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Jack O'Brien

John K. O'Brien
born John K. Bryne

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: June 12, 1860 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Grays 1882-1890

Final Game: September 16, 1890
Died: November 20, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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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
1882 22 PHA AA 62 254 241 44 73 13 3 3 37 13 .303 .339 .419 .758 144 101 0 2O/35
1883 23 PHA AA 94 415 390 74 113 14 10 0 70 25 .290 .333 .377 .709 121 147 0 2O5/6
1884 24 PHA AA 36 150 138 25 39 6 1 1 0 9 .283 .340 .362 .702 123 50 3 2/O3
1885 25 PHA AA 62 250 225 35 60 9 1 2 30 20 .267 .340 .342 .682 110 77 5 2/63O5
1886 26 PHA AA 105 468 423 65 107 25 7 0 56 23 38 .253 .325 .345 .670 111 146 7 2536/4O
1887 27 BRO AA 30 129 123 18 28 4 1 1 17 8 6 .228 .264 .301 .564 56 37 0 2/O4
1888 28 BAL AA 57 217 196 25 44 11 5 0 18 14 17 .224 .300 .332 .631 105 65 4 2O/3
1890 30 PHA AA 109 497 433 80 113 24 14 4 80 31 52 .261 .356 .409 .765 126 177 12 *3/2O
8 Yrs 555 2380 2169 366 577 106 42 11 308 76 180 .266 .331 .369 .700 116 800 31
162 Game Avg. 162 695 633 107 168 31 12 3 90 53 .266 .331 .369 .700 116 234 9
PHA (6 yrs) 468 2034 1850 323 505 91 36 10 273 54 157 .273 .339 .377 .716 121 698 27
BAL (1 yr) 57 217 196 25 44 11 5 0 18 14 17 .224 .300 .332 .631 105 65 4
BRO (1 yr) 30 129 123 18 28 4 1 1 17 8 6 .228 .264 .301 .564 56 37 0

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
1882 22 PHA AA 62 254 11 0 0 9 2 22 2.0 4 26 2.5 .533 .513 1.7 1.1 17 $450 2O/35
1883 23 PHA AA 94 415 9 0 0 0 3 12 1.0 6 18 1.7 .511 .507 1.7 0.3 18 $1,200 2O5/6
1884 24 PHA AA 36 150 4 0 0 2 2 7 0.6 3 10 0.9 .519 .504 0.8 0.3 8 $2,000 2/O3
1885 25 PHA AA 62 250 3 0 0 -4 3 3 0.2 4 7 0.7 .504 .501 1.0 -0.1 11 $2,200 2/63O5
1886 26 PHA AA 105 468 6 -0 0 -8 4 2 0.1 8 9 0.9 .501 .501 1.6 -0.4 17 $ 2536/4O
1887 27 BRO AA 30 129 -9 0 0 -4 1 -11 -0.9 2 -9 -0.7 .471 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -5 $ 2/O4
1888 28 BAL AA 57 217 2 0 0 -3 2 1 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.7 -0.1 7 $ 2O/3
1890 30 PHA AA 109 497 14 0 0 -4 0 10 0.7 9 19 1.7 .508 .505 2.1 -0.4 23 $ *3/2O
8 Seasons 555 2380 39 0 0 -12 17 45 3.8 39 84 8.1 .508 .503 9.2 0.5 96 $5,850
PHA (6 yrs) 468 2034 46 -0 0 -5 14 55 4.6 34 89 8.4 .511 .505 8.9 0.8 94 $5,850
BAL (1 yr) 57 217 2 0 0 -3 2 1 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.7 -0.1 7 $
BRO (1 yr) 30 129 -9 0 0 -4 1 -11 -0.9 2 -9 -0.7 .471 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -5 $

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
1882 22 PHA AA 254 168 34 5.3 69 .294 .303 .258 .339 .286 .419 .334 .758 .620 144 .721 12.0 1.4 .116
1883 23 PHA AA 415 277 49 4.7 75 .290 .290 .265 .333 .295 .377 .349 .709 .644 121 .628 9.6 1.1 .087
1884 24 PHA AA 150 99 16 4.2 73 .277 .283 .252 .340 .291 .362 .343 .702 .634 123 .621 4.1 0.5 .080
1885 25 PHA AA 250 165 25 4.0 78 .260 .267 .259 .340 .306 .342 .347 .682 .653 110 .574 3.9 0.4 .076
1886 26 PHA AA 468 316 46 3.8 74 .253 .253 .246 .325 .309 .345 .327 .670 .636 111 .542 6.4 0.7 .677 .236 .092 .0
1887 27 BRO AA 129 95 10 2.7 98 .221 .228 .281 .264 .345 .301 .379 .564 .725 56 .294 -7.8 -0.8 .537 .187 .073 1.8
1888 28 BAL AA 217 152 19 3.3 68 .224 .224 .240 .300 .297 .332 .317 .631 .614 105 .511 1.6 0.2 .658 .265 .107 .0
1890 30 PHA AA 497 320 60 4.9 86 .254 .261 .259 .356 .337 .409 .341 .765 .678 126 .612 13.9 1.5 .850 .339 .148 7.1
8 Yrs 2380 1592 259 4.3 77 .262 .266 .256 .331 .309 .369 .340 .700 .649 116 .587 43.4 4.9 .683 .221 .103 19.2
162 Game Avg. 695 465 76 4.3 77 .262 .266 .256 .331 .309 .369 .340 .700 .649 116 .587 13 1 .683 .221 .103 6
PHA (6 yrs) 2034 1345 230 4.5 77 .269 .273 .256 .339 .308 .377 .339 .716 .648 121 .612 49.7 5.5 .361 .134 .104 18.6
BAL (1 yr) 217 152 19 3.3 68 .224 .224 .240 .300 .297 .332 .317 .631 .614 105 .511 1.6 0.2 .658 .265 .107 .0
BRO (1 yr) 129 95 10 2.7 98 .221 .228 .281 .264 .345 .301 .379 .564 .725 56 .293 -7.8 -0.8 .537 .187 .073 1.8

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
1882 22 62 254 241 44 73 13 3 3 37 13 .303 .339 .419 .758 144 101 0
1883 23 156 669 631 118 186 27 13 3 107 38 .295 .335 .393 .728 129 248 0
1884 24 192 819 769 143 225 33 14 4 107 47 .293 .336 .388 .723 128 298 3
1885 25 254 1069 994 178 285 42 15 6 137 67 .287 .337 .377 .714 124 375 8
1886 26 359 1537 1417 243 392 67 22 6 193 23 105 .277 .333 .368 .701 120 521 15
1887 27 389 1666 1540 261 420 71 23 7 210 31 111 .273 .328 .362 .690 114 558 15
1888 28 446 1883 1736 286 464 82 28 7 228 45 128 .267 .324 .359 .683 113 623 19
1889 29 446 1883 1736 286 464 82 28 7 228 45 128 .267 .324 .359 .683 113 623 19
1890 30 555 2380 2169 366 577 106 42 11 308 76 180 .266 .331 .369 .700 116 800 31

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
1882 22 129 505 481 72 132 24 5 5 61 0 24 0 .274 .309 .376 .685 56 62
1883 23 155 645 611 88 153 19 14 0 83 0 34 0 .250 .290 .327 .617 58 94
1884 24 58 231 214 32 55 8 1 1 0 0 13 0 .257 .312 .318 .629 21 36
1885 25 90 346 315 39 74 11 1 2 33 0 25 0 .235 .303 .295 .599 28 62
1886 26 122 521 476 59 108 25 7 0 51 23 38 0 .227 .294 .309 .602 42 105
1887 27 35 142 137 13 25 4 1 1 12 7 5 0 .182 .211 .248 .459 7 30
1888 28 67 252 229 27 49 12 6 0 19 16 19 0 .214 .286 .319 .604 20 57
1890 30 147 640 565 86 133 28 16 5 86 36 61 0 .235 .325 .368 .693 65 109
8 Yrs 803 3282 3028 416 729 131 51 14 345 82 219 0 .241 .300 .332 .631 297 555
162 Game Avg. 162 662 611 84 147 26 10 3 70 44 .241 .300 .332 .631 60 555

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1882 AA  2.5 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1882 AA  2.5 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1882 AA  1.7 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1882 AA  1.1 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1882 AA  .303 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1882 AA  .339 (4th)
1883 AA  .333 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1882 AA  .419 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1882 AA  .758 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1883 AA  10 (7th)
1890 AA  14 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  3 (4th)
1890 AA  4 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1882 AA  37 (5th)
1883 AA  70 (3rd)
1890 AA  80 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1882 AA  13 (10th)
1883 AA  25 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1882 AA  143 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1882 AA  34 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  12 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1882 AA  1.4 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  19 (10th)
1890 AA  42 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1883 AA  138 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1882 AA  .721 (4th)
1883 AA  .628 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1886 AA  7 (10th)
1890 AA  12 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1882 AA  80.3 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 33 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Sam Barkley (944)
  6. Nelson Liriano (944)
  7. Reddy Mack (943)
  8. D'Angelo Jimenez (941)
  9. Stu Martin (939)
  10. Johnny Burnett (938)
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  1. Lonny Frey (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Sullivan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Phil Rizzuto (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erick Aybar (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Lipon (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Monte Cross (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Padden (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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