Mike O'Berry

Preston Michael O'Berry

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 20, 1954 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Ensley HS (Birmingham, AL)
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
Teams (by GP): Reds/RedSox/Angels/Expos/Cubs/... 1979-1985

Final Game: October 4, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1975	21	BOS-min	A	39	113	96	5	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	13	28	.083	.193	.125	.318		12	1	0	4	0	0		WHV · FLOR
1976	22	BOS-min	A	111	330	330		66	12	4	4						.200	.200	.297	.497		98							WSM · CARL
1977	23	BOS-min	AA	125	426	352	46	72	10	2	2	25	1	0	56	94	.205	.316	.261	.578		92		2	15	1			BRI · EL
1978	24	BOS-min	AA	114	400	339	41	80	12	1	6	41	7	4	46	89	.236	.332	.330	.662		112		3	11	1			BRI · EL
1979	25	BOS-min	AAA	34	93	78	6	13	1	0	1	5	0	0	11	24	.167	.267	.218	.485		17		0	3	1			PAW · IL
1979	25	BOS	AL	43	68	59	8	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	16	.169	.242	.237	.480	28	14	3	1	2	1	0	2
1980	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	66	242	196	35	48	11	3	1	29	2	4	39	46	.245	.367	.347	.714		68		1	2	4			MDL,WCH · TL,AA
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-min	AAA	45	115	105	11	20	3	1	0	5	0	0	6	15	.190	.230	.238	.468		25		0	2	2	0		INA · AA
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	ANA-min	AAA	57	220	179	43	55	8	1	4	24	4	1	38	31	.307	.427	.430	.857		77		0	2	1	0		EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	70	218	187	17	42	4	1	4	26	1	0	20	36	.225	.294	.321	.615		60		1	4	6	0		CLB · IL
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	WSN-NYY-min	AAA	62	198	178	15	34	6	0	2	17	2	0	16	28	.191	.255	.258	.514		46		0	2	2	0		INA,CLB · AA,IL
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 Yrs				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	28	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1979	25	BOS	AL	43	68	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	2
1980	26	CHC	NL	19	57	-5	-0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	2
1981	27	CIN	NL	55	128	-5	-2	-0	3	2	-2	-0.1	4	2	0.3	.497	.499	-0.1	0.7	-1	$	2
1982	28	CIN	NL	21	55	-1	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.510	.501	0.2	0.3	2	$	2
1983	29	CAL	AL	26	65	-6	-0	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	$	2
1984	30	NYY	AL	13	34	-1	-0	0	3	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.515	.501	0.0	0.4	-0	$	2/5
1985	31	MON	NL	20	26	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
7 Seasons				197	433	-26	-1	-0	11	8	-9	-0.8	13	4	0.6	.495	.499	-0.6	2.2	-6	$

CIN (2 yrs)				76	183	-6	-2	-0	5	3	0	0.1	6	6	0.7	.501	.500	0.1	1.0	1	$
BOS (1 yr)				43	68	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.2	0.2	-2	$
MON (1 yr)				20	26	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
CAL (1 yr)				26	65	-6	-0	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	$
CHC (1 yr)				19	57	-5	-0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$
NYY (1 yr)				13	34	-1	-0	0	3	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.515	.501	0.0	0.4	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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	28	.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	94	.209	.180	.265	.272	.330	.252	.379	.524	.710	49	.247	-7.7	-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 Yrs				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	28	.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	.386	.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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				433	0.7%	17.8%	9.9%	3.2%	19%	1.79	4.9	125.3	13.9	1.11	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.2%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.58	6.8	43.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	25	BOS	AL	-6.3	-0.6	68	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.78	-0.7	0.1	-9.5	-0.9	0.98	-8.1		0
1980	26	CHC	NL	-3.9	-0.4	57	0.2	1.2	-1.0	1.18	-0.2	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-2.6		0
1981	27	CIN	NL	-7.7	-0.8	128	-1.0	1.4	-2.4	1.02	-0.7	-0.3	-8.5	-0.9	1.00	-7.3		0
1982	28	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	55	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	1.05	-0.2	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-1.7		0
1983	29	CAL	AL	-6.6	-0.7	65	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	.77	-0.5	-0.2	-6.0	-0.6	0.92	-5.8	0.17	1
1984	30	NYY	AL	-1.2	-0.1	35	0.1	0.5	-0.5	.81	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.88	-1.4	0.00	1
1985	31	MON	NL	-1.2	-0.1	27	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.68	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.93	-2.2		0
7 Yrs				-27.7	-2.8	435	-2.2	5.0	-7.2	.93	-2.7	0.3	-29.0	-2.9	0.96	-29.2	0.09	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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%	2	2	100%	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%	2	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%	6	3	50%	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	0.17	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	14	1	7%	8	2	25%	34	4	12%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	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%	1	0	0%	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%	2	2	100%	0
7 Yrs				433	35%	72			2	0	0	0	0.09	3	0	8	1	2	1	2	0	11	10	91%	85	8	9%	48	17	35%	271	27	10%	28	9	32%	14	8	57%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			83%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	25	43	68	59	7	10	1	0	1	4	0	5	16	.169	.242	.237	.480	3	43
1980	26	19	57	48	7	10	1	0	0	5	0	5	13	.208	.273	.229	.502	3	19
1981	27	83	196	169	10	31	5	2	2	8	0	22	29	.183	.277	.272	.550	12	55
1982	28	21	57	46	6	11	2	0	0	3	0	11	13	.239	.386	.283	.669	5	21
1983	29	26	65	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	24	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	.150	.261	.150	.411	1	20
7 Yrs		225	501	434	42	83	12	2	4	30	1	51	87	.191	.276	.256	.532	30	197
162 Game Avg.		162	361	312	30	60	9	1	3	22	1	37	63	.191	.276	.256	.532	22	197

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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