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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 28 KCA AL 7 4 .636 3.34 31 13 9 3 0 0 129.1 111 55 48 7 45 3 55 1 2 4 530 118 1.206 7.7 0.5 3.1 3.8 1.22
1958 29 KCA AL 8 11 .421 5.93 30 24 3 5 1 1 132.0 150 92 87 17 51 1 54 2 0 5 589 66 1.523 10.2 1.2 3.5 3.7 1.06
1959 30 STL NL 0 0 9.28 8 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 18 11 11 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 53 46 2.344 15.2 0.8 5.9 3.4 0.57
3 Seasons 15 15 .500 4.83 69 37 15 8 1 1 272.0 279 158 146 25 103 8 113 3 2 9 1172 82 1.404 9.2 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.10
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .500 4.83 44 24 10 5 1 1 174 179 101 94 16 66 5 72 2 1 6 752 82 1.404 9.2 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.10
KCA (2 yrs) 15 15 .500 4.65 61 37 12 8 1 1 261.1 261 147 135 24 96 4 109 3 2 9 1119 85 1.366 9.0 0.8 3.3 3.8 1.14
STL (1 yr) 0 0 9.28 8 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 18 11 11 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 53 46 2.344 15.2 0.8 5.9 3.4 0.57
AL (2 yrs) 15 15 .500 4.65 61 37 12 8 1 1 261.1 261 147 135 24 96 4 109 3 2 9 1119 85 1.366 9.0 0.8 3.3 3.8 1.14
NL (1 yr) 0 0 9.28 8 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 18 11 11 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 53 46 2.344 15.2 0.8 5.9 3.4 0.57

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 28 KCA AL 31 531 468 55 111 19 6 7 6 3 45 55 .237 .300 .348 .648 .251 163 8 1 8 9 3
1958 29 KCA AL 30 589 525 92 150 29 8 17 4 4 51 54 .286 .348 .469 .816 .289 246 11 2 5 6 1
1959 30 STL NL 8 53 44 11 18 2 0 1 0 2 7 4 .409 .490 .523 1.013 .436 23 2 0 2 0 4
3 Seasons 69 1173 1037 158 279 50 14 25 10 9 103 113 .269 .332 .417 .749 .278 432 21 3 15 15 8
162 Game Avg. 44 752 665 101 179 32 9 16 6 6 66 72 .269 .332 .417 .749 .278 277 13 2 10 10 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 28 KCA AL 31 13 6 4 3 0 0 8 5 .615 0 3 3 0 6 46% 52 96 17 11 4 2 8 4.3 4.3 6.9
1958 29 KCA AL 30 24 8 11 5 2 0 9 14 .391 1 3 5 1 7 29% 43 80 22 24 9 9 11 3.8 4.7 5.1
2 Seasons 61 37 14 15 8 2 0 17 19 .472 1 6 8 1 13 35% 46 96 17 35 13 11 19 4.0 4.5 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 28 KCA AL 31 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 67% 8 0.919 4 2 11 0 1 16 8 9 14 0 13 9 6.5
1958 29 KCA AL 30 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 6 0.986 1 2 3 2 0 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 4.5
1959 30 STL NL 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0.331 0 2 6 0 0 8 3 5 4 3 4 1 4.0
3 Seasons 69 32 15 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 26 18 69% 0.925 5 6 20 2 1 28 14 17 21 5 20 12 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 28 KCA AL 531 46% 1.3% 10.4% 8.5% 6.0% 29% 1.07 78% 102 8 8%
1958 29 KCA AL 589 39% 2.9% 9.2% 8.7% 9.2% 36% 0.98 78% 107 11 10%
1959 30 STL NL 53 53% 1.9% 7.6% 13.2% 5.7% 17% 1.60 74% 21 2 10%
3 Seasons 1173 43% 2.1% 9.6% 8.8% 7.6% 32% 1.04 78% 230 21 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 28 KCA AL 492 111 7 0 16 3 4 2 5 33 20 4 61% 5 4 2 176 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 39
1958 29 KCA AL 566 150 17 0 6 7 9 9 7 30 17 1 57% 12 5 4 215 4 4 50% 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 21 23
1959 30 STL NL 53 18 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 9 6 0 67% 0 0 0 24 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1111 279 25 0 30 10 14 12 12 72 43 5 60% 17 9 6 415 10 9 53% 8 8 1 1 1 0 3 1 42 62
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 28 7 4 .636 3.34 31 13 9 3 0 0 129.1 111 55 48 7 45 3 55 1 2 4 530 118 1.206 7.7 0.5 3.1 3.8 1.22 118
1958 29 15 15 .500 4.65 61 37 12 8 1 1 261.1 261 147 135 24 96 4 109 3 2 9 1119 85 1.366 9.0 0.8 3.3 3.8 1.14 85
1959 30 15 15 .500 4.83 69 37 15 8 1 1 272.0 279 158 146 25 103 8 113 3 2 9 1172 82 1.404 9.2 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.10 82

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 28 8 6 .571 3.50 131.0 117 57 51 7 47 56 1 1.252 8.0 3.2 3.8 1.19 0.5 31
1958 29 4 10 .286 6.29 133.0 160 103 93 18 54 54 2 1.609 10.8 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.2 30
1959 30 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 17 11 10 1 7 4 0 2.400 15.3 6.3 3.6 0.57 0.9 8
3 Seasons 12 17 .414 5.06 274.0 294 171 154 26 108 114 3 1.467 9.7 3.7 1.06 0.9 69

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  87 (8th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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