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Darby O'Brien
William D. O'Brien

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 186 lb.

Debut April 16, 1887
Final Game October 15, 1892
Born September 1, 1863 in Peoria, IL
Died June 15, 1893 in Peoria, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 23 NYP AA 127  522   97  157  30 13   5   73  49     40      .301  .355  .437  123  228               4    
 1888 24 BRO AA 136  532  105  149  27  6   2   65  55     30      .280  .327  .365  120  194               7    
 1889 25 BRO AA 136  567  146  170  30 11   5   80  91     61  76  .300  .384  .418  133  237              16    
 1890 26 BRO NL  85  350   78  110  28  6   2   63  38     32  43  .314  .378  .446  139  156               4    
 1891 27 BRO NL 103  395   79  100  18  6   5   57  31     39  53  .253  .331  .367  104  145               7    
 1892 28 BRO NL 122  490   72  119  14  5   1   56  57     29  52  .243  .289  .298   81  146               3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      709 2856  577  805 147 47  20  394 321  0 231 224  .282  .344  .387  117 1106   0   0   0  41   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        653  132  184  34 11   5   90  73  0  53  51  .282  .344  .387  117  253   0   0   0   9   0
 Career High    136  567  146  170  30 13   5   80  91  0  61  76  .314  .384  .446  139  237   0   0   0  16   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 23 NYP AA  566  365   80   5.7    94| .301  .275| .355  .338| .437  .371| .792  .709| 123  .613  14.9   1.5     
 1888 24 BRO AA  569  383   62   4.3    72| .280  .246| .327  .303| .365  .324| .692  .628| 120  .627  12.1   1.4     
 1889 25 BRO AA  644  397   87   5.7    88| .300  .262| .384  .333| .418  .355| .802  .688| 133  .644  26.3   2.7     
 1890 26 BRO NL  386  240   58   6.4    89| .314  .260| .378  .337| .446  .352| .824  .690| 139  .706  17.4   1.8     
 1891 27 BRO NL  441  295   46   4.1    87| .253  .259| .331  .333| .367  .352| .698  .684| 104  .520   2.0   0.2     
 1892 28 BRO NL  522  371   42   3.0    78| .243  .247| .289  .320| .298  .331| .587  .650|  81  .408 -12.5  -1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3128 2051  375   4.8    84| .282  .258| .344  .327| .387  .347| .731  .674| 117  .595  60.3   6.2     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 23 NYP AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    0   0   0     4       0  0.00  4.29  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    0   0   0     4       0  0.00  4.29  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0   68.0   68    0    0   0   68    0   0   0   272   0   0  0.00  4.29  inf 2.000

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1887 23 NYP AA OF 121 244 20 25 4 .913 .898 2.18 2.01 121 1 0 1B 10 67 4 5 5 .934 .971 7.10 9.60 SS 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .857 1.50 4.45 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1888 24 BRO AA OF 136 231 15 18 1 .932 .907 1.81 1.79 136 0 0 1889 25 BRO AA OF 136 255 14 28 5 .906 .903 1.98 1.96 136 0 0 1890 26 BRO NL OF 85 176 14 8 2 .960 .914 2.24 1.89 44 42 0 1891 27 BRO NL OF 103 203 11 11 1 .951 .912 2.08 1.88 103 0 0 1892 28 BRO NL OF 122 222 16 11 4 .956 .912 1.95 1.86 115 3 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 23 NYP AA 1B 10 67 4 5 5 .934 .971 7.10 9.60 1887 23 NYP AA 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.30 1887 23 NYP AA OF 121 244 20 25 4 .913 .898 2.18 2.01 121 1 0 1888 24 BRO AA OF 136 231 15 18 1 .932 .907 1.81 1.79 136 0 0 1889 25 BRO AA OF 136 255 14 28 5 .906 .903 1.98 1.96 136 0 0 1890 26 BRO NL OF 85 176 14 8 2 .960 .914 2.24 1.89 44 42 0 1891 27 BRO NL OF 103 203 11 11 1 .951 .912 2.08 1.88 103 0 0 1892 28 BRO NL OF 122 222 16 11 4 .956 .912 1.95 1.86 115 3 4 1887 23 NYP AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1887 23 NYP AA SS 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .857 1.50 4.45
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 703 1331 90 101 17 .934 .907 2.02 1.90 655 46 4 1B 10 67 4 5 5 .934 .971 7.10 9.60 SS 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .857 1.50 4.45 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.30 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 717 1399 98 107 22 .933 .910 2.09 2.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1889   WS    BRO NYG     L   9  31   8   5  0  1  0   4  12   6  .161  .395  .226   6                
 1890   WS    BRO LOU     T   6  24   3   3  0  1  0   3   1   5  .125  .160  .208   3                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  15  55  11   8  0  2  0   7  13  11  .145  .309  .218   9                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Batting Average
1890 NL-.314-4

Slugging %
1889 AA-.418-10
1890 NL-.446-6

OPS
1890 NL-.824-8

Games
1888 AA-136-6

At Bats
1889 AA-567-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1889 AA-644-5

Runs
1888 AA-105-10
1889 AA-146-3

Hits
1889 AA-170-9

Total Bases
1887 AA-228-8
1889 AA-237-7

Doubles
1888 AA-27-5
1889 AA-30-7
1890 NL-28-5

Home Runs
1887 AA-5-10

Strikeouts
1889 AA-76-3

Stolen Bases
1889 AA-91-2
1892 NL-57-6

Adjusted OPS+
1889 AA-133-10
1890 NL-139-9

Runs Created
1889 AA-87-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1889 AA-26-9

Batting Wins
1889 AA-2.7-9

Extra-Base Hits
1887 AA-48-7
1888 AA-35-10
1889 AA-46-6

Times on Base
1889 AA-247-9

Offensive Win%
1890 NL-.706-8

Hit By Pitch
1889 AA-16-4

Power/Speed Number
1887 AA-9.1-10
1889 AA-9.5-10

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (680) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1187) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (990) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October 20, 1887: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the New York Metropolitans.


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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