Billy O'Brien

William Smith O'Brien

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 14, 1860 in Albany, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1884
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Gladiators/WhiteCaps/Cowboys 1884-1890

Final Game: July 24, 1890
Died: May 26, 1911 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1884	24	STP	N/A	82	334	334	32	94	24	2	0					.281	.281	.365	.647		122				STP · NWES
1884	24	TOT	UA	12	47	47	3	11	3	0	0	0		0		.234	.234	.298	.532	106	14	0		5/13
1884	24	STP	UA	8	30	30	1	7	3	0	0	0		0		.233	.233	.333	.567	132	10	0		/51
1884	24	KCC	UA	4	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	0		0		.235	.235	.235	.471	67	4	0		/53

1885	25	MEM,KCY	N/A	68	295	295	51	90	27	2	1					.305	.305	.420	.725		124				MEM,KCY · SOUL,WL
1886	26	NVL,STP	B,N/A	92	357	357	32	76	9	2	0		6			.213	.213	.249	.462		89				NVL,STP · SOUA,NWES
1887	27	WHS	NL	113	479	453	71	126	16	12	19	73	11	21	17	.278	.317	.492	.810	126	223	5		*3/5O4
1888	28	WHS	NL	133	537	528	42	119	15	2	9	66	10	9	70	.225	.238	.313	.551	79	165	0		*3/5
1889	29	ROC	N/A	95	393	375	53	119	18	3	4		15			.317	.317	.413	.731		155		18		ROC · IL
1889	29	WHS	NL	2	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0		/3
1890	30	DEN	N/A																						DEN · WA
1890	30	BRG	AA	96	419	388	47	108	25	8	4	67	5	28		.278	.332	.415	.747	121	161	3		*3
1891	31	SXC,DEN	N/A	63	269	253	45	84	12	6	2		3			.332	.332	.451	.783		114		16		SXC,DEN · WA
1892	32	INA	A	53	212	212	34	59	13	2	6		6			.278	.278	.443	.722		94				INA · WL
1893	33	NVL	B	52	205	205	31	53	10	0	2					.259	.259	.337	.595		69				NVL · SOUA
1894	34	SXC	N/A	11	45	45	9	14	0	0	0		1			.311	.311	.311	.622		14				SXC · WL
1895	35	OMA,LIN,JVL	B	75	325	325	86	127	23	5	8					.391	.391	.566	.957		184				OMA,LIN,JVL · WA
1896	36	TOL	C																						TOL · ISLG
5 Yrs				356	1491	1424	164	364	59	22	32	206	26	59	88	.256	.289	.395	.684	107	563	8
162 Game Avg.				162	678	648	75	166	27	10	15	94		27		.256	.289	.395	.684	107	256	4

WHS (3 yrs)				248	1025	989	114	245	31	14	28	139	21	31	88	.248	.274	.392	.666	101	388	5
BRG (1 yr)				96	419	388	47	108	25	8	4	67	5	28		.278	.332	.415	.747	121	161	3
KCC (1 yr)				4	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	0		0		.235	.235	.235	.471	67	4	0
STP (1 yr)				8	30	30	1	7	3	0	0	0		0		.233	.233	.333	.567	132	10	0

NL (3 yrs)				248	1025	989	114	245	31	14	28	139	21	31	88	.248	.274	.392	.666	101	388	5
UA (1 yr)				12	47	47	3	11	3	0	0	0		0		.234	.234	.298	.532	106	14	0
AA (1 yr)				96	419	388	47	108	25	8	4	67	5	28		.278	.332	.415	.747	121	161	3

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
1884	24	STP	UA	8	30	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.3	-0	4	0.3	.542	.502	0.2	0.1	3	$	/51
1884	24	KCC	UA	4	17	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/53

1887	27	WHS	NL	113	479	15	-2	0	6	0	19	1.3	15	34	2.8	.514	.510	2.5	0.3	28	$	*3/5O4
1888	28	WHS	NL	133	537	-13	-2	0	-4	0	-19	-2.2	16	-3	-0.5	.485	.488	0.1	-0.5	1	$	*3/5
1889	29	WHS	NL	2	9	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.1	.419	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3
1890	30	BRG	AA	96	419	8	-2	0	-4	0	2	0.0	8	10	0.9	.502	.501	1.3	-0.4	14	$	*3
5 Seasons				356	1491	10	-7	0	-1	1	3	-0.7	39	42	3.4	.500	.500	4.0	-0.5	43	$

WHS (3 yrs)				248	1025	1	-5	0	2	0	-2	-1.1	32	29	2.2	.498	.499	2.5	-0.2	27	$
BRG (1 yr)				96	419	8	-2	0	-4	0	2	0.0	8	10	0.9	.502	.501	1.3	-0.4	14	$
KCC (1 yr)				4	17	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
STP (1 yr)				8	30	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.3	-0	4	0.3	.542	.502	0.2	0.1	3	$

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
1884	24	TOT	UA	47	36	3	2.2	40	.234	.234	.213	.234	.238	.298	.276	.532	.514	106	.319	1.2	0.1			.064
1884	24	STP	UA	30	23	2	2.2	32	.233	.233	.201	.233	.224	.333	.260	.567	.484	132	.335	1.6	0.2			.100
1884	24	KCC	UA	17	13	1	2.0	54	.235	.235	.236	.235	.262	.235	.305	.471	.567	67	.287	-0.4	-0.1			.000

1887	27	WHS	NL	479	327	69	5.5	93	.257	.278	.269	.317	.326	.492	.382	.810	.708	126	.599	13.0	1.3	.795	.285	.214	13.9
1888	28	WHS	NL	537	409	39	2.5	67	.245	.225	.239	.238	.286	.313	.328	.551	.614	79	.384	-13.6	-1.6	.450	.123	.087	9.5
1889	29	WHS	NL	9	8	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.265	.111	.334	.000	.361	.111	.695	-67	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1890	30	BRG	AA	419	280	53	4.9	85	.271	.278	.258	.332	.336	.415	.339	.747	.675	121	.616	8.3	0.9	.704	.222	.137	4.4
5 Yrs				1491	1060	164	4.0	80	.255	.256	.253	.289	.312	.395	.347	.684	.658	107	.530	7.1	0.5	.619	.199	.140	28.7
162 Game Avg.				678	482	75	4.0	80	.255	.256	.253	.289	.312	.395	.347	.684	.658	107	.530	3	0	.619	.199	.140	13

WHS (3 yrs)				1025	744	108	3.8	79	.249	.248	.253	.274	.305	.392	.353	.666	.658	101	.500	-2.3	-0.5	.598	.197	.145	24.0
BRG (1 yr)				419	280	53	4.9	85	.271	.278	.258	.332	.336	.415	.339	.747	.675	121	.616	8.3	0.9	.704	.222	.137	4.4
KCC (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.0	54	.235	.235	.236	.235	.262	.235	.305	.471	.567	67	.288	-0.4	-0.1			.000
STP (1 yr)				30	23	2	2.3	32	.233	.233	.201	.233	.224	.333	.260	.567	.484	132	.336	1.6	0.2			.100

NL (3 yrs)				1025	744	108	3.8	79	.249	.248	.253	.274	.305	.392	.353	.666	.658	101	.500	-2.3	-0.5	.598	.197	.145	24.0
UA (1 yr)				47	36	3	2.2	40	.234	.234	.213	.234	.238	.298	.276	.532	.514	106	.319	1.2	0.1			.064
AA (1 yr)				419	280	53	4.9	85	.271	.278	.258	.332	.336	.415	.339	.747	.675	121	.616	8.3	0.9	.704	.222	.137	4.4

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1884	24	12	47	47	3	11	3	0	0	0		0		.234	.234	.298	.532	106	14	0
1885	25	12	47	47	3	11	3	0	0	0		0		.234	.234	.298	.532	106	14	0
1886	26	12	47	47	3	11	3	0	0	0		0		.234	.234	.298	.532	106	14	0
1887	27	125	526	500	74	137	19	12	19	73	11	21	17	.274	.310	.474	.784	125	237	5
1888	28	258	1063	1028	116	256	34	14	28	139	21	30	87	.249	.274	.391	.665	103	402	5
1889	29	260	1072	1036	117	256	34	14	28	139	21	31	88	.247	.272	.388	.660	101	402	5
1890	30	356	1491	1424	164	364	59	22	32	206	26	59	88	.256	.289	.395	.684	107	563	8

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
1884	24	27	110	110	8	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.327	.582	9	12

1887	27	144	583	555	69	138	18	13	21	71	12	23	22	.249	.285	.441	.726	68	113
1888	28	158	643	632	52	145	18	2	11	82	12	11	83	.229	.243	.316	.559	49	133
1889	29	2	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	2
1890	30	130	543	506	51	128	30	9	5	72	6	33	0	.253	.304	.377	.681	57	96
5 Yrs		461	1890	1813	181	439	74	24	37	225	30	68	106	.242	.273	.371	.644	183	356
162 Game Avg.		162	664	637	64	154	26	8	13	79		24		.242	.273	.371	.644	64	356

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 1887 NL .492 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1888 NL 528 (4th)	Doubles s c a p y 1890 AA 25 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1887 NL 19 (1st) 1888 NL 9 (6th) 1890 AA 4 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1888 NL 70 (5th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1890 AA 37 (10th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1887 NL 23.8 (1st) 1890 AA 97.0 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1888 NL 409 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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