Spider Jorgensen

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Full Name: John Donald Jorgensen	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/155	First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: November 3, 1919	Final Game: June 30, 1951
Birthplace: Folsom, California	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 6, 2003
Deathplace: Rancho Cucamonga, California
Bat/Throw: Left/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

Spider Jorgensen (John Donald Jorgensen) was born on November 3, 1919 in Folsom, California. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 5 home runs and 67 RBI. Jorgensen played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Spider Jorgensen's best season was 1947, when he knocked in 67 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	BRO	N	129	441	57	121	5	67	.274	.360	.410	29	8	58	45	1	6	4	0	5
1948	BRO	N	31	90	15	27	1	13	.300	.411	.444	6	2	16	13	1	1	1	0	1
1949	BRO	N	53	134	15	36	1	14	.269	.376	.343	5	1	23	13	0	3	0	0	1
1950	NY	N	24	37	5	5	0	4	.135	.238	.135	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
1950	BRO	N	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	TOT	N	26	39	5	5	0	5	.128	.244	.128	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	NY	N	28	51	5	12	2	8	.235	.291	.353	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
Total			267	755	97	201	9	107	.266	.359	.384	40	11	106	75	3	11	5	0	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	BRO	N	3B	128	0	0	116	235	19	26	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1948	BRO	N	3B	24	0	0	22	33	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.887
1949	BRO	N	3B	36	0	0	28	59	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1950	NY	N	3B	5	0	0	7	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1950	BRO	N	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	TOT	N	3B	6	0	0	7	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1951	NY	N	OF	11	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	N	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	11	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	195	0	0	173	343	33	35	0	0	0	0	0	.940

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1941).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants (May 17, 1950).
Traded by New York Giants with Red Hardy to Oakland (PCL) in exchange for Earl Rapp (July 1, 1951).

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