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Charlie O'Brien

Charles Hugh O'Brien

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 1, 1960 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1985
Teams (by GP): Mets/BlueJays/Brewers/Braves/WhiteSox/... 1985-2000
Agents: Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: June 21, 2000
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 OAK AL 25 C 16 2 1 39.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1 30 5.22 1.44 .987 6.06 5.99 0 0 0 1 100% 33% 0
1987 MIL AL 27 C 10 10 9 91.0 89 78 11 0 0 1.000 4 53 8.80 8.90 .988 6.74 6.67 1 2 5 9 64% 31% 0
1988 MIL AL 28 C 40 36 32 322.0 232 210 20 2 4 .991 2 7 6.43 5.75 .989 6.22 6.16 1 11 19 11 37% 31% 0
1989 MIL AL 29 C 62 61 55 529.0 355 314 36 5 5 .986 8 18 5.95 5.65 .989 6.24 6.17 1 8 32 18 36% 31% 6
1990 TOT MLB 30 C 74 67 53 592.2 458 408 45 5 6 .989 5 10 6.88 6.12 .989 6.50 6.45 4 23 40 30 43% 32% 0
1990 MIL AL 30 C 46 42 36 381.2 243 217 24 2 5 .992 1 3 5.68 5.24 .991 6.42 6.35 3 17 21 14 40% 34% 0
1990 NYM NL 30 C 28 25 17 211.0 215 191 21 3 1 .986 4 23 9.04 7.57 .987 6.65 6.61 1 6 19 16 46% 29% 0
1991 NYM NL 31 C 67 56 35 488.0 437 396 37 4 7 .991 2 5 7.99 6.46 .988 6.78 6.75 2 16 55 26 32% 33% 3
1992 NYM NL 32 C 64 51 27 427.1 338 287 44 7 4 .979 8 22 6.97 5.17 .991 6.67 6.67 1 5 36 30 45% 32% 1
1993 NYM NL 33 C 65 57 39 494.1 369 325 39 5 5 .986 4 10 6.63 5.60 .989 6.74 6.69 0 10 42 23 35% 31% 2
1994 ATL NL 34 C 48 42 39 383.0 337 308 26 3 4 .991 2 6 7.85 6.96 .991 7.10 7.05 1 13 24 12 33% 32% 2
1995 ATL NL 35 C 64 56 48 510.0 473 446 23 4 4 .992 -1 -2 8.28 7.33 .989 7.40 7.37 0 8 71 20 22% 30% 1
1996 TOR AL 36 C 105 88 79 801.0 653 613 37 3 5 .995 7 10 7.30 6.19 .990 6.91 6.87 5 24 40 24 38% 30% 4
1997 TOR AL 37 C 69 66 62 592.1 587 543 41 3 8 .995 16 32 8.87 8.46 .991 7.15 7.09 4 10 25 31 55% 33% 3
1998 TOT AL 38 C 62 58 39 486.0 353 325 24 4 3 .989 1 2 6.46 5.63 .990 7.13 7.05 1 19 49 23 32% 31% 1
1998 CHW AL 38 C 57 54 38 455.0 331 305 22 4 3 .988 1 3 6.47 5.74 .990 7.13 7.05 1 17 47 21 31% 31% 1
1998 ANA AL 38 C 5 4 1 31.0 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.39 4.40 .990 7.14 7.04 0 2 2 2 50% 31% 0
1999 ANA AL 39 C 27 20 13 171.0 152 140 11 1 2 .993 1 7 7.95 5.59 .991 6.98 6.87 0 9 8 7 47% 33% 0
2000 MON NL 40 C 9 5 2 44.1 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -54 5.48 3.00 .990 7.45 7.38 0 2 7 0 0% 32% 0
15 Seasons C 782 675 533 5971.2 4884 4441 396 47 57 .990 58 12 7.29 6.19 .990 6.82 6.77 21 160 453 265 37% 31% 23
15 Seasons TOT 782 675 533 5971.2 4884 4441 396 47 57 .990 58 12 7.29 6.19 .990 6.82 6.77 21 160 453 265 37% 31% 23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1985 OAK AL 25 C 1 30 1
1987 MIL AL 27 C 4 53 4
1988 MIL AL 28 C 2 7 2
1989 MIL AL 29 C 8 18 8
1990 MIL AL 30 C 1 3 1
1990 NYM NL 30 C 4 23 4
1991 NYM NL 31 C 2 5 2
1992 NYM NL 32 C 8 22 8
1993 NYM NL 33 C 4 10 4
1994 ATL NL 34 C 2 6 2
1995 ATL NL 35 C -1 -2 -1
1996 TOR AL 36 C 7 10 7
1997 TOR AL 37 C 16 32 16
1998 CHW AL 38 C 1 3 1
1998 ANA AL 38 C 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 39 C 1 7 1
2000 MON NL 40 C -2 -54 -2
15 Seasons C 58 12 58
15 Seasons TOT 58 12 58
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1985 OAK AL 25 16 2 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 27 10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIL AL 28 40 36 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIL AL 29 62 61 62 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIL AL 30 46 42 46 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYM NL 30 28 25 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYM NL 31 69 56 69 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 NYM NL 32 68 51 68 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 NYM NL 33 67 57 67 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 ATL NL 34 51 42 51 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1995 ATL NL 35 67 56 67 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1996 TOR AL 36 109 88 109 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1997 TOR AL 37 69 66 69 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHW AL 38 57 54 57 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ANA AL 38 5 4 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 39 27 20 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 MON NL 40 9 5 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 800 675 800 782 0 782 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1985 OAK AL 25 166 2.95 3.40 1 100% 0 0 23 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 27 389 4.55 4.85 3 100% 0 0 79 2 0 0 77 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 MIL AL 28 1376 3.83 4.30 9 100% 0 0 210 6 1 1 202 18 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 3 100%
1989 MIL AL 29 2229 3.57 3.91 16 94% 0 0 313 9 1 5 298 38 6 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 4 75%
1990 MIL AL 30 1656 3.77 4.55 18 94% 0 0 216 15 4 3 194 24 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 3 3 67%
1990 NYM NL 30 884 3.24 3.80 13 92% 1 0 191 8 0 4 179 21 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 NYM NL 31 2065 3.50 3.95 14 93% 0 0 396 10 0 7 379 37 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 5 80%
1992 NYM NL 32 1826 4.04 4.40 19 95% 1 0 288 9 2 2 275 43 9 0 0 4 7 0 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 5 100%
1993 NYM NL 33 2093 3.73 4.46 30 97% 0 0 325 20 2 5 298 39 8 1 1 5 5 0 0 5 1 5 1 1 2 10 90%
1994 ATL NL 34 1643 4.16 4.70 12 67% 0 0 311 5 0 5 301 23 2 1 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 4 50%
1995 ATL NL 35 2120 3.74 3.92 18 83% 0 0 447 9 1 5 432 22 5 2 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 6 83%
1996 TOR AL 36 3438 4.40 4.90 24 92% 0 0 614 16 3 10 585 36 5 0 0 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 3 100%
1997 TOR AL 37 2510 3.94 4.21 21 100% 0 0 543 16 1 9 516 42 6 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 1 1 5 100%
1998 CHW AL 38 2066 5.52 6.09 17 88% 0 0 305 13 1 8 283 22 2 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1998 ANA AL 38 141 6.68 7.55 1 100% 0 0 20 0 0 1 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 39 746 5.63 5.84 8 100% 0 0 140 7 0 0 133 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 MON NL 40 200 6.90 7.31 3 100% 0 0 24 2 0 0 22 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 25548 4.09 4.54 227 93% 2 0 4445 148 16 65 4215 392 59 5 1 58 46 1 7 38 5 57 4 6 11 54 85%
MLB Averages 4.20 4.64 94% 86%
Lg 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%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1985 OAK AL 25 0 0 59 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.00
1987 MIL AL 27 1 2 141 5 9 9 64% 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 9 1.81 1.12
1988 MIL AL 28 1 11 526 19 11 9 37% 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 37 13 0.95 1.33
1989 MIL AL 29 1 8 875 32 18 18 36% 29 15 3 2 0 1 6 1 55 26 1.00 1.17
1990 MIL AL 30 3 17 641 21 14 13 40% 18 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 53 17 1.71 1.11
1990 NYM NL 30 1 6 323 19 16 13 46% 18 12 1 3 0 1 0 0 40 20 1.41 1.31
1991 NYM NL 31 2 16 781 55 26 24 32% 45 21 9 3 1 2 3 0 93 34 1.49 1.52
1992 NYM NL 32 1 5 694 36 30 25 45% 30 27 6 3 0 0 1 0 58 34 1.14 1.17
1993 NYM NL 33 0 10 737 42 23 22 35% 35 17 7 6 0 0 2 0 65 26 1.60 1.23
1994 ATL NL 34 1 13 592 24 12 11 33% 19 12 5 0 0 0 2 0 54 18 1.33 1.10
1995 ATL NL 35 0 8 719 71 20 8 22% 54 17 17 3 0 0 1 0 98 26 1.18 1.23
1996 TOR AL 36 5 24 1257 41 24 20 37% 34 22 7 1 0 1 4 0 95 31 1.44 1.33
1997 TOR AL 37 4 10 943 25 31 28 55% 22 26 3 1 0 4 3 0 54 36 1.22 1.20
1998 CHW AL 38 1 17 819 47 21 16 31% 39 19 8 2 0 0 1 0 85 25 1.18 1.04
1998 ANA AL 38 0 2 55 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1.02 1.38
1999 ANA AL 39 0 9 276 8 7 5 47% 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 1.18 1.16
2000 MON NL 40 0 2 84 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.23
15 Seasons 21 160 9522 454 265 223 37% 380 230 73 26 1 9 23 1 846 328 1.31 1.24
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.26
Lg PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1992 NL  7 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1990 NL  45.7 (1st)
1992 NL  45.5 (2nd)
1993 NL  35.4 (4th)
1997 AL  55.4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1989 AL  8 (3rd)
1992 NL  8 (2nd)
1993 NL  4 (5th)
1996 AL  7 (4th)
1997 AL  16 (2nd)
Career  58 (15th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1996 AL  7.30 (4th)
Career  7.29 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Career  6.19 (71st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1996 AL  .995 (4th)
Career  .990 (76th)

Oldest s c a p y
2000 NL  born 1960-05-01 (5th)

             

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