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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 PIT NL 24 OF 48 40 30 83 76 4 3 0 .964 1.67 .977 2.41
1943 PIT NL 24 RF 31 29 22 60 53 4 3 0 .950 1.84 .976 2.21
1943 PIT NL 24 LF 17 11 8 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 .977 2.26
1943 PIT NL 24 3B 9 6 5 33 11 19 3 0 .909 3.33 .948 3.17
1944 PIT NL 25 OF 48 31 24 57 50 5 2 1 .965 1.15 .980 2.47
1944 PIT NL 25 RF 33 22 15 33 29 3 1 1 .970 0.97 .974 2.10
1944 PIT NL 25 LF 15 9 9 24 21 2 1 0 .958 1.53 .981 2.35
1944 PIT NL 25 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.30
1945 PIT NL 26 OF 45 36 26 77 72 2 3 0 .961 1.64 .978 2.45
1945 PIT NL 26 RF 33 26 23 55 50 2 3 0 .945 1.58 .978 2.15
1945 PIT NL 26 LF 12 10 3 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .970 2.34
1949 BOS AL 30 OF 32 32 30 61 58 2 1 0 .984 1.88 .980 2.44
1949 BOS AL 30 RF 24 24 22 49 47 1 1 0 .980 2.00 .978 2.09
1949 BOS AL 30 CF 8 8 8 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 .980 2.84
1950 TOT AL 31 OF 12 10 7 90.0 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 1.92 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 TOT AL 31 LF 5 5 3 44.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 1.80 .977 2.39 2.36
1950 TOT AL 31 RF 3 2 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.67 .976 2.16 2.10
1950 BOS AL 31 OF 9 7 6 71.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.90 1.67 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 BOS AL 31 CF 4 3 3 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 1.75 .981 2.96 2.90
1950 BOS AL 31 LF 3 3 2 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 2.00 .977 2.40 2.37
1950 BOS AL 31 RF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.50 .980 2.16 2.10
1950 WSH AL 31 OF 3 3 1 19.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.79 2.67 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 WSH AL 31 LF 2 2 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.50 .977 2.38 2.35
1950 WSH AL 31 RF 1 1 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 4.00 .975 2.16 2.10
5 Seasons OF 185 149 117 90.0 301 277 15 9 1 .970 2.30 1.58 .979 2.51 2.44
5 Seasons RF 124 103 83 15.0 202 184 10 8 1 .960 3.00 1.56 .977 2.16 2.14
4 Seasons LF 49 35 23 44.0 78 75 2 1 0 .987 1.84 1.57 .976 2.39 2.32
2 Seasons CF 12 11 11 31.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.03 1.75 .980 2.96 2.86
2 Seasons 3B 10 6 5 34 11 20 3 0 .912 3.10 .948 3.18
5 Seasons TOT 195 155 122 90.0 335 288 35 12 1 .964 2.30 1.66 .975 2.51 2.48
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1943 PIT NL 24 RF
1943 PIT NL 24 LF
1943 PIT NL 24 3B
1944 PIT NL 25 RF
1944 PIT NL 25 LF
1944 PIT NL 25 3B
1945 PIT NL 26 RF
1945 PIT NL 26 LF
1949 BOS AL 30 RF
1949 BOS AL 30 CF
1950 BOS AL 31 CF
1950 BOS AL 31 LF
1950 BOS AL 31 RF
1950 WSH AL 31 LF
1950 WSH AL 31 RF
5 Seasons RF
4 Seasons LF
2 Seasons CF
2 Seasons 3B
5 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 PIT NL 24 89 46 89 56 0 0 0 0 9 0 17 0 31 48 0 32 1
1944 PIT NL 25 85 31 85 49 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 33 48 0 37 3
1945 PIT NL 26 58 36 58 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 33 45 0 14 0
1949 BOS AL 30 49 32 49 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 24 32 0 14 3
1950 BOS AL 31 9 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 9 0 0 0
1950 WSH AL 31 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 293 155 293 194 0 0 0 0 10 0 49 12 124 185 0 97 7
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 -- 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%
1949 BOS AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 6 5 0 32 11 34.4% 21 0 0.0% 0 838 61% 79% 28% 83 53%
1950 BOS AL 31 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 45 73% 87% 29% 2 50%
1950 WSH AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 25 96% 84% 24% 4 100%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 7 6 0 34 13 38.2% 21 0 0.0% 0 908 62% 79% 28% 89 55%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1949 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% 0 290 57% 82% 27% 34 41%
1950 BOS AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 141 56% 79% 24% 14 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 8 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 431 57% 81% 26% 48 44%
MLB Averages 45.5% 2.6% 62% 82% 31% 59%

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%
1950 BOS AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 133 64% 84% 31% 21 29%
1950 WSH AL 31 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 59 68% 92% 32% 12 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 192 65% 86% 31% 33 27%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.8% 62% 82% 31% 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 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.

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