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Charlie O'Brien
Charles Hugh O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 1, 1960 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Bishop Kelly (Tulsa, OK)
School: Wichita State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1985
Final Game: June 21, 2000
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1985 25 OAK AL 16 14 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .273 .429 .364 .792 129 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
1987 27 MIL AL 10 40 35 2 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 .200 .282 .343 .625 63 12 0 0 1 0 0 2
1988 28 MIL AL 40 127 118 12 26 6 0 2 9 0 1 5 16 .220 .252 .322 .574 59 38 3 0 4 0 0 2
1989 29 MIL AL 62 226 188 22 44 10 0 6 35 0 0 21 11 .234 .339 .383 .722 105 72 11 9 8 0 1 2
1990 30 TOT MLB 74 249 213 17 38 10 2 0 20 0 0 21 34 .178 .259 .244 .504 42 52 4 3 10 2 3 2
1990 30 MIL AL 46 166 145 11 27 7 2 0 11 0 0 11 26 .186 .253 .262 .515 46 38 3 2 8 0 1 2
1990 30 NYM NL 28 83 68 6 11 3 0 0 9 0 0 10 8 .162 .272 .206 .477 34 14 1 1 2 2 2 2
1991 31 NYM NL 69 191 168 16 31 6 0 2 14 0 2 17 25 .185 .272 .256 .528 51 43 5 4 0 2 1 2
1992 32 NYM NL 68 177 156 15 33 12 0 2 13 0 1 16 18 .212 .289 .327 .616 75 51 4 1 4 0 1 2
1993 33 NYM NL 67 208 188 15 48 11 0 4 23 1 1 14 14 .255 .312 .378 .690 85 71 4 2 3 1 1 2
1994 34 ATL NL 51 172 152 24 37 11 0 8 28 0 0 15 24 .243 .322 .474 .795 103 72 5 3 1 1 2 2
1995 35 ATL NL 67 233 198 18 45 7 0 9 23 0 1 29 40 .227 .343 .399 .742 93 79 8 6 0 0 2 2
1996 36 TOR AL 109 375 324 33 77 17 0 13 44 0 1 29 68 .238 .331 .410 .741 87 133 8 17 3 2 1 2
1997 37 TOR AL 69 267 225 22 49 15 1 4 27 0 2 22 45 .218 .311 .347 .657 73 78 6 11 3 6 1 2
1998 38 TOT AL 62 193 175 13 45 9 0 4 18 0 0 10 33 .257 .300 .377 .677 77 66 3 2 3 3 0 2
1998 38 CHW AL 57 181 164 12 43 9 0 4 18 0 0 9 31 .262 .303 .390 .694 81 64 3 2 3 3 0 2
1998 38 ANA AL 5 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1999 39 ANA AL 27 67 62 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 12 .097 .136 .145 .282 -27 9 1 2 1 1 0 2
2000 40 MON NL 9 21 19 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .211 .286 .421 .707 74 8 0 0 0 0 1 /2
15 Seasons 800 2560 2232 216 493 119 4 56 261 1 10 209 354 .221 .303 .353 .656 75 788 62 60 41 18 14
162 Game Avg. 162 518 452 44 100 24 1 11 53 0 2 42 72 .221 .303 .353 .656 75 160 13 12 8 4 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (4 yrs) 232 659 580 52 123 32 0 8 59 1 4 57 65 .212 .289 .309 .598 67 179 14 8 9 5 5
MIL (4 yrs) 158 559 486 47 104 26 3 8 55 0 2 41 57 .214 .290 .329 .619 73 160 17 11 21 0 2
ATL (2 yrs) 118 405 350 42 82 18 0 17 51 0 1 44 64 .234 .334 .431 .766 98 151 13 9 1 1 4
ANA (2 yrs) 32 79 73 4 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 14 .110 .154 .151 .305 -21 11 1 2 1 1 0
TOR (2 yrs) 178 642 549 55 126 32 1 17 71 0 3 51 113 .230 .322 .384 .707 81 211 14 28 6 8 2
OAK (1 yr) 16 14 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .273 .429 .364 .792 129 4 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 9 21 19 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .211 .286 .421 .707 74 8 0 0 0 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 57 181 164 12 43 9 0 4 18 0 0 9 31 .262 .303 .390 .694 81 64 3 2 3 3 0
AL (9 yrs) 441 1475 1283 121 284 68 4 30 149 0 5 106 218 .221 .300 .351 .651 73 450 35 43 31 12 4
NL (7 yrs) 359 1085 949 95 209 51 0 26 112 1 5 103 136 .220 .306 .356 .662 79 338 27 17 10 6 10

Postseason Batting

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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
1995 35 ATL NL NLDS COL W 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 ATL NL WS CLE W 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 6 15 13 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .231 .286 .462 .747 6 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1985 OAK AL 25 C 16 2 39.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1.0 30.3 1 5.22 1.44 .987 6.06 5.03 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 MIL AL 27 C 10 10 91.0 89 78 11 0 0 1.000 4.0 52.7 4 8.80 8.90 .988 6.74 5.49 1 2 5 9 64%
1988 MIL AL 28 C 40 36 322.0 232 210 20 2 4 .991 2.0 7.5 2 6.43 5.75 .989 6.22 5.28 1 11 19 11 37%
1989 MIL AL 29 C 62 61 529.0 355 314 36 5 5 .986 8.0 18.1 8 5.95 5.65 .989 6.24 5.20 1 8 32 18 36%
1990 TOT MLB 30 C 74 67 592.2 458 408 45 5 6 .989 5.0 10.1 5 6.88 6.12 .989 6.50 5.39 4 23 40 30 43%
1990 MIL AL 30 C 46 42 381.2 243 217 24 2 5 .992 1.0 3.1 1 5.68 5.24 .991 6.42 5.36 3 17 21 14 40%
1990 NYM NL 30 C 28 25 211.0 215 191 21 3 1 .986 4.0 22.7 4 9.04 7.57 .987 6.65 5.44 1 6 19 16 46%
1991 NYM NL 31 C 67 56 488.0 437 396 37 4 7 .991 2.0 4.9 2 7.99 6.46 .988 6.78 5.59 2 16 55 26 32%
1992 NYM NL 32 C 64 51 427.1 338 287 44 7 4 .979 8.0 22.5 8 6.97 5.17 .991 6.67 5.68 1 5 36 30 45%
1993 NYM NL 33 C 65 57 494.1 369 325 39 5 5 .986 4.0 9.7 4 6.63 5.60 .989 6.74 5.75 0 10 42 23 35%
1994 ATL NL 34 C 48 42 383.0 337 308 26 3 4 .991 2.0 6.3 2 7.85 6.96 .991 7.10 6.15 1 13 24 12 33%
1995 ATL NL 35 C 64 56 510.0 473 446 23 4 4 .992 -1.0 -2.4 -1 8.28 7.33 .989 7.40 6.34 0 8 71 20 22%
1996 TOR AL 36 C 105 88 801.0 653 613 37 3 5 .995 7.0 10.5 7 7.30 6.19 .990 6.91 5.84 5 24 41 24 37%
1997 TOR AL 37 C 69 66 592.1 587 543 41 3 8 .995 16.0 32.4 16 8.87 8.46 .991 7.15 6.08 4 10 25 31 55%
1998 TOT AL 38 C 62 58 486.0 353 325 24 4 3 .989 1.0 2.5 1 6.46 5.63 .990 7.13 6.17 1 19 49 23 32%
1998 CHW AL 38 C 57 54 455.0 331 305 22 4 3 .988 1.0 2.6 1 6.47 5.74 .990 7.13 6.17 0 17 47 21 31%
1998 ANA AL 38 C 5 4 31.0 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.39 4.40 .991 7.14 6.16 1 2 2 2 50%
1999 ANA AL 39 C 27 20 171.0 152 140 11 1 2 .993 1.0 7.0 1 7.95 5.59 .991 6.98 6.11 0 9 8 7 47%
2000 MON NL 40 C 9 5 44.1 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -54.1 -2 5.48 3.00 .989 7.45 6.38 0 2 7 0 0%
15 Seasons C 782 675 5971.2 4884 4441 396 47 57 .990 58.0 11.7 58 7.29 6.19 .990 6.82 5.78 21 160 454 265 37%
15 Seasons TOT 782 675 5971.2 4884 4441 396 47 57 .990 58.0 11.7 58 7.29 6.19 .980 6.82 5.78 21 160 454 265 37%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 AL  9 (2nd)
1996 AL  17 (3rd)
1997 AL  11 (7th)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 21st round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1982.

March 30, 1986: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Mike Fulmer (minors), Pete Kendrick (minors) and Steve Kiefer to the Milwaukee Brewers for Moose Haas.

August 30, 1990: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The New York Mets sent Julio Machado (September 7, 1990) and Kevin Brown (September 7, 1990) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Kevin Carmody (minors) (September 11, 1990) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 30, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 30, 1998: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).

August 6, 1999: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

February 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

June 22, 2000: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989Milwaukee Brewers$90,000
1990Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
1991New York Mets$300,000
1992New York Mets$370,000
1993New York Mets$500,000
1994Atlanta Braves$550,000
1995Atlanta Braves$550,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$625,000
1998Chicago White Sox$700,000
1999Anaheim Angels$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,035,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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