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Frank O'Rourke
James Francis O'Rourke (Blackie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.

Debut June 12, 1912
Final Game July 28, 1931
Born November 28, 1894 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Died May 14, 1986 in Chatham, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 17 BSN NL  61  196   11   24   3  1   0   16   1     11  50  .122  .177  .148  -11   29   7           2    
 1917 22 BRO NL  64  198   18   47   7  1   0   15  11     14  25  .237  .294  .283   75   56   7           2    
 1918 23 BRO NL   4   12    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   3  .167  .231  .167   22    2   0           0    
 1920 25 WSH AL  14   54    8   16   1  0   0    5   2  1   2   5  .296  .321  .315   71   17   2           0    
 1921 26 WSH AL 123  444   51  104  17  8   3   54   6  7  26  56  .234  .287  .329   60  146   9           7    
 1922 27 BOS AL  67  216   28   57  14  3   1   17   6  6  20  28  .264  .335  .370   84   80   7           3    
 1924 29 DET AL  47  181   28   50  11  2   0   19   7  4  12  19  .276  .332  .359   79   65  10           3    
 1925 30 DET AL 124  482   88  141  40  7   5   57   5  8  32  37  .293  .350  .436   99  210  29          11    
 1926 31 DET AL 111  363   43   88  16  1   1   41   8  6  35  33  .242  .321  .300   62  109  17           7    
 1927 32 SLB AL 140  538   85  144  25  3   1   39  18  8  64  43  .268  .358  .331   78  178  13          12     MVP-13
 1928 33 SLB AL  99  391   54  103  24  3   1   62  10  2  21  19  .263  .303  .348   68  136  25           1    
 1929 34 SLB AL 154  585   81  147  23  9   2   62  14  7  41  28  .251  .306  .332   61  194  28           5    
 1930 35 SLB AL 115  400   52  107  15  4   1   41  11  9  35  30  .268  .326  .333   66  133  15           0    
 1931 36 SLB AL   8    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   1  1   0   1  .222  .222  .222   16    2   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1131 4069  547 1032 196 42  15  430 100 59 314 377  .254  .315  .333   68 1357 170   0   0  53   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        583   78  148  28  6   2   62  14  8  45  54  .254  .315  .333   68  194  24   0   0   8   0
 Career High    154  585   88  147  40  9   5   62  18  9  64  56  .293  .358  .436   99  210  29   0   0  12   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 17 BSN NL  216  179    5   0.8   100| .122  .280| .177  .350| .148  .382| .325  .732| -11  .040 -30.6  -3.2     
 1917 22 BRO NL  221  158   16   2.7    81| .237  .260| .294  .318| .283  .343| .577  .661|  75  .409  -5.6  -0.7     
 1918 23 BRO NL   13   10    0   0.0    80| .167  .261| .231  .319| .167  .337| .398  .656|  22  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1920 25 WSH AL   58   41    5   3.3   104| .296  .288| .321  .352| .315  .395| .636  .746|  71  .350  -2.3  -0.2  66%
 1921 26 WSH AL  486  356   39   2.9   110| .234  .293| .287  .358| .329  .412| .616  .770|  60  .268 -27.5  -2.6  46%
 1922 27 BOS AL  246  172   25   3.9   109| .264  .292| .335  .357| .370  .410| .705  .766|  84  .410  -4.7  -0.5  50%
 1924 29 DET AL  206  145   21   3.8   111| .276  .297| .332  .366| .359  .407| .691  .773|  79  .394  -5.8  -0.6  63%
 1925 30 DET AL  554  378   68   4.8   115| .293  .298| .350  .368| .436  .418| .786  .787|  99  .472  -1.1  -0.1  38%
 1926 31 DET AL  422  298   33   3.0   110| .242  .291| .321  .363| .300  .408| .621  .771|  62  .300 -20.0  -2.0  57%
 1927 32 SLB AL  627  415   62   4.0   113| .268  .297| .358  .365| .331  .416| .689  .782|  78  .411 -15.9  -1.5  69%
 1928 33 SLB AL  438  315   42   3.6   111| .263  .292| .303  .358| .348  .415| .651  .773|  68  .372 -19.0  -1.9  83%
 1929 34 SLB AL  659  473   58   3.3   116| .251  .297| .306  .364| .332  .429| .638  .793|  61  .318 -36.1  -3.5  66%
 1930 35 SLB AL  450  317   43   3.6   118| .268  .299| .326  .363| .333  .439| .659  .803|  66  .334 -21.6  -2.0  55%
 1931 36 SLB AL   10    9    0   0.0   110| .222  .290| .222  .358| .222  .415| .444  .772|  16  .000  -1.2  -0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     4606 3266  417   3.4   111| .254  .293| .315  .360| .333  .413| .648  .773|  68  .346 -192.5 -19.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 17 BSN NL SS 59 92 167 24 16 .915 .931 4.39 4.93 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.00 1917 22 BRO NL 3B 58 72 134 10 6 .954 .942 3.55 3.04 1918 23 BRO NL 2B 2 2 10 2 1 .857 .960 6.00 5.10 OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1920 25 WSH AL SS 13 35 45 4 12 .952 .945 6.15 5.00 3B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 3.40 1921 26 WSH AL SS 122 272 377 55 52 .922 .941 5.32 5.15 1922 27 BOS AL SS 49 86 134 22 17 .909 .946 4.49 5.03 3B 20 12 36 2 1 .960 .950 2.40 3.24 1924 29 DET AL 2B 40 115 140 8 27 .970 .966 6.38 5.39 SS 7 12 25 3 1 .925 .949 5.29 4.83 1925 30 DET AL 2B 118 309 382 21 67 .971 .962 5.86 5.31 3B 6 7 9 1 0 .941 .947 2.67 3.02 1926 31 DET AL 3B 60 83 121 14 18 .936 .951 3.40 3.14 2B 41 98 135 8 25 .967 .967 5.68 5.33 SS 10 9 7 1 0 .941 .947 1.60 4.64 1927 32 SLB AL 3B 121 183 244 20 27 .955 .952 3.53 3.07 2B 16 53 51 3 18 .972 .961 6.50 5.33 1B 3 10 4 0 2 1.000 .986 4.67 10.27 1928 33 SLB AL 3B 96 150 162 15 13 .954 .951 3.25 3.05 SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 4.75 1929 34 SLB AL 3B 151 171 242 25 30 .943 .952 2.74 2.90 2B 3 6 4 0 1 1.000 .971 3.33 5.47 SS 2 7 9 0 1 1.000 .936 8.00 4.65 1930 35 SLB AL 3B 84 116 150 14 16 .950 .945 3.17 2.84 SS 23 40 82 4 13 .968 .940 5.30 4.56 1B 3 11 3 1 2 .933 .986 4.67 9.53 1931 36 SLB AL SS 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 4.75 1B 1 14 0 0 0 1.000 .993 14.00 9.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 32 SLB AL 1B 3 10 4 0 2 1.000 .986 4.67 10.27 1930 35 SLB AL 1B 3 11 3 1 2 .933 .986 4.67 9.53 1931 36 SLB AL 1B 1 14 0 0 0 1.000 .993 14.00 9.70 1918 23 BRO NL 2B 2 2 10 2 1 .857 .960 6.00 5.10 1924 29 DET AL 2B 40 115 140 8 27 .970 .966 6.38 5.39 1925 30 DET AL 2B 118 309 382 21 67 .971 .962 5.86 5.31 1926 31 DET AL 2B 41 98 135 8 25 .967 .967 5.68 5.33 1927 32 SLB AL 2B 16 53 51 3 18 .972 .961 6.50 5.33 1929 34 SLB AL 2B 3 6 4 0 1 1.000 .971 3.33 5.47 1912 17 BSN NL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.00 1917 22 BRO NL 3B 58 72 134 10 6 .954 .942 3.55 3.04 1920 25 WSH AL 3B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 3.40 1922 27 BOS AL 3B 20 12 36 2 1 .960 .950 2.40 3.24 1925 30 DET AL 3B 6 7 9 1 0 .941 .947 2.67 3.02 1926 31 DET AL 3B 60 83 121 14 18 .936 .951 3.40 3.14 1927 32 SLB AL 3B 121 183 244 20 27 .955 .952 3.53 3.07 1928 33 SLB AL 3B 96 150 162 15 13 .954 .951 3.25 3.05 1929 34 SLB AL 3B 151 171 242 25 30 .943 .952 2.74 2.90 1930 35 SLB AL 3B 84 116 150 14 16 .950 .945 3.17 2.84 1918 23 BRO NL OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1912 17 BSN NL SS 59 92 167 24 16 .915 .931 4.39 4.93 1920 25 WSH AL SS 13 35 45 4 12 .952 .945 6.15 5.00 1921 26 WSH AL SS 122 272 377 55 52 .922 .941 5.32 5.15 1922 27 BOS AL SS 49 86 134 22 17 .909 .946 4.49 5.03 1924 29 DET AL SS 7 12 25 3 1 .925 .949 5.29 4.83 1926 31 DET AL SS 10 9 7 1 0 .941 .947 1.60 4.64 1928 33 SLB AL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 4.75 1929 34 SLB AL SS 2 7 9 0 1 1.000 .936 8.00 4.65 1930 35 SLB AL SS 23 40 82 4 13 .968 .940 5.30 4.56 1931 36 SLB AL SS 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 4.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 598 798 1101 102 111 .949 .950 3.18 3.00 SS 289 555 851 113 112 .926 .940 4.87 5.00 2B 220 583 722 42 139 .969 .964 5.93 5.33 1B 7 35 7 1 4 .977 .988 6.00 9.87 OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1115 1972 2682 258 366 .947 .951 4.17 4.02
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1927-AL-13-0.09
Car-909-0.09 shares

Games
1929 AL-154-3

At Bats
1929 AL-585-9

Doubles
1925 AL-40-5

Bases on Balls
1927 AL-64-10

Strikeouts
1921 AL-56-6

Stolen Bases
1927 AL-18-10

Hit By Pitch
1921 AL-7-8
1925 AL-11-2
1926 AL-7-7
1927 AL-12-1
1929 AL-5-6

Sac. Hits
1925 AL-29-5
1928 AL-25-7
1929 AL-28-3

Outs
1929 AL-473-2

Oldest Player
1931 AL-36-10

Youngest Player
1912 NL-17-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.6 (1451) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2114) (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 

January, 1920: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Brooklyn Robins.

January 10, 1922: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox. The Washington Senators sent Jose Acosta and Bing Miller to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Boston Red Sox sent Roger Peckinpaugh to the Washington Senators. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Dugan to the Boston Red Sox.

October 24, 1922: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Red Sox.

January 15, 1927: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, and Lefty Stewart to the St. Louis Browns for Marty McManus, Bobby LaMotte, and Pinky Hargrave.


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