Pete O'Brien
Peter Michael O'Brien
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: February 9, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA
School: University of Nebraska
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 15th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1982
Final Game: July 20, 1993
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 TEX AL 24 LF 11 11 90.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -1.2 0.4 1 1.80 1.64 .983 2.29 1.91
1982 TEX AL 24 OF 11 11 90.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -1.2 0.4 1 1.80 1.64 .983 2.47 2.15
1982 TEX AL 24 DH 4
1982 TEX AL 24 1B 3 3 25.1 24 22 2 0 4 1.000 -0.3 -14.2 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 8.53 8.00 .992 9.84 8.50
1983 TEX AL 25 1B 133 121 1073.2 1273 1144 120 9 104 .993 12.6 14.1 11.6 0.8 10.9 1 10.60 9.50 .992 8.38 7.52
1983 TEX AL 25 OF 27 20 204.0 50 47 1 2 1 .960 -0.7 -4.1 1.3 2.2 -0.9 -2 2.12 1.78 .982 2.50 2.16
1983 TEX AL 25 RF 17 14 145.1 35 33 1 1 1 .971 -0.1 -0.8 0.9 2.1 -1.2 -1 2.11 2.00 .977 2.25 1.85
1983 TEX AL 25 LF 9 6 58.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -0.6 -12.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 -1 2.61 1.89 .978 2.32 1.90
1983 TEX AL 25 DH 1
1984 TEX AL 26 1B 141 137 1229.2 1386 1270 105 11 103 .992 9.3 9.1 8.3 4.5 3.9 1 10.06 9.75 .991 7.32 7.09
1984 TEX AL 26 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1984 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1985 TEX AL 27 1B 159 153 1346.2 1563 1457 98 8 125 .995 7.3 6.5 5.3 1.7 3.6 2 10.39 9.78 .991 6.68 6.29
1986 TEX AL 28 1B 155 144 1288.2 1350 1224 115 11 123 .992 8.2 7.6 8.2 3.9 4.3 0 9.35 8.64 .991 6.98 6.45 MVP-17
1987 TEX AL 29 1B 158 147 1301.0 1390 1233 146 11 118 .992 10.8 10.0 9.8 2.9 6.9 1 9.54 8.73 .992 6.92 6.33
1987 TEX AL 29 OF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1987 TEX AL 29 RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.75
1987 TEX AL 29 DH 1
1988 TEX AL 30 1B 155 148 1307.1 1494 1346 140 8 124 .995 15.1 13.9 14.1 3.4 10.7 1 10.23 9.59 .992 6.88 6.45
1988 TEX AL 30 DH 1
1989 CLE AL 31 1B 154 148 1331.0 1482 1359 114 9 111 .994 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 1.7 -0.8 -1 9.96 9.56 .993 6.76 6.49
1989 CLE AL 31 DH 1
1990 SEA AL 32 1B 97 89 800.0 931 850 76 5 68 .995 9.2 13.8 9.2 4.3 4.9 0 10.42 9.55 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 SEA AL 32 DH 6
1990 SEA AL 32 LF 6 5 37.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -25.9 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 0 0.49 0.33 1.000 2.19 1.73
1990 SEA AL 32 OF 6 5 37.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -25.9 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 0 0.49 0.33 1.000 2.38 2.03
1991 SEA AL 33 1B 132 118 1063.0 1136 1047 86 3 124 .997 1.5 1.7 1.5 0.1 1.4 0 9.59 8.58 .992 8.47 7.58
1991 SEA AL 33 DH 18
1991 SEA AL 33 LF 13 12 93.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -3.8 -49.0 -2.8 0.3 -3.1 -1 1.84 1.46 .981 2.17 1.72
1991 SEA AL 33 OF 13 12 93.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -3.8 -49.0 -2.8 0.3 -3.1 -1 1.84 1.46 .986 2.37 2.03
1992 SEA AL 34 1B 81 68 625.1 680 623 54 3 72 .996 -1.7 -3.3 -1.7 -0.7 -1.0 0 9.74 8.36 .993 9.68 8.36
1992 SEA AL 34 DH 36
1993 SEA AL 35 DH 52
1993 SEA AL 35 1B 9 5 52.1 85 76 8 1 10 .988 2.5 57.3 2.5 0.2 2.3 0 14.45 9.33 .993 9.56 8.24
1993 SEA AL 35 LF 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1993 SEA AL 35 OF 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.10
12 Seasons 1B 1377 1281 11444.0 12794 11651 1064 79 1086 .994 74.4 7.8 69.4 22.3 47.3 5 10.00 9.23 .992 7.56 6.96
9 Seasons DH 120
7 Seasons OF 61 48 433.0 93 86 3 4 3 .957 -5.1 -14.1 -3.1 1.9 -4.9 -2 1.85 1.46 .984 2.45 2.11
5 Seasons LF 40 34 284.2 60 55 2 3 2 .950 -5.1 -21.5 -4.1 -0.4 -3.6 -1 1.80 1.43 .982 2.24 1.82
3 Seasons RF 20 14 148.1 36 34 1 1 1 .972 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.3 -1.3 -1 2.12 1.75 .978 2.24 1.84
12 Seasons TOT 1438 1329 11877.0 12887 11737 1067 83 1089 .994 69.3 7.0 66.3 24.2 42.4 -2 5 9.70 8.90 .985 7.37 6.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1982 TEX AL 24 20 18 20 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 4 2 0
1983 TEX AL 25 154 141 154 150 0 0 132 0 0 0 9 0 17 26 0 8 2
1984 TEX AL 26 142 137 142 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
1985 TEX AL 27 159 153 159 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 TEX AL 28 156 144 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 TEX AL 29 159 147 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0
1988 TEX AL 30 156 148 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1989 CLE AL 31 155 148 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 SEA AL 32 108 100 108 99 0 0 97 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 6 0
1991 SEA AL 33 152 147 152 138 0 0 132 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 17 3 0
1992 SEA AL 34 134 101 134 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 26 0
1993 SEA AL 35 72 56 72 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 51 14 0
12 Seasons 1567 1440 1567 1412 0 0 1374 0 0 0 40 0 20 60 111 85 4
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 TEX AL 24 112 67% 75% 22% 5 60% 0 22 1 21 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
1983 TEX AL 25 4675 59% 78% 27% 284 95% 0 1133 67 1042 24 106 119 78 22 1 3 8 1 7 0 5 102 6 1 1 93 8 9 4 5 7 86%
1984 TEX AL 26 5518 53% 78% 25% 308 97% 3 1265 29 1212 22 184 101 52 30 2 4 11 0 11 0 8 104 5 1 3 92 12 12 1 10 10 100%
1985 TEX AL 27 6037 52% 78% 26% 346 98% 3 1460 41 1398 20 215 97 53 28 4 6 8 0 8 0 8 125 4 9 3 118 16 7 3 4 9 89%
1986 TEX AL 28 5954 52% 72% 25% 336 96% 3 1223 49 1146 27 184 110 70 16 3 8 11 2 9 0 9 122 4 1 3 114 8 8 3 5 16 94%
1987 TEX AL 29 6146 52% 72% 26% 333 97% 2 1228 83 1114 32 126 144 92 22 3 6 11 4 7 0 7 118 6 3 3 108 12 10 4 6 13 100%
1988 TEX AL 30 5950 56% 75% 31% 361 96% 2 1341 84 1225 28 147 138 86 32 2 6 8 0 7 1 8 124 4 3 3 116 12 8 2 6 20 85%
1989 CLE AL 31 5818 62% 79% 31% 296 93% 4 1356 101 1229 23 81 116 75 17 1 8 10 1 9 0 6 111 2 0 0 96 2 14 5 9 19 84%
1990 SEA AL 32 3576 63% 74% 33% 215 93% 0 848 66 767 11 68 77 56 14 0 3 5 0 5 0 4 69 1 1 0 66 3 3 1 2 13 77%
1991 SEA AL 33 4688 60% 74% 31% 245 94% 2 1049 67 956 26 93 85 42 24 2 11 3 1 2 0 2 124 3 1 0 111 4 12 4 8 7 100%
1992 SEA AL 34 2924 65% 76% 30% 153 91% 1 623 55 558 10 41 54 27 16 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 72 2 0 1 67 3 5 3 2 12 83%
1993 SEA AL 35 233 57% 74% 33% 15 93% 0 53 4 48 1 4 7 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 51631 57% 76% 28% 2897 95% 20 11601 647 10716 224 1249 1050 637 223 18 57 79 9 67 3 60 1081 37 21 17 990 81 89 31 57 126 89%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 8 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 397 62% 81% 27% 42 40%
1983 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 237 66% 81% 26% 34 50%
1990 SEA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 161 61% 74% 35% 5 40%
1991 SEA AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 12 3 25.0% 8 1 8.3% 0 408 52% 75% 37% 38 47%
1993 SEA AL 35 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 0 26 62% 54% 19% 1 100%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 14 9 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 4 0 1 3 3 0 31 16 51.6% 14 1 3.2% 1 1229 59% 78% 31% 120 46%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1983 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 1 605 65% 81% 27% 68 49%
1984 TEX AL 26 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 0 5 60% 60% 40% 1 100%
1987 TEX AL 29 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 0 10 50% 50% 40% 0
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 1 620 65% 80% 27% 69 49%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 58%

* 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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