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Eddie O'Brien

Edward Joseph O'Brien

Positions: Shortstop, Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ
High School: St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1953
Team: Pirates 1953-1958

Final Game: April 19, 1958
Relatives: Brother of Johnny O'Brien
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Standard Batting

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 75 262 236 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 Yrs 231 606 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 425 389 45 92 7 3 0 18 8 5 26 32 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 104 4 2 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 22 PIT NL 89 282 -19 3 0 -4 5 -16 -1.6 9 -6 -0.7 .483 .490 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 6
1955 24 PIT NL 75 262 -16 -2 1 -4 -0 -21 -2.3 9 -12 -1.5 .470 .486 -0.9 -0.6 -8 $ 8/567
1956 25 PIT NL 63 58 -3 -1 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .494 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ 6/754819
1957 26 PIT NL 3 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .475 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1958 27 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 231 606 -39 0 1 -9 6 -41 -4.5 20 -21 -2.5 .482 .495 -1.3 -0.7 -12 $

Advanced Batting

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 .426 .569 .770 50 .256 -19.5 -1.9 .475 .126 .042 .0
1955 24 PIT NL 262 194 18 2.5 104 .247 .233 .263 .290 .334 .254 .417 .544 .751 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 Yrs 606 447 44 2.6 106 .257 .236 .268 .288 .338 .269 .420 .557 .758 49 .253 -41.2 -4.0 .443 .106 .032 .0
162 Game Avg. 425 313 31 2.6 106 .257 .236 .268 .288 .338 .269 .420 .557 .758 49 .253 -41.2 -4.0 .443 .106 .032

Ratio Batting*

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 1.52 82%
1955 24 PIT NL 262 0.0% 5.0% 6.9% 1.5% 7% 0.72 18.2 29.5 1.44 85%
1956 25 PIT NL 58 0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 14% 1.00 26.5 17.7 1.21 88%
1957 26 PIT NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
5 Yrs 606 0.0% 7.4% 6.1% 2.3% 11% 1.22 12.3 22.2 1.47 84%
MLB Averages 2.3% 11.7% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.29 7.5 38.9 8.2 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 22 PIT NL -19.5 -1.9 202 -1.8 2.5 -4.3 1.06 -1.0 -0.7 -15.7 -1.5 0.95 -12.4 0.38 3
1955 24 PIT NL -17.7 -1.8 186 -1.6 1.7 -3.2 .92 -1.6 -0.1 -15.0 -1.5 0.88 -16.8 1.02 2
1956 25 PIT NL -2.8 -0.3 49 -0.4 0.5 -1.0 .98 -0.4 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.85 -4.1 0.35 1
1957 26 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .68 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.62 -0.8 0
1958 27 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -41.2 -4.0 440 -3.9 4.7 -8.5 .99 -3.0 -0.9 -34.4 -3.4 0.91 -34.1 0.59 6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1953 22 PIT NL 3 0 26% 93 6 1 86% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 55% 10 8 2 2 0 2 8 1 7
1955 24 PIT NL 3 0 35% 75 4 5 44% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 27% 10 8 2 1 1 0 4 1 2
1956 25 PIT NL 0 0 106% 55 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 2 2 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 Yrs 6 0 37% 223 11 7 61% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 44% 22 18 4 4 1 3 13 2 10

Situational Hitting*

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
1953 22 PIT NL 282 39% 62 3 0 0 0 0.38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 40 4 10% 19 2 11% 123 8 7% 3 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1955 24 PIT NL 262 45% 55 2 1 0 0 1.02 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 24 2 8% 9 3 33% 76 4 5% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1956 25 PIT NL 58 17% 14 1 0 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0 0% 5 3 60% 22 2 9% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1957 26 PIT NL 4 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 0
5 Yrs 606 39% 131 6 1 0 0 0.59 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 92% 71 6 8% 33 8 24% 221 14 6% 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 0
MLB Averages 48% 80% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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 24 164 544 497 47 117 8 4 0 22 10 6 35 43 .235 .290 .268 .557 49 133 6 3 8 0 0
1956 25 227 602 550 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .238 .290 .271 .561 50 149 6 3 11 0 0
1957 26 230 606 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0
1958 27 231 606 554 64 131 10 4 0 25 11 7 37 45 .236 .288 .269 .557 49 149 6 3 11 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 22 92 289 268 20 61 5 3 0 13 6 17 31 .228 .279 .269 .547 20 89
1955 24 79 273 247 27 57 3 1 0 8 4 19 14 .231 .288 .251 .539 18 75
1956 25 66 61 56 19 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 Yrs 240 627 575 66 133 10 4 0 24 11 38 47 .231 .282 .263 .545 43 230
162 Game Avg. 162 423 388 45 90 7 3 0 16 7 26 32 .231 .282 .263 .545 29 230

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