Billy Jurges

William Frederick Jurges

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 9, 1908 in Bronx, NY
High School: Richmond Hill HS (Queens, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1931
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants 1931-1947

Final Game: September 9, 1947
Died: March 3, 1997 in Clearwater, FL
Cremated
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All-Star

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
1931	CHC	NL	23	3B	54	49	44		163	42	115	6	11	.963		2.91	.944		2.85
1931	CHC	NL	23	2B	33	29	21		154	66	83	5	21	.968		4.52	.964		5.60
1931	CHC	NL	23	SS	3	0	0		9	5	4	0	0	1.000		3.00	.954		5.53
1932	CHC	NL	24	SS	108	104	94		640	223	394	23	69	.964		5.71	.946		5.50
1932	CHC	NL	24	3B	5	5	5		11	4	7	0	1	1.000		2.20	.945		2.88
1933	CHC	NL	25	SS	143	142	127		808	298	476	34	95	.958		5.41	.949		5.40
1934	CHC	NL	26	SS	98	98	96		558	205	334	19	63	.966		5.50	.951		5.34
1935	CHC	NL	27	SS	146	145	142		863	348	484	31	99	.964		5.70	.947		5.27
1936	CHC	NL	28	SS	116	114	109		654	249	379	26	80	.960		5.41	.945		5.43
1937	CHC	NL	29	SS	128	127	120		644	258	370	16	74	.975		4.91	.951		5.29	AS,MVP-17
1938	CHC	NL	30	SS	136	136	127		728	277	417	34	82	.953		5.10	.943		5.34
1939	NYG	NL	31	SS	137	137	135		805	295	482	28	95	.965		5.67	.953		5.50	AS,MVP-12
1940	NYG	NL	32	SS	63	60	56		330	123	196	11	36	.967		5.06	.950		5.50	AS
1941	NYG	NL	33	SS	134	133	127		692	230	432	30	82	.957		4.94	.951		5.17
1942	NYG	NL	34	SS	124	124	121		667	251	401	15	67	.978		5.26	.955		5.22
1943	NYG	NL	35	SS	99	98	96		536	209	303	24	44	.955		5.17	.954		5.30
1943	NYG	NL	35	3B	28	28	27		84	27	56	1	10	.988		2.96	.948		3.17
1944	NYG	NL	36	3B	61	55	52		179	48	124	7	7	.961		2.82	.948		3.29
1944	NYG	NL	36	SS	10	7	6		41	15	25	1	6	.976		4.00	.954		5.41
1944	NYG	NL	36	2B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		5.60
1945	NYG	NL	37	3B	44	40	34		143	40	94	9	3	.937		3.05	.941		3.20
1945	NYG	NL	37	SS	8	6	6		38	15	22	1	1	.974		4.63	.947		5.26
1946	CHC	NL	38	SS	73	66	47		331	119	204	8	26	.976		4.42	.957		5.15
1946	CHC	NL	38	3B	7	6	5		16	8	8	0	0	1.000		2.29	.952		3.09
1946	CHC	NL	38	2B	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.55
1947	CHC	NL	39	SS	14	13	12		53	13	36	4	10	.925		3.50	.963		5.11
	17 Seasons			SS	1540	1510	1421		8397	3133	4959	305	929	.964		5.25	.950		5.34
	6 Seasons			3B	199	183	167		596	169	404	23	32	.961		2.88	.945		3.12
	3 Seasons			2B	36	29	21		155	67	83	5	21	.968		4.17	.964		5.60
	17 Seasons			TOT	1775	1722	1609		9148	3369	5446	333	982	.964		4.97	.950		5.09
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1931	CHC	NL	23	88	78	88	87	0	0	0	33	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1932	CHC	NL	24	115	109	115	113	0	0	0	0	5	108	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1933	CHC	NL	25	143	142	143	143	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1934	CHC	NL	26	100	98	100	98	0	0	0	0	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1935	CHC	NL	27	146	145	146	146	0	0	0	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936	CHC	NL	28	118	114	118	116	0	0	0	0	0	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1937	CHC	NL	29	129	127	129	128	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1938	CHC	NL	30	137	136	137	136	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1939	NYG	NL	31	138	137	138	137	0	0	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1940	NYG	NL	32	63	60	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941	NYG	NL	33	134	133	134	134	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	NYG	NL	34	127	124	127	124	0	0	0	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1943	NYG	NL	35	136	126	136	126	0	0	0	0	28	99	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1944	NYG	NL	36	85	62	85	69	0	0	0	1	61	10	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
1945	NYG	NL	37	61	46	61	51	0	0	0	0	44	9	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1946	CHC	NL	38	82	72	82	82	0	0	0	2	7	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	CHC	NL	39	14	13	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17 Seasons			1816	1722	1816	1767	0	0	0	36	199	1542	0	0	0	0	0	43	6
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1949 BBWAA ( 1.3%) 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	All-Star Games 1937 1939 1940	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1937 NL (17, 5%) 1939 NL (12, 6%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Assists† s c a p y 1935 NL 484 (2nd) 1939 NL 482 (5th) Career 5,446 (66th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1933 NL 143 (4th) 1935 NL 146 (1st) 1937 NL 128 (4th) 1938 NL 136 (3rd) 1939 NL 137 (3rd) 1943 NL 99 (5th) Career 1,540 (55th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1933 NL 298 (4th) 1935 NL 348 (1st) 1936 NL 249 (5th) 1937 NL 258 (5th) 1938 NL 277 (5th) 1939 NL 295 (3rd) 1942 NL 251 (5th) 1943 NL 209 (5th) Career 3,133 (37th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1932 NL 394 (5th) 1933 NL 476 (4th) 1935 NL 484 (1st) 1936 NL 379 (4th) 1937 NL 370 (5th) 1938 NL 417 (4th) 1939 NL 482 (3rd) 1941 NL 432 (5th) 1942 NL 401 (5th) 1943 NL 303 (5th) Career 4,959 (47th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1933 NL 34 (5th) 1938 NL 34 (4th) 1939 NL 28 (4th) 1941 NL 30 (5th) 1943 NL 24 (3rd) Career 305 (68th)
Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1932 NL 5.71 (3rd) 1933 NL 5.41 (2nd) 1934 NL 5.50 (4th) 1935 NL 5.70 (1st) 1936 NL 5.41 (3rd) 1938 NL 5.10 (5th) 1939 NL 5.67 (2nd) 1941 NL 4.94 (4th) 1942 NL 5.26 (2nd) 1943 NL 5.17 (3rd) Career 5.25 (38th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1932 NL .964 (1st) 1933 NL .958 (2nd) 1934 NL .966 (1st) 1935 NL .964 (1st) 1936 NL .960 (2nd) 1937 NL .975 (1st) 1938 NL .953 (3rd) 1939 NL .965 (2nd) 1941 NL .957 (3rd) 1942 NL .978 (2nd) 1943 NL .955 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1947 NL born 1908-05-09 (8th)

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