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Bob O'Farrell
Robert Arthur O'Farrell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 5, 1915
Final Game September 23, 1935
Born October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL
Died February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 18 CHC NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333  102    1   0           0    
 1916 19 CHC NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
 1917 20 CHC NL   3    8    1    3   2  0   0    1   1      1   0  .375  .444  .625  216    5   0           0    
 1918 21 CHC NL  52  113    9   32   7  3   1   14   0     10  15  .283  .347  .425  133   48   1           1    
 1919 22 CHC NL  49  125   11   27   4  2   0    9   2      7  10  .216  .258  .280   61   35   3           0    
 1920 23 CHC NL  94  270   29   67  11  4   3   19   1  0  34  23  .248  .332  .352   95   95   8           0    
 1921 24 CHC NL  96  260   32   65  12  7   4   32   2  0  18  14  .250  .299  .396   82  103   3           0    
 1922 25 CHC NL 128  392   68  127  18  8   4   60   5  3  79  34  .324  .439  .441  126  173   9           1    
 1923 26 CHC NL 131  452   73  144  25  4  12   84  10  3  67  38  .319  .408  .471  131  213   6           1    
 1924 27 CHC NL  71  183   25   44   6  2   3   28   2  0  30  13  .240  .347  .344   85   63   8           0    
 1925 28 TOT NL 111  339   39   92  13  3   3   35   0  1  48  31  .271  .365  .354   83  120   2           2    
         CHC NL  17   22    2    4   0  1   0    3   0  0   2   5  .182  .250  .273   32    6   0           0    
         STL NL  94  317   37   88  13  2   3   32   0  1  46  26  .278  .373  .360   86  114   2           2    
 1926 29 STL NL 147  492   63  144  30  9   7   68   1     61  44  .293  .371  .433  112  213  14           0     MVP-1
 1927 30 STL NL  61  178   19   47  10  1   0   18   3     23  22  .264  .348  .331   81   59   2           0    
 1928 31 TOT NL  91  185   29   37   7  0   2   24   4     47  25  .200  .362  .270   67   50   8           0    
         STL NL  16   52    6   11   1  0   0    4   2     13   9  .212  .369  .231   59   12   0           0    
         NYG NL  75  133   23   26   6  0   2   20   2     34  16  .195  .359  .286   70   38   8           0    
 1929 32 NYG NL  91  248   35   76  14  3   4   42   3     28  30  .306  .384  .435  102  108   3           3    
 1930 33 NYG NL  94  249   37   75  16  4   4   54   1     31  21  .301  .381  .446  101  111   7           1    
 1931 34 NYG NL  85  174   11   39   8  3   1   19   0     21  23  .224  .311  .322   72   56   1           1    
 1932 35 NYG NL  50   67    7   16   3  0   0    8   0     11  10  .239  .354  .284   76   19   1           1    
 1933 36 STL NL  55  163   16   39   4  2   2   20   0     15  25  .239  .303  .325   76   53   1           0   4
 1934 37 TOT NL  66  190   13   45  11  3   1   14   0     14  30  .237  .289  .342   70   65   6           0   6
         CIN NL  44  123   10   30   8  3   1    9   0     11  19  .244  .306  .382   85   47   5           0   5
         CHC NL  22   67    3   15   3  0   0    5   0      3  11  .224  .257  .269   42   18   1           0   1
 1935 38 STL NL  14   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   0  .000  .167  .000  -52    0   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons    1492 4101  517 1120 201 58  51  549  35  7 547 408  .273  .360  .388   98 1590  83   0   0  11  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        445   56  122  22  6   6   60   4  1  59  44  .273  .360  .388   98  173   9   0   0   1   1
 Career High    147  492   73  144  30  9  12   84  10  3  79  44  .324  .439  .471  131  213  14   0   0   3   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 18 CHC NL    3    2    0   0.0    81| .333  .256| .333  .319| .333  .342| .666  .661| 102  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1916 19 CHC NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1917 20 CHC NL    9    5    2  10.8    84| .375  .265| .444  .324| .625  .350|1.069  .674| 216  .895   1.3   0.1     
 1918 21 CHC NL  125   82   16   5.3    81| .283  .263| .347  .321| .425  .340| .772  .662| 133  .687   4.4   0.5     
 1919 22 CHC NL  135  101    9   2.4    83| .216  .265| .258  .320| .280  .349| .538  .668|  61  .329  -6.2  -0.7     
 1920 23 CHC NL  312  211   32   4.1    92| .248  .279| .332  .333| .352  .371| .684  .703|  95  .531  -1.0  -0.1 100%
 1921 24 CHC NL  281  198   31   4.2   107| .250  .298| .299  .348| .396  .410| .695  .759|  82  .458  -7.6  -0.8 100%
 1922 25 CHC NL  481  277   76   7.3   114| .324  .304| .439  .362| .441  .422| .880  .784| 126  .674  20.2   1.9  62%
 1923 26 CHC NL  526  317   88   7.5   107| .319  .293| .408  .352| .471  .408| .879  .760| 131  .696  23.4   2.2  76%
 1924 27 CHC NL  221  147   22   4.0   105| .240  .291| .347  .347| .344  .406| .691  .752|  85  .443  -3.0  -0.3 100%
 1925 28 TOT NL  391  250   44   4.7   116| .271  .303| .365  .361| .354  .432| .719  .793|  83  .462  -7.1  -0.6   0%
         CHC NL   24   18    2   3.0   116| .182  .303| .250  .361| .273  .432| .523  .793|  32  .271  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         STL NL  367  232   42   4.8   116| .278  .303| .373  .361| .360  .432| .733  .793|  86  .475  -4.7  -0.4   0%
 1926 29 STL NL  567  362   79   5.8   106| .293  .292| .371  .352| .433  .404| .804  .757| 112  .613   9.4   0.9     
 1927 30 STL NL  203  133   21   4.2   107| .264  .294| .348  .353| .331  .405| .679  .758|  81  .463  -4.1  -0.4     
 1928 31 TOT NL  240  156   18   3.1   110| .200  .292| .362  .357| .270  .415| .632  .772|  67  .309  -6.8  -0.6     
         STL NL   65   41    4   2.6   111| .212  .293| .369  .358| .231  .416| .600  .774|  59  .247  -2.5  -0.2     
         NYG NL  175  115   14   3.3   110| .195  .291| .359  .356| .286  .414| .645  .771|  70  .330  -4.3  -0.4     
 1929 32 NYG NL  282  175   41   6.2   121| .306  .304| .384  .368| .435  .443| .819  .812| 102  .559   1.6   0.1     
 1930 33 NYG NL  288  181   42   6.2   125| .301  .309| .381  .367| .446  .460| .827  .827| 101  .523   1.3   0.1     
 1931 34 NYG NL  197  136   17   3.3   102| .224  .283| .311  .341| .322  .399| .633  .741|  72  .356  -6.6  -0.7     
 1932 35 NYG NL   80   52    7   3.6   102| .239  .282| .354  .334| .284  .408| .638  .742|  76  .383  -1.6  -0.2     
 1933 36 STL NL  179  129   16   3.3    95| .239  .280| .303  .333| .325  .383| .628  .717|  76  .408  -5.4  -0.6     
 1934 37 TOT NL  210  157   19   3.2   103| .237  .285| .289  .340| .342  .405| .631  .744|  70  .331  -8.2  -0.8     
         CIN NL  139  103   14   3.6   103| .244  .285| .306  .340| .382  .405| .688  .744|  85  .379  -2.8  -0.3     
         CHC NL   71   54    5   2.5   103| .224  .285| .257  .340| .269  .405| .526  .744|  42  .233  -5.4  -0.5     
 1935 38 STL NL   12   11    0   0.0   107| .000  .290| .167  .346| .000  .414| .167  .760| -52  .000  -2.2  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 21 Seasons     4742 3082  580   5.0   107| .273  .292| .360  .350| .388  .409| .748  .759|  98  .532   1.7  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 18 CHC NL C 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.25 0 1916 19 CHC NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0 1917 20 CHC NL C 3 9 1 0 1 1.000 .971 3.33 5.17 0 1918 21 CHC NL C 45 115 36 4 3 .974 .974 3.36 4.60 4 1919 22 CHC NL C 38 119 48 6 5 .965 .972 4.39 4.78 2 1920 23 CHC NL C 86 317 100 19 6 .956 .968 4.85 4.59 6 1921 24 CHC NL C 90 269 87 12 8 .967 .971 3.96 4.11 3 1922 25 CHC NL C 125 446 143 14 22 .977 .974 4.71 4.04 3 1923 26 CHC NL C 124 418 118 13 11 .976 .976 4.32 4.09 7 1924 27 CHC NL C 57 204 40 4 5 .984 .981 4.28 4.11 1 1925 28 TOT NL C 95 330 67 10 5 .975 .970 4.18 3.90 3 CHC NL C 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 3.90 0 STL NL C 92 324 67 10 5 .975 .970 4.25 3.90 3 1926 29 STL NL C 146 466 117 10 12 .983 .971 3.99 3.73 4 1927 30 STL NL C 53 141 45 4 5 .979 .974 3.51 3.84 1 1928 31 TOT NL C 77 199 31 3 2 .987 .979 2.99 3.79 1 STL NL C 14 61 4 1 1 .985 .979 4.64 3.79 0 NYG NL C 63 138 27 2 1 .988 .979 2.62 3.79 1 1929 32 NYG NL C 84 254 22 6 2 .979 .974 3.29 3.57 3 1930 33 NYG NL C 69 259 34 8 6 .973 .976 4.25 4.05 4 1931 34 NYG NL C 80 223 27 5 1 .980 .980 3.12 4.03 3 1932 35 NYG NL C 41 85 9 3 2 .969 .979 2.29 3.98 0 1933 36 STL NL C 50 211 19 7 1 .970 .982 4.60 3.75 3 1934 37 TOT NL C 64 217 35 1 4 .996 .985 3.94 4.09 6 CIN NL C 42 124 25 1 2 .993 .985 3.55 4.09 6 CHC NL C 22 93 10 0 2 1.000 .985 4.68 4.09 0 1935 38 STL NL C 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 4.17 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 18 CHC NL C 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.25 0 1916 19 CHC NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0 1917 20 CHC NL C 3 9 1 0 1 1.000 .971 3.33 5.17 0 1918 21 CHC NL C 45 115 36 4 3 .974 .974 3.36 4.60 4 1919 22 CHC NL C 38 119 48 6 5 .965 .972 4.39 4.78 2 1920 23 CHC NL C 86 317 100 19 6 .956 .968 4.85 4.59 6 1921 24 CHC NL C 90 269 87 12 8 .967 .971 3.96 4.11 3 1922 25 CHC NL C 125 446 143 14 22 .977 .974 4.71 4.04 3 1923 26 CHC NL C 124 418 118 13 11 .976 .976 4.32 4.09 7 1924 27 CHC NL C 57 204 40 4 5 .984 .981 4.28 4.11 1 1925 28 TOT NL C 95 330 67 10 5 .975 .970 4.18 3.90 3 CHC NL C 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 3.90 0 STL NL C 92 324 67 10 5 .975 .970 4.25 3.90 3 1926 29 STL NL C 146 466 117 10 12 .983 .971 3.99 3.73 4 1927 30 STL NL C 53 141 45 4 5 .979 .974 3.51 3.84 1 1928 31 TOT NL C 77 199 31 3 2 .987 .979 2.99 3.79 1 STL NL C 14 61 4 1 1 .985 .979 4.64 3.79 0 NYG NL C 63 138 27 2 1 .988 .979 2.62 3.79 1 1929 32 NYG NL C 84 254 22 6 2 .979 .974 3.29 3.57 3 1930 33 NYG NL C 69 259 34 8 6 .973 .976 4.25 4.05 4 1931 34 NYG NL C 80 223 27 5 1 .980 .980 3.12 4.03 3 1932 35 NYG NL C 41 85 9 3 2 .969 .979 2.29 3.98 0 1933 36 STL NL C 50 211 19 7 1 .970 .982 4.60 3.75 3 1934 37 TOT NL C 64 217 35 1 4 .996 .985 3.94 4.09 6 CIN NL C 42 124 25 1 2 .993 .985 3.55 4.09 6 CHC NL C 22 93 10 0 2 1.000 .985 4.68 4.09 0 1935 38 STL NL C 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 4.17 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1338 4295 980 130 101 .976 .975 3.94 4.03 54 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1338 4295 980 130 101 .976 .975 3.94 4.03
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1918   WS    CHC BOS     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   7  23   2   7  1  0  0   2   2   2  .304  .346  .348   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  26   2   7  1  0  0   2   2   2  .269  .310  .308   0  0   0   1   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.

Awards
1926-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-1-0.99
Car-236-0.99 shares

On-base %
1922 NL-.439-3
1923 NL-.408-7

OPS
1922 NL-.880-10
1923 NL-.879-9

Home Runs
1923 NL-12-8

Bases on Balls
1922 NL-79-2
1923 NL-67-6
1926 NL-61-6

Adjusted OPS+
1922 NL-126-7
1923 NL-131-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1922 NL-20-10
1923 NL-23-10

Batting Wins
1922 NL-1.9-10
1923 NL-2.2-10

Offensive Win%
1922 NL-.674-8
1923 NL-.696-8

Power/Speed Number
1923 NL-10.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1923 NL-37.7-9

Oldest Player
1935 NL-38-9

Youngest Player
1915 NL-18-3
1916 NL-19-3
1917 NL-20-5

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1365) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (527) (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 

May 23, 1925: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Gonzalez and Howard Freigau.

May 1, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for George Harper.

October 10, 1932: Traded by the New York Giants with Ethan Allen, Jim Mooney, and Bill Walker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gus Mancuso and Ray Starr.

January 11, 1934: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Syl Johnson to the Cincinnati Reds for Glenn Spencer.

July 27, 1934: Released by the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 6, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 9, 1935: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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