John O'Donoghue
John Eugene O'Donoghue
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 7, 1939 in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1963
Final Game: June 22, 1971
Relatives: Father of John O'Donoghue
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 KCA AL 23 P 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 0.80
1964 KCA AL 24 P 39 32 173.2 38 8 27 3 4 .921 1.81 0.90 .958 1.90 0.72
1965 KCA AL 25 P 34 30 177.2 48 8 36 4 2 .917 2.23 1.29 .952 2.04 0.75 AS
1966 CLE AL 26 P 32 13 108.0 29 5 24 0 0 1.000 2.42 0.91 .948 1.99 0.75
1967 CLE AL 27 P 33 17 130.2 42 7 35 0 3 1.000 2.89 1.27 .955 1.96 0.74
1968 BAL AL 28 P 16 0 22.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.31 .960 1.88 0.73
1969 SEP AL 29 P 55 0 69.2 13 3 9 1 2 .923 1.55 0.22 .954 1.89 0.69
1970 TOT MLB 30 P 34 3 45.2 14 2 11 1 2 .929 2.56 0.38 .950 1.85 0.68
1970 MIL AL 30 P 25 0 23.1 10 2 7 1 1 .900 3.47 0.36 .950 1.85 0.67
1970 MON NL 30 P 9 3 22.1 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.61 0.44 .950 1.85 0.71
1971 MON NL 31 P 13 0 17.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.31 .950 1.92 0.78
9 Seasons P 257 96 750.2 193 35 149 9 13 .953 2.21 0.72 .953 1.95 0.72
9 Seasons TOT 257 96 750.2 193 35 149 9 13 .953 2.21 0.72 .907 1.95 0.72

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
1963 KCA AL 23 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 24 40 32 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 KCA AL 25 39 30 39 39 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1966 CLE AL 26 32 13 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CLE AL 27 33 17 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL AL 28 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 29 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIL AL 30 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MON NL 30 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MON NL 31 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 263 96 263 263 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 KCA AL 23 26 88% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 24 798 82% 34% 32 91% 0 7 1 4 28 23 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 7 71%
1965 KCA AL 25 791 81% 31% 36 94% 0 8 1 7 37 28 2 4 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 6 83%
1966 CLE AL 26 453 83% 32% 26 100% 0 4 0 2 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1967 CLE AL 27 540 79% 32% 38 92% 0 10 1 8 35 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 7 86%
1968 BAL AL 28 103 83% 25% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1969 SEP AL 29 307 71% 26% 9 89% 0 3 0 3 8 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1970 MIL AL 30 112 80% 29% 8 88% 0 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1970 MON NL 30 95 80% 31% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1971 MON NL 31 80 83% 35% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3305 80% 32% 160 93% 0 36 4 27 149 119 13 9 1 2 6 6 14 8 11 3 33 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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