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Johnny O'Brien

John Thomas O'Brien

Positions: Second Baseman, Pitcher and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 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 19, 1953 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Cardinals 1953-1959

Final Game: July 19, 1959 (Age 28)
Relatives: Brother of Eddie O'Brien
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1953 PIT NL 22 2B 77 73 64 645.2 389 172 210 7 48 .982 -0 -0 5.32 4.96 .972 5.44 5.33
1953 PIT NL 22 SS 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1955 PIT NL 24 2B 78 75 72 672.2 418 185 220 13 53 .969 -2 -4 5.42 5.19 .974 5.48 5.43
1956 PIT NL 25 2B 53 28 14 253.2 172 67 98 7 17 .959 2 11 5.85 3.11 .980 5.34 5.28
1956 PIT NL 25 P 8 0 0 19.0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .965 2.04 2.02 0 1 100% 41% 0
1956 PIT NL 25 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .960 4.50 4.90
1957 PIT NL 26 P 16 1 0 40.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.35 0.38 .961 2.07 2.08 1 0 0% 39% 1
1957 PIT NL 26 SS 8 7 3 57.0 26 11 12 3 2 .885 -1 -23 3.63 2.88 .958 4.82 4.85
1957 PIT NL 26 2B 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 72 1.80 0.50 .980 5.40 5.40
1958 STL NL 27 SS 5 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.57 0.40 .965 5.14 5.08
1958 STL NL 27 2B 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 2.00 .975 5.40 5.30
1958 STL NL 27 P 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 28 2B 37 34 22 296.0 155 70 83 2 24 .987 1 4 4.65 4.14 .976 5.27 5.22
6 Seasons 2B 248 210 172 1877.0 1137 497 611 29 142 .974 1 1 5.31 4.47 .975 5.41 5.33
3 Seasons P 25 1 0 61.0 9 2 4 3 0 .667 0.89 0.24 .962 2.05 2.06 1 1 50% 40% 1
4 Seasons SS 15 7 3 65.1 29 12 14 3 2 .897 -1 -26 3.58 1.73 .959 4.85 4.93
6 Seasons TOT 288 218 175 2003.1 1175 511 629 35 144 .970 -1 -0 5.12 3.96 .974 5.29 5.03 1 1 50% 40% 1
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1953 PIT NL 22 2B -0 -0 -0 -3 2 0
1953 PIT NL 22 SS -0 -720 -0 -0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 24 2B -2 -4 -3 -2 -1 1
1956 PIT NL 25 2B 2 11 2 0 2 0
1956 PIT NL 25 P
1956 PIT NL 25 SS
1957 PIT NL 26 P
1957 PIT NL 26 SS -1 -23 -1 -1 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 2B 0 72 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 SS -0 -17 -0 -0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 2B -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 P
1959 MLN NL 28 2B 1 4 1 0 1 0
6 Seasons 2B 1 1 -0 -4 4 1
3 Seasons P
4 Seasons SS -1 -26 -1 -2 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -1 -0 -2 -6 4 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 PIT NL 22 89 73 89 78 0 0 0 77 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8
1955 PIT NL 24 84 75 84 78 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 PIT NL 25 73 28 73 62 8 0 0 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8
1957 PIT NL 26 34 8 34 26 16 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
1958 STL NL 27 12 0 12 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1958 PIT NL 27 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1959 MLN NL 28 44 34 44 37 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
6 Seasons 339 218 339 288 25 0 0 248 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 29 35
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1953 PIT NL 22 1830 62% 84% 26% 152 94% 0 103 33 47 24 133 104 26 0 4 4 1 3 0 3 35 14 5 8 2 31 10 21 4 3 1
1955 PIT NL 24 2100 62% 81% 25% 170 91% 2 126 38 61 27 155 118 30 0 3 12 0 10 2 10 50 21 10 12 0 43 12 31 4 1 3
1956 PIT NL 25 868 58% 82% 28% 97 92% 0 49 21 21 7 81 71 9 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 16 8 2 4 0 15 4 11 1 0 1
1957 PIT NL 26 17 47% 71% 29% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 15 73% 87% 27% 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 28 1209 63% 81% 31% 96 97% 1 70 22 37 11 84 75 8 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 21 9 4 4 1 19 5 14 1 0 0
6 Seasons 6039 62% 82% 27% 516 93% 3 351 114 168 70 453 368 73 0 10 22 1 18 3 18 122 52 21 28 3 108 31 77 10 4 5
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 PIT NL 25 72 76% 17% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 159 79% 17% 3 67% 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1958 STL NL 27 15 73% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 246 78% 17% 4 50% 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 81% 27% 89% 81%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1953 PIT NL 22 1 0% 100% 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 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 173 61% 87% 30% 15 80% 0 6 4 2 0 10 6 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 36 61% 75% 19% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 210 60% 85% 28% 17 82% 0 7 5 2 0 11 7 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1955 NL  13 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  1 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1953 NL  5.32 (4th)
1955 NL  5.42 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1955 NL  5.19 (5th)

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