Don O'Riley

Donald Lee O'Riley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 12, 1945 in Topeka, KS
High School: Northeast HS (Kansas City, MO)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1969
Team: Royals 1969-1970

Final Game: August 1, 1970
Died: May 2, 1997 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, MO
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1965	20	OAK-min	A	7	1	.875	2.01	39	4					94.0	69	30	21	4	56								1.330	6.6	0.4	5.4			BUR · MIDW
1966	21	OAK-min	A	6	9	.400	3.34	33	4					89.0	88	48	33	5	52								1.573	8.9	0.5	5.3			BUR · MIDW
1967	22	OAK-min	A,AA	3	4	.429	2.09	45	0					82.0	66	26	19	3	40		77						1.293	7.2	0.3	4.4	8.5	1.93	PNS,BIR · CARL,SOUL
1968	23	OAK-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.26	49	1		0	0		102.0	97	49	37	9	36	2	64	4	0	9			1.304	8.6	0.8	3.2	5.6	1.78	VAN · PCL
1969	24	KCR-min	AAA	12	5	.706	3.94	20	18		10	0	0	137.0	149	69	60	9	46	1	81	4	0	7			1.423	9.8	0.6	3.0	5.3	1.76	OMA · AA
1969	24	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	6.94	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	32	23	18	0	15	2	10	0	0	3	121	54	2.014	12.3	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67
1970	25	KCR-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.60	17	17		3	1	0	110.0	102	54	44	8	50	1	68	5	0	4			1.382	8.3	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.36	OMA · AA
1970	25	KCR	AL	0	0		5.40	9	2	5	0	0	0	23.1	26	15	14	5	9	0	13	1	0	3	106	70	1.500	10.0	1.9	3.5	5.0	1.44
1971		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1972	27	ATL-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.66	19	18		1	1	0	96.0	80	51	39	4	46	1	61	2	0	13			1.312	7.5	0.4	4.3	5.7	1.33	RMD · IL
1973	28	ATL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	18	1		0	0	2	36.0	50	30	24	4	18	2	25	3	0	4			1.889	12.5	1.0	4.5	6.2	1.39	RMD · IL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	6.17	27	2	10	0	0	1	46.2	58	38	32	5	24	2	23	1	0	6	227	61	1.757	11.2	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.96
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	6.17	63	5	23	0	0	2	110	136	89	75	12	56	5	54	2	0	14	532	61	1.757	11.2	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1969	24	KCR	AL	23.1	18	0	23	8.87	4.07	-0.11	-0.17	101.4	4.07	-12	-1.3	1.4	-0.3	-1.4	-10	.429	.492	$5,400
1970	25	KCR	AL	23.1	9	2	15	5.79	4.18	0.02	-0.07	102.0	4.18	-4	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.453	.497	$10,000
2 Seasons				46.2	27	2	38	7.33	4.13	-0.05	-0.12	101.7	4.13	-16	-1.7	1.0	-0.2	-1.5	-12	.437	.495	$15,400

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1969	24	KCR	AL	18	120	102	23	32	7	0	0	2	0	15	10	.314	.398	.382	.781	.344	39	1	0	2	1	2	3
1970	25	KCR	AL	9	107	94	15	26	4	0	5	2	0	9	13	.277	.343	.479	.822	.273	45	2	1	1	1	0	3
2 Yrs				27	227	196	38	58	11	0	5	4	0	24	23	.296	.372	.429	.801	.312	84	3	1	3	2	2	6
162 Game Avg.				63	532	460	89	136	26	0	12	9	0	56	54	.296	.372	.429	.801	.312	197	7	2	7	5	5	14
MLB Averages																.251	.323	.377	.700	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	24	KCR	AL	-9.4	-1.0	125	-0.4	2.1	-2.5	1.30	-0.6	0.3	-11.7	-1.2	1.30	-7.4	6	4	7
1970	25	KCR	AL	-3.9	-0.4	113	-0.0	0.9	-1.0	.51	-0.5	0.4	-3.5	-0.4	0.51	-4.7	0	0	7
2 Yrs				-13.3	-1.4	238	-0.4	3.1	-3.5	.93	-1.1	0.6	-15.2	-1.5	0.93	-12.1	6	4	14

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1970	25	KCR	AL	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0%	40.0	40	40	5	3	1	1	6.5	7.4	4.8
1 Yr				9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0%	40	40	40	5	3	1	1	6.5	7.4	4.8
MLB Averages													.500						54%	53	104	4					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	24	KCR	AL	18	18	5	1	1	1	1	100%	3	2	13	5	38%	7	1.305	6	4	7	5	3	10	7	11	10	4	11	1	3.9
1970	25	KCR	AL	9	7	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	.512	0	0	7	0	0	7	1	6	4	2	4	1	5.9
2 Yrs				27	25	10	1	1	1	1	100%	3	2	15	6	40%		.931	6	4	14	5	3	17	8	17	14	6	15	2	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	24	KCR	AL	120	63%	0.0%	8.3%	12.5%	5.8%	22%	1.61	78%	28	1	4%
1970	25	KCR	AL	107	60%	4.7%	12.2%	8.4%	8.4%	35%	1.28	72%	17	2	12%
2 Yrs				227	62%	2.2%	10.1%	10.6%	7.1%	28%	1.44	75%	45	3	7%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.2%	9.2%	6.2%	28%	1.10	72%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1969	24	KCR	AL	120	32			0	0	8	0	0	0	0	16	8	2	50%	3	3	0	49	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1970	25	KCR	AL	107	26			5	0	1	3	2	0	5	5	2	1	40%	3	3	0	39	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2 Yrs				227	58			5	0	9	3	2	0	5	21	10	3	48%	6	6	0	88	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1969	24	1	1	.500	6.94	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	32	23	18	0	15	2	10	0	0	3	121	54	2.014	12.3	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67	54
1970	25	1	1	.500	6.17	27	2	10	0	0	1	46.2	58	38	32	5	24	2	23	1	0	6	227	61	1.757	11.2	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.96	61

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1969	24	0	2	.000	7.50	24.0	33	22	20	0	15	10	0	2.000	12.4	5.6	3.8	0.67	0.0	18
1970	25	1	1	.500	5.87	23.0	27	17	15	5	9	13	1	1.565	10.6	3.5	5.1	1.44	2.0	9
2 Yrs		1	3	.250	6.70	47.0	60	39	35	5	24	23	1	1.787	11.5		4.4	0.96	1.0	27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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