You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > O Listing > Darby O'Brien Statistics and History

Darby O'Brien
John F. O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 15, 1867 in Troy, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1888
Final Game: October 2, 1891
Died: March 11, 1892 in W.Troy, NY
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1888 21 CLE AA 11 19 .367 3.30 30 30 0 30 1 0 259.0 245 162 95 5 99 135 0 0 0 0 94 1.328 8.5 0.2 3.4 4.7 1.36
1889 22 CLV NL 22 17 .564 4.15 41 41 0 39 1 0 346.2 345 216 160 9 167 122 24 0 27 1544 102 1.477 9.0 0.2 4.3 3.2 0.73
1890 23 CLE PL 8 16 .333 3.40 25 25 0 22 0 0 206.1 229 171 78 9 93 54 17 0 22 978 117 1.561 10.0 0.4 4.1 2.4 0.58
1891 24 BOS AA 18 13 .581 3.65 40 30 9 22 0 2 268.2 300 197 109 13 127 87 0 0 16 1161 101 1.589 10.0 0.4 4.3 2.9 0.69
4 Seasons 59 65 .476 3.68 136 126 9 113 2 2 1080.2 1119 746 442 36 486 398 41 0 65 3683 102 1.485 9.3 0.3 4.0 3.3 0.82
162 Game Avg. 15 17 .476 3.68 35 33 2 29 1 1 280 290 194 115 9 126 103 11 0 17 956 102 1.485 9.3 0.3 4.0 3.3 0.82
CLV (2 yrs) 33 36 .478 3.79 71 71 0 69 2 0 605.2 590 378 255 14 266 257 24 0 27 1544 99 1.413 8.8 0.2 4.0 3.8 0.97
BOS (1 yr) 18 13 .581 3.65 40 30 9 22 0 2 268.2 300 197 109 13 127 87 0 0 16 1161 101 1.589 10.0 0.4 4.3 2.9 0.69
CLE (1 yr) 8 16 .333 3.40 25 25 0 22 0 0 206.1 229 171 78 9 93 54 17 0 22 978 117 1.561 10.0 0.4 4.1 2.4 0.58
AA (2 yrs) 29 32 .475 3.48 70 60 9 52 1 2 527.2 545 359 204 18 226 222 0 0 16 1161 97 1.461 9.3 0.3 3.9 3.8 0.98
NL (1 yr) 22 17 .564 4.15 41 41 0 39 1 0 346.2 345 216 160 9 167 122 24 0 27 1544 102 1.477 9.0 0.2 4.3 3.2 0.73
PL (1 yr) 8 16 .333 3.40 25 25 0 22 0 0 206.1 229 171 78 9 93 54 17 0 22 978 117 1.561 10.0 0.4 4.1 2.4 0.58

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1888 21 CLE AA 32 114 109 13 20 1 0 0 9 2 4 .183 .219 .193 .412 34 21 1 1/O
1889 22 CLV NL 41 153 140 13 35 1 0 0 18 2 12 18 .250 .314 .257 .571 58 36 1 1
1890 23 CLE PL 26 98 96 12 15 1 1 0 6 0 2 6 .156 .173 .188 .361 -0 18 0 1/O
1891 24 BOS AA 41 137 128 19 30 1 0 0 10 3 8 17 .234 .285 .242 .527 49 31 1 1
4 Seasons 140 502 473 57 100 4 1 0 43 7 26 41 .211 .257 .224 .481 38 106 3
162 Game Avg. 162 581 547 66 116 5 1 0 50 8 30 .211 .257 .224 .481 38 123 3
CLV (2 yrs) 73 267 249 26 55 2 0 0 27 4 16 18 .221 .273 .229 .502 48 57 2
BOS (1 yr) 41 137 128 19 30 1 0 0 10 3 8 17 .234 .285 .242 .527 49 31 1
CLE (1 yr) 26 98 96 12 15 1 1 0 6 0 2 6 .156 .173 .188 .361 -0 18 0
AA (2 yrs) 73 251 237 32 50 2 0 0 19 5 12 17 .211 .255 .219 .474 43 52 2
NL (1 yr) 41 153 140 13 35 1 0 0 18 2 12 18 .250 .314 .257 .571 58 36 1
PL (1 yr) 26 98 96 12 15 1 1 0 6 0 2 6 .156 .173 .188 .361 -0 18 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1888 CLE AA 21 P 30 87 16 62 9 2 .897 2.60 .891 2.32
1888 CLE AA 21 OF 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.80 0-0-2
1889 CLV NL 22 P 41 102 25 70 7 3 .931 2.32 .902 1.93
1890 CLE PL 23 P 25 56 9 45 2 2 .964 2.16 .907 2.42
1890 CLE PL 23 OF 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 1-0-0
1891 BOS AA 24 P 40 65 11 50 4 4 .938 1.53 .905 2.14
4 Seasons P 136 310 61 227 22 11 .929 2.12 .900 2.17
2 Seasons OF 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 .900 1.90 1-0-2
4 Seasons TOT 139 312 61 229 22 11 .929 2.09 .830 2.16 1-0-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1890 PL--3.402--6th

Wins s c a p y
1889 NL--22--6th
1891 AA--18--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1889 NL--.564--9th
1891 AA--.581--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 NL--8.957--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 AA--4.691--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1889 NL--41--9th

Saves s c a p y
1891 AA--2--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1889 NL--346.7--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1889 NL--41--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1889 NL--39--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 AA--13--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1888 AA--99--8th
1889 NL--167--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1889 NL--345--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 NL--.234--5th

Losses s c a p y
1888 AA--19--8th
1889 NL--17--9th
1890 PL--16--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1889 NL--160--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1889 NL--27--2nd
1890 PL--22--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 NL--24--1st
1890 PL--17--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1889 NL--1544--8th
1891 AA--1161--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1891 AA--9--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1890 PL--117--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Jesse Duryea (969)
  2. Henry Gruber (967)
  3. John Ewing (966)
  4. Johnny Rigney (960)
  5. Vern Bickford (958)
  6. Orval Grove (958)
  7. Pete Conway (957)
  8. Mike Norris (955)
  9. Jock Menefee (954)
  10. Ed Daily (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Bill Hart (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Bush (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Harmon (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Harmon (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 20, 1888: Purchased by the Cleveland Blues from Lima (Tri-State) for $2,000.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Darby O'Brien    

Viewed 8,072 times through November 24, 2009.
Name and misspellings: John Darby F. O'Brien obrien

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.