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Bobby Sturgeon

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: August 6, 1919 in Clinton, IN us

Died: March 10, 2007 in San Dimas, CA

Buried: Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, CA

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 20-254d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1948 (Age 29-058d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Robert Harwood Sturgeon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

1220

313

.257

106

RBI

OBP

.277

SLG

.318

OPS

.595

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 1)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	17 (2)	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	22 (4)	May 13	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	28 (5)	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GF	13	4.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	32 (3)	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	36 (3)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	38 (1)	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
8	39	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
9	52 (12)	Jun 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	57 (4)	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	11.0	1	6	1	8	1
11	58	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	59	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,0-11	CG	48	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
13	60	Jun 25	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
14	61	Jun 26	CHC		PIT	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
15	62	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
16	63	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
17	64	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
18	65	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,4-10	CG	51	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
19	66	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	67	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	72 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
24	73	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
25	77 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	22	4.2	3	0	0	3	0
26	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
27	86 (7)	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	88 (1)	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	89	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
30	90	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	91	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
32	92	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,6-12	GS	33	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
33	93	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,0-4	GS	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	94	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	98 (3)	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	W,12-7	GF	41	8.1	2	4	0	6	1
36	102 (3)	Aug 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
37	103	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	104	Aug 8	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-5	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	107	Aug 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
42	114 (6)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	GF	16	4.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	117 (2)	Aug 20	CHC	@	PHI	T,1-1	CG	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	1
44	118	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
45	119	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
46	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
47	121	Aug 23	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	122	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
49	123	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	124	Aug 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
51	125	Aug 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
52	126	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
53	127	Aug 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	128	Aug 30	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
55	129	Aug 31	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	130	Sep 1 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	131	Sep 1 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-13	GS	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
58	132	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,1-11	CG	49	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
59	133	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	3	5	0	8	1
60	134	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	2
61	135	Sep 9	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
62	136	Sep 10	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
63	137	Sep 12 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
64	138	Sep 12 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
65	139	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
66	140	Sep 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
67	141	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	142	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	3
69	143	Sep 15	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
70	145 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,12-10	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
71	146	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,5-9	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	1
72	147	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	148	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
74	149	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
75	150	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	152 (1)	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	18	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
77	154 (1)	Sep 27	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
							80gm		556.0	137	202	6	345	43