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Billy Jurges

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Full Name: William Frederick Jurges Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: May 4, 1931
Birthdate: May 9, 1908 Final Game: September 9, 1947
Birthplace: Bronx, New York MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: March 3, 1997
Deathplace: Clearwater, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Jurges (William Frederick Jurges) was born on May 9, 1908 in Bronx, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1931 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .201 with 0 home runs and 23 RBI. Jurges played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Jurges's best season was 1939, when he hit for a .285 average and knocked in 63 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1931 CHI N 88 293 34 59 0 23 .201 .264 .287 15 5 25 41 0 17 2 0 0
1932 CHI N 115 396 40 100 2 52 .253 .288 .348 24 4 19 26 1 10 1 0 0
1933 CHI N 143 487 49 131 5 50 .269 .313 .359 17 6 26 39 5 8 3 0 19
1934 CHI N 100 358 43 88 8 33 .246 .289 .366 15 2 19 34 3 5 1 0 10
1935 CHI N 146 519 69 125 1 59 .241 .304 .314 33 1 42 39 5 18 3 0 16
1936 CHI N 118 429 51 120 1 42 .280 .321 .350 25 1 23 25 3 4 4 0 16
1937 CHI N 129 450 53 134 1 65 .298 .365 .389 18 10 42 41 6 8 2 0 12
1938 CHI N 137 465 53 114 1 47 .245 .335 .303 18 3 58 53 5 12 3 0 22
1939 NY N 138 543 84 155 6 63 .285 .349 .398 21 11 47 34 6 15 3 0 26
1940 NY N 63 214 23 54 2 36 .252 .347 .322 3 3 25 14 6 3 2 0 11
1941 NY N 134 471 50 138 5 61 .293 .361 .386 25 2 47 36 3 7 0 0 13
1942 NY N 127 464 45 119 2 30 .256 .324 .289 7 1 43 42 3 10 1 0 20
1943 NY N 136 481 46 110 4 29 .229 .310 .279 8 2 53 38 4 6 2 0 11
1944 NY N 85 246 28 52 1 23 .211 .279 .240 2 1 23 20 0 12 4 0 8
1945 NY N 61 176 22 57 3 24 .324 .405 .403 3 1 24 11 0 1 2 0 3
1946 CHI N 82 221 26 49 0 17 .222 .351 .281 9 2 43 28 1 5 3 0 8
1947 CHI N 14 40 5 8 1 2 .200 .347 .325 2 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1816 6253 721 1613 43 656 .258 .325 .335 245 55 568 530 51 141 36 0 195

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1931 CHI N 2B 33 0 0 66 83 5 21 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1931 CHI N SS 3 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1931 CHI N 3B 54 0 0 42 115 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1932 CHI N 3B 5 0 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1932 CHI N SS 108 0 0 223 394 23 69 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1933 CHI N SS 143 0 0 298 476 34 95 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1934 CHI N SS 98 0 0 205 334 19 63 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1935 CHI N SS 146 0 0 348 484 31 99 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1936 CHI N SS 116 0 0 249 379 26 80 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1937 CHI N SS 128 0 0 258 370 16 74 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1938 CHI N SS 136 0 0 277 417 34 82 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1939 NY N SS 137 0 0 295 482 28 95 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1940 NY N SS 63 0 0 123 196 11 36 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1941 NY N SS 134 0 0 230 432 30 82 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1942 NY N SS 124 0 0 251 401 15 67 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1943 NY N 3B 28 0 0 27 56 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1943 NY N SS 99 0 0 209 303 24 44 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1944 NY N SS 10 0 0 15 25 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1944 NY N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 NY N 3B 61 0 0 48 124 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1945 NY N SS 8 0 0 15 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1945 NY N 3B 44 0 0 40 94 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1946 CHI N 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1946 CHI N SS 73 0 0 119 204 8 26 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1946 CHI N 3B 7 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 CHI N SS 14 0 0 13 36 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 .925
Total 3B 199 0 0 169 404 23 32 0 0 0 0 0 .961
Total SS 1540 0 0 3133 4959 305 929 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 2B 36 0 0 67 83 5 21 0 0 0 0 0 .968

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Frank Demaree and Ken O'Dea to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso (December 6, 1938).
  • Signed by Boston Braves (December 5, 1945).
  • Released by Boston Braves (March 21, 1946).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 2, 1946).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (October 9, 1946).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 23, 1947).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (September 19, 1947).

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