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Tom O'Brien
Thomas J. O'Brien

Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown

Debut May 10, 1897
Final Game October 13, 1900
Born February 20, 1873 in Verona, PA
Died February 3, 1901 in Phoenix, AZ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1897 24 BLN NL  50  147   25   37   6  0   0   32   7     20      .252  .349  .293   70   43   2           2    
 1898 25 TOT NL 125  473   62  120  10  8   1   59  13     35      .254  .321  .315   83  149  24          12    
         BLN NL  18   60    9   13   0  0   0   14   0     10      .217  .338  .217   58   13   1           1    
         PIT NL 107  413   53  107  10  8   1   45  13     25      .259  .318  .329   87  136  23          11    
 1899 26 NYG NL 150  573  100  170  21 10   6   77  23     44      .297  .351  .400  108  229   4           4    
 1900 27 PIT NL 102  376   61  109  22  6   3   61  12     21      .290  .349  .404  106  152   3          13    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      427 1569  248  436  59 24  10  229  55  0 120   0  .278  .341  .365   97  573  33   0   0  31   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   94  165  22  9   4   87  21  0  46   0  .278  .341  .365   97  217  13   0   0  12   0
 Career High    150  573  100  170  22 10   6   77  23  0  44   0  .297  .351  .404  108  229  24   0   0  13   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1897 24 BLN NL  171  112   15   3.5   107| .252  .298| .349  .362| .293  .397| .642  .759|  70  .357  -5.3  -0.5     
 1898 25 TOT NL  544  377   45   3.1    90| .254  .276| .321  .340| .315  .354| .636  .695|  83  .392 -10.3  -1.1     
         BLN NL   72   48    4   2.2    93| .217  .280| .338  .345| .217  .360| .555  .704|  58  .250  -2.7  -0.3     
         PIT NL  472  329   41   3.2    90| .259  .275| .318  .340| .329  .353| .647  .693|  87  .411  -7.6  -0.8     
 1899 26 NYG NL  625  407   79   5.0    97| .297  .286| .351  .348| .400  .372| .751  .721| 108  .569   5.5   0.5     
 1900 27 PIT NL  413  270   50   4.8    99| .290  .288| .349  .350| .404  .380| .753  .729| 106  .557   3.2   0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1753 1166  189   4.2    97| .278  .285| .341  .348| .365  .371| .706  .719|  97  .497  -7.0  -0.8     

* 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 ------+
1897 24 BLN NL 1B 25 205 9 7 7 .968 .980 8.56 9.99 OF 24 38 6 2 2 .957 .934 1.83 2.06 13 1 10 1898 25 TOT NL OF 85 166 18 18 8 .911 .937 2.16 2.03 10 59 16 BLN NL OF 16 22 3 5 4 .833 .936 1.56 2.03 0 0 16 PIT NL OF 69 144 15 13 4 .924 .937 2.30 2.03 10 59 0 1B 21 198 4 6 12 .971 .977 9.62 10.06 3B 8 4 10 4 1 .778 .903 1.75 3.42 2B 7 18 23 5 1 .891 .943 5.86 5.53 SS 4 12 11 7 1 .767 .913 5.75 5.55 1899 26 NYG NL OF 127 243 21 19 7 .933 .944 2.08 2.11 124 0 3 3B 21 18 37 9 2 .859 .903 2.62 3.52 SS 2 3 5 2 1 .800 .909 4.00 5.55 2B 1 4 3 0 2 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20 1900 27 PIT NL 1B 65 670 26 28 37 .961 .979 10.71 10.24 OF 25 48 1 3 0 .942 .940 1.96 2.13 21 1 3 2B 4 4 4 0 1 1.000 .941 2.00 5.20 SS 2 4 5 2 1 .818 .918 4.50 5.75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 24 BLN NL 1B 25 205 9 7 7 .968 .980 8.56 9.99 1898 25 PIT NL 1B 21 198 4 6 12 .971 .977 9.62 10.06 1899 26 NYG NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20 1900 27 PIT NL 1B 65 670 26 28 37 .961 .979 10.71 10.24 1898 25 PIT NL 2B 7 18 23 5 1 .891 .943 5.86 5.53 1899 26 NYG NL 2B 1 4 3 0 2 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50 1900 27 PIT NL 2B 4 4 4 0 1 1.000 .941 2.00 5.20 1898 25 PIT NL 3B 8 4 10 4 1 .778 .903 1.75 3.42 1899 26 NYG NL 3B 21 18 37 9 2 .859 .903 2.62 3.52 1897 24 BLN NL OF 24 38 6 2 2 .957 .934 1.83 2.06 13 1 10 1898 25 TOT NL OF 85 166 18 18 8 .911 .937 2.16 2.03 10 59 16 BLN NL OF 16 22 3 5 4 .833 .936 1.56 2.03 0 0 16 PIT NL OF 69 144 15 13 4 .924 .937 2.30 2.03 10 59 0 1899 26 NYG NL OF 127 243 21 19 7 .933 .944 2.08 2.11 124 0 3 1900 27 PIT NL OF 25 48 1 3 0 .942 .940 1.96 2.13 21 1 3 1898 25 PIT NL SS 4 12 11 7 1 .767 .913 5.75 5.55 1899 26 NYG NL SS 2 3 5 2 1 .800 .909 4.00 5.55 1900 27 PIT NL SS 2 4 5 2 1 .818 .918 4.50 5.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 261 495 46 42 17 .928 .940 2.07 2.08 168 61 32 1B 112 1073 39 41 56 .964 .979 9.93 10.15 3B 29 22 47 13 3 .841 .903 2.38 3.49 2B 12 26 30 5 4 .918 .943 4.67 5.42 SS 8 19 21 11 3 .784 .913 5.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 422 1635 183 112 83 .942 .961 4.31 4.48
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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.

Games
1899 NL-150-10

Home Runs
1899 NL-6-10

Hit By Pitch
1900 NL-13-8

Sac. Hits
1898 NL-24-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (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 

November 11, 1896: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Elmer Horton, Jake Stenzel, and Harry Truby to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Brodie and Jim Donnelly.

June 3, 1898: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Baltimore Orioles.

April 13, 1899: Loaned to the New York Giants by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October, 1899: Tom O'Brien returned to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the New York Giants as part of earlier loan.


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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