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Billy Jurges    \JUR-gezz\

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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants 1931-1947

Final Game: September 9, 1947 (Age 39)
Died: March 3, 1997 in Clearwater, FL
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 5:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #698. Carlos Pena… #699. Leo Cardenas… #700. Jayson Werth… #701. BILLY JURGES… #702. Pete Reiser… #703. Vic Power… #704. Johnny Hopp… 

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 IBB Pos Awards
1931 23 CHC NL 88 335 293 34 59 15 5 0 23 2 25 41 .201 .264 .287 .551 47 84 0 17 54/6
1932 24 CHC NL 115 426 396 40 100 24 4 2 52 1 19 26 .253 .288 .348 .637 70 138 1 10 *6/5
1933 25 CHC NL 143 526 487 49 131 17 6 5 50 3 26 39 .269 .313 .359 .672 91 175 19 5 8 *6
1934 26 CHC NL 100 385 358 43 88 15 2 8 33 1 19 34 .246 .289 .366 .655 76 131 10 3 5 6
1935 27 CHC NL 146 584 519 69 125 33 1 1 59 3 42 39 .241 .304 .314 .618 66 163 16 5 18 *6
1936 28 CHC NL 118 458 429 51 120 25 1 1 42 4 23 25 .280 .321 .350 .671 79 150 16 3 4 *6
1937 29 CHC NL 129 506 450 53 134 18 10 1 65 2 42 41 .298 .365 .389 .754 102 175 12 6 8 *6 AS,MVP-17
1938 30 CHC NL 137 540 465 53 114 18 3 1 47 3 58 53 .245 .335 .303 .638 74 141 22 5 12 *6
1939 31 NYG NL 138 610 543 84 155 21 11 6 63 3 47 34 .285 .349 .398 .747 99 216 26 6 15 *6 AS,MVP-12
1940 32 NYG NL 63 248 214 23 54 3 3 2 36 2 25 14 .252 .347 .322 .669 85 69 11 6 3 6 AS
1941 33 NYG NL 134 528 471 50 138 25 2 5 61 0 47 36 .293 .361 .386 .747 109 182 13 3 7 *6
1942 34 NYG NL 127 521 464 45 119 7 1 2 30 1 43 42 .256 .324 .289 .612 79 134 20 3 10 *6
1943 35 NYG NL 136 544 481 46 110 8 2 4 29 2 53 38 .229 .310 .279 .589 71 134 11 4 6 65
1944 36 NYG NL 85 281 246 28 52 2 1 1 23 4 23 20 .211 .279 .240 .519 48 59 8 0 12 56/4
1945 37 NYG NL 61 202 176 22 57 3 1 3 24 2 24 11 .324 .405 .403 .808 124 71 3 0 1 5/6
1946 38 CHC NL 82 270 221 26 49 9 2 0 17 3 43 28 .222 .351 .281 .631 82 62 8 1 5 6/54
1947 39 CHC NL 14 49 40 5 8 2 0 1 2 0 9 9 .200 .347 .325 .672 82 13 0 0 0 6
17 Yrs 1816 7013 6253 721 1613 245 55 43 656 36 568 530 .258 .325 .335 .660 82 2097 195 51 141
162 Game Avg. 162 626 558 64 144 22 5 4 59 3 51 47 .258 .325 .335 .660 82 187 5 13
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
CHC (10 yrs) 1072 4079 3658 423 928 176 34 20 390 22 306 335 .254 .316 .337 .653 77 1232 103 29 87
NYG (7 yrs) 744 2934 2595 298 685 69 21 23 266 14 262 195 .264 .337 .333 .670 88 865 92 22 54

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1931 23 CHC NL 88 335 -23 -0 0 4 3 -16 -1.8 10 -6 -0.7 .480 .489 -1.1 0.7 -10 54/6
1932 24 CHC NL 115 426 -16 0 0 19 7 10 1.0 13 24 2.4 .510 .507 0.4 2.7 5 *6/5
1933 25 CHC NL 143 526 -5 -0 0 18 9 22 2.4 16 38 4.2 .517 .515 2.2 3.0 20 *6
1934 26 CHC NL 100 385 -13 0 0 0 6 -6 -0.6 12 6 0.6 .494 .496 0.6 0.6 6 6
1935 27 CHC NL 146 584 -24 -0 0 20 10 6 0.6 18 24 2.5 .504 .504 0.4 3.0 4 *6
1936 28 CHC NL 118 458 -12 -0 0 15 8 10 1.0 15 25 2.6 .509 .506 1.0 2.3 10 *6
1937 29 CHC NL 129 506 2 0 0 0 8 11 1.1 16 27 2.8 .509 .507 2.8 0.8 27 *6 AS,MVP-17
1938 30 CHC NL 137 540 -15 -0 0 3 9 -3 -0.5 18 15 1.4 .498 .498 1.2 1.2 12 *6
1939 31 NYG NL 138 610 0 -0 0 11 9 20 2.0 19 40 4.1 .516 .513 3.0 2.0 29 *6 AS,MVP-12
1940 32 NYG NL 63 248 -3 -0 0 5 4 6 0.6 8 14 1.5 .510 .504 1.0 0.9 10 6 AS
1941 33 NYG NL 134 528 6 1 0 7 9 22 2.3 18 40 4.2 .518 .515 3.5 1.7 33 *6
1942 34 NYG NL 127 521 -11 0 0 9 8 7 0.7 17 23 2.5 .506 .505 1.5 1.9 14 $17,500 *6
1943 35 NYG NL 136 544 -16 0 0 -7 7 -16 -1.9 17 2 -0.1 .487 .489 0.8 -0.1 9 65
1944 36 NYG NL 85 281 -16 -0 0 5 1 -11 -1.2 9 -2 -0.3 .486 .493 -0.8 0.6 -7 56/4
1945 37 NYG NL 61 202 7 -0 0 2 1 9 1.0 6 16 1.6 .516 .506 1.4 0.3 14 5/6
1946 38 CHC NL 82 270 -4 -0 0 2 5 3 0.3 10 13 1.4 .504 .502 1.1 0.7 11 6/54
1947 39 CHC NL 14 49 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 2 6
17 Seasons 1816 7013 -142 -0 0 113 104 75 7.1 226 300 30.7 .504 .503 19.0 22.5 187 $17,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (10 yrs) 1072 4079 -110 -0 0 81 65 36 3.6 131 167 17.3 .504 .502 8.8 15.1 86
NYG (7 yrs) 744 2934 -33 0 0 32 38 38 3.5 95 133 13.4 .505 .503 10.2 7.4 101 $17,500

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
1932 24 CHC NL WS NYY L 3 12 11 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .364 .364 .455 .818 5 0 0 1 0 0
1935 27 CHC NL WS DET L 6 21 16 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .250 .429 .250 .679 4 0 1 0 0 0
1938 30 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 14 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .231 .286 .308 .593 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 13 47 40 4 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 5 8 .275 .370 .325 .695 13 0 1 1 0 0
3 WS 13 47 40 4 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 5 8 .275 .370 .325 .695 13 0 1 1 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 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
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (897th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1933 NL  4.2 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1932 NL  2.7 (1st)
1933 NL  3.0 (3rd)
1935 NL  3.0 (1st)
1936 NL  2.3 (2nd)
1938 NL  1.2 (6th)
1939 NL  2.0 (3rd)
1940 NL  1.0 (9th)
1941 NL  1.7 (4th)
1942 NL  1.9 (5th)
Career  22.5 (29th)

Triples s c a p y
1937 NL  10 (6th)
1939 NL  11 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 NL  53 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL  5 (6th)
1935 NL  5 (7th)
1937 NL  6 (3rd)
1938 NL  5 (3rd)
1939 NL  6 (3rd)
1940 NL  6 (5th)
1943 NL  4 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1931 NL  17 (5th)
1935 NL  18 (4th)
1938 NL  12 (6th)
1944 NL  12 (10th)
Career  141 (199th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL  19 (9th)
1935 NL  16 (3rd)
1936 NL  16 (8th)
1938 NL  22 (4th)
1939 NL  26 (1st)
1942 NL  20 (2nd)
Career  195 (103rd)

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 (56th)

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)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1933 NL  95 (2nd)
1935 NL  99 (1st)
1936 NL  80 (3rd)
1937 NL  74 (4th)
1938 NL  82 (4th)
1939 NL  95 (3rd)
1941 NL  82 (5th)
Career  929 (47th)

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)
1935 NL  .964 (1st)
1936 NL  .960 (2nd)
1937 NL  .975 (1st)
1938 NL  .953 (3rd)
1939 NL  .965 (1st)
1941 NL  .957 (2nd)
1942 NL  .978 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1947 NL  born 1908-05-09 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (715), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (65th), 30.7 career WAR/22.8 7yr-peak WAR/26.7 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  9. Chico Carrasquel (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
194234New York Giants$17,500William B. Mead, Even the Browns 16
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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