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Mike
Jorgensen		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 16, 1948 in Usa, NJ, PASSAIC
 
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
1968 19 STL NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 8 6 6 6
1969 20 STL NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
1970 21 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
1971 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1972 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1973 24 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 9 7 7 7
1974 25 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
1975 26 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 9 7 7 7
1976 27 SDP NL $ 1,350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 7 7 7
1977 28 SDP NL $ 1,350,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1978 29 MIA NL $ 1,350,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1979 30 MIA NL $ 1,350,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1980 31 MIL NL     6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1981 32 CLN NL $ 1,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,350,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
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
1968 19 AA   122 290 40 63 12 1 12 39 5 2 59 45 .217 .350 .390 .739 44.5  
1969 20 AAA   111 405 66 128 23 1 18 58 7 3 84 75 .316 .434 .511 .945 88.8  
    AA   24 35 4 11 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 7 .314 .368 .629 .997 7.5  
1970 21 STL NL 119 378 64 103 15 2 15 62 1 3 60 61 .272 .378 .442 .819 63.3 13.0
1971 22 SDP NL 155 558 66 128 26 3 15 61 0 1 82 80 .229 .329 .367 .697 66.7 9.4
1972 23 SDP NL 154 558 67 144 25 4 9 67 0 2 71 86 .258 .341 .366 .706 67.4 11.2
1973 24 SDP NL 156 544 55 109 13 1 11 57 0 1 78 79 .200 .300 .289 .588 47.4 1.9
1974 25 SDP NL 111 329 48 76 15 1 8 40 3 1 45 40 .231 .322 .356 .678 40.0 4.8
1975 26 SDP NL 111 313 50 78 12 0 9 34 0 0 50 46 .249 .354 .374 .728 42.2 7.4
1976 27 SDP NL 47 63 13 16 3 0 2 12 0 0 4 5 .254 .299 .397 .695 6.5 0.8
1977 28 SDP NL 29 55 6 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 9 8 .164 .281 .236 .518 4.0 0.0
    AAA   51 143 27 42 4 1 9 27 3 2 32 17 .294 .423 .524 .947 32.0  
1978 29 MIA NL 125 306 31 67 12 2 6 34 1 1 34 46 .219 .297 .330 .627 28.5 2.8
1979 30 MIA NL 134 371 46 89 16 0 10 45 0 0 51 42 .240 .335 .364 .699 48.3 9.3
1980 31 MIL NL 134 441 53 103 14 0 9 53 1 0 52 41 .234 .311 .327 .638 47.5 6.1
1981 32 AAA   137 517 97 152 29 0 31 87 9 5 82 71 .294 .391 .530 .921 104.4  
11 Years Sim 1275 3916 499 922 153 14 94 469 6 9 536 534 .235 .328 .354 .682 461.8 66.8
3 Years AAA 299 1065 190 322 56 2 58 172 19 10 198 163 .302 .410 .522 .932 225.1  
2 Years AA 146 325 44 74 14 1 15 47 5 2 62 52 .228 .357 .415 .772 52.0  
5 Years Minors 445 1390 234 396 70 3 73 219 24 12 260 215 .285 .398 .497 .895 277.1  
162 Game Average 497 63 117 19 1 11 59 0 1 68 67 .235 .328 .354 .682 58.7  
Career Highs 156 558 67 144 26 4 15 67 3 3 82 86 .272 .378 .442 .819 67.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2974 397 735 117 7 81 379 5 7 432 374 .247 .343 .373 .716 403.8
vs LH   942 102 187 36 7 13 90 1 2 104 160 .199 .280 .293 .573 79.8
Home 637 1911 226 446 69 8 46 227 4 5 247 251 .233 .322 .350 .672 228.2
Away 638 2005 273 476 84 6 48 242 2 4 289 283 .237 .333 .357 .691 255.4
RISP   993 0 226 40 4 27 358 0 0 137 126 .228 .315 .358 .673 122.3
Pinch Hitting   193 23 44 4 0 5 31 0 0 30 27 .228 .329 .326 .655 23.5
Close/Late   524 59 144 19 1 14 55 0 0 78 68 .275 .369 .395 .764 79.9
Mar/Apr 209 644 100 157 31 4 15 79 2 2 111 90 .244 .357 .374 .731 92.3
May 248 793 98 183 35 2 16 91 2 1 95 126 .231 .313 .340 .653 89.1
June 216 687 97 175 29 2 16 75 1 1 91 76 .255 .342 .373 .715 91.6
July 184 566 59 142 17 3 15 71 0 2 75 81 .251 .338 .371 .710 74.6
August 205 598 63 129 20 0 16 74 0 2 77 77 .216 .307 .329 .636 64.5
Sep/Oct 213 628 82 136 21 3 16 79 1 1 87 84 .217 .311 .336 .647 71.5
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
1970 21 STL NL 1B 110 104 922.7 1220 80 10 113 .992 12.68   1.5
    RF 4 1 13.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.0
1971 22 SDP NL 1B 6 0 17.0 19 2 0 4 1.000 11.12   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 23 SDP NL 1B 7 0 17.0 22 0 0 1 1.000 11.65   0.0
1973 24 SDP NL RF 10 7 68.7 13 2 0 2 1.000 1.97   0.1
    1B 9 0 14.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 12.86   0.0
1974 25 SDP NL RF 82 66 608.0 129 5 7 1 .950 1.98   1.4
    1B 24 19 173.0 238 10 3 27 .988 12.90   0.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 26 SDP NL 1B 90 85 729.0 873 72 9 79 .991 11.67   0.8
    RF 16 5 58.3 14 0 1 0 .933 2.16   0.1
1976 27 SDP NL 1B 32 6 98.0 135 5 1 19 .993 12.86   0.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1977 28 SDP NL 1B 17 10 93.7 118 12 0 10 1.000 12.49   0.2
    RF 3 1 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
1978 29 MIA NL RF 19 8 102.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.2
    1B 26 5 88.7 110 6 0 14 1.000 11.78   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 MIA NL 1B 15 4 68.7 91 7 1 5 .990 12.85   0.1
    RF 21 2 54.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.33   0.0
1980 31 MIL NL 1B 126 113 993.0 1273 87 8 125 .994 12.33   2.5
    RF 4 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
  1B 462 346 3214.6 4118 282 32 398 .993 12.32   6.0
  RF 164 93 961.0 200 8 9 3 .959 1.95   2.1
  LF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   630 439 4187.6 4320 290 42 401 .991 9.91   8.0
Career Highs   130 116 1020.0 1279 87 10 125 1.000 12.53    
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
1974 25 SDP NL 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1976 27 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1971-8-155
1973-10-156
 Walks
1971-6-82
1973-10-78
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1968
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1970, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1970, off Rick Wise (LAD)
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 2/7/1971 (Going to SDP: 1B Mike Jorgensen, C Buck Martinez, P Jim Nelson, CF Tito Francona, P Sam Mcdowell. Going to STL: 1B Ron Fairly)
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/26/1974 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/31/1975: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Miami on 2/4/1978 (Going to SDP: P Ken Holtzman. Going to MIA: SS Taylor Duncan, 1B Mike Jorgensen, 1B Aaron Pointer)
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/4/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $3,100,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 9/21/1980
Released by Milwaukee on 10/23/1980
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
 
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