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Bob O'Farrell
Robert Arthur O'Farrell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL
High School: Waukegan (Waukegan, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1915
Final Game: September 23, 1935
Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL
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Standard Batting

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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
1915 18 CHC NL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 102 1 0 0 /2
1916 19 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1917 20 CHC NL 3 9 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .375 .444 .625 1.069 216 5 0 0 /2
1918 21 CHC NL 52 125 113 9 32 7 3 1 14 0 10 15 .283 .347 .425 .772 133 48 1 1 2
1919 22 CHC NL 49 135 125 11 27 4 2 0 9 2 7 10 .216 .258 .280 .538 61 35 0 3 2
1920 23 CHC NL 94 312 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 1 0 34 23 .248 .332 .352 .684 95 95 0 8 2
1921 24 CHC NL 96 281 260 32 65 12 7 4 32 2 0 18 14 .250 .299 .396 .695 82 103 0 3 2
1922 25 CHC NL 128 481 392 68 127 18 8 4 60 5 3 79 34 .324 .439 .441 .880 126 173 1 9 *2
1923 26 CHC NL 131 526 452 73 144 25 4 12 84 10 3 67 38 .319 .408 .471 .879 131 213 1 6 *2
1924 27 CHC NL 71 221 183 25 44 6 2 3 28 2 0 30 13 .240 .347 .344 .692 85 63 0 8 2
1925 28 TOT NL 111 391 339 39 92 13 3 3 35 0 1 48 31 .271 .365 .354 .719 82 120 2 2 2
1925 28 CHC NL 17 24 22 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .182 .250 .273 .523 32 6 0 0 /2
1925 28 STL NL 94 367 317 37 88 13 2 3 32 0 1 46 26 .278 .373 .360 .732 86 114 2 2 2
1926 29 STL NL 147 567 492 63 144 30 9 7 68 1 61 44 .293 .371 .433 .804 112 213 0 14 *2 MVP-1
1927 30 STL NL 61 203 178 19 47 10 1 0 18 3 23 22 .264 .348 .331 .680 81 59 0 2 2
1928 31 TOT NL 91 240 185 29 37 7 0 2 24 4 47 25 .200 .362 .270 .632 67 50 0 8 2
1928 31 STL NL 16 65 52 6 11 1 0 0 4 2 13 9 .212 .369 .231 .600 59 12 0 0 2
1928 31 NYG NL 75 175 133 23 26 6 0 2 20 2 34 16 .195 .359 .286 .645 70 38 0 8 2
1929 32 NYG NL 91 282 248 35 76 14 3 4 42 3 28 30 .306 .384 .435 .819 102 108 3 3 2
1930 33 NYG NL 94 288 249 37 75 16 4 4 54 1 31 21 .301 .381 .446 .827 101 111 1 7 2
1931 34 NYG NL 85 197 174 11 39 8 3 1 19 0 21 23 .224 .311 .322 .633 72 56 1 1 2
1932 35 NYG NL 50 80 67 7 16 3 0 0 8 0 11 10 .239 .354 .284 .638 76 19 1 1 2
1933 36 STL NL 55 179 163 16 39 4 2 2 20 0 15 25 .239 .303 .325 .629 76 53 4 0 1 2
1934 37 TOT NL 66 210 190 13 45 11 3 1 14 0 14 30 .237 .289 .342 .631 70 65 6 0 6 2
1934 37 CIN NL 44 139 123 10 30 8 3 1 9 0 11 19 .244 .306 .382 .688 85 47 5 0 5 2
1934 37 CHC NL 22 71 67 3 15 3 0 0 5 0 3 11 .224 .257 .269 .526 42 18 1 0 1 2
1935 38 STL NL 14 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 1 0 0 /2
21 Seasons 1492 4742 4101 517 1120 201 58 51 549 35 7 547 408 .273 .360 .388 .748 98 1590 11 11 83
162 Game Avg. 162 515 445 56 122 22 6 6 60 4 59 44 .273 .360 .388 .748 98 173 1 9
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
CHC (12 yrs) 666 2188 1895 253 529 88 31 27 255 23 6 251 163 .279 .364 .401 .765 106 760 1 3 39
STL (6 yrs) 387 1393 1212 141 329 58 14 12 142 6 1 160 126 .271 .357 .372 .729 92 451 5 2 19
NYG (5 yrs) 395 1022 871 113 232 47 10 11 143 6 125 100 .266 .362 .381 .743 89 332 6 20
CIN (1 yr) 44 139 123 10 30 8 3 1 9 0 11 19 .244 .306 .382 .688 85 47 5 0 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1918 21 CHC NL WS BOS L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1926 29 STL NL WS NYY W 7 26 23 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .304 .346 .348 .694 8 0 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 29 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .269 .310 .308 .618 8 1 0 0 1 0
2 WS 10 29 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .269 .310 .308 .618 8 1 0 0 1 0

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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1915 CHC NL 18 C 2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00 .967 5.25 0
1916 CHC NL 19 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0
1917 CHC NL 20 C 3 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 3.33 .970 5.17 0
1918 CHC NL 21 C 45 155 115 36 4 3 .974 3.36 .974 4.60 4
1919 CHC NL 22 C 38 173 119 48 6 5 .965 4.39 .972 4.78 2
1920 CHC NL 23 C 86 436 317 100 19 6 .956 4.85 .968 4.59 6
1921 CHC NL 24 C 90 368 269 87 12 8 .967 3.96 .971 4.11 3
1922 CHC NL 25 C 125 603 446 143 14 22 .977 4.71 .974 4.04 3
1923 CHC NL 26 C 124 549 418 118 13 11 .976 4.32 .976 4.09 7
1924 CHC NL 27 C 57 248 204 40 4 5 .984 4.28 .981 4.11 1
1925 TOT NL 28 C 95 407 330 67 10 5 .975 4.18 .970 3.90 3
1925 CHC NL 28 C 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 3.90 0
1925 STL NL 28 C 92 401 324 67 10 5 .975 4.25 .970 3.90 3
1926 STL NL 29 C 146 593 466 117 10 12 .983 3.99 .971 3.73 4 MVP-1
1927 STL NL 30 C 53 190 141 45 4 5 .979 3.51 .974 3.84 1
1928 TOT NL 31 C 77 233 199 31 3 2 .987 2.99 .979 3.79 1
1928 STL NL 31 C 14 66 61 4 1 1 .985 4.64 .979 3.79 0
1928 NYG NL 31 C 63 167 138 27 2 1 .988 2.62 .979 3.79 1
1929 NYG NL 32 C 84 282 254 22 6 2 .979 3.29 .974 3.57 3
1930 NYG NL 33 C 69 301 259 34 8 6 .973 4.25 .976 4.05 4
1931 NYG NL 34 C 80 255 223 27 5 1 .980 3.13 .980 4.03 3
1932 NYG NL 35 C 41 97 85 9 3 2 .969 2.29 .979 3.98 0
1933 STL NL 36 C 50 237 211 19 7 1 .970 4.60 .982 3.75 3
1934 TOT NL 37 C 64 253 217 35 1 4 .996 3.94 .985 4.09 6
1934 CIN NL 37 C 42 150 124 25 1 2 .993 3.55 .985 4.09 6
1934 CHC NL 37 C 22 103 93 10 0 2 1.000 4.68 .984 4.09 0
1935 STL NL 38 C 8 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .975 4.18 0
21 Seasons C 1338 5405 4295 980 130 101 .976 3.94 .975 4.03 54
21 Seasons TOT 1338 5405 4295 980 130 101 .976 3.94 .951 4.03 54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1926-NL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-NL-1-99%
1 MVP
0.99 Career Shares (237th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1922 NL--.439--3rd
1923 NL--.408--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1922 NL--.880--10th
1923 NL--.879--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 NL--12--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1922 NL--79--2nd
1923 NL--67--6th
1926 NL--61--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1922 NL--126--7th
1923 NL--131--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1922 NL--20--10th
1923 NL--23--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1922 NL--1.9--10th
1923 NL--2.2--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1922 NL--.674--8th
1923 NL--.696--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1923 NL--10.9--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1923 NL--37.667--9th

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--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (533), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 20, 1917: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Peoria (Central) in the 1917 rule 5 draft.

May 23, 1925: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Howard Freigau and Mike Gonzalez.

May 1, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for George Harper.

October 10, 1932: Traded by the New York Giants with Ethan Allen, Jim Mooney and Bill Walker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gus Mancuso and Ray Starr.

January 11, 1934: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Syl Johnson to the Cincinnati Reds for Glenn Spencer.

July 27, 1934: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

August 6, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 9, 1935: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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