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Frank O'Rourke
James Francis O'Rourke (Blackie)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 28, 1894 in Hamilton, ON, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1912
Final Game: July 28, 1931
Died: May 14, 1986 in Chatham, 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
1912 17 BSN NL 61 216 196 11 24 3 1 0 16 1 11 50 .122 .177 .148 .325 -11 29 2 7 6/5
1917 22 BRO NL 64 221 198 18 47 7 1 0 15 11 14 25 .237 .294 .283 .577 75 56 2 7 5
1918 23 BRO NL 4 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 22 2 0 0 /4O
1920 25 WSH AL 14 58 54 8 16 1 0 0 5 2 1 2 5 .296 .321 .315 .636 71 17 0 2 6/5
1921 26 WSH AL 123 486 444 51 104 17 8 3 54 6 7 26 56 .234 .287 .329 .616 60 146 7 9 *6
1922 27 BOS AL 67 246 216 28 57 14 3 1 17 6 6 20 28 .264 .335 .370 .705 84 80 3 7 65
1924 29 DET AL 47 206 181 28 50 11 2 0 19 7 4 12 19 .276 .332 .359 .691 80 65 3 10 4/6
1925 30 DET AL 124 554 482 88 141 40 7 5 57 5 8 32 37 .293 .350 .436 .786 100 210 11 29 *4/5
1926 31 DET AL 111 422 363 43 88 16 1 1 41 8 6 35 33 .242 .321 .300 .621 62 109 7 17 546
1927 32 SLB AL 140 627 538 85 144 25 3 1 39 18 8 64 43 .268 .358 .331 .689 78 178 12 13 *54/3 MVP-13
1928 33 SLB AL 99 438 391 54 103 24 3 1 62 10 2 21 19 .263 .303 .348 .650 68 136 1 25 5/6
1929 34 SLB AL 154 659 585 81 147 23 9 2 62 14 7 41 28 .251 .306 .332 .637 61 194 5 28 *5/46
1930 35 SLB AL 115 450 400 52 107 15 4 1 41 11 9 35 30 .268 .326 .333 .659 66 133 0 15 56/3
1931 36 SLB AL 8 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 16 2 0 1 /63
14 Seasons 1131 4606 4069 547 1032 196 42 15 430 100 59 314 377 .254 .315 .333 .649 69 1357 53 170
162 Game Avg. 162 660 583 78 148 28 6 2 62 14 45 54 .254 .315 .333 .649 69 194 8 24
SLB (5 yrs) 516 2184 1923 272 503 87 19 5 204 54 27 161 121 .262 .324 .334 .659 68 643 18 82
DET (3 yrs) 282 1182 1026 159 279 67 10 6 117 20 18 79 89 .272 .337 .374 .711 83 384 21 56
WSH (2 yrs) 137 544 498 59 120 18 8 3 59 8 8 28 61 .241 .291 .327 .618 61 163 7 11
BRO (2 yrs) 68 234 210 18 49 7 1 0 17 11 15 28 .233 .291 .276 .567 72 58 2 7
BSN (1 yr) 61 216 196 11 24 3 1 0 16 1 11 50 .122 .177 .148 .325 -11 29 2 7
BOS (1 yr) 67 246 216 28 57 14 3 1 17 6 6 20 28 .264 .335 .370 .705 84 80 3 7
AL (11 yrs) 1002 4156 3663 518 959 186 40 15 397 88 59 288 299 .262 .324 .347 .671 72 1270 49 156
NL (3 yrs) 129 450 406 29 73 10 2 0 33 12 26 78 .180 .236 .214 .451 30 87 4 14

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 BSN NL 17 SS 59 283 92 167 24 16 .915 4.39 .932 4.93
1912 BSN NL 17 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 3.00
1917 BRO NL 22 3B 58 216 72 134 10 6 .954 3.55 .941 3.04
1918 BRO NL 23 2B 2 14 2 10 2 1 .857 6.00 .964 5.10
1918 BRO NL 23 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.10 0-0-0
1920 WSH AL 25 SS 13 84 35 45 4 12 .952 6.15 .944 5.00
1920 WSH AL 25 3B 1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 .940 3.40
1921 WSH AL 26 SS 122 704 272 377 55 52 .922 5.32 .942 5.15
1922 BOS AL 27 SS 49 242 86 134 22 17 .909 4.49 .948 5.03
1922 BOS AL 27 3B 20 50 12 36 2 1 .960 2.40 .950 3.24
1924 DET AL 29 2B 40 263 115 140 8 27 .970 6.38 .966 5.39
1924 DET AL 29 SS 7 40 12 25 3 1 .925 5.29 .950 4.83
1925 DET AL 30 2B 118 712 309 382 21 67 .971 5.86 .962 5.31
1925 DET AL 30 3B 6 17 7 9 1 0 .941 2.67 .947 3.02
1926 DET AL 31 3B 60 218 83 121 14 18 .936 3.40 .952 3.14
1926 DET AL 31 2B 41 241 98 135 8 25 .967 5.68 .967 5.33
1926 DET AL 31 SS 10 17 9 7 1 0 .941 1.60 .947 4.64
1927 SLB AL 32 3B 121 447 183 244 20 27 .955 3.53 .952 3.07 MVP-13
1927 SLB AL 32 2B 16 107 53 51 3 18 .972 6.50 .961 5.33 MVP-13
1927 SLB AL 32 1B 3 14 10 4 0 2 1.000 4.67 .986 10.27 MVP-13
1928 SLB AL 33 3B 96 327 150 162 15 13 .954 3.25 .951 3.05
1928 SLB AL 33 SS 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 4.75
1929 SLB AL 34 3B 151 438 171 242 25 30 .943 2.74 .953 2.90
1929 SLB AL 34 2B 3 10 6 4 0 1 1.000 3.33 .970 5.47
1929 SLB AL 34 SS 2 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 8.00 .931 4.65
1930 SLB AL 35 3B 84 280 116 150 14 16 .950 3.17 .945 2.84
1930 SLB AL 35 SS 23 126 40 82 4 13 .968 5.30 .938 4.56
1930 SLB AL 35 1B 3 15 11 3 1 2 .933 4.67 .987 9.53
1931 SLB AL 36 SS 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 .925 4.75
1931 SLB AL 36 1B 1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00 .993 9.70
10 Seasons 3B 598 2001 798 1101 102 111 .949 3.18 .950 3.00
10 Seasons SS 289 1519 555 851 113 112 .926 4.87 .941 5.00
6 Seasons 2B 220 1347 583 722 42 139 .969 5.93 .963 5.33
3 Seasons 1B 7 43 35 7 1 4 .977 6.00 .988 9.87
1 Season OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.10 0-0-0
14 Seasons TOT 1115 4912 1972 2682 258 366 .947 4.17 .899 4.02 0-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1927-AL-13-9%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 AL--154--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1929 AL--585--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1925 AL--40--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 AL--64--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1921 AL--56--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1927 AL--18--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 AL--7--8th
1925 AL--11--2nd
1926 AL--7--7th
1927 AL--12--1st
1929 AL--5--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1925 AL--29--5th
1928 AL--25--7th
1929 AL--28--3rd
Career--170--119th

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 AL--473--2nd

Oldest s c a p y
1931 AL--born 1894-11-28--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1912 NL--born 1894-11-28--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1503), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1912: Purchased by the Boston Braves from Bridgeport (Connecticut State).

July, 1917: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from Utica (New York State).

May 8, 1918: Purchased by New London (Eastern) from the Brooklyn Robins. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August, 1920: Traded by Toronto (International) to the Washington Senators for Molly Craft, Bill Snyder and cash.

January 10, 1922: Traded by the Washington Senators with Joe Dugan to the Boston Red Sox for Roger Peckinpaugh.

October 24, 1922: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Red Sox.

January 15, 1927: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Otto Miller, Billy Mullen and Lefty Stewart to the St. Louis Browns for Pinky Hargrave, Bobby LaMotte and Marty McManus.

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