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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	19-12 / in Starts: 9-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	35 (21-9-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (24-15-8)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	1
G Selkirk	1
B Chapman	1
M Hoag	1
J Powell	1
B Seeds	0

Most Driven In By
F Crosetti	2
R Ruffing	1
G Selkirk	0

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 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	252	36 (35)	May 24	NYY	@	PHA	W,25-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
2	253	39 (2)	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	8	.25	-0.013	1.50	-0.05%	-0.20	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
3	254	47 (7)	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	1.25	-0.100	7.17	-0.34%	-0.85	C
4	255	48	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	8	.79	-0.043	4.53	-0.15%	-0.42	C
5	256	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-15	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	8	1.47	-0.135	8.60	-0.48%	-0.77	C
6	257	50	Jun 8	NYY		SLB	W,12-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	8	.64	0.054	3.15	0.16%	-0.05	C
7	258	51	Jun 9	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.150	.150	.200	.350	8	1.22	-0.008	6.21	-0.02%	-0.24	C
8	259	52	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,10-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.217	.391	8	.59	-0.010	3.63	-0.04%	-0.19	C
9	260	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.259	.370	.630	8	.42	0.074	2.48	0.27%	1.67	C
10	261	62 (8)	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.259	.370	.630	5						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
11	262	71 (8)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.393	.679	9	5.20	0.157	22.93	0.42%	1.00	PH
12	263	76 (4)	Jul 10	NYY		CLE	W,18-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.393	.679	5						C
13	264	88 (11)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.393	.679	5						C
14	265	92 (3)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.310	.414	.724	5	.88	0.029	4.94	0.10%	0.30	C
15	266	93	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.265	.353	.618	8	.57	-0.089	2.54	-0.24%	-2.50	C
16	267	94	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-8	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.265	.353	.618	8						C
17	268	95	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.270	.378	.649	8	.65	-0.024	2.22	-0.05%	-0.25	C
18	269	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	DET	W,16-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.262	.341	.603	8	.15	-0.020	.56	-0.05%	-1.31	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
19	270	106 (9)	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.256	.333	.589	5	.37	-0.010	.28	0.00%	-0.35	C
20	271	107	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	L,4-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.255	.326	.581	8	.38	0.010	.23	0.00%	-0.34	C
21	272	108	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.340	.615	7	.58	0.022	.41	0.01%	0.21	C
22	273	111 (2)	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,16-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.340	.615	5						C
23	274	112	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.340	.615	5						C
24	275	113	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.264	.327	.591	8	.99	-0.054	.48	-0.02%	-0.49	C
25	276	114	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.281	.357	.638	8	.99	0.062	.46	0.02%	1.16	C
26	277	115	Aug 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.281	.357	.638	8						C
27	278	121 (5)	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.281	.357	.638	5						C
28	279	124 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	W,14-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.281	.357	.638	5						C
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
29	280	130 (5)	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.279	.339	.618	8	1.38	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
30	281	143 (12)	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.297	.355	.652	8	.59	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
31	282	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.273	.294	.348	.643	8						C
							19-12		69	66	5	18	3	1	0	5	2	0	3	0	1		1		0	0	.273	.294	.348	.643		.80	-0.009	2.86	-0.46%	-2.54

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