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
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 PIT NL 23 SS 65 384 147 228 9 47 .977 5.77 .960 4.74 RoY-3
1950 PIT NL 23 3B 12 56 15 39 2 2 .964 4.50 .946 3.01 RoY-3
1953 PIT NL 26 3B 104 355 119 221 15 16 .958 3.27 .951 2.72 MVP-16
1953 PIT NL 26 2B 47 264 107 149 8 27 .970 5.45 .972 4.83 MVP-16
1954 MLN NL 27 2B 103 100 905.2 570 244 314 12 83 .979 8.3 11.0 6.3 0.4 5.9 2 5.55 5.42 .976 5.57 5.31
1954 MLN NL 27 3B 35 28 277.1 111 44 67 0 7 1.000 3.9 16.9 3.9 1.1 2.8 0 3.60 3.17 .950 3.17 2.82
1954 MLN NL 27 1B 8 8 65.0 68 63 5 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 9.42 8.50 .991 9.80 9.26
1954 MLN NL 27 SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.60
1955 MLN NL 28 2B 114 111 981.0 679 309 357 13 76 .981 8.5 10.4 10.5 5.0 5.5 -2 6.11 5.84 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 MLN NL 28 3B 7 6 49.2 13 8 4 1 2 .923 -1.4 -33.8 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 0 2.17 1.71 .954 3.13 2.81
1955 MLN NL 28 SS 1 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.60
1956 MLN NL 29 2B 138 132 1142.0 686 295 381 10 98 .985 3.0 3.2 2.0 -4.9 6.9 1 5.33 4.90 .980 5.33 4.66
1956 MLN NL 29 3B 4 1 25.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.6 -28.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 1.80 1.25 .967 3.06 2.65
1956 MLN NL 29 SS 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 4.50 4.50
1957 TOT NL 30 2B 116 110 996.2 635 284 339 12 93 .981 10.5 12.6 8.5 2.4 6.1 2 5.63 5.37 .977 5.37 4.97
1957 MLN NL 30 2B 48 47 420.0 278 128 145 5 43 .982 7.5 21.4 6.5 1.9 4.6 1 5.85 5.69 .977 5.37 4.97
1957 NYG NL 30 2B 68 63 576.2 357 156 194 7 50 .980 3.0 6.2 2.0 0.5 1.5 1 5.46 5.15 .977 5.37 4.97
1957 NYG NL 30 3B 30 26 229.2 106 33 69 4 6 .962 1.9 9.9 1.9 -1.9 3.8 0 4.00 3.40 .952 2.96 2.71
1958 SFG NL 31 2B 104 99 823.0 507 222 278 7 70 .986 2.7 3.9 2.7 -2.2 4.9 0 5.47 4.81 .975 5.33 4.76
1958 SFG NL 31 3B 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -138.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 3.12 2.87
1959 SFG NL 32 3B 26 14 120.0 55 15 36 4 3 .927 0.2 2.0 0.2 -1.8 2.0 0 3.82 1.96 .951 2.97 2.66
1959 SFG NL 32 2B 8 4 49.1 25 16 9 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -7.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4.56 3.13 .976 5.27 4.78
1961 WSA AL 34 3B 73 74 642.2 264 75 173 16 14 .939 4.2 7.8 5.2 -1.3 6.5 -1 3.47 3.40 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 WSA AL 34 2B 61 58 513.2 321 144 170 7 52 .978 3.6 8.4 2.6 1.0 1.6 1 5.50 5.15 .978 5.24 4.72
1962 WSA AL 35 3B 41 35 319.0 128 34 89 5 13 .961 5.6 21.1 4.6 1.1 3.5 1 3.47 3.00 .952 3.08 2.79
1962 WSA AL 35 2B 22 19 167.0 93 36 52 5 8 .946 -1.6 -11.5 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 -1 4.74 4.00 .981 5.25 4.87
9 Seasons 2B 713 633 5578.1 3780 1657 2049 74 508 .980 34.7 7.5 31.7 2.0 29.7 3 5.98 5.20 .976 5.39 4.90
10 Seasons 3B 335 184 1667.2 1094 346 700 48 63 .956 13.3 9.6 13.3 -4.5 17.8 0 5.65 3.12 .951 3.11 2.76
4 Seasons SS 68 0 10.0 387 148 230 9 48 .977 -0.1 -12.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 340.20 5.56 .960 4.95 4.73
1 Season 1B 8 8 65.0 68 63 5 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 9.42 8.50 .991 9.80 9.26
10 Seasons TOT 1124 825 7321.0 5329 2214 2984 131 626 .975 47.9 7.9 44.9 -2.8 47.7 3 6.39 4.62 .945 4.91 4.28
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1950 PIT NL 23 79 79 79 0 0 0 0 12 65 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 26 149 149 149 0 0 0 47 104 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 27 146 136 146 146 0 0 8 103 35 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
1955 MLN NL 28 124 117 124 124 0 0 0 114 7 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 MLN NL 29 139 133 139 139 0 0 0 138 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 NYG NL 30 95 89 95 95 0 0 0 68 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1957 MLN NL 30 48 47 48 48 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 31 107 99 107 107 0 0 0 104 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 SFG NL 32 34 18 34 34 0 0 0 8 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 WSA AL 34 138 132 138 138 0 0 0 61 73 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 WSA AL 35 84 54 84 84 0 0 0 22 41 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
10 Seasons 1143 825 1143 1143 0 0 8 713 335 68 0 0 0 0 42 4
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 -- 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
1954 MLN NL 27 3056 61% 78% 27% 282 95% 1 199 73 92 33 246 205 28 1 5 11 0 8 3 7 67 20 15 15 1 58 17 37 9 7 2
1955 MLN NL 28 3029 63% 78% 28% 303 95% 0 209 75 101 33 246 218 21 0 5 9 1 7 1 8 50 18 11 11 2 44 13 30 5 2 1
1956 MLN NL 29 3440 59% 81% 28% 312 96% 1 195 82 88 25 260 224 31 0 2 6 0 6 0 5 66 20 10 22 6 63 29 32 1 1 0
1957 NYG NL 30 2169 62% 80% 30% 210 92% 0 130 46 61 23 178 152 23 0 3 7 1 4 2 5 44 15 9 13 0 40 13 26 4 3 1
1957 MLN NL 30 1806 63% 80% 29% 179 95% 2 125 38 65 22 153 127 22 2 1 5 0 5 0 4 43 15 3 14 3 40 17 22 1 0 0
1958 SFG NL 31 3605 64% 79% 28% 319 96% 2 216 81 114 21 276 229 35 0 6 7 0 7 0 6 72 32 6 22 1 64 23 41 6 4 1
1959 SFG NL 32 217 54% 74% 29% 18 100% 0 20 8 9 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1961 WSA AL 34 2285 65% 79% 26% 199 94% 1 145 51 69 25 170 129 34 1 3 7 0 4 3 3 52 17 8 20 0 46 20 26 4 1 2
1962 WSA AL 35 770 65% 76% 24% 59 93% 0 37 10 19 8 55 48 4 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 9 3 2 1 1 7 2 5 2 2 0
8 Seasons 20377 62% 79% 28% 1881 95% 7 1276 464 618 193 1595 1343 198 4 25 57 2 46 9 42 405 141 64 118 14 363 134 220 33 21 7
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

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%
1954 MLN NL 27 1097 60% 80% 26% 96 91% 0 39 30 4 5 58 48 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 5 80%
1955 MLN NL 28 205 62% 74% 20% 11 82% 0 7 5 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1956 MLN NL 29 45 71% 64% 18% 1 100% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 30 794 55% 81% 28% 71 87% 0 22 19 2 1 47 37 6 1 1 4 0 3 1 3 6 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 100%
1958 SFG NL 31 24 63% 92% 25% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 SFG NL 32 533 61% 77% 27% 48 90% 0 13 9 3 1 34 29 5 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 34 2864 58% 80% 28% 244 88% 1 67 50 7 10 168 135 25 2 6 16 0 11 5 12 14 9 0 9 5 3 1 12 42%
1962 WSA AL 35 1430 62% 80% 28% 132 86% 1 32 24 6 2 88 66 19 0 1 5 0 3 2 3 12 10 1 12 0 0 0 5 40%
8 Seasons 6992 59% 80% 27% 604 88% 2 182 138 23 21 399 317 65 3 11 30 0 20 10 22 41 29 2 33 7 5 1 25 52%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

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%
1954 MLN NL 27 189 57% 85% 23% 12 100% 0 42 8 34 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
1 Season 189 57% 85% 23% 12 100% 0 42 8 34 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

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
1954 MLN NL 27 14 50% 57% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 28 29 69% 83% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 MLN NL 29 4 75% 100% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 47 64% 77% 23% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

* 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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