Eddie O'Brien
Edward Joseph O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ
High School: St. Mary's (South Amboy, NJ)
School: Seattle University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1953
Final Game: April 19, 1958
Relatives: Brother of Johnny O'Brien
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 22 PIT NL 89 282 261 21 62 5 3 0 14 6 1 17 30 .238 .289 .280 .569 50 73 4 2 2 6
1955 24 PIT NL 75 261 236 26 55 3 1 0 8 4 5 18 13 .233 .290 .254 .544 48 60 2 1 6 0 0 8/567
1956 25 PIT NL 63 58 53 17 14 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 .264 .291 .302 .593 62 16 0 0 3 0 0 6/754819
1957 26 PIT NL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 27 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 231 605 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 424 389 45 92 7 3 0 18 8 5 26 32 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 104 4 2 8

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1953 22 PIT NL 282 206 21 2.7 109 .268 .238 .273 .289 .344 .280 .425 .569 .769 50 .256 -19.5 -1.9 .475 .126 .042 .0
1955 24 PIT NL 261 194 18 2.5 104 .247 .233 .263 .290 .334 .254 .417 .544 .750 48 .238 -17.7 -1.8 .415 .093 .021 .0
1956 25 PIT NL 58 43 5 3.1 100 .275 .264 .260 .291 .327 .302 .411 .593 .738 62 .340 -2.8 -0.3 .450 .075 .038 .0
1957 26 PIT NL 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .265 .000 .328 .000 .410 .000 .738 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 605 447 44 2.6 106 .257 .236 .267 .288 .338 .269 .420 .557 .758 49 .253 -41.1 -4.0 .443 .106 .032 .0
162 Game Avg. 424 313 31 2.6 106 .257 .236 .267 .288 .338 .269 .420 .557 .758 49 .253 -41.1 -4.0 .443 .106 .032

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1953 22 PIT NL 282 0.0% 10.6% 6.0% 2.8% 13% 1.76 8.7 18.6 82%
1955 24 PIT NL 261 0.0% 5.0% 6.9% 1.5% 7% 0.72 18.2 29.5 1.08 85%
1956 25 PIT NL 58 0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 14% 1.00 26.5 17.7 1.23 88%
1957 26 PIT NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
5 Seasons 605 0.0% 7.4% 6.1% 2.3% 11% 1.22 12.3 22.2 1.17 84%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 PIT NL 3 0 35% 53 4 5 44% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9% 8 7 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
1956 25 PIT NL 0 0 106% 45 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1957 26 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3 0 37% 98 11 7 61% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 21% 9 8 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 24 PIT NL 117 42% 55 2 1 0 0 1.06 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 18 2 11% 8 3 38% 49 1 2% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 145
1956 25 PIT NL 43 19% 14 1 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0 0% 5 3 60% 20 2 10% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 15
1957 26 PIT NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 163 35% 131 3 1 0 0 0.85 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 110% 25 6 24% 13 6 46% 69 3 4% 5 0 0% 6 1 17% 161
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 22 89 282 261 21 62 5 3 0 14 6 1 17 30 .238 .289 .280 .569 50 73 4 2 2
1954 23 89 282 261 21 62 5 3 0 14 6 1 17 30 .238 .289 .280 .569 50 73 4 2 2
1955 24 164 543 497 47 117 8 4 0 22 10 6 35 43 .235 .290 .268 .557 49 133 6 3 8 0 0
1956 25 227 601 550 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .238 .290 .271 .561 50 149 6 3 11 0 0
1957 26 230 605 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0
1958 27 231 605 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 22 92 289 270 20 63 5 3 0 14 6 17 31 .233 .284 .274 .558 21 89
1955 24 79 269 249 27 59 3 1 0 8 4 19 14 .237 .294 .257 .551 19 75
1956 25 66 58 56 18 15 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 .268 .293 .304 .597 5 63
1957 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
4 Seasons 240 620 579 65 137 10 4 0 25 11 38 47 .237 .287 .268 .555 45 230
162 Game Avg. 162 419 391 44 92 7 3 0 17 7 26 32 .237 .287 .268 .555 30 230

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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