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Pete O'Brien

Peter Michael O'Brien

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 9, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 15th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1982
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mariners/Indians 1982-1993
Agents: Larry O'Brien [*]
Final Game: July 20, 1993
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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 Awards
1982 TEX AL 24 LF 11 11 10 90.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0 1 1.80 1.64 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 TEX AL 24 OF 11 11 10 90.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0 1 1.80 1.64 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 TEX AL 24 DH 4 4
1982 TEX AL 24 1B 3 3 3 25.1 24 22 2 0 4 1.000 -0 -14 8.53 8.00 .992 9.84 9.80
1983 TEX AL 25 1B 133 121 112 1073.2 1273 1144 120 9 104 .993 13 14 10.60 9.50 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 TEX AL 25 OF 27 20 17 204.0 50 47 1 2 1 .960 -1 -4 2.12 1.78 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 TEX AL 25 RF 17 14 13 145.1 35 33 1 1 1 .971 -0 -1 2.11 2.00 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 TEX AL 25 LF 9 6 4 58.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -1 -12 2.61 1.89 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 TEX AL 25 DH 1 0
1984 TEX AL 26 1B 141 137 133 1229.2 1386 1270 105 11 103 .992 9 9 10.06 9.75 .991 9.75 9.68
1984 TEX AL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.50
1984 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
1985 TEX AL 27 1B 159 153 145 1346.2 1563 1457 98 8 125 .995 7 7 10.39 9.78 .991 9.76 9.67
1986 TEX AL 28 1B 155 144 137 1288.2 1350 1224 115 11 123 .992 8 8 9.35 8.64 .991 9.42 9.33 MVP-17
1987 TEX AL 29 1B 158 147 127 1301.0 1390 1233 146 11 118 .992 11 10 9.54 8.73 .992 9.58 9.48
1987 TEX AL 29 OF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1987 TEX AL 29 RF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1987 TEX AL 29 DH 1 0
1988 TEX AL 30 1B 155 148 136 1307.1 1494 1346 140 8 124 .995 15 14 10.23 9.59 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 TEX AL 30 DH 1 0
1989 CLE AL 31 1B 154 148 143 1331.0 1482 1359 114 9 111 .994 -0 -0 9.96 9.56 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 CLE AL 31 DH 1 0
1990 SEA AL 32 1B 97 89 83 800.0 931 850 76 5 68 .995 9 14 10.42 9.55 .992 9.63 9.53
1990 SEA AL 32 DH 6 6
1990 SEA AL 32 LF 6 5 1 37.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -26 0.49 0.33 .980 2.19 2.17
1990 SEA AL 32 OF 6 5 1 37.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -26 0.49 0.33 .980 2.38 2.37
1991 SEA AL 33 1B 132 118 106 1063.0 1136 1047 86 3 124 .997 2 2 9.59 8.58 .992 9.75 9.74
1991 SEA AL 33 DH 18 17
1991 SEA AL 33 LF 13 12 3 93.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -4 -49 1.84 1.46 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 SEA AL 33 OF 13 12 3 93.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -4 -49 1.84 1.46 .983 2.37 2.37
1992 SEA AL 34 1B 81 68 65 625.1 680 623 54 3 72 .996 -2 -3 9.74 8.36 .993 9.68 9.64
1992 SEA AL 34 DH 36 33
1993 SEA AL 35 DH 54 51
1993 SEA AL 35 1B 9 5 5 52.1 85 76 8 1 10 .988 2 57 14.45 9.33 .993 9.56 9.48
1993 SEA AL 35 LF 1 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1993 SEA AL 35 OF 1 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.40 2.40
12 Seasons 1B 1377 1281 1195 11444.0 12794 11651 1064 79 1086 .994 74 8 10.00 9.23 .992 9.68 9.60
7 Seasons OF 61 48 31 433.0 93 86 3 4 3 .957 -5 -14 1.85 1.46 .982 2.45 2.44
5 Seasons LF 40 34 18 284.2 60 55 2 3 2 .950 -5 -21 1.80 1.43 .979 2.24 2.23
3 Seasons RF 20 14 13 148.1 36 34 1 1 1 .972 0 0 2.12 1.75 .978 2.24 2.22
12 Seasons TOT 1438 1329 1226 11877.0 12887 11737 1067 83 1089 .994 69 7 9.70 8.90 .992 9.42 9.30
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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

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
1982 TEX AL 24 LF 0 1 -1 0 -1 1
1982 TEX AL 24 1B -0 -14 -0 0 -0 0
1983 TEX AL 25 1B 13 14 12 11 1 1
1983 TEX AL 25 RF -0 -1 1 -1 2 -1
1983 TEX AL 25 LF -1 -12 0 0 0 -1
1984 TEX AL 26 1B 9 9 8 4 4 1
1984 TEX AL 26 RF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 27 1B 7 7 5 4 2 2
1986 TEX AL 28 1B 8 8 8 4 4 0
1987 TEX AL 29 1B 11 10 10 7 3 1
1987 TEX AL 29 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0
1988 TEX AL 30 1B 15 14 14 11 3 1
1989 CLE AL 31 1B -0 -0 1 -1 2 -1
1990 SEA AL 32 1B 9 14 9 5 4 0
1990 SEA AL 32 LF -1 -26 -1 -1 0 0
1991 SEA AL 33 1B 2 2 2 1 0 0
1991 SEA AL 33 LF -4 -49 -3 -3 0 -1
1992 SEA AL 34 1B -2 -3 -2 -1 -1 0
1993 SEA AL 35 1B 2 57 2 2 0 0
1993 SEA AL 35 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1B 74 8 69 47 22 5
5 Seasons LF -5 -21 -4 -4 -0 -1
3 Seasons RF 0 0 1 -1 2 -1
12 Seasons TOT 69 7 66 42 24 5 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 1 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 1 5 0
1988 TEX AL 30 156 148 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
1989 CLE AL 31 155 148 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 18 3 0
1992 SEA AL 34 134 101 134 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 26 0
1993 SEA AL 35 72 56 72 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 54 14 0
12 Seasons 1567 1440 1567 1412 0 0 1374 0 0 0 40 0 20 60 122 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 24 110 68% 76% 23% 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 4492 62% 82% 28% 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 5272 55% 82% 26% 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 5819 54% 81% 27% 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 5640 55% 76% 27% 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 5757 55% 77% 28% 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 5623 59% 80% 32% 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 5598 65% 82% 33% 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 3436 65% 77% 34% 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 4512 63% 77% 32% 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 2795 68% 79% 32% 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 35 226 59% 77% 34% 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 49280 59% 79% 30% 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 59% 81% 30% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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% 1 383 64% 84% 28% 42 40%
1983 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 233 67% 83% 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% 0 156 63% 76% 37% 5 40%
1991 SEA AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 0 15 6 40.0% 8 1 6.7% 0 394 54% 77% 39% 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 23 70% 61% 22% 1 100%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 16 11 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 4 0 1 6 6 0 36 21 58.3% 14 1 2.8% 1 1189 61% 80% 32% 120 46%
MLB Averages 60.8% 2.8% 59% 81% 35% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 1 588 67% 84% 28% 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% 1 603 66% 83% 28% 69 49%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.8% 59% 81% 35% 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 1918 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1983 AL  1,191 (5th)
1984 AL  1,271 (3rd)
1985 AL  1,457 (2nd)
1986 AL  1,224 (4th)
1988 AL  1,346 (2nd)
1989 AL  1,359 (3rd)
Career  11,737 (92nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1988 AL  15 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1985 AL  159 (3rd)
1986 AL  155 (2nd)
1987 AL  158 (1st)
1988 AL  155 (2nd)
1989 AL  154 (3rd)
Career  1,377 (71st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1984 AL  1,270 (4th)
1985 AL  1,457 (2nd)
1986 AL  1,224 (4th)
1988 AL  1,346 (2nd)
1989 AL  1,359 (3rd)
Career  11,651 (84th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1983 AL  120 (1st)
1984 AL  105 (3rd)
1986 AL  115 (4th)
1987 AL  146 (1st)
1988 AL  140 (2nd)
1989 AL  114 (3rd)
Career  1,064 (40th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  11 (4th)
1989 AL  9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1983 AL  13 (2nd)
1984 AL  9 (4th)
1985 AL  7 (3rd)
1986 AL  8 (2nd)
1987 AL  11 (4th)
1988 AL  15 (1st)
1990 AL  9 (2nd)
Career  74 (7th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1983 AL  10.60 (4th)
1984 AL  10.06 (4th)
1985 AL  10.39 (2nd)
1988 AL  10.23 (1st)
1989 AL  9.96 (4th)
1990 AL  10.42 (1st)
Career  10.00 (21st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1983 AL  9.50 (4th)
1984 AL  9.75 (2nd)
1985 AL  9.78 (3rd)
1988 AL  9.59 (4th)
1989 AL  9.56 (3rd)
1990 AL  9.55 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1984 AL  .992 (5th)
1985 AL  .995 (2nd)
1986 AL  .992 (4th)
1988 AL  .995 (4th)
1991 AL  .997 (1st)
1992 AL  .996 (4th)
Career  .994 (49th)

             

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