344	.406	.690	.738	89	.462	-4.0	-0.4	.601	.195	.079	1

BOS (4 yrs)				300	206	34	4.4	103	.318	.270	.272	.351	.335	.363	.411	.714	.746	93	.488	-1.9	-0.2	.628	.208	.093	1.0
SFG (1 yr)				48	34	3	2.4	88	.270	.238	.250	.319	.317	.238	.373	.557	.690	64	.274	-1.8	-0.2	.455	.119	.000
OAK (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.320	.000	.385	.000	.705	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				301	207	34	4.4	103	.317	.269	.272	.350	.335	.362	.411	.712	.746	92	.485	-2.2	-0.2	.625	.208	.092	1.0
NL (1 yr)				48	34	3	2.4	88	.270	.238	.250	.319	.317	.238	.373	.557	.690	64	.274	-1.8	-0.2	.455	.119	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1982	24	BOS	AL	24	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.3		3.0		0.57	75%
1983	25	BOS	AL	183	0.0%	13.7%	9.8%	6.6%	27%	1.39	6.4		8.8		1.18	74%
1984	26	BOS	AL	79	1.3%	15.2%	15.2%	6.3%	31%	1.00	5.5	66.0	9.4		2.25	67%
1985	27	BOS	AL	14	0.0%	21.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.3				0.60	71%

1988	30	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1989	31	SFG	NL	48	0.0%	10.4%	10.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	8.4		42.0	1.06	1.23	77%	13%	0.0%	11%
6 Yrs				349	0.3%	14.0%	10.9%	4.9%	21%	1.29	6.2	302.0	9.2	1.11	1.27	73%	13%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.4%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.9	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	24	BOS	AL	-0.1	-0.0	26	0.1	0.6	-0.5	1.27	-0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	1.05	-0.3		0
1983	25	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	186	-0.2	3.1	-3.4	1.05	0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.94	-0.2	2.23	4
1984	26	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	81	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.16	-0.0	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.02	-0.5	0.22	2
1985	27	BOS	AL	-1.1	-0.1	15	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.20	-0.2	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.92	-1.7	2.05	3

1988	30	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.72	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	2.53	-0.3	1.72	1
1989	31	SFG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	49	-0.5	0.6	-1.0	1.34	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.99	-2.7	1.26	18
6 Yrs				-4.0	-0.4	358	-1.1	6.0	-7.0	1.14	-0.4	-0.5	-7.7	-0.8	0.97	-5.8	1.42	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	24	BOS	AL	0	0	33%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75%	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1983	25	BOS	AL	4	0	30%	67	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	55%	13	7	6	3	1	2	4	1	3
1984	26	BOS	AL	1	0	19%	52	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	4	4	0	2	2	0	4	4	0
1985	27	BOS	AL	0	0	100%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

1988	30	OAK	AL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	31	SFG	NL	0	0	13%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
6 Yrs				5	0	29%	180	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	10	40%	23	16	7	7	4	3	13	6	7

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
1982	24	BOS	AL	24	50%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	19	7	37%	4	4	100%	1	1	100%	0
1983	25	BOS	AL	183	25%	44			4	2	0	2	2.23	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	39	4	10%	14	10	71%	121	18	15%	13	11	85%	7	6	86%	0
1984	26	BOS	AL	79	35%	16			2	0	0	0	0.22	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	17	1	6%	10	3	30%	61	6	10%	5	3	60%	3	1	33%	0
1985	27	BOS	AL	14	50%	3			3	0	0	0	2.05	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1988	30	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.72	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1989	31	SFG	NL	48	52%	10	3	0	18	4	0	0	1.26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	3	1	33%	27	1	4%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				349	34%	80	3	0	28	6	0	2	1.42	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	100%	72	7	10%	30	15	50%	239	32	13%	24	19	79%	13	9	69%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	OAK	AL	1	2	2.00	1	50%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1989	31	SFG	NL	47	203	4.32	119	59%	38%	7%	24%	31%	62%	0%	36%	89%	6%	11%	5	0	26%	12	4	19%	9	6	60%	1	0	0
2 Yrs				48	205	4.27	120	59%	38%	7%	24%	32%	63%	0%	37%	89%	6%	10%	5	0	25%	12	4	19%	9	6	60%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

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	SF	IBB
1982	24	12	24	21	3	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	4	.333	.375	.333	.708	92	7	0	0	0	1	0
1983	25	87	207	180	22	51	8	4	0	25	1	2	20	29	.283	.353	.372	.725	95	67	4	1	3	3	1
1984	26	134	286	246	28	67	11	5	1	32	1	4	32	41	.272	.355	.370	.725	96	91	5	1	4	3	1
1985	27	160	300	259	32	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.270	.351	.363	.714	93	94	6	1	4	3	1
1986	28	160	300	259	32	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.270	.351	.363	.714	93	94	6	1	4	3	1
1987	29	160	300	259	32	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.270	.351	.363	.714	93	94	6	1	4	3	1
1988	30	163	301	260	33	70	11	5	1	32	1	4	33	44	.269	.350	.362	.712	92	94	6	1	4	3	1
1989	31	193	349	302	35	80	11	5	1	33	1	4	38	49	.265	.346	.344	.690	89	104	7	1	5	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	24	12	24	21	3	7	0	0	0	8	0	2	4	.333	.375	.333	.708	3	12
1983	25	75	183	159	19	44	8	4	0	18	1	18	25	.277	.350	.377	.727	21	75
1984	26	47	79	66	6	16	3	1	1	7	0	12	12	.242	.359	.364	.723	9	47
1985	27	26	14	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.231	.516	1	26

1988	30	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1989	31	30	50	43	3	11	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	.256	.347	.256	.603	4	30
6 Yrs		193	351	303	37	81	11	5	1	34	1	39	49	.267	.350	.347	.696	38	193
162 Game Avg.		162	295	254	31	68	9	4	1	29	1	33	41	.267	.350	.347	.696	32	193

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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