Tommy O'Brien

Thomas Edward O'Brien (Obie)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 19, 1918 in Anniston, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox/Senators 1943-1950

Final Game: May 13, 1950
Died: November 5, 1978 in Anniston, AL
Buried: Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, AL
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1940	21	LAD-min	B,A1	106	369	369		107	20	5	11						.290	.290	.461	.751		170					ANN,SPB,ATA · SEAL,SALL,SOUA
1941	22	SAV	B	126	473	473		135	23	3	11						.285	.285	.416	.702		197					SAV · SALL
1942	23	ATA	A1	129	440	440		115	25	5	6						.261	.261	.382	.643		168					ATA · SOUA
1943	24	PIT	NL	89	252	232	35	72	12	7	2	26	0		15	24	.310	.352	.448	.801	127	104	8	0	5	O97/5
1944	25	PIT	NL	85	178	156	27	39	6	2	3	20	1		21	12	.250	.343	.372	.714	98	58	7	1	0	O97/5
1945	26	PIT	NL	58	175	161	23	54	6	5	0	18	0		9	13	.335	.374	.435	.809	121	70	1	1	4	O97

1946	27	PIT-min	AAA	119	377	348	47	96	9	7	17	73	4		24	38	.276	.326	.489	.815		170		2	3		HOL · PCL
1947	28	STL-min	AAA	105	326	297	30	71	12	2	5	42	1		26	26	.239	.307	.343	.650		102		3	0		ROC · IL
1948	29	BOS-min	AA	148	574	574		206	51	8	19						.359	.359	.575	.934		330					BIR · SOUA
1949	30	BOS	AL	49	149	125	24	28	5	0	3	10	1	0	21	12	.224	.336	.336	.672	72	42	4	0	3	O9/8
1950	31	BOS-min	AAA	93	314	274	39	72	7	3	15	49	0		33	37	.263	.353	.474	.827		130	8	5	2		LOU · AA
1950	31	TOT	AL	12	44	40	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	5	.125	.205	.150	.355	-10	6	3	0	0	/789
1950	31	BOS	AL	9	34	31	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.129	.206	.161	.367	-9	5	2	0	0	/O879
1950	31	WSH	AL	3	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-17	1	1	0	0	/O79
1951	32	BOS-min	AAA	110	419	361	55	100	21	2	5	61	0		55	37	.277	.377	.388	.765		140	12	3	0		LOU · AA
1952	33	BOS-min	AA	150	559	559		176	45	5	19						.315	.315	.515	.830		288					BIR · SOUA
1953	34	NYY-min	AA	75	268	268		68	8	0	7						.254	.254	.362	.616		97					BIR · SOUA
1954	35	MIN-min	D	9	23	23																					ORL · FLOR
1955	36	MIN-min	D	55	102	102		38	3	2	5						.373	.373	.588	.961		60					ORL · FLOR
5 Yrs				293	798	714	110	198	30	14	8	78	2	0	70	66	.277	.344	.392	.736	100	280	23	2	12
162 Game Avg.				162	441	395	61	109	17	8	4	43	1		39	36	.277	.344	.392	.736	100	155	13	1	7

PIT (3 yrs)				232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9
BOS (2 yrs)				58	183	156	24	32	6	0	3	13	1	0	24	17	.205	.311	.301	.612	56	47	6	0	3
WSH (1 yr)				3	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-17	1	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				61	193	165	25	33	6	0	3	14	1	0	25	17	.200	.305	.291	.596	52	48	7	0	3
NL (3 yrs)				232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	24	PIT	NL	89	252	7	0	0	-4	-2	1	0.1	8	8	0.8	.501	.500	1.3	-0.7	12	$	O97/5
1944	25	PIT	NL	85	178	0	-0	0	-8	-2	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.6	.487	.493	0.3	-1.1	3	$	O97/5
1945	26	PIT	NL	58	175	4	0	0	-4	-2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.496	.499	0.7	-0.6	7	$	O97

1949	30	BOS	AL	49	149	-5	-0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.483	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	O9/8
1950	31	BOS	AL	9	34	-5	-1	-0	0	-0	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.427	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-6	$	/O879
1950	31	WSH	AL	3	10	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.444	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/O79
5 Seasons				293	798	-1	-1	-1	-18	-8	-28	-2.9	23	-5	-0.8	.490	.497	1.2	-2.8	13	$

PIT (3 yrs)				232	605	11	0	0	-16	-6	-12	-1.3	18	6	0.5	.495	.497	2.3	-2.5	22	$
BOS (2 yrs)				58	183	-10	-1	-0	-2	-2	-15	-1.5	5	-10	-1.1	.474	.495	-0.9	-0.3	-8	$
WSH (1 yr)				3	10	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.444	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	24	PIT	NL	252	173	37	5.8	92	.340	.310	.269	.352	.339	.448	.366	.801	.704	127	.667	6.7	0.7	.708	.203	.138	.0
1944	25	PIT	NL	178	124	20	4.3	97	.255	.250	.273	.343	.340	.372	.383	.714	.723	98	.514	-0.2	-0.0	.653	.263	.122	1.5
1945	26	PIT	NL	175	112	26	6.2	100	.365	.335	.278	.374	.348	.435	.384	.809	.732	121	.665	3.8	0.4	.741	.155	.099

1949	30	BOS	AL	149	104	14	3.6	113	.227	.224	.280	.336	.374	.336	.407	.672	.781	72	.389	-5.2	-0.5	.634	.288	.112	1.5
1950	31	TOT	AL	44	38	1	0.7	119	.143	.125	.286	.205	.374	.150	.429	.355	.803	-10	.027	-7.0	-0.7	.263	.125	.025
1950	31	BOS	AL	34	29	1	0.9	122	.154	.129	.290	.206	.379	.161	.435	.367	.814	-9	.043	-5.4	-0.5	.276	.129	.032
1950	31	WSH	AL	10	9	0	0.0	109	.111	.111	.272	.200	.358	.111	.408	.311	.766	-17	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.111	.000
5 Yrs				798	551	98	4.8	100	.297	.277	.275	.344	.350	.392	.384	.736	.734	100	.553	-1.9	-0.1	.657	.216	.115	3.2
162 Game Avg.				441	305	54	4.8	100	.297	.277	.275	.344	.350	.392	.384	.736	.734	100	.553	-1.9	-0.1	.657	.216	.115	2

PIT (3 yrs)				605	409	83	5.5	96	.323	.301	.273	.356	.342	.423	.376	.778	.718	116	.626	10.2	1.1	.700	.206	.122	1.7
BOS (2 yrs)				183	133	15	3.0	115	.213	.205	.282	.311	.375	.301	.413	.612	.787	56	.310	-10.6	-1.0	.554	.256	.096	1.5
WSH (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	109	.111	.111	.272	.200	.358	.111	.408	.311	.766	-17	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.111	.000

AL (2 yrs)				193	142	15	2.8	115	.207	.200	.282	.305	.374	.291	.412	.596	.786	52	.283	-12.2	-1.2	.532	.248	.091	1.5
NL (3 yrs)				605	409	83	5.5	96	.323	.301	.273	.356	.342	.423	.376	.778	.718	116	.626	10.2	1.1	.700	.206	.122	1.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	24	PIT	NL	252	0.8%	9.5%	6.0%	8.3%	29%	1.60	9.7	116.0	8.9		82%
1944	25	PIT	NL	178	1.7%	6.7%	11.8%	6.2%	28%	0.57	13.0	52.0	7.8		79%
1945	26	PIT	NL	175	0.0%	7.4%	5.1%	6.3%	20%	1.44	12.4		8.9		85%

1949	30	BOS	AL	149	2.0%	8.1%	14.1%	5.4%	29%	0.57	10.4	41.7	12.5	1.02	74%
1950	31	TOT	AL	44	0.0%	11.4%	9.1%	2.3%	20%	1.25	8.0		10.0	0.60	80%
1950	31	BOS	AL	34	0.0%	14.7%	8.8%	2.9%	25%	1.67	6.2		10.3	0.60	76%
1950	31	WSH	AL	10	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			9.0	0.60	90%
5 Yrs				798	1.0%	8.3%	8.8%	6.5%	26%	0.94	10.8	89.3	9.2	0.89	80%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.5%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.5	61.2	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	24	PIT	NL	6.7	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	26	PIT	NL	3.8	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	30	BOS	AL	-5.2	-0.5	141	-0.9	1.9	-2.8	1.02	-0.2	-0.7	-12.0	-1.1	1.00	-2.9	1.61	9
1950	31	TOT	AL	-7.1	-0.7	44	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.06	-0.5	0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.97	-6.3		0
1950	31	BOS	AL	-5.5	-0.5	34	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.97	-0.4	0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.95	-5.2		0
1950	31	WSH	AL	-1.6	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.36	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.04	-1.1		0
5 Yrs				-2.1	-0.1	185	-1.3	2.5	-3.8	1.03	-0.7	-0.6	-18.5	-1.8	0.99	-9.2	1.61	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	30	BOS	AL	2	46%	60	1	100%	1	3	1	1	46%	7	6	1	3	1	2	12	4	7
1950	31	TOT	AL	1	11%	16	0		0	0	1	0	40%	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	31	BOS	AL	0	0%	15	0		0	0	1	0	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	31	WSH	AL	1	50%	1	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				3	39%	76	2	200%	1	3	2	1	44%	12	9	3	3	1	2	12	4	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	30	BOS	AL	149	42%	28			9	1	0	0	1.61	3	0	7	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	150%	31	4	13%	20	8	40%	98	8	8%	11	3	27%	8	4	50%	0
1950	31	TOT	AL	44	86%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	6	2	33%	29	4	14%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1950	31	BOS	AL	34	82%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	6	2	33%	20	3	15%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1950	31	WSH	AL	10	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				193	52%	198			9	1	0	0	1.61	8	0	8	1	1	1	2	0	2	12	600%	40	23	58%	26	10	38%	127	12	9%	14	5	36%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			338%			36%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	24	89	252	232	35	72	12	7	2	26	0		15	24	.310	.352	.448	.801	127	104	8	0	5
1944	25	174	430	388	62	111	18	9	5	46	1		36	36	.286	.348	.418	.766	115	162	15	1	5
1945	26	232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9
1946	27	232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9
1947	28	232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9
1948	29	232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	116	232	16	2	9
1949	30	281	754	674	109	193	29	14	8	74	2	0	66	61	.286	.352	.407	.758	108	274	20	2	12
1950	31	293	798	714	110	198	30	14	8	78	2	0	70	66	.277	.344	.392	.736	100	280	23	2	12

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	24	93	266	245	39	78	13	8	2	29	0	16	25	.318	.360	.461	.821	41	89
1944	25	88	185	162	29	41	6	2	3	21	1	22	12	.253	.346	.370	.716	21	85
1945	26	61	181	167	23	55	6	5	0	18	0	9	14	.329	.367	.425	.792	26	58

1949	30	51	151	128	21	27	5	0	3	9	1	20	13	.211	.318	.320	.638	13	49
1950	31	13	46	42	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	4	5	.119	.196	.143	.339	1	12
5 Yrs		306	829	744	113	206	31	15	8	80	2	71	69	.277	.341	.391	.733	102	293
162 Game Avg.		162	439	394	60	109	16	8	4	42	1	38	37	.277	.341	.391	.733	54	293

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