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John O'Rourke
John W. O'Rourke

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 1, 1879
Final Game September 10, 1883
Born August 23, 1849 in Bridgeport, CT
Died June 23, 1911 in Boston, MA

Brother of Jim O'Rourke and Uncle of Queenie O'Rourke

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1879 29 BSN NL  72  317   69  108  17 11   6   62          8  32  .341  .357  .521  182  165                    
 1880 30 BSN NL  81  313   30   86  22  8   3   36         18  32  .275  .314  .425  151  133                    
 1883 33 NYP AA  77  315   49   85  19  5   2    0   0     21      .270  .315  .381  114  120                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      230  945  148  279  58 24  11   98   0  0  47  64  .295  .329  .442  148  418   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        666  104  197  41 17   8   69   0  0  33  45  .295  .329  .442  148  294   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     81  317   69  108  22 11   6   62   0  0  21  32  .341  .357  .521  182  165   0   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1879 29 BSN NL  325  209   59   7.6    68| .341  .262| .357  .278| .521  .339| .878  .617| 182  .807  27.2   3.0     
 1880 30 BSN NL  331  227   42   4.9    60| .275  .243| .314  .266| .425  .321| .739  .587| 151  .692  16.9   2.0     
 1883 33 NYP AA  336  230   38   4.4    77| .270  .267| .315  .297| .381  .352| .696  .649| 114  .597   6.3   0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       992  666  139   5.6    68| .295  .257| .329  .281| .442  .337| .771  .618| 148  .713  50.3   5.7     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1879 29 BSN NL OF 71 147 10 21 2 .882 .838 2.21 1.85 0 70 1 1880 30 BSN NL OF 81 156 19 26 0 .871 .855 2.16 1.76 3 78 1 1883 33 NYP AA OF 76 95 12 18 2 .856 .851 1.41 1.73 0 76 0 1B 1 9 0 3 0 .750 .947 9.00 10.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 33 NYP AA 1B 1 9 0 3 0 .750 .947 9.00 10.40 1879 29 BSN NL OF 71 147 10 21 2 .882 .838 2.21 1.85 0 70 1 1880 30 BSN NL OF 81 156 19 26 0 .871 .855 2.16 1.76 3 78 1 1883 33 NYP AA OF 76 95 12 18 2 .856 .851 1.41 1.73 0 76 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 228 398 41 65 4 .871 .848 1.93 1.78 3 224 2 1B 1 9 0 3 0 .750 .947 9.00 10.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 229 407 41 68 4 .868 .850 1.96 1.82
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.

Batting Average
1879 NL-.341-4

On-base %
1879 NL-.357-5

Slugging %
1879 NL-.521-1
1880 NL-.425-8

OPS
1879 NL-.877-1
1880 NL-.739-8

Runs
1879 NL-69-8

Hits
1879 NL-108-6

Total Bases
1879 NL-165-5
1880 NL-133-10

Doubles
1880 NL-22-5
1883 AA-19-7

Triples
1879 NL-11-4
1880 NL-8-10

Home Runs
1879 NL-6-2
1880 NL-3-5

RBI
1879 NL-62-1

Bases on Balls
1880 NL-18-6

Adjusted OPS+
1879 NL-182-3
1880 NL-151-7

Runs Created
1879 NL-59-5
1880 NL-42-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1879 NL-27-5
1880 NL-17-7

Batting Wins
1879 NL-3.0-5
1880 NL-2.0-7

Extra-Base Hits
1879 NL-34-5
1880 NL-33-5

Times on Base
1879 NL-116-8

Offensive Win%
1879 NL-.807-1
1880 NL-.692-8

At Bats per Home Run
1879 NL-52.8-2
1880 NL-104.3-6

Oldest Player
1879 NL-29-10
1880 NL-30-9
1883 AA-33-5

     

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 36 (667) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1328) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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