Danny O'Connell
Daniel Francis O'Connell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 21, 1927 in Paterson, NJ
High School: St. Bonaventure (Paterson, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1950
Final Game: September 26, 1962
Died: October 2, 1969 in Clifton, NJ
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 23 PIT NL 79 344 315 39 92 16 1 8 32 7 24 33 .292 .342 .425 .768 98 134 8 0 5 65 RoY-3
1953 26 PIT NL 149 654 588 88 173 26 8 7 55 3 4 57 42 .294 .361 .401 .762 99 236 13 4 5 *54 MVP-16
1954 27 MLN NL 146 604 541 61 151 28 4 2 37 2 2 38 46 .279 .326 .357 .683 83 193 11 2 19 4 *45/36
1955 28 MLN NL 124 491 453 47 102 15 4 6 40 2 2 28 43 .225 .276 .316 .592 60 143 7 5 2 3 2 *4/56
1956 29 MLN NL 139 598 498 71 119 17 9 2 42 3 3 76 42 .239 .342 .321 .663 85 160 6 4 16 4 0 *4/56
1957 30 TOT NL 143 612 547 86 140 27 4 8 36 9 3 52 50 .256 .324 .364 .688 87 199 11 4 7 2 0 *45
1957 30 MLN NL 48 207 183 29 43 9 1 1 8 1 0 19 20 .235 .312 .311 .624 74 57 1 2 2 1 0 4
1957 30 NYG NL 95 405 364 57 97 18 3 7 28 8 3 33 30 .266 .330 .390 .720 93 142 10 2 5 1 0 45
1958 31 SFG NL 107 368 306 44 71 12 2 3 23 2 1 51 35 .232 .340 .314 .654 77 96 7 0 9 2 0 *4/5
1959 32 SFG NL 34 66 58 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 15 .190 .254 .241 .495 34 14 0 0 3 0 0 5/4
1961 34 WSA AL 138 591 493 61 128 30 1 1 37 15 5 77 62 .260 .361 .331 .692 91 163 6 3 15 3 0 54
1962 35 WSA AL 84 268 236 24 62 7 2 2 18 5 1 23 28 .263 .327 .335 .662 79 79 6 0 8 1 1 54
10 Seasons 1143 4596 4035 527 1049 181 35 39 320 48 22 431 396 .260 .333 .351 .684 85 1417 75 22 89 19 3
162 Game Avg. 162 651 572 75 149 26 5 6 45 7 61 56 .260 .333 .351 .684 85 201 11 3 13
MLN (4 yrs) 457 1900 1675 208 415 69 18 11 127 8 7 161 151 .248 .316 .330 .647 77 553 25 13 39 12 2
SFG (3 yrs) 236 839 728 107 179 33 5 10 51 10 5 89 80 .246 .328 .346 .675 82 252 17 2 17 3 0
PIT (2 yrs) 228 998 903 127 265 42 9 15 87 10 4 81 75 .293 .354 .410 .764 99 370 21 4 10
WSA (2 yrs) 222 859 729 85 190 37 3 3 55 20 6 100 90 .261 .350 .332 .682 87 242 12 3 23 4 1
NL (8 yrs) 921 3737 3306 442 859 144 32 36 265 28 16 331 306 .260 .329 .355 .685 84 1175 63 19 66 15 2
AL (2 yrs) 222 859 729 85 190 37 3 3 55 20 6 100 90 .261 .350 .332 .682 87 242 12 3 23 4 1

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1950 23 PIT NL 344 236 46 5.2 111 .307 .292 .273 .342 .350 .425 .423 .768 .774 98 .544 -1.4 -0.1 .714 .232 .133 7.5
1953 26 PIT NL 654 437 83 5.0 109 .308 .294 .273 .361 .344 .401 .425 .762 .769 99 .518 0.4 0.0 .685 .202 .107 4.2
1954 27 MLN NL 604 426 63 4.0 104 .300 .279 .267 .326 .337 .357 .412 .683 .749 83 .414 -11.9 -1.2 .578 .148 .078 2.0
1955 28 MLN NL 491 365 40 2.9 102 .236 .225 .261 .276 .331 .316 .413 .592 .744 60 .298 -26.3 -2.6 .489 .152 .091 3.0
1956 29 MLN NL 598 408 61 4.0 98 .255 .239 .257 .342 .323 .321 .406 .663 .728 85 .448 -6.8 -0.7 .619 .235 .082 2.4
1957 30 TOT NL 612 430 67 4.2 101 .269 .256 .266 .324 .329 .364 .411 .688 .740 87 .459 -9.0 -0.9 .620 .214 .108 8.5
1957 30 MLN NL 207 144 20 3.8 97 .258 .235 .260 .312 .322 .311 .403 .624 .725 74 .406 -5.6 -0.6 .560 .186 .077 1.0
1957 30 NYG NL 405 286 47 4.5 103 .274 .266 .268 .330 .332 .390 .416 .720 .748 93 .483 -3.4 -0.3 .650 .228 .124 7.5
1958 31 SFG NL 368 254 36 3.8 104 .252 .232 .267 .340 .335 .314 .417 .654 .752 77 .408 -8.4 -0.8 .609 .252 .082 2.4
1959 32 SFG NL 66 51 4 2.1 103 .256 .190 .268 .254 .333 .241 .414 .495 .748 34 .191 -5.4 -0.5 .375 .121 .052
1961 34 WSA AL 591 394 67 4.5 100 .293 .260 .258 .361 .332 .331 .401 .692 .734 91 .489 -1.3 -0.1 .673 .247 .071 1.9
1962 35 WSA AL 268 190 27 3.8 103 .290 .263 .263 .327 .335 .335 .410 .662 .745 79 .420 -6.9 -0.7 .586 .186 .072 2.9
10 Seasons 4596 3191 494 4.1 103 .279 .260 .265 .333 .334 .351 .413 .684 .748 85 .445 -77.0 -7.6 .615 .204 .091 43.0
162 Game Avg. 651 452 70 4.1 103 .279 .260 .265 .333 .334 .351 .413 .684 .748 85 .445 -77.0 -7.6 .615 .204 .091 6
MLN (4 yrs) 1900 1343 184 3.7 101 .265 .248 .261 .316 .329 .330 .409 .647 .739 77 .394 -50.7 -5.0 .563 .179 .082 9.3
SFG (3 yrs) 839 591 87 4.0 104 .264 .246 .268 .328 .333 .346 .416 .675 .750 82 .429 -17.1 -1.7 .609 .229 .100 10.0
PIT (2 yrs) 998 673 129 5.1 110 .308 .293 .273 .354 .346 .410 .425 .764 .771 99 .527 -1.0 -0.1 .695 .213 .116 12.0
WSA (2 yrs) 859 584 94 4.3 100 .292 .261 .259 .350 .333 .332 .404 .682 .737 87 .468 -8.2 -0.8 .645 .228 .071 5.2
NL (8 yrs) 3737 2607 400 4.1 104 .276 .260 .266 .329 .335 .355 .415 .685 .750 84 .440 -68.8 -6.8 .608 .199 .096 31.5
AL (2 yrs) 859 584 94 4.3 100 .292 .261 .259 .350 .333 .332 .404 .682 .737 87 .468 -8.2 -0.8 .645 .228 .071 5.2

Ratio Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 23 PIT NL 344 2.3% 9.6% 7.0% 7.3% 27% 1.38 9.5 39.4 9.8 80%
1953 26 PIT NL 654 1.1% 6.4% 8.7% 6.3% 24% 0.74 14.0 84.0 10.7 82%
1954 27 MLN NL 604 0.3% 7.6% 6.3% 5.6% 23% 1.21 11.8 270.5 14.6 1.18 82%
1955 28 MLN NL 491 1.2% 8.8% 5.7% 5.1% 25% 1.54 10.5 75.5 11.3 1.19 83%
1956 29 MLN NL 598 0.3% 7.0% 12.7% 4.7% 24% 0.55 11.9 249.0 11.9 1.41 77%
1957 30 TOT NL 612 1.3% 8.2% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 0.96 10.9 68.4 15.2 1.21 80%
1957 30 MLN NL 207 0.5% 9.7% 9.2% 5.3% 26% 1.05 9.2 183.0 22.9 0.74 79%
1957 30 NYG NL 405 1.7% 7.4% 8.2% 6.9% 29% 0.91 12.1 52.0 13.0 1.63 81%
1958 31 SFG NL 368 0.8% 9.5% 13.9% 4.6% 24% 0.69 8.7 102.0 13.3 1.21 73%
1959 32 SFG NL 66 0.0% 22.7% 7.6% 4.6% 27% 3.00 3.9 1.54 65%
1961 34 WSA AL 591 0.2% 10.5% 13.0% 5.4% 25% 0.81 8.0 493.0 13.3 1.15 73%
1962 35 WSA AL 268 0.8% 10.5% 8.6% 4.1% 18% 1.22 8.4 118.0 13.1 1.37 77%
10 Seasons 4596 0.9% 8.6% 9.4% 5.6% 24% 0.92 10.2 103.5 12.6 1.24 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 27 MLN NL 10 0 31% 209 2 2 50% 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 54% 27 15 12 7 2 5 12 4 8
1955 28 MLN NL 10 0 32% 105 2 2 50% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 4 42% 11 7 3 5 2 3 8 2 4
1956 29 MLN NL 2 0 35% 190 3 3 50% 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 48% 21 14 6 6 2 4 13 4 9
1957 30 TOT NL 6 0 42% 216 9 3 75% 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 4 11 54% 37 21 15 5 1 4 14 3 11
1957 30 MLN NL 2 0 44% 81 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 71% 10 5 5 2 0 2 5 0 5
1957 30 NYG NL 4 0 40% 135 8 3 73% 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 8 46% 27 16 10 3 1 2 9 3 6
1958 31 SFG NL 5 0 35% 165 2 1 67% 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 12 49% 20 10 9 5 1 4 8 3 3
1959 32 SFG NL 3 0 38% 30 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 34 WSA AL 9 0 29% 276 15 5 75% 11 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 13 14 50% 29 19 9 4 1 3 21 5 15
1962 35 WSA AL 2 0 27% 94 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 47% 9 6 3 2 1 1 6 1 4
10 Seasons 47 0 33% 1285 48 22 76% 21 15 13 5 2 0 12 1 46 66 50% 159 95 59 34 10 24 83 23 54
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1954 27 MLN NL 493 24% 151 4 3 0 0 1.22 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 19 19 100% 93 11 12% 47 28 60% 238 30 13% 10 9 90% 32 13 41% 111
1955 28 MLN NL 340 12% 102 4 1 0 0 0.90 6 0 12 3 1 0 4 0 1 2 200% 58 7 12% 29 9 31% 199 25 13% 12 7 58% 25 8 32% 151
1956 29 MLN NL 420 16% 119 0 0 0 0 0.48 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 123% 53 6 11% 24 14 58% 189 26 14% 11 7 64% 8 3 38% 178
1957 30 TOT NL 550 19% 140 1 0 0 0 0.95 8 0 3 6 1 4 3 0 8 7 88% 70 11 16% 34 14 41% 232 26 11% 11 6 55% 19 8 42% 62
1957 30 MLN NL 207 11% 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 23 1 4% 10 3 30% 88 7 8% 4 2 50% 12 3 25% 0
1957 30 NYG NL 343 23% 97 1 0 0 0 0.95 7 0 2 5 1 4 2 0 5 5 100% 47 10 21% 24 11 46% 144 19 13% 7 4 57% 7 5 71% 62
1958 31 SFG NL 368 24% 71 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 11 9 82% 54 7 13% 32 14 44% 159 22 14% 15 10 67% 20 5 25% 0
1959 32 SFG NL 66 45% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 4 2 50% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1961 34 WSA AL 591 31% 128 5 4 0 2 3.04 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 17 15 88% 91 6 7% 51 24 47% 294 37 13% 24 11 46% 28 9 32% 0
1962 35 WSA AL 268 25% 62 20 8 0 5 1.84 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 10 8 80% 40 6 15% 22 7 32% 130 18 14% 14 8 57% 18 10 56% 0
10 Seasons 3096 23% 1049 34 16 0 7 1.81 39 0 43 16 3 5 14 0 82 89 109% 465 75 16% 243 112 46% 1459 184 13% 98 58 59% 151 56 37% 502
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 23 79 344 315 39 92 16 1 8 32 7 24 33 .292 .342 .425 .768 98 134 8 0 5
1951 24 79 344 315 39 92 16 1 8 32 7 24 33 .292 .342 .425 .768 98 134 8 0 5
1952 25 79 344 315 39 92 16 1 8 32 7 24 33 .292 .342 .425 .768 98 134 8 0 5
1953 26 228 998 903 127 265 42 9 15 87 10 4 81 75 .293 .354 .410 .764 99 370 21 4 10
1954 27 374 1602 1444 188 416 70 13 17 124 12 6 119 121 .288 .344 .390 .734 93 563 32 6 29 4
1955 28 498 2093 1897 235 518 85 17 23 164 14 8 147 164 .273 .328 .372 .700 85 706 39 11 31 7 2
1956 29 637 2691 2395 306 637 102 26 25 206 17 11 223 206 .266 .331 .362 .693 85 866 45 15 47 11 2
1957 30 780 3303 2942 392 777 129 30 33 242 26 14 275 256 .264 .330 .362 .692 86 1065 56 19 54 13 2
1958 31 887 3671 3248 436 848 141 32 36 265 28 15 326 291 .261 .331 .357 .688 85 1161 63 19 63 15 2
1959 32 921 3737 3306 442 859 144 32 36 265 28 16 331 306 .260 .329 .355 .685 84 1175 63 19 66 15 2
1960 33 921 3737 3306 442 859 144 32 36 265 28 16 331 306 .260 .329 .355 .685 84 1175 63 19 66 15 2
1961 34 1059 4328 3799 503 987 174 33 37 302 43 21 408 368 .260 .334 .352 .686 85 1338 69 22 81 18 2
1962 35 1143 4596 4035 527 1049 181 35 39 320 48 22 431 396 .260 .333 .351 .684 85 1417 75 22 89 19 3

Neutralized Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1950 23 83 348 324 37 91 16 1 8 31 7 24 34 .281 .330 .410 .741 44 79
1953 26 155 664 603 86 172 26 8 7 54 3 57 44 .285 .351 .390 .741 81 149
1954 27 154 619 572 67 162 30 4 2 40 2 41 48 .283 .331 .360 .691 68 146
1955 28 130 516 478 50 109 16 4 6 42 2 30 45 .228 .279 .316 .595 42 124
1956 29 145 639 539 82 143 20 11 2 49 4 91 44 .265 .374 .354 .728 71 139
1957 30 149 639 577 92 152 29 4 9 39 10 56 52 .263 .332 .374 .706 71 143
1958 31 113 386 327 48 80 14 2 3 25 2 57 37 .245 .355 .327 .682 39 107
1959 32 36 66 61 7 12 3 0 0 0 0 5 16 .197 .258 .246 .503 4 34
1961 34 138 597 506 63 141 33 1 1 38 17 85 62 .279 .384 .354 .737 69 138
1962 35 84 263 238 24 64 7 2 2 18 5 24 28 .269 .335 .340 .675 27 84
10 Seasons 1187 4737 4225 556 1126 194 37 40 336 52 470 410 .267 .342 .358 .700 516 1143
162 Game Avg. 162 646 577 76 154 26 5 5 46 7 64 56 .267 .342 .358 .700 70 1143

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1953 NL (16, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL  30 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  9 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  76 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1961 AL  15 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1953 NL  132 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1956 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  19 (2nd)
1956 NL  16 (5th)
1958 NL  9 (6th)
1961 AL  15 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL  8.5 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1957 NL  10.9 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Don Gutteridge (951)
  2. Luis Alicea (949)
  3. Rich Dauer (947)
  4. Connie Ryan (947)
  5. Ron Oester (946)
  6. Frank O'Rourke (941)
  7. Bobby Adams (939)
  8. Jackie Hayes (938)
  9. Tony Kubek (936)
  10. Craig Counsell (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Alberto Callaspo (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Moore (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Stu Martin (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Stu Martin (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Quilvio Veras (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Connie Ryan (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Gantner (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Luis Alicea (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Gutteridge (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Danny O'Connell    

Viewed 26,749 times through December 10, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Daniel dan daniel Danny Denny Francis O'Connell oconnell

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.