Johnny O'Brien
John Thomas O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ
High School: St. Mary's (South Amboy, NJ)
School: Seattle University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1953
Final Game: July 19, 1959
Relatives: Brother of Eddie O'Brien
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 PIT NL 22 2B 77 389 172 210 7 48 .982 4.96 .972 4.83
1953 PIT NL 22 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60
1955 PIT NL 24 2B 78 75 672.2 418 185 220 13 53 .969 -2.4 -4.3 -3.4 -0.9 -2.5 1 5.42 5.19 .974 5.48 5.00
1956 PIT NL 25 2B 53 28 251.2 172 67 98 7 17 .959 2.3 11.0 2.3 1.7 0.5 0 5.90 3.11 .980 5.33 4.66
1956 PIT NL 25 P 8 0 19.0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.04 0.82
1956 PIT NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.50
1957 PIT NL 26 P 16 1 40.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.35 0.38 .971 2.07 0.82
1957 PIT NL 26 SS 8 7 57.0 26 11 12 3 2 .885 -1.1 -23.2 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 3.63 2.88 .962 4.82 4.34
1957 PIT NL 26 2B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.95
1958 STL NL 27 SS 5 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.57 0.40 .950 5.14 4.56
1958 STL NL 27 2B 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 2.00 .950 5.40 4.80
1958 STL NL 27 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1959 MLN NL 28 2B 37 34 296.0 155 70 83 2 24 .987 1.0 4.1 1.0 0.8 0.2 0 4.65 4.14 .975 5.27 4.78
6 Seasons 2B 248 137 1229.1 1137 497 611 29 142 .974 1.0 1.0 -0.0 1.6 -1.7 1 8.11 4.47 .974 5.40 4.84
3 Seasons P 25 1 61.0 9 2 4 3 0 .667 0.89 0.24 .978 2.05 0.82
4 Seasons SS 15 7 65.0 29 12 14 3 2 .897 -1.2 -22.2 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 0 3.60 1.73 .962 4.85 4.44
6 Seasons TOT 288 145 1355.1 1175 511 629 35 144 .970 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 1.7 -3.0 1 7.57 3.96 .944 5.22 4.47

Appearances

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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 89 89 0 0 0 77 0 1 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 24 84 75 84 84 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 PIT NL 25 73 28 73 73 8 0 0 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5
1957 PIT NL 26 34 8 34 34 16 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 5
1958 STL NL 27 12 0 12 12 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 4
1958 PIT NL 27 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1959 MLN NL 28 44 34 44 44 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
6 Seasons 339 145 339 339 25 0 0 248 0 15 0 0 0 0 20 23
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1955 PIT NL 24 1693 62% 79% 25% 131 92% 1 100 31 47 22 116 86 25 0 2 10 0 8 2 8 39 16 6 12 0 34 12 22 4 1 3
1956 PIT NL 25 778 58% 81% 27% 83 92% 0 44 18 19 7 70 62 7 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 13 7 2 2 0 12 2 10 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 16 69% 81% 25% 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 1191 61% 80% 31% 95 97% 1 67 22 34 11 82 73 8 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 20 8 4 4 1 18 5 13 1 0 0
5 Seasons 3695 61% 79% 27% 310 94% 2 214 71 102 41 268 221 40 0 5 16 0 13 3 13 72 31 12 18 1 64 19 45 6 1 4
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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 53 70% 13% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 163 77% 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 231 75% 16% 4 50% 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1957 PIT NL 26 171 60% 84% 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 34 59% 71% 21% 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
2 Seasons 205 60% 81% 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 62% 79% 26% 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 1954 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.

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