Mike O'Berry
Preston Michael O'Berry
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 20, 1954 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Ensley (Birmingham, AL)
School: University of South Alabama
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Final Game: October 4, 1985
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 25 BOS AL 43 68 59 8 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 16 .169 .242 .237 .480 27 14 3 1 2 1 0 2
1980 26 CHC NL 19 57 48 7 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 .208 .273 .229 .502 38 11 0 0 2 2 0 2
1981 27 CIN NL 55 128 111 6 20 3 1 1 5 0 0 14 19 .180 .272 .252 .524 49 28 3 0 3 0 0 2
1982 28 CIN NL 21 55 45 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 10 13 .222 .364 .267 .630 78 12 1 0 0 0 0 2
1983 29 CAL AL 26 65 60 7 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 11 .167 .206 .233 .440 22 14 1 0 2 0 0 2
1984 30 NYY AL 13 34 32 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .250 .294 .313 .607 72 10 0 0 0 0 0 2/5
1985 31 MON NL 20 26 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .190 .320 .190 .510 50 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
7 Seasons 197 433 376 38 72 10 1 3 27 1 0 43 77 .191 .274 .247 .522 46 93 8 1 10 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 356 309 31 59 8 1 2 22 1 0 35 63 .191 .274 .247 .522 46 76 7 1 8 2 0
CIN (2 yrs) 76 183 156 11 30 5 1 1 8 0 0 24 32 .192 .300 .256 .556 58 40 4 0 3 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 43 68 59 8 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 16 .169 .242 .237 .480 27 14 3 1 2 1 0
MON (1 yr) 20 26 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .190 .320 .190 .510 50 4 0 0 1 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 26 65 60 7 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 11 .167 .206 .233 .440 22 14 1 0 2 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 19 57 48 7 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 .208 .273 .229 .502 38 11 0 0 2 2 0
NYY (1 yr) 13 34 32 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .250 .294 .313 .607 72 10 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 115 266 225 20 44 6 1 1 13 1 0 33 48 .196 .296 .244 .541 53 55 4 0 6 2 0
AL (3 yrs) 82 167 151 18 28 4 0 2 14 0 0 10 29 .185 .239 .252 .491 34 38 4 1 4 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1979 25 BOS AL 68 55 3 1.4 107 .209 .169 .277 .242 .342 .237 .419 .480 .761 27 .104 -6.3 -0.6 .385 .153 .068 .0
1980 26 CHC NL 57 42 4 2.6 101 .270 .208 .275 .273 .338 .229 .399 .502 .737 38 .286 -3.9 -0.4 .421 .125 .021
1981 27 CIN NL 128 97 8 2.2 93 .209 .180 .265 .272 .330 .252 .379 .524 .710 49 .245 -7.6 -0.8 .447 .198 .072 .0
1982 28 CIN NL 55 36 5 3.8 96 .313 .222 .268 .364 .331 .267 .389 .630 .721 78 .446 -0.8 -0.1 .611 .267 .044
1983 29 CAL AL 65 53 3 1.5 97 .188 .167 .264 .206 .326 .233 .399 .440 .725 22 .118 -6.6 -0.7 .333 .117 .067 .0
1984 30 NYY AL 34 24 3 3.4 93 .267 .250 .259 .294 .321 .313 .391 .607 .712 72 .366 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .125 .063
1985 31 MON NL 26 18 2 3.0 91 .222 .190 .254 .320 .321 .190 .379 .510 .700 50 .350 -1.2 -0.1 .529 .238 .000 .0
7 Seasons 433 325 28 2.3 97 .231 .191 .267 .274 .331 .247 .393 .522 .725 46 .241 -27.7 -2.8 .442 .173 .056 1.5
162 Game Avg. 356 267 23 2.3 97 .231 .191 .267 .274 .331 .247 .393 .522 .725 46 .241 -27.7 -2.8 .442 .173 .056 1
CIN (2 yrs) 183 133 13 2.6 94 .236 .192 .266 .300 .331 .256 .382 .556 .713 58 .305 -8.4 -0.9 .492 .218 .064 .0
BOS (1 yr) 68 55 3 1.5 107 .209 .169 .277 .242 .342 .237 .419 .480 .761 27 .104 -6.3 -0.6 .385 .153 .068 .0
MON (1 yr) 26 18 2 3.0 91 .222 .190 .254 .320 .321 .190 .379 .510 .700 50 .350 -1.2 -0.1 .529 .238 .000 .0
CAL (1 yr) 65 53 3 1.5 97 .188 .167 .264 .206 .326 .233 .399 .440 .725 22 .118 -6.6 -0.7 .333 .117 .067 .0
CHC (1 yr) 57 42 4 2.6 101 .270 .208 .275 .273 .338 .229 .399 .502 .737 38 .286 -3.9 -0.4 .421 .125 .021
NYY (1 yr) 34 24 3 3.4 93 .267 .250 .259 .294 .321 .313 .391 .607 .712 72 .367 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .125 .063
NL (4 yrs) 266 193 19 2.7 95 .242 .196 .267 .296 .331 .244 .385 .541 .717 53 .305 -13.6 -1.4 .481 .200 .049 1.0
AL (3 yrs) 167 132 9 1.8 100 .215 .185 .268 .239 .332 .252 .405 .491 .737 34 .155 -14.1 -1.4 .386 .132 .066 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 25 BOS AL 68 1.5% 23.5% 7.4% 2.9% 20% 3.20 3.7 59.0 14.8 2.45 63%
1980 26 CHC NL 57 0.0% 22.8% 8.8% 1.8% 10% 2.60 3.7 9.6 0.53 65%
1981 27 CIN NL 128 0.8% 14.8% 10.9% 3.9% 25% 1.36 5.8 111.0 22.2 1.21 71%
1982 28 CIN NL 55 0.0% 23.6% 18.2% 3.6% 20% 1.30 3.5 15.0 1.09 58%
1983 29 CAL AL 65 1.5% 16.9% 4.6% 3.1% 20% 3.67 5.5 60.0 12.0 0.78 74%
1984 30 NYY AL 34 0.0% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9% 25% 1.00 16.0 6.4 0.69 88%
1985 31 MON NL 26 0.0% 11.5% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 0.75 7.0 2.75 69%
7 Seasons 433 0.7% 17.8% 9.9% 3.2% 19% 1.79 4.9 125.3 13.9 1.11 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 25 BOS AL 1 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 80% 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 26 CHC NL 0 0 47% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1981 27 CIN NL 4 0 15% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 29% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
1982 28 CIN NL 0 0 25% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1983 29 CAL AL 1 0 50% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 30 NYY AL 0 0 30% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 31 MON NL 0 0 25% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 6 0 31% 160 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 42% 19 13 6 1 1 0 11 2 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 25 BOS AL 68 25% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 67% 16 3 19% 7 4 57% 48 3 6% 8 2 25% 4 1 25% 0
1980 26 CHC NL 57 19% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 11 4 36% 33 6 18% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
1981 27 CIN NL 128 41% 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 25 3 12% 12 3 25% 85 5 6% 4 0 0% 7 2 29% 0
1982 28 CIN NL 55 27% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 5 1 20% 34 3 9% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1983 29 CAL AL 65 46% 10 1 0 0 0 0.22 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 14 1 7% 8 2 25% 34 4 12% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1984 30 NYY AL 34 68% 8 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 20 5 25% 5 3 60% 3 1 33% 0
1985 31 MON NL 26 19% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 17 1 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 433 35% 72 2 0 0 0 0.11 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 0 11 10 91% 85 8 9% 48 17 35% 271 27 10% 28 9 32% 19 5 26% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 25 43 68 59 8 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 16 .169 .242 .237 .480 27 14 3 1 2 1 0
1980 26 62 125 107 15 20 2 0 1 9 0 0 10 29 .187 .256 .234 .490 32 25 3 1 4 3 0
1981 27 117 253 218 21 40 5 1 2 14 0 0 24 48 .183 .264 .243 .507 40 53 6 1 7 3 0
1982 28 138 308 263 26 50 7 1 2 17 0 0 34 61 .190 .282 .247 .530 47 65 7 1 7 3 0
1983 29 164 373 323 33 60 8 1 3 22 0 0 37 72 .186 .269 .245 .514 43 79 8 1 9 3 0
1984 30 177 407 355 36 68 10 1 3 27 0 0 39 74 .192 .271 .251 .522 45 89 8 1 9 3 0
1985 31 197 433 376 38 72 10 1 3 27 1 0 43 77 .191 .274 .247 .522 46 93 8 1 10 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 25 43 66 59 7 10 1 0 1 4 0 5 16 .169 .242 .237 .480 3 43
1980 26 19 58 50 7 12 1 0 0 5 0 6 13 .240 .310 .260 .570 4 19
1981 27 83 194 171 10 33 5 2 2 8 0 23 29 .193 .289 .281 .569 14 55
1982 28 21 57 46 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 11 13 .239 .386 .283 .669 5 21
1983 29 26 63 60 7 10 1 0 1 5 0 3 11 .167 .206 .233 .440 3 26
1984 30 13 34 32 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 .250 .294 .313 .607 3 13
1985 31 20 27 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 .227 .370 .227 .598 2 20
7 Seasons 225 499 440 41 89 12 2 4 30 1 55 87 .202 .291 .266 .556 34 197
162 Game Avg. 162 359 317 30 64 9 1 3 22 1 40 63 .202 .291 .266 .556 24 197

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