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Mike O'Berry
Preston Michael O'Berry

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School University of South Alabama

Debut April 8, 1979
  vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1985
Born April 20, 1954 in Birmingham, AL

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 25 BOS AL  43   59    8   10   1  0   1    4   0  0   5  16  .169  .242  .237   27   14   2   1   0   1   3
 1980 26 CHC NL  19   48    7   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   5  13  .208  .273  .229   38   11   2   2   0   0   0
 1981 27 CIN NL  55  111    6   20   3  1   1    5   0  0  14  19  .180  .272  .252   49   28   3   0   0   0   3
 1982 28 CIN NL  21   45    5   10   2  0   0    3   0  0  10  13  .222  .364  .267   78   12   0   0   0   0   1
 1983 29 CAL AL  26   60    7   10   1  0   1    5   0  0   3  11  .167  .206  .233   22   14   2   0   0   0   1
 1984 30 NYY AL  13   32    3    8   2  0   0    5   0  0   2   2  .250  .294  .313   72   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 31 MON NL  20   21    2    4   0  0   0    0   1  0   4   3  .190  .320  .190   50    4   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      197  376   38   72  10  1   3   27   1  0  43  77  .191  .274  .247   46   93  10   3   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        309   31   59   8  1   2   22   1  0  35  63  .191  .274  .247   46   76   8   2   0   1   7
 Career High     55  111    8   20   3  1   1    5   1  0  14  19                          28   3   2   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 25 BOS AL   68   55    3   1.4   107| .169  .277| .242  .342| .237  .419| .479  .761|  27  .104  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1980 26 CHC NL   57   42    4   2.6   101| .208  .275| .273  .338| .229  .399| .502  .737|  38  .286  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1981 27 CIN NL  128   97    8   2.2    93| .180  .265| .272  .330| .252  .379| .524  .710|  49  .245  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1982 28 CIN NL   55   36    5   3.8    96| .222  .268| .364  .331| .267  .389| .631  .721|  78  .446  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1983 29 CAL AL   65   53    3   1.5    97| .167  .264| .206  .326| .233  .399| .439  .725|  22  .119  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1984 30 NYY AL   34   24    3   3.4    93| .250  .259| .294  .321| .313  .391| .607  .712|  72  .366  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1985 31 MON NL   26   18    2   3.0    91| .190  .254| .320  .321| .190  .379| .510  .700|  50  .350  -1.2  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       433  325   28   2.3    97| .191  .267| .274  .331| .247  .393| .521  .725|  46  .241 -27.7  -2.8 100%

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 25 BOS AL C 43 103 7 5 1 .957 .982 2.56 4.69 4.91 5.46 19 201.7 2 1 13 5 1980 26 CHC NL C 19 94 16 2 2 .982 .983 5.79 5.23 6.89 6.09 15 143.7 1 6 16 12 1981 27 CIN NL C 55 208 22 4 2 .983 .983 4.18 5.07 6.02 5.93 39 343.7 0 8 30 19 1982 28 CIN NL C 21 84 12 1 2 .990 .985 4.57 5.52 6.35 6.29 14 136.0 0 8 11 9 1983 29 CAL AL C 26 77 8 0 0 1.000 .986 3.27 4.76 4.40 5.70 19 173.7 1 6 9 6 1984 30 NYY AL C 12 53 5 0 1 1.000 .986 4.83 5.05 6.31 5.96 9 82.7 1 3 1 7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 1985 31 MON NL C 20 53 6 0 2 1.000 .987 2.95 5.45 6.08 6.42 9 87.3 2 4 14 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 30 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 1979 25 BOS AL C 43 103 7 5 1 .957 .982 2.56 4.69 4.91 5.46 19 201.7 2 1 13 5 1980 26 CHC NL C 19 94 16 2 2 .982 .983 5.79 5.23 6.89 6.09 15 143.7 1 6 16 12 1981 27 CIN NL C 55 208 22 4 2 .983 .983 4.18 5.07 6.02 5.93 39 343.7 0 8 30 19 1982 28 CIN NL C 21 84 12 1 2 .990 .985 4.57 5.52 6.35 6.29 14 136.0 0 8 11 9 1983 29 CAL AL C 26 77 8 0 0 1.000 .986 3.27 4.76 4.40 5.70 19 173.7 1 6 9 6 1984 30 NYY AL C 12 53 5 0 1 1.000 .986 4.83 5.05 6.31 5.96 9 82.7 1 3 1 7 1985 31 MON NL C 20 53 6 0 2 1.000 .987 2.95 5.45 6.08 6.42 9 87.3 2 4 14 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 196 672 76 12 10 .984 .984 3.82 5.05 5.76 5.92 124 1168.7 7 36 94 65 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 197 672 76 12 10 .984 .984 3.80 5.03 5.75 5.91 124 1170
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1975.

October 23, 1979: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs to complete an earlier deal made on August 17, 1979. The Boston Red Sox sent a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Sizemore. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike O'Berry (October 23, 1979) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

October 17, 1980: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Jay Howell.

January 10, 1983: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the California Angels for John Harris.

November 15, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 25, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 21, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.


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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