Juvenal
Urbina
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 8, 1912 in Columbia
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1937   
Golden Rookie 1932   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 19 POU KL     13 13 13 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 11 11 11
1932 20 POU KL $ 300,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 9 10 11 11 11
1933 21 POU KL $ 300,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 9 9 11 11 11
1934 22 POU KL $ 300,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 14 14 14 10 9 9 11 11 11
1935 23 POU KL $ 300,000   12 12 12 11 11 11 14 14 14 9 7 8 11 11 11
1936 24 POU KL $ 2,307,143   12 12 12 11 11 11 14 14 14 9 7 8 11 11 11
1937 25 POU KL $ 2,307,143   11 11 11 11 11 11 14 14 14 8 7 7 10 10 10
1938 26 POU KL $ 2,307,143   11 11 11 11 11 11 14 14 14 9 7 8 10 10 10
1939 27 POU KL $ 2,500,000   11 11 11 11 11 11 14 14 14 9 7 8 11 11 11
1940 28 POU KL $ 2,500,000   11 11 11 11 11 11 14 14 14 9 7 8 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 11 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 14 14 14 10 9 10 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Bat or Golden Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 19 AAA   110 337 56 125 12 4 4 27 26 6 28 41 .371 .419 .466 .885 63.0  
1932 20 POU KL 125 495 61 143 16 7 6 47 36 25 18 82 .289 .316 .386 .702 53.0 9.2
1934 22 POU KL 124 505 65 151 23 3 10 69 25 17 30 86 .299 .341 .416 .757 66.4 13.2
1935 23 POU KL 125 518 69 139 24 5 10 45 30 12 32 114 .268 .312 .392 .703 61.7 9.4
1936 24 POU KL 126 483 61 121 38 6 7 55 26 12 32 125 .251 .301 .398 .698 57.9 8.4
1937 25 POU KL 122 485 58 117 22 6 12 46 16 19 23 123 .241 .279 .386 .665 49.9 5.0
1938 26 POU KL 124 434 45 99 22 7 9 48 19 10 31 111 .228 .282 .373 .656 45.2 5.4
1939 27 POU KL 127 497 50 129 23 3 19 44 22 9 24 119 .260 .295 .433 .728 62.8 8.1
1940 28 POU KL 124 430 52 109 18 3 13 63 17 11 30 119 .253 .309 .400 .709 50.0 7.7
8 Years Sim 997 3847 461 1008 186 40 86 417 191 115 220 879 .262 .305 .398 .703 446.8 66.5
1 Years AAA 110 337 56 125 12 4 4 27 26 6 28 41 .371 .423 .466 .889 63.0  
162 Game Average 625 74 163 30 6 13 67 31 18 35 142 .262 .305 .398 .703 72.6  
Career Highs 127 518 69 151 38 7 19 69 36 25 32 125 .299 .341 .433 .757 66.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2956 349 785 143 28 65 329 140 91 147 662 .266 .304 .399 .702 337.8
vs LH   891 112 223 43 12 21 88 51 24 73 217 .250 .309 .396 .705 109.4
Home 501 1897 217 502 99 24 40 197 93 57 110 420 .265 .309 .405 .714 225.3
Away 496 1950 244 506 87 16 46 220 98 58 110 459 .259 .301 .391 .692 221.9
RISP   872 0 221 45 8 18 304 0 0 50 201 .253 .292 .385 .677 96.1
Pinch Hitting   25 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .320 .520 1.2
Close/Late   470 55 126 25 5 10 43 0 1 38 104 .268 .325 .406 .732 60.2
Mar/Apr 157 627 75 177 25 6 13 58 35 19 40 135 .282 .331 .404 .734 80.1
May 204 800 96 200 39 7 19 82 38 27 47 193 .250 .291 .388 .679 86.8
June 178 665 76 162 36 6 9 66 35 24 38 141 .244 .289 .356 .646 63.9
July 213 825 105 233 43 7 27 103 46 28 45 199 .282 .321 .450 .771 112.9
August 216 820 95 207 37 10 15 89 33 15 44 186 .252 .294 .377 .671 88.4
Sep/Oct 29 110 14 29 6 4 3 19 4 2 6 25 .264 .308 .473 .780 15.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1932 20 POU KL 2B 90 89 767.3 132 262 8 58 .980 4.62 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    SS 22 22 192.3 22 70 6 5 .939 4.31 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 10 10 90.3 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1934 22 POU KL 2B 119 119 1063.3 200 349 12 78 .979 4.65 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    SS 4 0 9.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1935 23 POU KL 2B 122 120 1097.7 184 345 8 63 .985 4.34 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 24 POU KL 2B 125 121 1091.0 217 383 8 83 .987 4.95 0 0 .000 0 5.7
1937 25 POU KL 2B 121 116 1047.7 174 310 10 54 .980 4.16 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 26 POU KL 2B 120 118 1076.0 161 355 7 68 .987 4.32 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    SS 4 0 20.0 2 5 1 0 .875 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1939 27 POU KL 2B 116 114 993.3 161 336 10 55 .980 4.50 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    C 3 3 26.0 22 3 0 0 1.000 8.65 5 2 .400 1 0.1
    SS 7 1 22.0 2 9 0 3 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1940 28 POU KL SS 119 118 1065.3 127 382 21 70 .960 4.30 0 0 .000 0 7.3
    2B 3 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 816 797 7142.0 1229 2341 63 459 .983 4.50 0 0 .000 0 30.0
  SS 159 141 1314.7 156 469 28 79 .957 4.28 0 0 .000 0 8.3
  CF 10 10 90.3 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 3 3 26.0 22 3 0 0 1.000 8.65 5 2 .400 1 0.1
Career Totals   988 951 8573.0 1427 2814 91 538 .979 4.45 5 2 .400 1 38.6
Career Highs   126 121 1102.7 217 383 21 83 .987 4.95 5 2 .400 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1936 24 POU KL 6 25 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 .160 .192 .320 .512
1937 25 POU KL 11 50 3 10 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 17 .200 .212 .300 .512
1938 26 POU KL 6 21 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .143 .217 .286 .503
Career Post-Season Batting 23 96 6 17 3 0 3 8 2 1 4 31 .177 .208 .302 .510
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1932-6-495
1934-8-505
1935-2-518
1936-10-483
1939-10-497
Hits
1932-8-143
1934-7-151
Singles
1932-1-114
1934-5-115
Doubles
1936-2-38
Triples
1932-4-7
1935-4-5
1936-5-6
1937-9-6
1938-5-7
CAR-36-40
RBIs
1934-9-69
Stolen Bases
1932-5-36
1934-8-25
1935-9-30
CAR-30-191
Caught Stealing
1932-1-25
1934-4-17
1937-6-19
1938-10-10
1939-10-9
1940-9-11
CAR-18-115
Strikeouts
1936-7-125
1937-5-123
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 25)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 165)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 43)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Poughkeepsie in 1931
Had first career hit on 4/8/1932, off Anthony Hornick (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1932, off Ramon Figueroa (PRO)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Providence on 4/20/1932
Won Golden Rookie in 1932, hitting .289 with 6 HR, 47 RBI
Injured on 3/10/1933 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
1/31/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Poughkeepsie in 1937
1/31/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
8/16/1938: Signed a contract extension with Poughkeepsie, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston on 7/17/1939