Jack Urban Stats

Jack Urban was born on Wednesday, December 5, 1928, in Omaha, Nebraska. Urban was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 13, 1957, with the Kansas City Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jack Urban baseball stats page.

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Jack Urban

Jack Urban Autograph on a 1958 Topps (#367)

Jack Urban Autograph on a 1958 Topps (#367)
 

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Birth Name:   Jack Elmer Urban
Nickname:   None
Born On:   12-05-1928  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Omaha, Nebraska
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-26-2006 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Omaha, Nebraska
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Technical High School (Omaha, NE)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   06-13-1957 (Age 28)
Last Game:   08-06-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jack Urban

Jack Urban Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1957 29 Athletics 31 13 9 7 4 .636 3.34 3 0 0 129.1 530 111 48 55 7 45 3 55 4 1 2 -
1958 30 Athletics 30 24 3 8 11 .421 5.93 5 1 1 132.0 589 150 87 92 17 51 1 54 5 2 0 -
1959 31 Cardinals 8 0 3 0 0 .000 9.28 0 0 0 10.2 53 18 11 11 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
3 Years 69 37 15 15 15 .500 4.83 8 1 1 272.0 1,172 279 146 158 25 103 8 113 9 3 2 -
Jack Urban

Jack Urban Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1957 29 Athletics 37 39 1 11 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 .282 .317 .308
1958 30 Athletics 31 46 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 1 1 .152 .170 .152
1959 31 Cardinals 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
3 Years 76 86 3 18 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 22 1 0 1 2 .209 .236 .221
Jack Urban

Jack Urban Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1957 Athletics P 31 13 388 40 1.3 39 12 27 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.71
1958 Athletics P 30 24 396 29 1.0 27 13 14 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.84
1959 Cardinals P 8 0 32 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.84
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 69 37 816 70 1.0 67 25 42 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.22
3 Years 69 37 816 70 1.0 67 25 42 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.22
Jack Urban

Jack Urban Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1957 Athletics 1 0 1.000 0 6 n/a 0.0 4.9 7.8 1.22 3.83 3.13
1958 Athletics 1 0 1.000 0 1 n/a 0.0 3.3 23.0 1.06 3.68 3.48
1959 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.57 3.37 5.91
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
3 Years 2 0 1.000 0 7 n/a 0.0 3.9 12.3 1.10 3.74 3.41
Jack Urban

Jack Urban Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1957 Kansas City Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1958 Kansas City Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1959 St. Louis Cardinals 24 Undetermined - -


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