Billy Jurges
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Jurges with the Chicago Cubs in 1932
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| Shortstop / Manager | |||
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Born: May 9, 1908 The Bronx, New York |
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Died: March 3, 1997 (aged 88) Clearwater, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 4, 1931, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 9, 1947, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .258 | ||
| Home runs | 43 | ||
| Runs batted in | 656 | ||
| Managerial record | 59–63 | ||
| Winning % | .484 | ||
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William Frederick Jurges (May 9, 1908 – March 3, 1997) was an American shortstop, third baseman, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. He was born in Bronx, New York. During the 1930s, he was central to three (1932, 1935 and 1938) National League champion Chicago Cubs teams. In July 1932, Jurges recovered from gunshot wounds—suffered when a distraught former girlfriend tried to kill him—to help lead the Cubs to the pennant.
A right-handed batter and thrower, he was a light hitter—he batted .258 in 1,816 games over 17 seasons—but a good defensive shortstop. During his first eight seasons (1931–38) in Chicago, he anchored an infield of Stan Hack (third base), Billy Herman (second base), and Charlie Grimm or Phil Cavarretta (first base). He then played seven more seasons (1939–45) with the New York Giants, missing over 90 games in 1940 after he was hit in the head by a pitched ball. However, he recovered to play regularly for the Giants from 1941 to 1943. He then returned to the Cubs as a player-coach in 1946–47. For a while, during the off-seasons in the 1930s, Jurges stayed in shape by working out at the Waple Studio of Physical Culture in Alexandria, Virginia.
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