Billy Jurges

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 9, 1908 in Bronx, NY us

Died: March 3, 1997 in Clearwater, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Richmond Hill HS (Queens, NY)

Debut: May 4, 1931 (Age 22-360d, 6,184th in MLB history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 9, 1947 (Age 39-123d)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: William Frederick Jurges

Pronunciation: \JUR-gezz\

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.4

AB

6253

H

1613

HR

BA

.258

R

721

RBI

656

SB

OBP

.325

SLG

.335

OPS

.660

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1929	21	CHC-min	AA	142	472	472		121	21	3	4						.256	.256	.339	.595		160							REA · IL
1930	22	CHC-min	AA	143	532	532		153	23	7	6						.288	.288	.391	.679		208							REA · IL
1931	23	CHC	NL	88	335	293	34	59	15	5	0	23	2	2	25	41	.201	.264	.287	.551	47	84		0	17		0	54/H6
1932	24	CHC	NL	115	426	396	40	100	24	4	2	52	1	5	19	26	.253	.288	.348	.637	70	138		1	10		1	*6/5H
1933	25	CHC	NL	143	526	487	49	131	17	6	5	50	3	8	26	39	.269	.313	.359	.672	91	175	19	5	8		2	*6/H
1934	26	CHC	NL	100	385	358	43	88	15	2	8	33	1	5	19	34	.246	.289	.366	.655	76	131	10	3	5		5	6/H
1935	27	CHC	NL	146	585	519	69	125	33	1	1	59	3	1	42	39	.241	.304	.314	.618	66	163	16	5	18		7	*6
1936	28	CHC	NL	118	459	429	51	120	25	1	1	42	4	1	23	25	.280	.321	.350	.671	79	150	16	3	4		3	*6/H
1937	29	CHC	NL	129	506	450	53	134	18	10	1	65	2	3	42	41	.298	.365	.389	.754	102	175	12	6	8		3	*6/H	AS,MVP-17
1938	30	CHC	NL	137	541	465	53	114	18	3	1	47	3	5	58	53	.245	.335	.303	.638	75	141	22	5	12		5	*6/H
1939	31	NYG	NL	138	611	543	84	155	21	11	6	63	3	6	47	34	.285	.349	.398	.747	99	216	26	6	15		1	*6/H	AS,MVP-12
1940	32	NYG	NL	63	248	214	23	54	3	3	2	36	2	0	25	14	.252	.347	.322	.669	85	69	11	6	3		1	6/H	AS
1941	33	NYG	NL	134	528	471	50	138	25	2	5	61	0	3	47	36	.293	.361	.386	.747	109	182	13	3	7		8	*6/H
1942	34	NYG	NL	127	522	464	45	119	7	1	2	30	1	4	43	42	.256	.324	.289	.612	79	134	20	3	10		2	*6/H
1943	35	NYG	NL	136	544	481	46	110	8	2	4	29	2	4	53	38	.229	.310	.279	.589	71	134	11	4	6		4	65H
1944	36	NYG	NL	85	281	246	28	52	2	1	1	23	4	2	23	20	.211	.279	.240	.519	48	59	8	0	12		0	5H6/4
1945	37	NYG	NL	61	202	176	22	57	3	1	3	24	2	1	24	11	.324	.405	.403	.808	124	71	3	0	1		2	5H/6
1946	38	CHC	NL	82	270	221	26	49	9	2	0	17	3	0	43	28	.222	.351	.281	.631	82	62	8	1	5		6	6/54H
1947	39	CHC	NL	14	49	40	5	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	9	9	.200	.347	.325	.672	82	13	0	0	0		2	6
17 Yrs				1816	7018	6253	721	1613	245	55	43	656	36	50	568	530	.258	.325	.335	.660	82	2097	195	51	141		52
162 Game Avg.				162	626	558	64	144	22	5	4	59	3	4	51	47	.258	.325	.335	.660	82	187		5	13		5
				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	4082	3658	423	928	176	34	20	390	22	30	306	335	.254	.316	.337	.653	77	1232	103	29	87		34
NYG (7 yrs)				744	2936	2595	298	685	69	21	23	266	14	20	262	195	.264	.337	.333	.670	88	865	92	22	54		18