Syd O'Brien
Sydney Lloyd O'Brien
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 18, 1944 in Compton, CA
High School: Millikan (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1969
Final Game: October 1, 1972
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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
1969 BOS AL 25 3B 53 43 405.2 148 34 105 9 12 .939 2.0 5.9 2.0 1.3 0.7 0 3.08 2.62 .956 3.16 2.74
1969 BOS AL 25 SS 15 5 66.0 34 13 17 4 6 .882 -4.4 -80.0 -4.4 -1.9 -2.5 0 4.09 2.00 .968 4.96 4.43
1969 BOS AL 25 2B 12 6 69.0 41 18 21 2 12 .951 -2.4 -41.7 -3.4 -0.5 -2.8 1 5.09 3.25 .976 5.20 4.58
1970 CHW AL 26 3B 68 65 555.2 209 59 137 13 18 .938 -0.6 -1.3 -0.6 -2.4 1.8 0 3.17 2.88 .950 3.07 2.67
1970 CHW AL 26 2B 43 38 328.2 233 96 127 10 31 .957 -4.3 -15.7 -5.3 -2.2 -3.0 1 6.11 5.19 .979 5.35 4.64
1970 CHW AL 26 SS 5 2 25.0 12 3 7 2 1 .833 -1.1 -52.8 -1.1 0.0 -1.0 0 3.60 2.00 .975 4.93 4.40
1971 CAL AL 27 SS 52 46 450.1 232 87 136 9 30 .961 -5.7 -15.2 -4.7 -4.8 0.0 -1 4.46 4.29 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 CAL AL 27 2B 7 7 66.1 41 14 25 2 7 .951 -0.7 -12.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.6 0 5.29 5.57 .980 5.31 4.76
1971 CAL AL 27 3B 6 5 42.0 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 0.9 25.7 0.9 1.4 -0.5 0 3.64 2.83 .953 3.04 2.73
1971 CAL AL 27 1B 1 1 9.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 8.00 8.00 .988 9.60 8.10
1971 CAL AL 27 OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -330.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 -1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1971 CAL AL 27 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -330.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 -1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1972 TOT AL 28 3B 17 10 99.1 36 6 25 5 4 .861 -1.4 -16.9 -1.4 -0.4 -1.1 0 2.81 1.82 .958 2.98 2.70
1972 TOT AL 28 2B 10 5 58.2 29 13 14 2 4 .931 -0.5 -10.2 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 0 4.14 2.70 .979 5.19 4.42
1972 CAL AL 28 3B 8 2 32.0 9 0 8 1 1 .889 1.4 52.5 1.4 1.7 -0.3 0 2.25 1.00 .956 2.98 2.70
1972 CAL AL 28 SS 4 3 28.0 11 1 9 1 0 .909 -0.7 -30.0 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 3.21 2.50 .973 4.98 4.50
1972 CAL AL 28 2B 3 0 13.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.15 2.00 .983 5.19 4.43
1972 CAL AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
1972 MIL AL 28 3B 9 8 67.1 27 6 17 4 3 .852 -2.8 -49.9 -2.8 -2.1 -0.8 0 3.07 2.56 .959 2.98 2.70
1972 MIL AL 28 2B 7 5 45.2 23 10 11 2 3 .913 -0.3 -7.9 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 0 4.14 3.00 .978 5.18 4.41
4 Seasons 3B 144 123 1102.2 410 104 279 27 34 .934 0.9 1.0 0.9 -0.1 0.9 0 3.13 2.66 .953 3.09 2.70
4 Seasons SS 76 56 569.1 289 104 169 16 37 .945 -11.9 -25.1 -10.9 -7.6 -3.3 -1 4.32 3.59 .966 4.91 4.36
4 Seasons 2B 72 56 522.2 344 141 187 16 54 .953 -7.9 -18.1 -9.9 -1.7 -7.9 2 5.65 4.56 .979 5.31 4.61
2 Seasons 1B 2 1 10.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 8.10 4.50 .989 9.63 8.05
1 Season OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -330.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 -1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1 Season RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -330.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 -1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
4 Seasons TOT 295 237 2212.2 1053 359 635 59 126 .944 -20.9 -11.3 -20.9 -10.4 -10.3 -1 1 4.04 3.37 .909 4.11 3.63
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
1969 BOS AL 25 100 54 100 100 0 0 0 12 53 15 0 0 0 0 20 13
1970 CHW AL 26 121 105 121 121 0 0 0 43 68 5 0 0 0 0 9 1
1971 CAL AL 27 90 60 90 90 0 0 1 7 6 52 0 0 1 1 23 3
1972 CAL AL 28 36 5 36 36 0 0 1 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 13 11
1972 MIL AL 28 31 13 31 31 0 0 0 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 12 5
4 Seasons 378 237 378 378 0 0 2 72 144 76 0 0 1 1 77 33
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 -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 BOS AL 25 1850 57% 75% 28% 147 86% 2 35 20 8 7 108 87 17 1 2 9 1 5 3 7 13 7 2 13 0 0 0 8 13%
1970 CHW AL 26 2493 61% 80% 30% 194 91% 3 57 36 11 10 138 111 20 3 3 13 1 10 2 7 17 10 0 10 4 2 2 9 22%
1971 CAL AL 27 193 77% 75% 22% 19 84% 0 3 3 0 0 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1972 MIL AL 28 311 61% 80% 25% 26 77% 0 7 5 1 1 16 12 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 28 133 50% 64% 27% 11 91% 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4980 60% 77% 29% 397 88% 5 102 64 20 18 285 229 43 5 5 27 2 20 5 19 34 20 3 27 4 2 2 18 17%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 BOS AL 25 320 69% 74% 32% 16 88% 0 18 1 16 1 22 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 12 5 3 1 1 11 2 9 0 0 0
1970 CHW AL 26 1564 61% 79% 27% 136 91% 0 91 21 49 21 127 107 14 0 3 10 0 10 0 8 31 10 7 5 4 28 10 18 2 1 0
1971 CAL AL 27 320 63% 75% 30% 23 100% 0 15 3 10 2 24 21 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 28 185 42% 82% 19% 20 85% 0 11 7 2 2 10 7 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1972 CAL AL 28 59 58% 63% 17% 3 100% 0 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2448 61% 78% 27% 198 91% 0 139 33 79 27 186 158 22 0 4 16 0 13 3 12 54 21 11 8 5 48 14 34 3 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 93%

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
1969 BOS AL 25 317 65% 75% 27% 25 80% 0 13 4 9 0 19 13 4 1 1 4 0 2 2 2 6 1 4 0 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0
1970 CHW AL 26 106 64% 86% 41% 9 78% 0 3 1 1 1 7 6 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 27 1968 61% 75% 24% 177 86% 0 88 36 39 13 133 102 28 0 2 9 0 9 0 6 30 10 1 9 2 2 26 11 13 1 0 1
1972 CAL AL 28 136 71% 71% 22% 10 80% 0 1 0 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2527 62% 75% 25% 221 85% 0 105 41 50 14 167 128 33 1 4 16 0 14 2 10 37 11 5 10 2 3 33 16 15 1 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 91%

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%
1971 CAL AL 27 33 73% 64% 24% 2 100% 0 8 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 28 5 80% 80% 40% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 38 74% 66% 26% 2 100% 0 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1971 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 85% 76% 22% 4 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 85% 76% 22% 4 25%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.2% 62% 76% 25% 52%

* 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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