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Dan O'Brien

Daniel Joques O'Brien

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 22, 1954 in St. Petersburg, FL
High School: Bishop Barry HS (St. Petersburg, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1978
Team: Cardinals 1978-1979

Final Game: September 28, 1979
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Bill Freehan
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Standard Pitching

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 81 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 48 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 4.1 1.67
2 Yrs 1 3 .250 5.90 13 2 5 0 0 0 29.0 43 22 19 1 11 2 17 2 1 0 141 64 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 64 1.862 13.3 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1978 24 STL NL 18.0 7 2 12 6.00 4.17 -0.10 0.01 99.3 4.25 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .443 .498 $
1979 25 STL NL 11.0 6 0 10 8.18 4.02 0.17 -0.32 101.7 3.59 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 -0.6 -5 .405 .496 $
2 Seasons 29.0 13 2 22 6.83 4.11 0.00 -0.12 100.2 4.00 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.2 -0.9 -6 .426 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 1
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 0
2 Yrs 13 141 123 22 43 9 1 1 1 1 11 17 .350 .403 .463 .866 .389 57 0 2 2 3 2 1
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 5
MLB Averages .262 .327 .388 .715 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 24 STL NL -2.6 -0.3 89 -0.2 1.6 -1.8 1.24 -0.1 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.24 -2.1 1 1 3
1979 25 STL NL -4.5 -0.4 55 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 1.25 -0.4 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.25 -4.3 3 0 2
2 Yrs -7.1 -0.7 144 -0.4 2.7 -3.1 1.25 -0.5 0.2 -7.9 -0.8 1.25 -6.4 4 1 5

Starting Pitching*

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% 53.0 62 44 5 3 2 0 3.5 1.4 6.7
1 Yr 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 .500 53% 51 99 -2 4.3 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.243 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 1.249 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 0 5.5
2 Yrs 13 11 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 1.245 4 1 5 1 3 7 3 8 4 3 4 0 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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 63% 1.2% 14.0% 9.3% 5.8% 23% 1.16 71% 16 0 0%
1979 25 STL NL 55 47% 0.0% 9.1% 5.5% 10.9% 29% 0.50 85% 14 0 0%
2 Yrs 141 57% 0.7% 12.1% 7.8% 7.8% 26% 0.84 77% 30 0 0%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.08 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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 81 1.667 11.0 0.5 4.0 6.0 1.50 81
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 64 1.862 13.3 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.55 64

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 5.29 17.0 24 11 10 1 9 11 2 1.941 12.7 4.8 5.8 1.22 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 Yrs 0 2 .000 6.67 27.0 45 22 20 1 12 16 2 2.111 15.0 5.3 1.33 0.3 13

* 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.

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