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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

5x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

738

176

.239

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.310

OPS

.627

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	GF	20	3.2	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16 (3)	May 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	27 (10)	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	33 (5)	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	37 (3)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
6	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	39	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	51 (11)	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	54 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
10	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	GF	33	5.0	7	1	0	8	0
11	57 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	59 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	GS	39	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	61 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	65 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
17	66	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	6	3	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	67	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
19	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	71 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	75 (3)	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	GF	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	77	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,19-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	82 (3)	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	83	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
27	87 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	92 (4)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	100 (5)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
31	103 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	110 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	114 (3)	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	129 (14)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
35	130	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	GF	18	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	131	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	133 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	136 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	GF	15	3.2	1	0	2	3	0
39	139 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	GS	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	141 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							40gm		242.0	144	10	6	160	0