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Billy O'Brien
William Smith O'Brien

Bats Right, Throws Unknown
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 27, 1884
Final Game October 3, 1890
Born March 14, 1860 in Albany, NY
Died May 26, 1911 in Kansas City, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 24 TOT UA  12   47    3   11   3  0   0        0      0      .234  .234  .298  109   14                    
         STP UA   8   30    1    7   3  0   0        0      0      .233  .233  .333  136   10                    
         KCC UA   4   17    2    4   0  0   0        0      0      .235  .235  .235   69    4                    
 1887 27 WHS NL 113  453   71  126  16 12  19   73  11     21  17  .278  .317  .492  126  223               5    
 1888 28 WHS NL 133  528   42  119  15  2   9   66  10      9  70  .225  .238  .313   79  165               0    
 1889 29 WHS NL   2    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .111  .000  -67    0               0    
 1890 30 BRG AA  96  388   47  108  25  8   4   67   5     28      .278  .332  .415  122  161               3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      356 1424  164  364  59 22  32  206  26  0  59  88  .256  .289  .395  107  563   0   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        648   75  166  27 10  15   94  12  0  27  40  .256  .289  .395  107  256   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    133  528   71  126  25 12  19   73  11  0  28  70  .278  .332  .492  126  223   0   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 24 TOT UA   47   36    3   2.2    38| .234  .211| .234  .235| .298  .273| .532  .508| 109  .320   1.4   0.2     
         STP UA   30   23    2   2.2    30| .233  .198| .233  .221| .333  .256| .566  .477| 136  .337   1.8   0.2     
         KCC UA   17   13    1   2.0    53| .235  .233| .235  .259| .235  .302| .470  .561|  69  .288  -0.4   0.0     
 1887 27 WHS NL  479  327   69   5.5    93| .278  .269| .317  .326| .492  .382| .809  .708| 126  .599  13.0   1.3     
 1888 28 WHS NL  537  409   39   2.5    67| .225  .239| .238  .286| .313  .327| .551  .614|  79  .384 -13.6  -1.6     
 1889 29 WHS NL    9    8    0   0.0    91| .000  .265| .111  .336| .000  .362| .111  .698| -67  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1890 30 BRG AA  419  280   53   4.9    84| .278  .256| .332  .334| .415  .337| .747  .672| 122  .616   8.7   0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1491 1060  164   4.0    79| .256  .253| .289  .311| .395  .346| .684  .657| 107  .530   7.8   0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 24 STP UA   1   0   2   0   0   0   2  0   10.0    8    5    2   0    3    7       0             0  1.80  1.83  101 1.100
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL%1.000   1   0   2   0   0   0   2  0   10.0    8    5    2   0    3    7       0             0  1.80  1.83  101 1.100
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    34   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  340.0  272  170   68   0  102  238   0   0     0   0   0  1.80  1.83  101 1.100

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 24 TOT UA 3B 11 8 23 8 0 .795 .777 2.82 2.94 STP UA 3B 8 7 14 4 0 .840 .778 2.62 2.94 P 2 0 4 3 1 .571 .851 2.00 2.25 3.60 2.61 0 10.0 KCC UA 3B 3 1 9 4 0 .714 .775 3.33 2.93 1B 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 .952 18.00 10.10 1887 27 WHS NL 1B 104 1159 26 32 53 .974 .974 11.39 9.61 3B 4 8 5 2 0 .867 .872 3.25 3.38 OF 4 7 3 0 0 1.000 .885 2.50 1.93 1 3 0 2B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.80 1888 28 WHS NL 1B 132 1272 38 33 55 .975 .977 9.92 7.58 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 3.10 1889 29 WHS NL 1B 2 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 9.50 10.30 1890 30 BRG AA 1B 96 1015 35 29 66 .973 .973 10.94 10.22
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 24 KCC UA 1B 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 .952 18.00 10.10 1887 27 WHS NL 1B 104 1159 26 32 53 .974 .974 11.39 9.61 1888 28 WHS NL 1B 132 1272 38 33 55 .975 .977 9.92 7.58 1889 29 WHS NL 1B 2 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 9.50 10.30 1890 30 BRG AA 1B 96 1015 35 29 66 .973 .973 10.94 10.22 1887 27 WHS NL 2B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.80 1884 24 TOT UA 3B 11 8 23 8 0 .795 .777 2.82 2.94 STP UA 3B 8 7 14 4 0 .840 .778 2.62 2.94 KCC UA 3B 3 1 9 4 0 .714 .775 3.33 2.93 1887 27 WHS NL 3B 4 8 5 2 0 .867 .872 3.25 3.38 1888 28 WHS NL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 3.10 1887 27 WHS NL OF 4 7 3 0 0 1.000 .885 2.50 1.93 1 3 0 1884 24 STP UA P 2 0 4 3 1 .571 .851 2.00 2.25 3.60 2.61 0 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 335 3482 100 94 174 .974 .975 10.69 8.99 3B 16 17 29 10 0 .821 .806 2.88 3.06 OF 4 7 3 0 0 1.000 .885 2.50 1.93 1 3 0 2B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.80 P* 2 0 4 3 1 .571 .851 2.00 2.25 0 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 359 3507 141 107 175 .972 .972 10.16 8.59
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.

Slugging %
1887 NL-.492-10

At Bats
1888 NL-528-4

Doubles
1890 AA-25-10

Home Runs
1887 NL-19-1
1888 NL-9-6
1890 AA-4-9

Strikeouts
1888 NL-70-5

Extra-Base Hits
1890 AA-37-10

At Bats per Home Run
1887 NL-23.8-1
1890 AA-97.0-10

Outs
1888 NL-409-3

       

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1051) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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 

November, 1886: Purchased by the St. Louis Maroons from the Denver (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 8, 1887: Returned to league control by the St. Louis Maroons.

March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals.


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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