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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

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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	-min	B	18	11	.621		34						272.0	196	93			108							1.118	6.5		3.6			EVN · CENL
1910	28	-min	B	20	10	.667		38							212	83			79													HFD · CTST
1911	29	-min	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	-min	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	-min	A	5	6	.455		14						92.0	94	44			30							1.348	9.2		2.9			MEM · SOUA
3 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1911	29	BOS	AL	47.2	5	9	28	0	1.0	19	1.9	$
1912	30	BOS	AL	275.2	34	107	157	2	1.0	50	5.3	$
1913	31	BOS	AL	90.1	12	42	45	-2	1.0	3	0.6	$
1913	31	CHW	AL	18.1	3	14	9	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
3 Seasons				432.0	54	172	239	0	1.0	67	7.2	$

BOS (3 yrs)				413.2	51	158	230	0	1.0	72	7.8	$
CHW (1 yr)				18.1	3	14	9	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$

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

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	HBP	SH	Pos
1909	27	-min	B	33	93	93		20									.215	.215							EVN · CENL
1910	28	-min	B	38	98	98		17	5	1	0						.173	.173	.245	.418		24			HFD · CTST
1911	29	-min	A	38	112	112		25	3	2	0						.223	.223	.286	.509		32			DEN · WL
1911	29	BOS	AL	6	16	16	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	4	.125	.125	.188	.313	-13	3	0	0	/1
1912	30	BOS	AL	37	104	94	4	13	1	1	0	6	0	0	6	29	.138	.190	.170	.360	1	16	0	4	1
1913	31	-min	AA	16	37	37		3	1	0	0						.081	.081	.108	.189		4			OLD · PCL
1913	31	TOT	AL	21	37	33	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	9	.152	.222	.182	.404	17	6	0	1	1
1913	31	BOS	AL	15	34	30	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	9	.167	.242	.200	.442	28	6	0	1	1
1913	31	CHW	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1914	32	-min	A																						MEM · SOUA
3 Seasons				64	157	143	6	20	3	1	0	8	0	0	9	42	.140	.191	.175	.366	3	25	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	397	362	15	51	8	3	0	20	0		23	106	.140	.191	.175	.366	3	63	0	13

BOS (3 yrs)				58	154	140	6	20	3	1	0	8	0	0	9	42	.143	.195	.179	.373	5	25	0	5
CHW (1 yr)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1911	29	BOS	AL	16	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/1
1912	30	BOS	AL	104	-13	-1	0	0	0	5	4	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	1
1913	31	BOS	AL	34	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1913	31	CHW	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				157	-20	-1	0	0	0	8	6	-7	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$

BOS (3 yrs)				154	-19	-1	0	0	0	8	6	-6	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$
CHW (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1912	30	BOS	AL	WS	NYG	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1911	BOS	AL	29	P	6	47.2	17	3	14	0	1	1.000	3.21	2.83	.938	2.89	2.85
1912	BOS	AL	30	P	37	275.2	98	10	83	5	1	.949	3.04	2.51	.940	2.96	2.90
1913	TOT	AL	31	P	21	108.2	35	2	33	0	0	1.000	2.90	1.67	.938	3.01	2.98
1913	BOS	AL	31	P	15	90.1	29	1	28	0	0	1.000	2.89	1.93	.938	3.01	2.98
1913	CHW	AL	31	P	6	18.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.95	1.00	.938	2.99	2.98
	3 Seasons			P	64	432.0	150	15	130	5	2	.967	3.02	2.27	.939	2.96	2.92
	3 Seasons			TOT	64	432.0	150	15	130	5	2	.967	3.02	2.27	.939	2.96	2.92

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1912 AL 5.3 (5th)	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 (1008), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

July 2, 1913: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox for $5,000.
August 20, 1913: Purchased by Oakland (PCL) from the Chicago White Sox.

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