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Arndt Jorgens

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: May 18, 1905 in Modum, Norway no

Died: March 1, 1980 in Evanston, IL

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL

High School: Lane Tech College Prep HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: April 26, 1929 (Age 23-343d, 6,912th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 2, 1939 (Age 34-076d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Arndt Ludwig Jorgens

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Relatives: Brother of Orville Jorgens

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

738

176

.239

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.310

OPS

.627

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-22 / in Starts: 17-6
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 112 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	70 (32-24-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 112 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (38-23-13)

Most Driven In
L Lary	5
T Lazzeri	4
B Chapman	2
L Gehrig	1
J Sewell	1

Most Driven In By
J Sewell	3
S Byrd	3
E Combs	2
J Reese	2
G Rhodes	1
T Lazzeri	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	35	12 (11)	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.94	-0.051	6.15	-0.10%	-0.19	C
2	36	14 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.39	-0.056	7.47	-0.11%	-0.51	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	37	16 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	38	27 (10)	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
5	39	33 (5)	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	6-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.09	C
6	40	37 (3)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8						C
7	41	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1.03	-0.045	3.15	-0.08%	-1.04	C
8	42	39	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	8	1.69	0.083	5.38	0.16%	0.90	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	43	51 (11)	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
10	44	54 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.231	.333	.231	.564	8						C
11	45	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	4-GF	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	6	.95	-0.091	.67	-0.04%	-1.32	PR C
12	46	57 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.250	.318	.250	.568	8	.67	0.053	.54	0.03%	0.86	C
13	47	59 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.360	.304	.664	8	1.05	0.074	1.19	0.05%	0.82	C
14	48	61 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.360	.304	.664	8						C
15	49	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	8	1.17	0.023	1.54	0.02%	-0.07	C
16	50	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	9						C
17	51	64	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.345	.296	.641	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
18	52	65	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.344	.367	.710	8	.76	0.074	.65	0.04%	1.00	C
19	53	66	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.343	.364	.706	8	1.37	-0.046	1.14	-0.02%	-0.21	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	54	67	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.343	.364	.706	8						C
21	55	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.308	.324	.632	8	.40	-0.012	.48	-0.01%	-0.52	C
22	56	71 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.316	.616	7	.54	-0.017	.58	-0.01%	-0.25	C
23	57	75 (3)	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	6-GF(14)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.267	.279	.546	9	3.45	-0.455	6.17	-0.49%	-2.46	PH C
24	58	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	7	.69	-0.054	.91	-0.04%	-0.61	C
25	59	77	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.196	.226	.235	.462	7	.80	-0.010	.92	-0.01%	0.31	C
26	60	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,19-2	CG	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.288	.259	.547	7	.28	0.058	.28	0.03%	2.23	C
27	61	82 (3)	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.288	.259	.547	7						C
28	62	83	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.228	.302	.263	.565	8						C
29	63	87 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.230	.299	.279	.577	8	.82	0.068	.21	0.01%	0.83	C
30	64	92 (4)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.288	.593	8	.34	-0.051	.05	0.00%	0.06	C
31	65	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.325	.338	.663	8	.17	0.043	.04	0.01%	1.73	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	66	100 (5)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.313	.324	.637	8	.77	-0.060	.09	0.00%	-0.40	C
33	67	103 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.310	.321	.630	8	.46	0.023	.03	0.00%	0.30	C
34	68	110 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.307	.309	.615	8	.66	0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.98	C
35	69	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.307	.309	.615	9						PH
36	70	114 (2)	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.315	.317	.632	7	1.46	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.14	C
37	71	115	Aug 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.322	.325	.648	9	.06	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
38	72	125 (9)	Aug 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.319	.321	.640	9	1.33	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	73	129 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.316	.318	.634	8	.39	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
40	74	130	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	4-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.330	.333	.663	7	.78	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
41	75	131	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.330	.333	.663	7						C
42	76	133 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0	0	.269	.327	.323	.649	8						C
43	77	136 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.266	.324	.319	.643	7	.35	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
44	78	138 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.324	.319	.643	7						PR
45	79	139	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	GS-10	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.273	.327	.323	.650	8	1.43	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
46	80	141 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.327	.317	.644	8	1.64	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
							23-22		112	101	12	27	1	2	0	14	9	1	6	0	2		3		0	1	.267	.327	.317	.644		.90	-0.377	1.04	-0.57%	0.97

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