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Jack O'Brien

John Joseph O'Brien

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 5, 1873 in Watervliet, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1899
Teams (by GP): Senators/Americans/Blues 1899-1903

Final Game: September 28, 1903
Died: June 10, 1933 in Watervliet, NY
Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY
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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 Awards
1899 WHS NL 26 OF 121 310 266 21 23 5 .926 2.37 .944 2.15 121-0-0
1899 WHS NL 26 3B 4 21 5 10 6 1 .714 3.75 .902 3.60
1901 TOT AL 28 OF 103 197 176 9 12 4 .939 1.80 .931 2.03 42-0-61
1901 WSH AL 28 OF 11 28 26 0 2 0 .929 2.36 .931 2.03 11-0-0
1901 CLE AL 28 OF 92 169 150 9 10 4 .941 1.73 .931 2.03 31-0-61
1901 CLE AL 28 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .900 3.60
1903 BOS AL 30 OF 71 143 128 9 6 2 .958 1.93 .952 1.95 2-68-1
1903 BOS AL 30 3B 11 28 10 15 3 3 .893 2.27 .922 3.15
1903 BOS AL 30 2B 4 15 4 7 4 0 .733 2.75 .943 5.10
1903 BOS AL 30 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
3 Seasons OF 295 650 570 39 41 11 .937 2.06 .942 2.06 165-68-62
3 Seasons 3B 16 52 16 27 9 4 .827 2.69 .913 3.29
1 Season 2B 4 15 4 7 4 0 .733 2.75 .943 5.10
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
3 Seasons TOT 316 717 590 73 54 15 .925 2.10 .940 2.17 165-68-62
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
1899 WHS NL 26 127 127 0 0 0 0 4 0 121 0 0 121 0
1901 CLE AL 28 92 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 0 61 92 0
1901 WSH AL 28 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0
1903 BOS AL 30 96 96 0 0 0 4 11 1 2 68 1 71 0
3 Seasons 326 326 0 0 0 4 16 1 165 68 62 295 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

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1899 NL  23 (4th)

                                         

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