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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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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

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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 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 (1221st)

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--10.940--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1057), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 1, 1949: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and $50,000. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Jack Cassini (October 11, 1949) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 26, 1953: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Milwaukee Braves for Larry Lasalle (minors), Sid Gordon, Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Max Surkont, Fred Waters and $100,000.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Ray Crone and Bobby Thomson to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.

April 12, 1960: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

January 7, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

December 7, 1962: Released by the Washington Senators.

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