Dan O'Brien
Daniel Jogues O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 22, 1954 in St. Petersburg, FL
High School: Bishop Berry (St. Petersburg, FL)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1978
Final Game: September 28, 1979
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Bill Freehan
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 24 STL NL 0 2 .000 4.50 7 2 1 0 0 0 18.0 22 12 9 1 8 2 12 2 1 0 86 79 1.667 11.0 0.5 4.0 6.0 1.50
1979 25 STL NL 1 1 .500 8.18 6 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 21 10 10 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 55 47 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 4.1 1.67
2 Seasons 1 3 .250 5.90 13 2 5 0 0 0 29.0 43 22 19 1 11 2 17 2 1 0 141 62 1.862 13.3 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.55
162 Game Avg. 5 14 .250 5.90 59 9 23 0 0 0 131 195 100 86 5 50 9 77 9 5 0 639 62 1.862 13.3 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.55

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 24 STL NL 7 86 73 12 22 4 0 1 1 1 8 12 .301 .381 .397 .778 .344 29 0 2 2 1 2
1979 25 STL NL 6 55 50 10 21 5 1 0 0 0 3 5 .420 .436 .560 .996 .447 28 0 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 13 141 123 22 43 9 1 1 1 1 11 17 .350 .403 .463 .866 .389 57 0 2 2 3 2
162 Game Avg. 59 639 558 100 195 41 5 5 5 5 50 77 .350 .403 .463 .866 .389 258 0 9 9 14 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 24 STL NL 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 53 62 44 5 3 2 0 3.5 1.4 6.7
1 Season 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 53 62 44 5 3 2 0 3.5 1.4 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 24 STL NL 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.246 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 2.8
1979 25 STL NL 6 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 9 1.260 3 0 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 0 5.5
2 Seasons 13 11 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 1.251 4 1 6 1 3 7 3 8 4 3 4 0 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 24 STL NL 86 37% 1.2% 14.0% 9.3% 5.8% 23% 1.16 71% 16 0 0%
1979 25 STL NL 55 53% 0.0% 9.1% 5.5% 10.9% 29% 0.50 85% 14 0 0%
2 Seasons 141 43% 0.7% 12.1% 7.8% 7.8% 26% 0.84 77% 30 0 0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 24 STL NL 86 22 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 25 STL NL 55 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 57% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Seasons 141 43 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 11 7 2 64% 1 0 0 61 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1978 24 0 2 .000 4.50 7 2 1 0 0 0 18.0 22 12 9 1 8 2 12 2 1 0 86 79 1.667 11.0 0.5 4.0 6.0 1.50 79
1979 25 1 3 .250 5.90 13 2 5 0 0 0 29.0 43 22 19 1 11 2 17 2 1 0 141 62 1.862 13.3 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.55 62

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1978 24 0 1 .000 5.00 18.0 23 11 10 1 8 12 2 1.722 11.5 4.0 6.0 1.50 0.5 7
1979 25 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 21 11 10 0 3 5 0 2.400 18.9 2.7 4.5 1.67 0.0 6
2 Seasons 0 2 .000 6.43 28.0 44 22 20 1 11 17 2 1.964 14.1 5.5 1.55 0.3 13

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