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Johnny O'Brien
John Thomas O'Brien

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.
School Seattle University

Debut April 19, 1953
Final Game July 19, 1959
Born December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ

Brother of Eddie O'Brien

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 22 PIT NL  89  279   28   69  13  2   2   22   1  1  21  36  .247  .309  .330   67   92   8           4   9
 1955 24 PIT NL  84  278   22   83  15  2   1   25   1  1  20  19  .299  .346  .378   94  105   3   2   1   1   7
 1956 25 PIT NL  73  104   13   18   1  0   0    3   0  0   5   7  .173  .209  .183    8   19   4   1   0   0   2
 1957 26 PIT NL  34   35    7   11   2  1   0    1   0  0   1   4  .314  .368  .429  117   15   1   0   0   2   1
 1958 27 TOT NL  15    3    4    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -27    0   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL   3    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  12    2    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .333  .000   -3    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 28 MLN NL  44  116   16   23   4  0   1    8   0  0  11  15  .198  .271  .259   48   30   4   1   1   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      339  815   90  204  35  5   4   59   2  2  59  82  .250  .306  .320   68  261  20   4   2   8  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        389   43   97  17  2   2   28   1  1  28  39  .250  .306  .320   68  125  10   2   1   4  11
 Career High     89  279   28   83  15  2   2   25   1  1  21  36  .299  .346  .378   94  105   8   2   1   4   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 22 PIT NL  312  228   27   3.1   109| .247  .273| .309  .344| .330  .425| .639  .769|  67  .311 -13.1  -1.3  50%
 1955 24 PIT NL  304  208   36   4.6   104| .299  .263| .346  .334| .378  .417| .724  .750|  94  .495  -1.8  -0.2  50%
 1956 25 PIT NL  114   93    4   1.2   101| .173  .262| .209  .328| .183  .413| .392  .741|   8  .077 -13.5  -1.4   0%
 1957 26 PIT NL   39   26    5   5.2   100| .314  .265| .368  .328| .429  .410| .797  .738| 117  .555   0.8   0.1   0%
 1958 27 TOT NL    4    3    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .250  .341| .000  .424| .250  .765| -27  .000  -0.6   0.0   0%
         PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .416| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         STL NL    3    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .333  .343| .000  .428| .333  .772|  -3  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1959 28 MLN NL  133  101    9   2.4    98| .198  .260| .271  .325| .259  .403| .530  .728|  48  .229  -8.0  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       906  659   81   3.3   104| .250  .266| .306  .335| .320  .417| .626  .752|  68  .342 -36.1  -3.6  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1956 25 PIT NL   1   0   8   0   0   0   4  0   19.0    8    6    6   2    9    9   2   1    73   0   0  2.84  3.77  133 0.895
 1957 26 PIT NL   0   3  16   1   0   0   5  0   40.0   46   32   27   7   24   19   1   2   188   2   0  6.08  3.80   63 1.750
 1958 27 STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    7    5    5   0    2    2   0   0    15   0   0 22.50  4.15   18 4.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .250   1   3  25   1   0   0  10  0   61.0   61   43   38   9   35   30   3   3   276   2   0  5.61  3.80   68 1.574
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   7  65   2   0   0  26  0  159.3  159  112   99  23   91   78   7   7   721   5   0  5.61  3.80   68 1.574
 Career High      1   3  16   1   0   0   5  0   40.0   46   32   27   7   24   19   2   2   188   2   0  6.08  3.80   63 1.750

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 22 PIT NL 2B 77 172 210 7 48 .982 .972 4.96 4.83 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 1955 24 PIT NL 2B 78 185 220 13 53 .969 .974 5.19 5.00 1956 25 PIT NL 2B 53 67 98 7 17 .959 .980 3.11 4.66 5.90 5.33 28 251.7 P 8 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 0.82 0.00 2.04 0 19.0 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 1957 26 PIT NL P 16 2 4 1 0 .857 .968 0.38 0.82 1.35 2.07 1 40.0 SS 8 11 12 3 2 .885 .958 2.88 4.34 3.63 4.82 7 57.0 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.95 1.80 5.40 0 5.0 1958 27 STL NL SS 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 4.56 2.57 5.14 0 7.0 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 4.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1959 28 MLN NL 2B 37 70 83 2 24 .987 .976 4.14 4.78 4.65 5.27 34 296.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 22 PIT NL 2B 77 172 210 7 48 .982 .972 4.96 4.83 1955 24 PIT NL 2B 78 185 220 13 53 .969 .974 5.19 5.00 1956 25 PIT NL 2B 53 67 98 7 17 .959 .980 3.11 4.66 5.90 5.33 28 251.7 1957 26 PIT NL 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.95 1.80 5.40 0 5.0 1958 27 STL NL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 4.0 1959 28 MLN NL 2B 37 70 83 2 24 .987 .976 4.14 4.78 4.65 5.27 34 296.0 1956 25 PIT NL P 8 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 0.82 0.00 2.04 0 19.0 1957 26 PIT NL P 16 2 4 1 0 .857 .968 0.38 0.82 1.35 2.07 1 40.0 1958 27 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1953 22 PIT NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 1956 25 PIT NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 1957 26 PIT NL SS 8 11 12 3 2 .885 .958 2.88 4.34 3.63 4.82 7 57.0 1958 27 STL NL SS 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 4.56 2.57 5.14 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 248 497 611 29 142 .974 .974 4.47 4.84 62 556.7 P* 25 2 4 3 0 .667 .968 0.24 0.82 1 61.0 SS* 15 12 14 3 2 .897 .959 1.73 4.44 7 65.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 288 511 629 35 144 .970 .974 3.96 4.47
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Transactions 

March 19, 1953: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Gene Freese to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Schofield and cash.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

March 31, 1959: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata to the Milwaukee Braves for Gene Conley, Joe Koppe, and Harry Hanebrink.


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