Buck O'Brien

Thomas Joseph O'Brien

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: May 9, 1882 in Brockton, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1911
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox 1911-1913

Final Game: August 6, 1913
Died: July 25, 1959 in Boston, MA
Buried: New Calvary Cemetery, Boston, MA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	27	EVN	B	18	11	.621		34						272.0	196	93			108							1.118	6.5		3.6			EVN · CENL
1910	28	HFD	B	20	10	.667		38							212	83			79													HFD · CTST
1911	29	DEN	A	26	7	.788		37											77													DEN · WL
1911	29	BOS	AL	5	1	.833	0.38	6	5	1	5	2	0	47.2	30	9	2	0	21	31	1	0	0	189	875	1.070	5.7	0.0	4.0	5.9	1.48
1912	30	BOS	AL	20	13	.606	2.58	37	34	3	25	2	0	275.2	237	107	79	3	90	115	10	1	5	1100	132	1.186	7.7	0.1	2.9	3.8	1.28
1913	31	OLD	AA	5	5	.500	2.35	16	12					111.0	113	38	29		43							1.405	9.2		3.5			OLD · PCL
1913	31	TOT	AL	4	11	.267	3.73	21	15	4	6	0	0	108.2	124	56	45	0	48	58	0	0	1	448	79	1.583	10.3	0.0	4.0	4.8	1.21
1913	31	BOS	AL	4	9	.308	3.69	15	12	2	6	0	0	90.1	103	42	37	0	35	54	0	0	1	370	80	1.528	10.3	0.0	3.5	5.4	1.54
1913	31	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	3.93	6	3	2	0	0	0	18.1	21	14	8	0	13	4	0	0	0	78	77	1.855	10.3	0.0	6.4	2.0	0.31
1914	32	MEM	A	5	6	.455		14						92.0	94	44			30							1.348	9.2		2.9			MEM · SOUA
3 Yrs				29	25	.537	2.63	64	54	8	36	4	0	432.0	391	172	126	3	159	204	11	1	6	1737	125	1.273	8.1	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.28
162 Game Avg.				17	14	.537	2.63	37	31	5	21	2	0	249	225	99	73	2	92	118	6	1	3	1001	125	1.273	8.1	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.28

BOS (3 yrs)				29	23	.558	2.57	58	51	6	36	4	0	413.2	370	158	118	3	146	200	11	1	6	1659	128	1.247	8.0	0.1	3.2	4.4	1.37
CHW (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.93	6	3	2	0	0	0	18.1	21	14	8	0	13	4	0	0	0	78	77	1.855	10.3	0.0	6.4	2.0	0.31

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1911	29	BOS	AL	47.2	6	5	9	1.70	4.63	-0.02	0.00	98.0	4.56	15	1.8	1.0	-0.0	2.2	21	.795	.511	$
1912	30	BOS	AL	275.2	37	34	107	3.49	4.33	0.10	0.00	102.0	4.32	27	3.0	1.0	-0.3	5.2	56	.580	.518	$
1913	31	BOS	AL	90.1	15	12	42	4.18	3.89	-0.27	0.00	100.0	4.16	0	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.8	9	.504	.500	$
1913	31	CHW	AL	18.1	6	3	14	6.87	4.03	0.22	0.00	100.0	3.81	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.395	.496	$
3 Seasons				432.0	64	54	172	3.58	4.26	0.01	0.00	101.1	4.29	36	4.2	1.0	-0.5	7.7	80	.565	.506	$

BOS (3 yrs)				413.2	58	51	158	3.44	4.27	0.01	0.00	101.1	4.31	43	4.8	1.0	-0.4	8.2	85	.582	.510	$
CHW (1 yr)				18.1	6	3	14	6.87	4.03	0.22	0.00	100.0	3.81	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.395	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1912	30	BOS	AL	WS	W	NYG	0	2	.000	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	12	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	40	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
1 WS							0	2	.000	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	12	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	40	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1911	29	5	1	.833	0.38	6	5	1	5	2	47.2	30	9	2	0	21	31	1	0	0	189	875	1.070	5.7	0.0	4.0	5.9	1.48	875
1912	30	25	14	.641	2.25	43	39	4	30	4	323.1	267	116	81	3	111	146	11	1	5	1289	151	1.169	7.4	0.1	3.1	4.1	1.32	151
1913	31	29	25	.537	2.63	64	54	8	36	4	432.0	391	172	126	3	159	204	11	1	6	1737	125	1.273	8.1	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.28	125

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1911	29	5	0	1.000	0.38	48.0	31	2	2	0	22	31	1	1.104	5.8	4.1	5.8	1.41	0.0	6
1912	30	20	9	.690	2.69	268.0	244	89	80	3	93	112	10	1.257	8.2	3.1	3.8	1.20	0.1	37
1913	31	4	6	.400	5.13	93.0	138	59	53	0	53	50	0	2.054	13.4	5.1	4.8	0.94	0.0	21
3 Yrs		29	15	.659	2.97	409.0	413	150	135	3	168	193	11	1.421	9.1		4.2	1.15	0.1	64

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1912 AL 5.2 (6th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1912 AL 2.58 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1912 AL 20 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1912 AL 1.186 (7th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 AL 7.738 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1912 AL 275.7 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1912 AL 115 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1912 AL 34 (6th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1912 AL 25 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1911 AL 2 (9th) 1912 AL 2 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1912 AL 90 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 AL 10 (9th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1912 AL 1,100 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1912 AL 132 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1912 AL 25 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1912 AL 2.6 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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