Billy Jurges
1931–1947 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Giants
1,816G
.258AVG
.325OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
1,613H
43HR
656RBI
36SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 6,253 | 6,250 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,613 | 1,612 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 530 | 526 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,013 | 7,016 |
| Batting · RBI | 656 | 653 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 39 |
| Batting · Triples | 55 | 56 |
| Batting · Walks | 568 | 573 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,816 | 7,013 | 6,253 | 721 | 1,613 | 245 | 55 | 43 | 656 | 568 | 530 | 36 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 2,097 | .258 | .325 | .335 | .660 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1932-06-26 to 1932-07-27
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1939-07-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1942-05-15 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1939-09-28 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 883 | 3323 | 752 | 28 | 304 | 294 | 260 | .256 | .315 | .339 |
| Away | 933 | 3693 | 860 | 15 | 349 | 279 | 266 | .259 | .308 | .333 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 123 | 498 | 115 | 2 | 51 | 47 | 38 | .263 | .325 | .359 |
| May | 329 | 1307 | 302 | 7 | 135 | 117 | 88 | .263 | .321 | .340 |
| June | 350 | 1349 | 310 | 16 | 137 | 103 | 97 | .257 | .306 | .352 |
| July | 352 | 1385 | 343 | 5 | 123 | 104 | 105 | .276 | .323 | .358 |
| August | 349 | 1326 | 303 | 7 | 110 | 103 | 94 | .255 | .306 | .321 |
| September | 304 | 1118 | 232 | 6 | 93 | 97 | 102 | .233 | .294 | .293 |
| October | 9 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .233 | .273 | .233 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 272 | 1053 | 247 | 9 | 102 | 65 | 72 | .259 | .296 | .349 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 271 | 1055 | 231 | 7 | 105 | 95 | 94 | .250 | .309 | .324 |
| cincinnati-reds | 260 | 977 | 219 | 4 | 80 | 83 | 71 | .252 | .309 | .313 |
| boston-braves | 251 | 984 | 239 | 7 | 108 | 81 | 50 | .270 | .325 | .375 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 247 | 982 | 236 | 4 | 106 | 94 | 68 | .276 | .336 | .356 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 243 | 920 | 189 | 4 | 69 | 71 | 82 | .230 | .283 | .292 |
| new-york-giants | 159 | 588 | 138 | 5 | 46 | 53 | 55 | .265 | .325 | .346 |
| chicago-cubs | 113 | 457 | 113 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 34 | .270 | .315 | .325 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Chicago Cubs | 88 | 293 | 59 | – | 24 | 2 | .201 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago Cubs | 115 | 396 | 100 | 2 | 52 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago Cubs | 143 | 487 | 131 | 5 | 51 | 4 | .269 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago Cubs | 100 | 358 | 88 | 8 | 33 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs | 146 | 519 | 125 | 1 | 57 | 3 | .241 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago Cubs | 118 | 428 | 119 | 1 | 41 | 4 | .278 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago Cubs | 129 | 450 | 134 | 1 | 65 | 2 | .298 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago Cubs | 137 | 465 | 114 | 1 | 47 | 4 | .245 | – | – |
| 1939 |  New York Giants | 138 | 542 | 155 | 6 | 64 | 3 | .286 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Giants | 63 | 214 | 54 | 2 | 35 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Giants | 134 | 471 | 138 | 5 | 61 | – | .293 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Giants | 127 | 463 | 119 | 2 | 30 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1943 | New York Giants | 136 | 481 | 110 | 4 | 29 | 2 | .229 | – | – |
| 1944 | New York Giants | 85 | 246 | 52 | 1 | 21 | 4 | .211 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Giants | 61 | 176 | 57 | 3 | 24 | 2 | .324 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 82 | 221 | 49 | – | 17 | 3 | .222 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 14 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .200 | – | – |