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Billy
Jurges		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 9, 1908 in Usa, NY, BRONX
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1932 24 CIN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1933 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1934 26 CIN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1935 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1936 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1937 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 4 4 8 7 8
1938 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1939 31 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1940 32 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 23 CIN NL 121 336 27 80 9 1 1 33 0 0 23 25 .238 .292 .280 .572 29.5 2.1
1932 24 AA   137 557 69 147 17 3 3 44 9 13 66 35 .264 .342 .321 .663 62.2  
1933 25 CIN NL 54 83 6 28 2 0 0 9 0 1 6 5 .337 .385 .361 .746 12.0 2.0
    AA   10 46 4 12 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 4 .261 .306 .348 .654 5.1  
1934 26 AAA   137 543 69 146 31 10 5 67 7 20 71 41 .269 .353 .390 .744 70.8  
1935 27 CIN NL 18 18 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .389 .421 .444 .865 2.3 0.5
1936 28 CIN NL 36 36 5 11 5 1 0 6 0 0 1 6 .306 .324 .500 .824 5.2 1.3
1937 29 CIN NL 18 60 9 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 6 .200 .273 .217 .489 3.9 0.0
    AAA   111 466 56 118 25 5 2 33 7 7 34 49 .253 .304 .341 .645 46.3  
1938 30 CIN NL 42 65 6 7 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 11 .108 .134 .138 .273 -1.0 0.0
    AAA   26 113 11 30 8 0 0 6 4 2 3 20 .265 .284 .336 .621 9.9  
1939 31 CIN NL 79 148 4 33 2 1 0 11 0 0 5 30 .223 .248 .250 .498 7.2 0.0
1940 32 CIN NL 66 97 11 29 3 2 0 9 0 0 11 13 .299 .370 .371 .742 13.4 2.3
    AAA   28 116 16 41 13 1 2 17 6 1 8 8 .353 .395 .534 .930 22.1  
8 Years Sim 434 843 70 207 25 5 1 79 0 2 53 97 .246 .294 .291 .585 72.5 8.1
4 Years AAA 302 1238 152 335 77 16 9 123 24 30 116 118 .271 .333 .380 .713 149.0  
2 Years AA 147 603 73 159 18 3 4 48 10 13 69 39 .264 .339 .323 .663 67.3  
6 Years Minors 449 1841 225 494 95 19 13 171 34 43 185 157 .268 .335 .362 .697 216.3  
162 Game Average 314 26 77 9 1 0 29 0 0 19 36 .246 .294 .291 .585 27.1  
Career Highs 121 336 27 80 9 2 1 33 0 1 23 30 .389 .421 .500 .865 29.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   538 43 122 12 4 1 51 0 1 35 63 .227 .276 .270 .546 38.4
vs LH   305 27 85 13 1 0 28 0 1 18 34 .279 .326 .328 .654 30.6
Home 210 388 35 94 8 2 1 38 0 2 25 44 .242 .295 .281 .576 30.4
Away 224 455 35 113 17 3 0 41 0 0 28 53 .248 .294 .299 .593 38.5
RISP   194 0 50 4 1 0 74 0 0 14 19 .258 .315 .289 .603 17.4
Pinch Hitting   45 5 18 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 2 .400 .481 .444 .925 8.5
Close/Late   113 14 29 5 1 0 6 0 0 8 10 .257 .311 .319 .630 10.8
Mar/Apr 75 162 15 33 5 0 0 12 0 0 13 17 .204 .270 .235 .504 9.6
May 74 171 12 35 4 1 0 14 0 1 13 22 .205 .271 .240 .511 10.0
June 76 162 12 39 5 1 0 15 0 0 7 16 .241 .272 .284 .556 11.7
July 61 109 10 24 4 1 0 12 0 1 6 12 .220 .261 .275 .536 7.0
August 84 132 13 40 3 1 1 18 0 0 9 19 .303 .354 .364 .718 16.4
Sep/Oct 64 107 8 36 4 1 0 8 0 0 5 11 .336 .363 .393 .755 14.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1931 23 CIN NL SS 76 64 533.0 80 230 8 42 .975 5.23   3.3
    2B 35 35 306.7 81 143 8 26 .966 6.57   1.6
1933 25 CIN NL 3B 13 6 63.0 9 13 1 0 .957 3.14   0.3
    2B 19 4 59.3 10 21 1 7 .969 4.70   0.2
    SS 7 4 40.3 9 23 0 6 1.000 7.14   0.4
1935 27 CIN NL SS 8 2 31.7 10 17 1 6 .964 7.68   0.4
    3B 3 0 4.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1936 28 CIN NL 2B 11 3 38.0 8 22 0 3 1.000 7.11   0.3
    3B 12 1 35.3 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.80   0.2
    SS 7 2 25.7 2 12 1 0 .933 4.91   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1937 29 CIN NL 3B 18 15 127.0 6 31 1 3 .974 2.62   0.3
1938 30 CIN NL SS 16 9 85.7 11 37 1 5 .980 5.04   0.5
    3B 20 7 79.0 4 11 1 3 .938 1.71   0.1
    2B 3 1 10.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
1939 31 CIN NL 3B 33 14 147.7 11 32 3 2 .935 2.62   0.5
    SS 23 12 127.0 24 56 3 16 .964 5.67   0.7
    2B 11 4 50.3 12 26 1 5 .974 6.80   0.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 32 CIN NL SS 38 16 168.3 23 60 8 10 .912 4.44   0.4
    2B 19 5 74.0 19 33 0 9 1.000 6.32   0.3
    3B 9 2 33.3 2 12 0 0 1.000 3.78   0.2
  SS 175 109 1011.6 159 435 22 85 .964 5.28   5.9
  2B 98 52 538.3 130 249 10 51 .974 6.34   2.7
  3B 108 45 490.0 34 110 6 10 .960 2.65   1.6
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   383 206 2041.9 324 794 38 146 .967 4.93   10.2
Career Highs   111 99 839.7 161 373 16 68 .982 7.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 30 CIN NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1931
Had first career hit on 4/2/1931, off Charley Root (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/26/1931, off George Pipgras (HOU)
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/7/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $436,745 per year
3/3/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Released by Cincinnati on 9/22/1940
 
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