Bob O'Farrell

Robert Arthur O'Farrell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL
High School: Waukegan HS (Waukegan, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1915
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Cardinals/Reds 1915-1935

Final Game: September 23, 1935
Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL
Buried: North Shore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, IL
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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1915	CHC	NL	18	C	2				3	1	1	1	0	.667		1.00	.973		6.20	0		1	1	50%	46%
1916	CHC	NL	19	C	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.30	0		0	0
1917	CHC	NL	20	C	3				10	9	1	0	1	1.000		3.33	.975		5.97	0		2	1	33%	44%
1918	CHC	NL	21	C	45	25	23		155	115	36	4	4	.974		3.36	.974		5.25	4		29	24	45%	44%
1919	CHC	NL	22	C	38	30	29		173	119	48	6	4	.965		4.39	.972		5.39	2		28	29	51%	44%
1920	CHC	NL	23	C	86	75	70		436	317	100	19	6	.956		4.85	.968		5.31	6		64	51	44%	46%
1921	CHC	NL	24	C	90	71	65		368	269	87	12	8	.967		3.96	.971		4.87	3		45	49	52%	49%
1922	CHC	NL	25	C	125	119	106		603	446	143	14	22	.977		4.71	.974		4.63	3		45	83	65%	46%
1923	CHC	NL	26	C	124	122	114		549	418	118	13	11	.976		4.32	.976		4.66	7		61	57	48%	44%
1924	CHC	NL	27	C	57	53	49		248	204	40	4	5	.984		4.28	.981		4.78	1		30	31	51%	47%
1925	TOT	NL	28	C	95	93	85		407	330	67	10	5	.975		4.18	.970		4.45	3		42	34	45%	44%
1925	CHC	NL	28	C	3	2	2		6	6	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		4.47	0		2	0	0%	44%
1925	STL	NL	28	C	92	91	83		401	324	67	10	5	.975		4.25	.970		4.45	3		40	34	46%	44%
1926	STL	NL	29	C	146	142	124		593	466	117	10	12	.983		3.99	.971		4.39	4		52	53	50%	43%		MVP-1
1927	STL	NL	30	C	53	51	40		190	141	45	4	5	.979		3.51	.974		4.43	1		29	22	43%	39%
1928	TOT	NL	31	C	77	49	44		233	199	31	3	2	.987		2.99	.979		4.42	1		25	13	34%	45%
1928	STL	NL	31	C	14	14	14		66	61	4	1	1	.985		4.64	.979		4.42	0		10	2	17%	45%
1928	NYG	NL	31	C	63	35	30		167	138	27	2	1	.988		2.62	.979		4.42	1		15	11	42%	45%
1929	NYG	NL	32	C	84	60	58		282	254	22	6	2	.979		3.29	.974		4.34	3		29	8	22%	42%
1930	NYG	NL	33	C	69	61	58		301	259	34	8	6	.973		4.25	.976		4.57	4		24	19	44%	44%
1931	NYG	NL	34	C	80	43	38		255	223	27	5	1	.980		3.13	.980		4.64	3		16	13	45%	46%
1932	NYG	NL	35	C	41	13	11		97	85	9	3	2	.969		2.29	.979		4.66	0		4	5	56%	45%
1933	STL	NL	36	C	50	45	38		237	211	19	7	1	.970		4.60	.982		4.35	3		20	10	33%	46%
1934	TOT	NL	37	C	64	54	44		253	217	35	1	4	.996		3.94	.985		4.85	6		14	14	50%	44%
1934	CIN	NL	37	C	42	36	33		150	124	25	1	2	.993		3.55	.985		4.85	6		7	10	59%	44%
1934	CHC	NL	37	C	22	18	11		103	93	10	0	2	1.000		4.68	.985		4.85	0		7	4	36%	44%
1935	STL	NL	38	C	8	0	0		12	12	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.976		4.78	0		0	0
	21 Seasons			C	1338	1106	996		5405	4295	980	130	101	.976		3.94	.975		4.67	54		560	517	48%	45%
	21 Seasons			TOT	1338	1106	996		5405	4295	980	130	101	.976		3.94	.975		4.67	54		560	517	48%	45%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	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.

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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

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1915	CHC	NL	18	2		2		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	CHC	NL	19	1		1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	CHC	NL	20	3		3		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	CHC	NL	21	52		52		0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	CHC	NL	22	49	30	49	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1920	CHC	NL	23	94	75	94	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1921	CHC	NL	24	96	71	96	90	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1922	CHC	NL	25	128	119	128	125	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1923	CHC	NL	26	131	122	131	124	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1924	CHC	NL	27	71	53	71	56	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1925	STL	NL	28	94	91	94	92	0	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1925	CHC	NL	28	17	2	17	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1926	STL	NL	29	147	142	147	146	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1927	STL	NL	30	61	51	61	53	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1928	NYG	NL	31	75	35	75	63	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1928	STL	NL	31	16	14	16	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1929	NYG	NL	32	91	60	91	84	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1930	NYG	NL	33	94	61	94	69	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
1931	NYG	NL	34	85	43	85	80	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1932	NYG	NL	35	51	13	51	42	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1933	STL	NL	36	55	45	55	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1934	CIN	NL	37	44	36	44	42	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1934	CHC	NL	37	22	18	22	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	STL	NL	38	14	0	14	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	21 Seasons			1493	1081	1493	1287	0	1338	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%) 1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%) 1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)	Awards (yr lg award) 1926 NL MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1926 NL (1, 99%) 1 MVP 0.99 Career Shares (244th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1922 NL 125 (1st) 1923 NL 124 (1st) 1925 NL 95 (5th) 1926 NL 146 (1st) Career 1,338 (48th)
Putouts as C s c a p y 1920 NL 317 (5th) 1922 NL 446 (1st) 1923 NL 418 (2nd) 1925 NL 330 (3rd) 1926 NL 466 (1st)	Assists as C s c a p y 1922 NL 143 (1st) 1923 NL 118 (1st) 1925 NL 67 (5th) 1926 NL 117 (2nd) Career 980 (52nd)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1920 NL 19 (2nd) 1921 NL 12 (5th) 1922 NL 14 (3rd) 1923 NL 13 (2nd) 1926 NL 10 (5th) 1933 NL 7 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1934 NL 6 (5th)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1922 NL 45 (5th) 1923 NL 61 (5th) 1926 NL 52 (2nd)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1922 NL 83 (1st) 1923 NL 57 (4th) 1926 NL 53 (2nd) Career 517 (61st)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1919 NL 50.9 (3rd) 1922 NL 64.8 (1st) 1926 NL 50.5 (5th) Career 48.0 (35th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1920 NL 4.85 (3rd) 1922 NL 4.71 (1st) 1923 NL 4.32 (4th) 1925 NL 4.18 (3rd) 1926 NL 3.99 (4th)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1922 NL .977 (5th) 1925 NL .975 (4th) 1926 NL .983 (4th) 1928 NL .987 (2nd) 1929 NL .979 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1935 NL born 1896-10-19 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1915 NL born 1896-10-19 (3rd) 1916 NL born 1896-10-19 (3rd) 1917 NL born 1896-10-19 (4th)

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