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John O'Brien
John Joseph O'Brien (Chewing Gum)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 22, 1891
Final Game October 7, 1899
Born July 13, 1866 in St. John, New Brunswick, CAN
Died May 13, 1913 in Lewiston, ME

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 24 BRO NL  43  167   22   41   4  2   0   26   4     12  17  .246  .308  .293   76   49               3    
 1893 26 CHC NL   4   14    3    5   0  1   0    1   0      2   2  .357  .471  .500  155    7               1    
 1895 28 LOU NL 128  539   82  138  10  4   1   50  15     45  20  .256  .325  .295   64  159  18          10    
 1896 29 TOT NL 122  456   62  135  15  4   6   57   8     40  19  .296  .361  .386   98  176   8           6    
         LOU NL  49  186   24   63   9  1   2   24   4     13   7  .339  .385  .430  118   80   1           1    
         WHS NL  73  270   38   72   6  3   4   33   4     27  12  .267  .344  .356   85   96   7           5    
 1897 30 WHS NL  86  320   37   78  12  2   3   45   6     19      .244  .309  .322   67  103   3          11    
 1899 32 TOT NL 118  414   40   89   6  4   2   50  12     36      .215  .284  .263   50  109  13           4    
         BLN NL  39  135   14   26   4  0   1   17   4     15      .193  .283  .244   42   33   3           2    
         PIT NL  79  279   26   63   2  4   1   33   8     21      .226  .285  .272   54   76  10           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      501 1910  246  486  47 17  12  229  45  0 154  58  .254  .322  .316   72  603  42   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        618   80  157  15  5   4   74  15  0  50  19  .254  .322  .316   72  195  14   0   0  11   0
 Career High    128  539   82  138  15  4   6   57  15  0  45  20  .296  .361  .386   98  176  18   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 24 BRO NL  182  126   15   3.2    87| .246  .259| .308  .332| .293  .352| .601  .684|  76  .399  -5.2  -0.6     
 1893 26 CHC NL   17    9    3   8.8   109| .357  .290| .471  .368| .500  .394| .971  .763| 155  .745   1.2   0.1     
 1895 28 LOU NL  612  419   50   3.1   107| .256  .294| .325  .360| .295  .398| .620  .757|  64  .281 -26.3  -2.4     
 1896 29 TOT NL  510  329   63   5.0   106| .296  .295| .361  .360| .386  .394| .747  .754|  98  .514  -0.9  -0.1     
         LOU NL  201  124   31   6.5   104| .339  .292| .385  .357| .430  .390| .815  .747| 118  .632   5.1   0.5     
         WHS NL  309  205   32   4.1   107| .267  .297| .344  .362| .356  .397| .700  .759|  85  .421  -5.9  -0.6     
 1897 30 WHS NL  353  245   29   3.1   107| .244  .297| .309  .361| .322  .395| .631  .756|  67  .306 -15.5  -1.5     
 1899 32 TOT NL  467  338   30   2.3   100| .215  .291| .284  .354| .263  .379| .547  .733|  50  .240 -29.1  -3.0     
         BLN NL  155  112    9   2.1   104| .193  .296| .283  .359| .244  .385| .527  .745|  42  .208 -10.8  -1.1     
         PIT NL  312  226   21   2.4    99| .226  .289| .285  .351| .272  .376| .557  .727|  54  .256 -18.4  -1.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2141 1466  190   3.4   104| .254  .291| .322  .357| .316  .388| .638  .745|  72  .350 -75.7  -7.5     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1891 24 BRO NL  2B   43     85  102   32   13  .854  .929  4.35  5.88            
 1893 26 CHC NL  2B    4     10    8    2    1  .900  .933  4.50  5.88            
 1895 28 LOU NL  2B  125    304  396   46   56  .938  .933  5.60  5.63            
                 1B    3     35    1    1    2  .973  .978 12.00  9.90            
 1896 29 TOT NL  2B  122    291  375   44   52  .938  .939  5.46  5.41            
         LOU NL  2B   49    125  147   24   19  .919  .939  5.55  5.41            
         WHS NL  2B   73    166  228   20   33  .952  .939  5.40  5.41            
 1897 30 WHS NL  2B   86    223  260   30   43  .942  .936  5.62  5.53            
 1899 32 TOT NL  2B  118    309  375   34   53  .953  .941  5.80  5.46            
         BLN NL  2B   39     98  132    8   21  .966  .941  5.90  5.46            
         PIT NL  2B   79    211  243   26   32  .946  .941  5.75  5.46            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1895 28 LOU NL  1B    3     35    1    1    2  .973  .978 12.00  9.90            

 1891 24 BRO NL  2B   43     85  102   32   13  .854  .929  4.35  5.88            
 1893 26 CHC NL  2B    4     10    8    2    1  .900  .933  4.50  5.88            
 1895 28 LOU NL  2B  125    304  396   46   56  .938  .933  5.60  5.63            
 1896 29 TOT NL  2B  122    291  375   44   52  .938  .939  5.46  5.41            
         LOU NL  2B   49    125  147   24   19  .919  .939  5.55  5.41            
         WHS NL  2B   73    166  228   20   33  .952  .939  5.40  5.41            
 1897 30 WHS NL  2B   86    223  260   30   43  .942  .936  5.62  5.53            
 1899 32 TOT NL  2B  118    309  375   34   53  .953  .941  5.80  5.46            
         BLN NL  2B   39     98  132    8   21  .966  .941  5.90  5.46            
         PIT NL  2B   79    211  243   26   32  .946  .941  5.75  5.46            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B  498   1222 1516  188  218  .936  .937  5.50  5.54            
                 1B    3     35    1    1    2  .973  .978 12.00  9.90            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       501   1257 1517  189  220  .936  .937  5.54  5.57

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.

At Bats
1895 NL-539-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1895 NL-612-10

Hit By Pitch
1895 NL-10-10
1897 NL-11-10

Sac. Hits
1895 NL-18-6

Outs
1895 NL-419-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2307) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3866) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.

Transactions
July 3, 1896: Traded by the Louisville Colonels to the Washington Senators for Jack Crooks, Jim Rogers, and $1,000.
June 18, 1899: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Baltimore Orioles.
December 8, 1899: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, Art Madison, and $25,000 to the Louisville Colonels for Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke, and Honus Wagner.
March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Louisville Colonels.
April, 1900: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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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