John Urrea
[edit] Biography
Born on February 9, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, John Urrea (John Goody Urrea) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres over the course of his 5 year career. Urrea broke into the bigs on April 10, 1977 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.16 ERA in 139.2 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Urrea's best season was 1977, when he posted a 3.16 ERA and struck out 81 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 41
| 12
| 7
| 6
| 3.16
| 81
| 56
| 49
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 139.2
| 126
| 13
| 35
| 3
| 5
| 0
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 27
| 12
| 4
| 9
| 5.38
| 61
| 75
| 59
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 98.2
| 108
| 4
| 47
| 4
| 5
| 7
|
| 1979
| STL
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3.97
| 5
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 13
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1980
| STL
| N
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 3.48
| 36
| 28
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 64.2
| 57
| 2
| 41
| 9
| 3
| 2
|
| 1981
| SD
| N
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2.39
| 19
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 49
| 43
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 139
| 27
| 17
| 18
| 3.74
| 202
| 180
| 151
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 363.1
| 347
| 20
| 160
| 16
| 18
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1977
| STL
| N
| P
| 41
| 12
| 139.2
| 7
| 24
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 6
| 0
| .939
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| P
| 27
| 12
| 98.2
| 3
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 5
| 2
| .913
|
| 1979
| STL
| N
| P
| 3
| 2
| 11.1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 1
| 64.2
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .800
|
| 1981
| SD
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 49
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 139
| 27
| 363.1
| 14
| 55
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 46
| 15
| 3
| .908
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 41
| 29
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .138
| .342
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 27
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .160
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1979
| STL
| N
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| STL
| N
| 30
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .231
| .231
| .231
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| SD
| N
| 38
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 139
| 74
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 4
| .162
| .262
| .162
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 9, 1974).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, Kim Seaman and Al Olmsted to San Diego Padres in exchange for Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later (December 8, 1980); St. Louis Cardinals received Bob Geren (December 10, 1980).
- Released by San Diego Padres (March 26, 1982).
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