Billy Jurges
Billy Jurges
Full name: William Frederick Jurges
Born: May 9, 1908, Bronx, New York
Died March 3, 1997, Clearwater, Florida
Cremated
First Game: May 4, 1931; Final Game: September 9, 1947
Managed First Game: July 4, 1959; Managed Final Game: June 7, 1960
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Billy Jurges
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1931 CHI N 88 293 34 59 15 5 0 23 25 41 0 17 2 .201 .264 .287 -1.0 1931 CHI N
1932 CHI N 115 396 40 100 24 4 2 52 19 26 1 10 1 .253 .288 .348 2.1 1932 CHI N
1933 CHI N 143 487 49 131 17 6 5 50 26 39 5 8 19 3 .269 .313 .359 2.8 1933 CHI N
1934 CHI N 100 358 43 88 15 2 8 33 19 34 3 5 10 1 .246 .289 .366 -0.6 1934 CHI N
1935 CHI N 146 519 69 125 33 1 1 59 42 39 5 18 16 3 .241 .304 .314 1.2 1935 CHI N
1936 CHI N 118 429 51 120 25 1 1 42 23 25 3 4 16 4 .280 .321 .350 1.0 1936 CHI N
1937 CHI N 129 450 53 134 18 10 1 65 42 41 6 8 12 2 .298 .365 .389 -0.3 1937 CHI N
1938 CHI N 137 465 53 114 18 3 1 47 58 53 5 12 22 3 .245 .335 .303 -0.9 1938 CHI N
1939 NY N 138 543 84 155 21 11 6 63 47 34 6 15 26 3 .285 .349 .398 2.8 1939 NY N
1940 NY N 63 214 23 54 3 3 2 36 25 14 6 3 11 2 .252 .347 .322 0.4 1940 NY N
1941 NY N 134 471 50 138 25 2 5 61 47 36 3 7 13 0 .293 .361 .386 2.3 1941 NY N
1942 NY N 127 464 45 119 7 1 2 30 43 42 3 10 20 1 .256 .324 .289 0.4 1942 NY N
1943 NY N 136 481 46 110 8 2 4 29 53 38 4 6 11 2 3 .229 .310 .279 -0.6 1943 NY N
1944 NY N 85 246 28 52 2 1 1 23 23 20 0 12 8 4 1 .211 .279 .240 -1.1 1944 NY N
1945 NY N 61 176 22 57 3 1 3 24 24 11 0 1 3 2 .324 .405 .403 0.9 1945 NY N
1946 CHI N 82 221 26 49 9 2 0 17 43 28 1 5 8 3 .222 .351 .281 0.0 1946 CHI N
1947 CHI N 14 40 5 8 2 0 1 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 .200 .347 .325 -0.1 1947 CHI N
Total 1816 6253 721 1613 245 55 43 656 568 530 51 141 195i 36 4i .258 .325 .335 9.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 3 11 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .364 .364 .455 1932 CHI N
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 6 16 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .429 .250 1935 CHI N
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 4 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .286 .308 1938 CHI N
Total Splits 13 40 4 11 2 0 0 2 5 0 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 .275 .370 .325 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1931 CHI N 3B 54 42 115 6 11 .963
1931 CHI N 2B 33 66 83 5 21 .968
1931 CHI N SS 3 5 4 0 0 1.000
1932 CHI N SS 108 223 394 23 69 .964
1932 CHI N 3B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000
1933 CHI N SS 143 298 476 34 95 .958
1934 CHI N SS 98 205 334 19 63 .966
1935 CHI N SS 146 348 484 31 99 .964
1936 CHI N SS 116 249 379 26 80 .960
1937 CHI N SS 128 258 370 16 74 .975
1938 CHI N SS 136 277 417 34 82 .953
1939 NY N SS 137 295 482 28 95 .965
1940 NY N SS 63 123 196 11 36 .967
1941 NY N SS 134 230 432 30 82 .957
1942 NY N SS 124 251 401 15 67 .978
1943 NY N SS 99 209 303 24 44 .955
1943 NY N 3B 28 27 56 1 10 .988
1944 NY N 3B 61 48 124 7 7 .961
1944 NY N SS 10 15 25 1 6 .976
1944 NY N 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1945 NY N 3B 44 40 94 9 3 .937
1945 NY N SS 8 15 22 1 1 .974
1946 CHI N SS 73 119 204 8 26 .976
1946 CHI N 3B 7 8 8 0 0 1.000
1946 CHI N 2B 2 0 0 0 0 -
1947 CHI N SS 14 13 36 4 10 .925
Total SS 1540 3133 4959 305 929 .964
Total 3B 199 169 404 23 32 .961
Total 2B 36 67 83 5 21 .968
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1932 CHI N Daily SS 3 3 3 26 11 8 2 5 0 .905
1935 CHI N Daily SS 6 6 5 52.2 16 15 1 4 0 .969
1938 CHI N Daily SS 4 4 4 34 11 7 1 2 0 .947
Total SS 13 13 12 112.2 38 30 4 11 0 .944
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1959 BOS A 80 44 36 .550 397 347 7- 4 8 5
1960 BOS A 42 15 27 .357 167 214 6- 7 8 7
Total 122 59 63 .484 564 561
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Frank Demaree and Ken O'Dea to New York Giants in
exchange for Dick Bartell , Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso (December 6, 1938 ).
Released by Boston Braves (March 21, 1946 ).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 2, 1946 ).
Released by Chicago Cubs (October 9, 1946 ).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (1947).
Released by Chicago Cubs (September 19, 1947 ).
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