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Buck O'Brien
Thomas Joseph O'Brien

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 188 lb.

Debut September 9, 1911
Final Game August 6, 1913
Born May 9, 1882 in Brockton, MA
Died July 25, 1959 in Boston, MA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1911 29 BOS AL   5   1   6   5   5   2   1  0   47.7   30    9    2   0   21   31   1   0   189       0  0.38  3.27  866 1.070
 1912 30 BOS AL  20  13  37  34  25   2   2  0  275.7  237  107   79   3   90  115  10   5  1100       1  2.58  3.40  132 1.186
 1913 31 TOT AL   4  11  21  15   6   0   4  0  108.7  124   56   45   0   48   58   0   1   452       0  3.73  2.93   79 1.583
         BOS AL   4   9  15  12   6   0   2  0   90.3  103   42   37   0   35   54   0   1   373       0  3.69  2.93   79 1.528
         CHW AL   0   2   6   3   0   0   2  0   18.3   21   14    8   0   13    4   0   0    79       0  3.93  2.93   75 1.855
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .537  29  25  64  54  36   4   7  0  432.0  391  172  126   3  159  204  11   6  1741       1  2.63  3.27  125 1.273
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  14  36  31  20   2   4  0  248.7  225   99   72   1   91  117   6   3  1003   0   0  2.63  3.27  125 1.273
 Career High     20  13  37  34  25   2   4  0  275.7  237  107   79   3   90  115  10   5  1100   0   1  0.38  3.40  866 1.070

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 29 BOS AL   6   16    0    2   1  0   0    1   0      0      .125  .125  .188  -13    3   0           0    
 1912 30 BOS AL  37   94    4   13   1  1   0    6   0      6      .138  .190  .170    1   16   4           0    
 1913 31 TOT AL  21   33    2    5   1  0   0    1   0      3   9  .152  .222  .182   17    6   1           0    
         BOS AL  15   30    2    5   1  0   0    1   0      3   9  .167  .242  .200   28    6   1           0    
         CHW AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       64  143    6   20   3  1   0    8   0  0   9   9  .140  .191  .175    3   25   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        362   15   51   8  3   0   20   0  0  23  23  .140  .191  .175    3   63  13   0   0   0   0
 Career High     37   94    4   13   1  1   0    6   0  0   6   9                          16   4   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 29 BOS AL   16   14    0   0.0    95| .125  .280| .125  .346| .188  .368| .313  .714| -13  .000  -2.4  -0.3     
 1912 30 BOS AL  104   85    3   0.9    95| .138  .278| .190  .348| .170  .366| .360  .714|   1  .067 -12.8  -1.4     
 1913 31 TOT AL   37   29    1   0.9    89| .152  .268| .222  .340| .182  .351| .404  .691|  17  .075  -3.5  -0.4     
         BOS AL   34   26    1   1.0    89| .167  .268| .242  .340| .200  .352| .442  .692|  28  .091  -2.7  -0.3     
         CHW AL    3    3    0   0.0    86| .000  .263| .000  .335| .000  .346| .000  .680|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       157  128    4   0.8    94| .140  .276| .191  .346| .175  .363| .366  .709|   3  .056 -18.7  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 29 BOS AL P 6 3 14 0 1 1.000 .939 2.83 1.88 3.21 2.89 5 47.7 1912 30 BOS AL P 37 10 83 5 1 .949 .940 2.51 1.95 3.04 2.96 34 275.7 1913 31 TOT AL P 21 2 33 0 0 1.000 .938 1.67 1.83 2.90 3.01 15 108.6 BOS AL P 15 1 29 0 0 1.000 .938 2.00 1.83 2.99 3.01 12 90.3 CHW AL P 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 1.83 2.46 3.00 3 18.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 29 BOS AL P 6 3 14 0 1 1.000 .939 2.83 1.88 3.21 2.89 5 47.7 1912 30 BOS AL P 37 10 83 5 1 .949 .940 2.51 1.95 3.04 2.96 34 275.7 1913 31 TOT AL P 21 2 33 0 0 1.000 .938 1.67 1.83 2.90 3.01 15 108.6 BOS AL P 15 1 29 0 0 1.000 .938 2.00 1.83 2.99 3.01 12 90.3 CHW AL P 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 1.83 2.46 3.00 3 18.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 64 15 130 5 2 .967 .940 2.27 1.90 3.02 2.96 54 432.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 64 15 130 5 2 .967 .940 2.27 1.90 3.02 2.96 54 432
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   2   2   5.00  0  2  0  0   9    12   5   3   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

ERA
1912 AL-2.58-6

Wins
1912 AL-20-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1912 AL-1.186-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1912 AL-7.74-5

Innings
1912 AL-275.7-7

Strikeouts
1912 AL-115-9

Games Started
1912 AL-34-6

Comp. Games
1912 AL-25-8

Shutouts
1911 AL-2-9
1912 AL-2-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1912 AL-90-8

Hit Batsmen
1912 AL-10-9

Batters Faced
1912 AL-1100-7

Adjusted ERA+
1912 AL-132-7

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (985) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (859) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 2, 1913: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox for $5,000.

August 20, 1913: Purchased by the Oakland (PCL) from the Chicago White Sox.


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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