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Billy Jurges
William Frederick Jurges
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 9, 1908 in Bronx, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1931
Final Game: September 9, 1947
Died: March 3, 1997 in Clearwater, FL
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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 71 138 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 118 459 429 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 138 611 543 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 127 520 464 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 70 134 11 4 6 65
1944 36 NYG NL 85 281 246 28 52 2 1 1 23 4 23 20 .211 .279 .240 .519 47 59 8 0 12 56/4
1945 37 NYG NL 61 201 176 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 Seasons 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 4080 3658 423 928 176 34 20 390 22 306 335 .254 .316 .337 .653 78 1232 103 29 87
NYG (7 yrs) 744 2933 2595 298 685 69 21 23 266 14 262 195 .264 .337 .333 .670 88 865 92 22 54

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
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 Seasons (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

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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 Awards
1931 CHC NL 23 3B 54 163 42 115 6 11 .963 2.91 .943 2.72
1931 CHC NL 23 2B 33 154 66 83 5 21 .968 4.52 .964 5.22
1931 CHC NL 23 SS 3 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 .956 5.07
1932 CHC NL 24 SS 108 640 223 394 23 69 .964 5.71 .945 5.07
1932 CHC NL 24 3B 5 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 .945 2.74
1933 CHC NL 25 SS 143 808 298 476 34 95 .958 5.41 .949 4.94
1934 CHC NL 26 SS 98 558 205 334 19 63 .966 5.50 .950 5.14
1935 CHC NL 27 SS 146 863 348 484 31 99 .964 5.70 .946 5.10
1936 CHC NL 28 SS 116 654 249 379 26 80 .960 5.41 .944 5.10
1937 CHC NL 29 SS 128 644 258 370 16 74 .975 4.91 .950 4.85 AS,MVP-17
1938 CHC NL 30 SS 136 728 277 417 34 82 .953 5.10 .942 4.91
1939 NYG NL 31 SS 137 805 295 482 28 95 .965 5.67 .952 5.09 AS,MVP-12
1940 NYG NL 32 SS 63 330 123 196 11 36 .967 5.06 .949 5.00 AS
1941 NYG NL 33 SS 134 692 230 432 30 82 .957 4.94 .951 4.82
1942 NYG NL 34 SS 124 667 251 401 15 67 .978 5.26 .954 4.87
1943 NYG NL 35 SS 99 536 209 303 24 44 .955 5.17 .954 4.97
1943 NYG NL 35 3B 28 84 27 56 1 10 .988 2.96 .945 2.97
1944 NYG NL 36 3B 61 179 48 124 7 7 .961 2.82 .947 3.00
1944 NYG NL 36 SS 10 41 15 25 1 6 .976 4.00 .954 4.85
1944 NYG NL 36 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.00
1945 NYG NL 37 3B 44 143 40 94 9 3 .937 3.05 .941 2.97
1945 NYG NL 37 SS 8 38 15 22 1 1 .974 4.63 .945 4.75
1946 CHC NL 38 SS 73 331 119 204 8 26 .976 4.42 .956 4.67
1946 CHC NL 38 3B 7 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.29 .950 2.84
1946 CHC NL 38 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1947 CHC NL 39 SS 14 53 13 36 4 10 .925 3.50 .964 4.66
17 Seasons SS 1540 8397 3133 4959 305 929 .964 5.25 .949 4.96
6 Seasons 3B 199 596 169 404 23 32 .961 2.88 .944 2.90
3 Seasons 2B 36 155 67 83 5 21 .968 4.17 .964 5.21
17 Seasons TOT 1775 9148 3369 5446 333 982 .964 4.97 .913 4.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1937
1939
1940

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1937-NL-17-5%
1939-NL-12-6%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

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--196th

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--93rd

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2133), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (687), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1257), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Jackie Hayes (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jackie Hayes (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jackie Hayes (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Lopez (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Scott Fletcher (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Marty Marion (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Al Lopez (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Al Lopez (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  16. Jim Gantner (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 6, 1938: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Frank Demaree and Ken O'Dea to the New York Giants for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso.

December 5, 1945: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

March 21, 1946: Released by the Boston Braves.

May 2, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 9, 1946: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 23, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

September 19, 1947: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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