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Darby O'Brien
John F. O'Brien

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut June 23, 1888
Final Game October 2, 1891
Born April 15, 1867 in Troy, NY
Died March 11, 1892 in W.Troy, NY

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 21 CLE AA  11  19  30  30  30   1   0  0  259.0  245  162   95   5   99  135   0   0     0       0  3.30  3.09   94 1.328
 1889 22 CLV NL  22  17  41  41  39   1   0  0  346.7  345  216  160   9  167  122  24  27  1544       0  4.15  4.22  102 1.477
 1890 23 CLE PL   8  16  25  25  22   0   0  0  206.3  229  171   78   9   93   54  17  22   978       0  3.40  3.98  117 1.561
 1891 24 BOS AA  18  13  40  30  22   0   9  2  268.7  300  197  109  13  127   87   0  16  1161       0  3.65  3.68  101 1.589
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .476  59  65 136 126 113   2   9  2 1080.7 1119  746  442  36  486  398  41  65  3683       0  3.68  3.77  102 1.485
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  16  35  32  29   0   2  0  280.3  290  193  114   9  126  103  10  16   955   0   0  3.68  3.77  102 1.485
 Career High     22  19  41  41  39   1   9  2  346.7  345  216  160  13  167  135  24  27  1544   0   0  3.30  4.22  117 1.328

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 21 CLE AA  32  109   13   20   1  0   0    9   2      4      .183  .219  .193   34   21               1    
 1889 22 CLV NL  41  140   13   35   1  0   0   18   2     12  18  .250  .314  .257   58   36               1    
 1890 23 CLE PL  26   96   12   15   1  1   0    6   0      2   6  .156  .173  .188   -0   18               0    
 1891 24 BOS AA  41  128   19   30   1  0   0   10   3      8  17  .234  .285  .242   49   31               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      140  473   57  100   4  1   0   43   7  0  26  41  .211  .257  .224   38  106   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   66  116   5  1   0   50   8  0  30  47  .211  .257  .224   38  123   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High     41  140   19   35   1  1   0   18   3  0  12  18                          36   0   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 21 CLE AA  114   89    4   1.2    69| .183  .241| .219  .299| .193  .318| .412  .617|  34  .138  -8.0  -1.0     
 1889 22 CLV NL  153  105   11   2.8    99| .250  .277| .314  .349| .257  .379| .571  .728|  58  .306  -8.0  -0.8     
 1890 23 CLE PL   98   81    3   1.0    98| .156  .271| .173  .348| .188  .377| .361  .725|  -0  .050 -13.8  -1.3     
 1891 24 BOS AA  137   98    9   2.4    94| .234  .266| .285  .350| .242  .359| .527  .709|  49  .279  -8.9  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       502  373   27   1.9    91| .211  .265| .257  .338| .224  .359| .481  .697|  38  .197 -38.7  -4.0     

* 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 ------+
1888 21 CLE AA P 30 16 62 9 2 .897 .891 2.60 2.32 2.71 2.45 30 259.0 OF 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.80 0 0 2 1889 22 CLV NL P 41 25 70 7 3 .931 .905 2.32 1.93 2.47 2.22 41 346.7 1890 23 CLE PL P 25 9 45 2 2 .964 .912 2.16 2.42 2.36 2.80 25 206.3 OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 1 0 0 1891 24 BOS AA P 40 11 50 4 4 .938 .908 1.52 2.14 2.04 2.58 30 268.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1888 21 CLE AA OF 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.80 0 0 2 1890 23 CLE PL OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 1 0 0 1888 21 CLE AA P 30 16 62 9 2 .897 .891 2.60 2.32 2.71 2.45 30 259.0 1889 22 CLV NL P 41 25 70 7 3 .931 .905 2.32 1.93 2.47 2.22 41 346.7 1890 23 CLE PL P 25 9 45 2 2 .964 .912 2.16 2.42 2.36 2.80 25 206.3 1891 24 BOS AA P 40 11 50 4 4 .938 .908 1.52 2.14 2.04 2.58 30 268.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 136 61 227 22 11 .929 .903 2.12 2.17 126 1080.7 OF 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.90 1 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 139 61 229 22 11 .929 .903 2.09 2.16
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.

ERA
1890 PL-3.40-6

Wins
1889 NL-22-6
1891 AA-18-10

Won-Loss %
1889 NL-.564-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1889 NL-8.96-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1888 AA-4.69-6

Games
1889 NL-41-9

Saves
1891 AA-2-1

Innings
1889 NL-346.7-9

Games Started
1889 NL-41-7

Comp. Games
1889 NL-39-3

Home Runs Allow.
1891 AA-13-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1888 AA-99-8
1889 NL-167-2

Hits Allowed
1889 NL-345-8

Losses
1888 AA-19-8
1889 NL-17-9
1890 PL-16-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 NL-160-5

Wild Pitches
1889 NL-27-2
1890 PL-22-6

Hit Batsmen
1889 NL-24-1
1890 PL-17-3

Batters Faced
1889 NL-1544-8
1891 AA-1161-10

Games Finished
1891 AA-9-2

Adjusted ERA+
1890 PL-117-7

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (845) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (868) (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 

June 20, 1888: Purchased by the Cleveland Blues from the Lima (Tri-State) for $2,000.


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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