Jack Urban
[edit] Biography
Born on December 5, 1928 in Omaha, Nebraska, Jack Urban (Jack Elmer Urban) played for the Kansas City Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 3 year career. Urban broke into the bigs on June 13, 1957 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 3.34 ERA in 129.1 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 31
| 13
| 7
| 4
| 3.34
| 55
| 55
| 48
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 129.1
| 111
| 7
| 45
| 3
| 4
| 1
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 30
| 24
| 8
| 11
| 5.93
| 54
| 92
| 87
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 132
| 150
| 17
| 51
| 1
| 5
| 2
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.28
| 4
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 18
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.28
| 4
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 18
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 61
| 37
| 15
| 15
| 4.65
| 109
| 147
| 135
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 261.1
| 261
| 24
| 96
| 4
| 9
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 37
| 15
| 15
| 4.83
| 113
| 158
| 146
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 272
| 279
| 25
| 103
| 8
| 9
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1957
| KC
| A
| P
| 31
| 13
| 129.1
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 3
| 2
| .975
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| P
| 30
| 24
| 132
| 13
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 0
| .931
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 10.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 69
| 37
| 272
| 25
| 42
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 9
| 2
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 37
| 39
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .282
| .317
| .308
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 31
| 46
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .152
| .170
| .152
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 68
| 85
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .212
| .239
| .224
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 76
| 86
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .209
| .236
| .221
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1949).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics (April 5, 1957) as part of trade in which New York Yankees traded Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees in exchange for Mark Freeman (April 8, 1959); Mark Freeman returned to New York Yankees (May 8, 1959).
- Sold by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals (@May 12, 1959).
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