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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1882 PHA AA 22 C 45 293 205 66 22 1 .925 6.02 .880 6.31 29
1882 PHA AA 22 OF 18 39 21 12 6 0 .846 1.83 .848 1.83 0-6-12
1882 PHA AA 22 1B 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 .956 10.50
1882 PHA AA 22 3B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .800 3.70
1883 PHA AA 23 C 58 410 301 58 51 3 .876 6.19 .890 6.68 57
1883 PHA AA 23 OF 25 68 54 6 8 2 .882 2.40 .851 1.80 0-25-0
1883 PHA AA 23 3B 19 56 16 24 16 3 .714 2.11 .840 3.33
1883 PHA AA 23 SS 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .837 3.90
1884 PHA AA 24 C 30 228 169 43 16 6 .930 7.07 .913 7.44 30
1884 PHA AA 24 OF 5 15 11 1 3 1 .800 2.40 .847 1.64 0-5-0
1884 PHA AA 24 1B 1 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 16.00 .958 10.60
1885 PHA AA 25 C 43 278 193 58 27 3 .903 5.84 .908 6.94 48
1885 PHA AA 25 SS 9 45 8 29 8 2 .822 4.11 .879 4.69
1885 PHA AA 25 1B 7 68 66 2 0 4 1.000 9.71 .966 10.63
1885 PHA AA 25 OF 3 9 6 0 3 0 .667 2.00 .879 1.87 0-0-3
1885 PHA AA 25 3B 2 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.50 .860 3.00
1886 PHA AA 26 C 36 244 172 52 20 3 .918 6.22 .910 7.19 54
1886 PHA AA 26 3B 27 110 21 69 20 3 .818 3.33 .849 3.18
1886 PHA AA 26 1B 24 225 209 4 12 15 .947 8.88 .968 10.27
1886 PHA AA 26 SS 10 45 8 26 11 2 .756 3.40 .854 4.56
1886 PHA AA 26 2B 7 38 14 18 6 3 .842 4.57 .908 6.07
1886 PHA AA 26 OF 3 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.00 .878 1.80 0-0-3
1887 BRO AA 27 C 25 161 95 40 26 4 .839 5.40 .893 6.26 29
1887 BRO AA 27 OF 4 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.75 .898 2.05 1-0-3
1887 BRO AA 27 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .905 6.00
1888 BAL AA 28 C 37 268 205 43 20 4 .925 6.70 .914 7.13 30
1888 BAL AA 28 OF 13 10 5 0 5 0 .500 0.38 .907 1.83 4-0-9
1888 BAL AA 28 1B 7 77 76 0 1 5 .987 10.86 .976 10.66
1890 PHA AA 30 1B 109 1096 1018 52 26 61 .976 9.82 .973 10.30
1890 PHA AA 30 C 1 5 2 2 1 1 .800 4.00 .924 6.50 2 2 2 50% 38%
1890 PHA AA 30 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 1.80 0-0-1
8 Seasons C 275 1887 1342 362 183 25 .903 6.20 .900 6.83 279 2 2 50% 38%
6 Seasons 1B 149 1489 1391 59 39 86 .974 9.73 .972 10.33
8 Seasons OF 72 150 103 20 27 3 .820 1.71 .858 1.82 5-36-31
4 Seasons 3B 49 179 41 102 36 7 .799 2.92 .846 3.24
3 Seasons SS 20 93 17 56 20 4 .785 3.65 .865 4.58
2 Seasons 2B 8 40 14 20 6 3 .850 4.25 .908 6.06
8 Seasons TOT 573 3838 2908 619 311 128 .919 6.16 .923 6.72 5-36-31 279 2 2 50% 38%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1882 PHA AA 22 62 62 0 45 1 0 1 0 0 6 12 18 0
1883 PHA AA 23 94 94 0 58 0 0 19 1 0 25 0 25 0
1884 PHA AA 24 36 36 0 30 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
1885 PHA AA 25 62 62 0 43 7 0 2 9 0 0 3 3 0
1886 PHA AA 26 105 105 0 36 24 7 27 10 0 0 3 3 0
1887 BRO AA 27 30 30 0 25 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0
1888 BAL AA 28 57 57 0 37 7 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 0
1890 PHA AA 30 109 109 0 1 109 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 555 555 0 275 149 8 49 20 5 36 31 72 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y
1890 AA  1,021 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1883 AA  76 (5th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1882 AA  45 (5th)
1883 AA  58 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1882 AA  205 (5th)
1883 AA  301 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1882 AA  66 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1883 AA  51 (4th)
Career  183 (51st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
Career  279 (23rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1890 AA  109 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1890 AA  1,018 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1890 AA  52 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1890 AA  26 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1882 AA  6.02 (3rd)
1883 AA  6.19 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1882 AA  .925 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1890 AA  .976 (3rd)

                           

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