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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1979 BOS AL 25 C 43 19 201.2 115 103 7 5 1 .957 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 2.56 .983 5.46 4.69 2 1 13 5 28%
1980 CHC NL 26 C 19 15 143.2 112 94 16 2 2 .982 2.0 16.7 2 6.89 5.79 .983 6.09 5.23 1 6 16 12 43%
1981 CIN NL 27 C 55 39 343.2 234 208 22 4 2 .983 3.0 10.5 3 6.02 4.18 .983 5.93 5.07 0 8 30 19 39%
1982 CIN NL 28 C 21 14 136.0 97 84 12 1 2 .990 2.0 17.6 2 6.35 4.57 .985 6.29 5.52 0 8 11 9 45%
1983 CAL AL 29 C 26 19 173.2 85 77 8 0 0 1.000 1.0 6.9 1 4.40 3.27 .986 5.70 4.76 1 6 9 6 40%
1984 NYY AL 30 C 12 9 82.2 58 53 5 0 1 1.000 3.0 43.5 3 6.31 4.83 .986 5.97 5.05 1 3 1 7 88%
1984 NYY AL 30 3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1985 MON NL 31 C 20 9 87.1 59 53 6 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.08 2.95 .986 6.42 5.45 2 4 14 7 33%
7 Seasons C 196 124 1168.2 760 672 76 12 10 .984 11.0 11.3 11 5.76 3.82 .984 5.92 5.05 7 36 94 65 41%
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
7 Seasons TOT 197 124 1170.0 760 672 76 12 10 .984 10.9 11.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 11 5.75 3.80 .968 5.91 5.03 7 36 94 65 41%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 BOS AL 25 43 19 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 CHC NL 26 19 15 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 CIN NL 27 55 39 55 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 CIN NL 28 21 14 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 29 26 19 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1984 NYY AL 30 13 9 13 13 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 MON NL 31 20 9 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 197 124 197 197 0 196 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1979 BOS AL 25 906 4.55 5.44 7 71% 0 0 104 4 0 1 99 7 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1980 CHC NL 26 668 4.39 5.20 4 100% 0 0 95 2 0 4 89 15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1981 CIN NL 27 1479 3.80 4.24 14 100% 0 0 207 12 2 5 188 22 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 CIN NL 28 620 4.63 4.90 9 100% 0 0 84 6 2 2 74 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 CAL AL 29 783 4.20 4.87 3 100% 0 0 77 2 1 5 69 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 30 372 5.01 5.12 3 100% 0 0 52 3 0 0 49 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 31 394 4.12 4.64 3 100% 0 0 54 1 0 3 50 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 5222 4.27 4.83 43 95% 0 0 673 30 5 20 618 77 7 1 0 2 12 1 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 8 88%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.31 96% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1979 BOS AL 25 2 1 327 13 5 4 28% 13 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 21 7 1.28 0.89
1980 CHC NL 26 0 6 246 16 12 12 43% 16 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 28 13 1.51 1.84
1981 CIN NL 27 0 8 482 30 19 18 39% 27 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 46 21 1.53 1.34
1982 CIN NL 28 0 8 237 11 9 9 45% 10 7 0 2 1 0 1 1 28 9 1.71 1.68
1983 CAL AL 29 1 6 307 9 6 6 40% 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 6 1.30 2.47
1984 NYY AL 30 1 3 142 1 7 5 88% 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 0.80 1.34
1985 MON NL 31 2 4 122 14 7 6 33% 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 22 7 1.60 1.12
7 Seasons 6 36 1863 94 65 60 41% 86 56 7 9 1 0 3 1 179 71 1.49 1.52
MLB Averages 33% 1.30 1.29

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 NYY AL 30 12 42% 67% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 12 42% 67% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 90% 76%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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