Jack Urban
Jack Elmer Urban
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 5, 1928 in Omaha, NE
High School: Technical (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1957
Final Game: August 6, 1959
Died: June 26, 2006 in Omaha, NE
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Standard Fielding

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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
1957 KCA AL 28 P 31 13 129.1 40 12 27 1 2 .975 2.71 1.26 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 KCA AL 29 P 30 24 132.0 29 13 14 2 2 .931 1.84 0.90 .966 1.95 0.82
1959 STL NL 30 P 8 0 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.13 1.000 2.02 0.82
3 Seasons P 69 37 272.0 70 25 42 3 4 .957 2.22 0.97 .964 1.97 0.84
3 Seasons TOT 69 37 272.0 70 25 42 3 4 .957 2.22 0.97 .921 1.97 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 KCA AL 28 37 13 37 37 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1958 KCA AL 29 31 24 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 STL NL 30 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 76 37 76 76 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1957 KCA AL 28 508 82% 29% 28 89% 0 10 0 9 27 18 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1958 KCA AL 29 580 83% 27% 17 94% 1 13 2 9 13 10 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 67%
1959 STL NL 30 55 80% 24% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1143 82% 28% 47 89% 1 23 2 18 41 29 6 3 2 0 1 1 4 3 4 0 9 89%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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