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Jack O'Brien
John Joseph O'Brien

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 14, 1899
Final Game September 28, 1903
Born February 5, 1873 in Watervliet, NY
Died June 10, 1933 in Watervliet, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 26 WHS NL 127  468   68  132  11  5   6   51  17     31      .282  .331  .365   91  171  14           3    
 1901 28 TOT AL 103  420   59  114  14  5   0   44  15     25      .271  .320  .329   83  138   6           5    
         WSH AL  11   45    5    8   0  0   0    5   2      3      .178  .245  .178   19    8   2           1    
         CLE AL  92  375   54  106  14  5   0   39  13     22      .283  .329  .347   91  130   4           4    
 1903 30 BOS AL  96  338   44   71  14  4   3   38  10     21      .210  .262  .302   65  102  14           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      326 1226  171  317  39 14   9  133  42  0  77   0  .259  .308  .335   82  411  34   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        609   85  158  19  7   4   66  21  0  38   0  .259  .308  .335   82  204  17   0   0   5   0
 Career High    127  468   68  132  14  5   6   51  17  0  31   0  .282  .331  .365   91  171  14   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 26 WHS NL  516  350   56   4.1    99| .282  .289| .331  .351| .365  .376| .696  .727|  91  .482  -6.7  -0.7     
 1901 28 TOT AL  456  312   44   3.7    94| .271  .280| .320  .335| .329  .375| .649  .711|  83  .427  -9.1  -0.9     
         WSH AL   51   39    2   1.3    95| .178  .282| .245  .338| .178  .378| .423  .716|  19  .105  -4.8  -0.5     
         CLE AL  405  273   42   4.0    94| .283  .279| .329  .335| .347  .375| .676  .710|  91  .467  -4.3  -0.4     
 1903 30 BOS AL  376  281   26   2.4    86| .210  .269| .262  .319| .302  .363| .564  .682|  65  .333 -14.6  -1.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1348  943  126   3.5    94| .259  .280| .308  .337| .335  .372| .643  .709|  82  .426 -30.4  -3.2     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 26 WHS NL OF 121 266 21 23 5 .926 .944 2.37 2.11 121 0 0 3B 4 5 10 6 1 .714 .904 3.75 3.52 1901 28 TOT AL OF 103 176 9 12 4 .939 .931 1.80 2.00 42 0 61 WSH AL OF 11 26 0 2 0 .929 .932 2.36 2.00 11 0 0 CLE AL OF 92 150 9 10 4 .941 .931 1.73 2.00 31 0 61 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 3.50 1903 30 BOS AL OF 71 128 9 6 2 .958 .952 1.93 1.92 2 68 1 3B 11 10 15 3 3 .893 .923 2.27 3.11 2B 4 4 7 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 5.05 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 30 BOS AL 2B 4 4 7 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 5.05 1899 26 WHS NL 3B 4 5 10 6 1 .714 .904 3.75 3.52 1901 28 CLE AL 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 3.50 1903 30 BOS AL 3B 11 10 15 3 3 .893 .923 2.27 3.11 1899 26 WHS NL OF 121 266 21 23 5 .926 .944 2.37 2.11 121 0 0 1901 28 TOT AL OF 103 176 9 12 4 .939 .931 1.80 2.00 42 0 61 WSH AL OF 11 26 0 2 0 .929 .932 2.36 2.00 11 0 0 CLE AL OF 92 150 9 10 4 .941 .931 1.73 2.00 31 0 61 1903 30 BOS AL OF 71 128 9 6 2 .958 .952 1.93 1.92 2 68 1 1903 30 BOS AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 295 570 39 41 11 .937 .942 2.06 2.03 165 68 62 3B 16 16 27 9 4 .827 .915 2.69 3.24 2B 4 4 7 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 5.05 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 316 590 73 54 15 .925 .940 2.10 2.14
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .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.

Home Runs
1899 NL-6-10

At Bats per Home Run
1899 NL-78.0-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 14, 1898: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Dick Padden and Jimmy Slagle to the Washington Senators for Heinie Reitz.

March 24, 1900: Purchased by the Detroit (American) from the Washington Senators for $1,750.

May 15, 1901: Released by the Washington Senators.

May 24, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Blues.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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