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Bobby Sturgeon
Robert Harwood Sturgeon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 16, 1940
Final Game October 3, 1948
Born August 6, 1919 in Clinton, IN
Died March 10, 2007 in San Dimas, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 20 CHC NL   7   21    1    4   1  0   0    2   0      0   1  .190  .190  .238   19    5   0           0   1
 1941 21 CHC NL 129  433   45  106  15  3   0   25   5      9  30  .245  .260  .293   58  127  11           0  10
 1942 22 CHC NL  63  162    8   40   7  1   0    7   2      4  13  .247  .269  .302   70   49   2           1   2
 1946 26 CHC NL 100  294   26   87  12  2   1   21   0     10  18  .296  .319  .361   94  106   7           0   5
 1947 27 CHC NL  87  232   16   59  10  5   0   21   0      7  12  .254  .276  .341   66   79   4           0   9
 1948 28 BSN NL  34   78   10   17   3  1   0    4   0      4   5  .218  .256  .282   46   22   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      420 1220  106  313  48 12   1   80   7  0  34  79  .257  .277  .318   68  388  24   0   0   1  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        471   41  121  19  5   0   31   3  0  13  30  .257  .277  .318   68  150   9   0   0   0  11
 Career High    129  433   45  106  15  5   1   25   5  0  10  30  .296  .319  .361   94  127  11   0   0   1  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 20 CHC NL   21   18    1   1.5    96| .190  .269| .190  .334| .238  .388| .428  .721|  19  .124  -2.3  -0.2     
 1941 21 CHC NL  453  348   33   2.5    91| .245  .261| .260  .331| .293  .368| .553  .699|  58  .289 -25.2  -2.6     
 1942 22 CHC NL  169  126   13   2.8    84| .247  .251| .269  .323| .302  .349| .571  .672|  70  .360  -6.6  -0.7     
 1946 26 CHC NL  311  219   34   4.2    91| .296  .260| .319  .335| .361  .364| .680  .699|  94  .513  -3.5  -0.4     
 1947 27 CHC NL  243  186   22   3.1   102| .254  .269| .276  .344| .341  .399| .617  .743|  66  .329 -12.3  -1.2     
 1948 28 BSN NL   82   63    6   2.5   101| .218  .268| .256  .342| .282  .396| .538  .738|  46  .262  -6.1  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1279  960  109   3.0    93| .257  .262| .277  .334| .318  .373| .595  .707|  68  .357 -56.0  -5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 20 CHC NL SS 7 19 20 7 5 .848 .949 5.57 5.00 1941 21 CHC NL SS 126 215 366 27 68 .956 .951 4.61 4.82 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1942 22 CHC NL 2B 32 69 99 2 18 .988 .968 5.25 5.19 SS 29 43 64 2 15 .982 .955 3.69 4.87 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.05 1946 26 CHC NL SS 72 109 158 19 31 .934 .957 3.71 4.67 2B 21 51 51 3 13 .971 .970 4.86 5.09 1947 27 CHC NL SS 45 75 120 5 24 .975 .963 4.33 4.66 2B 30 60 72 1 18 .992 .975 4.40 5.19 3B 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 .945 2.40 2.80 1948 28 BSN NL 2B 18 36 40 5 9 .938 .971 4.22 4.83 SS 4 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 4.60 3B 4 3 3 1 0 .857 .938 1.50 2.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 21 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1942 22 CHC NL 2B 32 69 99 2 18 .988 .968 5.25 5.19 1946 26 CHC NL 2B 21 51 51 3 13 .971 .970 4.86 5.09 1947 27 CHC NL 2B 30 60 72 1 18 .992 .975 4.40 5.19 1948 28 BSN NL 2B 18 36 40 5 9 .938 .971 4.22 4.83 1941 21 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1942 22 CHC NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.05 1947 27 CHC NL 3B 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 .945 2.40 2.80 1948 28 BSN NL 3B 4 3 3 1 0 .857 .938 1.50 2.80 1940 20 CHC NL SS 7 19 20 7 5 .848 .949 5.57 5.00 1941 21 CHC NL SS 126 215 366 27 68 .956 .951 4.61 4.82 1942 22 CHC NL SS 29 43 64 2 15 .982 .955 3.69 4.87 1946 26 CHC NL SS 72 109 158 19 31 .934 .957 3.71 4.67 1947 27 CHC NL SS 45 75 120 5 24 .975 .963 4.33 4.66 1948 28 BSN NL SS 4 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 4.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 283 465 731 61 143 .951 .955 4.23 4.76 2B 102 216 262 11 58 .978 .971 4.69 5.11 3B 12 6 13 1 1 .950 .941 1.58 2.88 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 397 687 1006 73 202 .959 .959 4.26 4.79
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.

Sac. Hits
1941 NL-11-8

Youngest Player
1940 NL-20-7

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 

December 27, 1939: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 1, 1948: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Braves for Dick Culler.


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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