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Jack Urban
Jack Elmer Urban

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 155 lb.

Debut June 13, 1957
  vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game August 6, 1959
Born December 5, 1928 in Omaha, NE
Died June 26, 2006 in Omaha, NE

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1957 28 KCA AL   7   4  31  13   3   0   9  0  129.3  111   55   48   7   45   55   1   4   530   3   2  3.34  3.94  118 1.206
 1958 29 KCA AL   8  11  30  24   5   1   3  1  132.0  150   92   87  17   51   54   2   5   589   1   0  5.93  3.92   66 1.523
 1959 30 STL NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   3  0   10.7   18   11   11   1    7    4   0   0    53   4   0  9.28  4.22   46 2.344
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500  15  15  69  37   8   1  15  1  272.0  279  158  146  25  103  113   3   9  1172   8   2  4.83  3.94   82 1.404
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   9  44  23   5   0   9  0  174.3  178  101   93  16   66   72   1   5   751   5   1  4.83  3.94   82 1.404
 Career High      8  11  31  24   5   1   9  1  132.0  150   92   87  17   51   55   2   5   589   4   2  3.34  3.94  118 1.206

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 28 KCA AL  37   39    1   11   1  0   0    5   1  0   2   8  .282  .317  .308   71   12   1   0   0   0   1
 1958 29 KCA AL  31   46    2    7   0  0   0    2   1  0   0  14  .152  .170  .152  -11    7   0   0   0   1   1
 1959 30 STL NL   8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       76   86    3   18   1  0   0    7   2  0   2  22  .209  .236  .221   26   19   1   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        183    6   38   2  0   0   15   4  0   4  47  .209  .236  .221   26   41   2   0   0   2   4
 Career High     37   46    2   11   1  0   0    5   1  0   2  14                          12   1   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 28 KCA AL   42   30    4   3.6   100| .282  .264| .317  .337| .308  .399| .625  .735|  71  .410  -1.6  -0.2 100%
 1958 29 KCA AL   47   40    1   0.7   100| .152  .264| .170  .333| .152  .401| .322  .734| -11  .032  -7.2  -0.7 100%
 1959 30 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .277| .000  .344| .000  .429| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        90   71    5   1.9   100| .209  .264| .236  .335| .221  .400| .457  .735|  26  .179  -9.1  -0.9 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 28 KCA AL P 31 12 27 1 2 .975 .963 1.26 0.86 2.71 1.99 13 129.3 1958 29 KCA AL P 30 13 14 2 2 .931 .964 0.90 0.82 1.84 1.95 24 132.0 1959 30 STL NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.82 0.84 2.02 0 10.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 28 KCA AL P 31 12 27 1 2 .975 .963 1.26 0.86 2.71 1.99 13 129.3 1958 29 KCA AL P 30 13 14 2 2 .931 .964 0.90 0.82 1.84 1.95 24 132.0 1959 30 STL NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.82 0.84 2.02 0 10.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 69 25 42 3 4 .957 .964 0.97 0.84 2.22 1.97 37 272.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 69 25 42 3 4 .957 .964 0.97 0.84 2.22 1.97 37 272
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Earned Runs Allow.
1958 AL-87-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 5, 1957: Sent by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics to complete an earlier deal made on February 19, 1957. The New York Yankees sent a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

April 8, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees for Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman returned to original teams on May 8, 1959.

May 12, 1959: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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