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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
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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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
1953 22 PIT NL 89 312 279 28 69 13 2 2 22 1 1 21 36 .247 .309 .330 .639 67 92 9 4 8 4/6
1955 24 PIT NL 84 304 278 22 83 15 2 1 25 1 1 20 19 .299 .346 .378 .723 94 105 7 1 3 2 1 4
1956 25 PIT NL 73 114 104 13 18 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 .173 .209 .183 .392 8 19 2 0 4 1 0 4/16
1957 26 PIT NL 34 39 35 7 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .314 .368 .429 .797 117 15 1 2 1 0 0 1/64
1958 27 TOT NL 15 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 0 0 0 0 /641
1958 27 PIT NL 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 STL NL 12 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 /641
1959 28 MLN NL 44 133 116 16 23 4 0 1 8 0 0 11 15 .198 .271 .259 .530 48 30 3 1 4 1 1 4
6 Seasons 339 906 815 90 204 35 5 4 59 2 2 59 82 .250 .306 .320 .626 68 261 22 8 20 4 2
162 Game Avg. 162 433 389 43 97 17 2 2 28 1 1 28 39 .250 .306 .320 .626 68 125 11 4 10
PIT (5 yrs) 283 770 697 71 181 31 5 3 51 2 2 47 67 .260 .312 .331 .643 72 231 19 7 16 3 1
MLN (1 yr) 44 133 116 16 23 4 0 1 8 0 0 11 15 .198 .271 .259 .530 48 30 3 1 4 1 1
STL (1 yr) 12 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1956 25 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.84 8 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 8 6 6 2 9 0 9 2 0 1 73 133 0.895 3.8 0.9 4.3 4.3 1.00
1957 26 PIT NL 0 3 .000 6.08 16 1 5 0 0 0 40.0 46 32 27 7 24 2 19 1 0 2 188 63 1.750 10.4 1.6 5.4 4.3 0.79
1958 27 STL NL 0 0 22.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 18 4.500 31.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
3 Seasons 1 3 .250 5.61 25 1 10 0 0 0 61.0 61 43 38 9 35 2 30 3 0 3 276 68 1.574 9.0 1.3 5.2 4.4 0.86
162 Game Avg. 3 8 .250 5.61 65 3 26 0 0 0 160 160 112 99 24 92 5 78 8 0 8 722 68 1.574 9.0 1.3 5.2 4.4 0.86
PIT (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 5.03 24 1 9 0 0 0 59.0 54 38 33 9 33 2 28 3 0 3 261 75 1.475 8.2 1.4 5.0 4.3 0.85
STL (1 yr) 0 0 22.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 18 4.500 31.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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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

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Transactions

March 19, 1953: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Gene Freese to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Schofield and cash.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

March 31, 1959: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata to the Milwaukee Braves for Gene Conley, Harry Hanebrink and Joe Koppe.

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