Jim O'Rourke
James Henry O'Rourke (Orator Jim)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1850 in Bridgeport, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1872
Final Game: September 22, 1904
Died: January 8, 1919 in Bridgeport, CT
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1945.
Relatives: Brother of John O'Rourke and Father of Queenie O'Rourke
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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 LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1872 MAN NA 21 SS 16 96 16 54 26 1 .729 4.38 .788 4.62
1872 MAN NA 21 C 8 37 21 5 11 1 .703 3.25 .873 5.03 0
1872 MAN NA 21 3B 2 11 7 3 1 0 .909 5.00 .709 4.30
1873 BOS NA 22 1B 32 394 350 11 33 18 .916 11.28 .929 10.20
1873 BOS NA 22 OF 22 34 19 4 11 0 .676 1.05 .835 1.91 0-0-22
1873 BOS NA 22 C 9 35 27 4 4 2 .886 3.44 .831 4.60 0
1874 BOS NA 23 1B 70 813 755 12 46 40 .943 10.96 .931 10.21
1875 BOS NA 24 OF 45 100 72 8 20 1 .800 1.78 .822 1.77 0-44-1
1875 BOS NA 24 3B 27 115 26 55 34 3 .704 3.00 .783 3.53
1875 BOS NA 24 1B 6 48 44 0 4 1 .917 7.33 .938 10.28
1875 BOS NA 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0
1876 BSN NL 25 OF 68 188 154 7 27 1 .856 2.37 .845 2.03 9-60-0
1876 BSN NL 25 1B 2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 8.00 .941 10.30
1876 BSN NL 25 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1
1877 BSN NL 26 OF 60 143 112 9 22 0 .846 2.02 .828 1.84 23-35-3
1877 BSN NL 26 1B 1 7 6 0 1 2 .857 6.00 .957 10.60
1878 BSN NL 27 OF 57 136 102 15 19 4 .860 2.05 .829 1.72 0-57-0
1878 BSN NL 27 1B 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .950 11.40
1878 BSN NL 27 C 2 17 12 2 3 1 .824 7.00 .900 6.55 5
1879 PRO NL 28 OF 56 79 51 11 17 2 .785 1.11 .848 1.85 2-0-56
1879 PRO NL 28 1B 20 231 219 1 11 4 .952 11.00 .953 10.89
1879 PRO NL 28 C 5 46 32 9 5 0 .891 8.20 .889 6.24 4
1879 PRO NL 28 3B 3 9 0 8 1 0 .889 2.67 .822 3.33
1880 BSN NL 29 OF 37 75 57 11 7 1 .907 1.84 .847 1.76 15-4-19
1880 BSN NL 29 1B 19 156 141 4 11 11 .929 7.63 .960 10.24
1880 BSN NL 29 SS 17 90 20 56 14 4 .844 4.47 .887 4.31
1880 BSN NL 29 3B 10 35 17 15 3 2 .914 3.20 .846 3.31
1880 BSN NL 29 C 9 52 32 11 9 0 .827 4.78 .902 6.37 10
1881 BUF NL 30 3B 56 201 85 80 36 8 .821 2.95 .866 3.52
1881 BUF NL 30 OF 18 35 27 5 3 0 .914 1.78 .866 2.00 18-0-0
1881 BUF NL 30 C 8 45 30 7 8 0 .822 4.63 .920 5.94 9
1881 BUF NL 30 SS 3 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 4.53
1881 BUF NL 30 1B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 10.40
1882 BUF NL 31 OF 81 179 140 15 24 3 .866 1.91 .853 1.88 5-77-0
1882 BUF NL 31 C 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .900 6.50 3
1882 BUF NL 31 SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .800 4.35
1882 BUF NL 31 3B 1 5 3 0 2 0 .600 3.00 .880 3.50
1883 BUF NL 32 OF 61 112 89 8 15 0 .866 1.59 .846 1.86 60-1-0
1883 BUF NL 32 C 33 175 128 34 13 0 .926 4.91 .878 5.85 30
1883 BUF NL 32 3B 8 18 6 6 6 2 .667 1.50 .861 3.22
1883 BUF NL 32 SS 3 21 3 13 5 0 .762 5.33 .867 4.53
1883 BUF NL 32 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.95
1884 BUF NL 33 OF 86 132 112 6 14 2 .894 1.37 .863 1.76 86-0-0
1884 BUF NL 33 1B 18 223 208 1 14 8 .937 11.61 .963 10.32
1884 BUF NL 33 C 10 38 27 11 0 1 1.000 3.80 .882 7.02 4
1884 BUF NL 33 P 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 2.12
1884 BUF NL 33 3B 1 8 3 3 2 1 .750 6.00 .862 3.10
1885 NYG NL 34 OF 112 183 162 10 11 0 .940 1.54 .873 1.82 0-112-0
1885 NYG NL 34 C 8 27 20 3 4 0 .852 2.88 .896 6.36 7
1886 NYG NL 35 OF 63 121 101 11 9 1 .926 1.78 .886 1.71 1-62-0
1886 NYG NL 35 C 47 352 250 83 19 3 .946 7.09 .916 6.74 48
1886 NYG NL 35 1B 2 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 10.00 .965 10.25
1887 NYG NL 36 C 40 228 137 66 25 4 .890 5.08 .907 5.91 37
1887 NYG NL 36 3B 38 114 46 50 18 2 .842 2.53 .875 3.37
1887 NYG NL 36 OF 28 72 60 7 5 1 .931 2.39 .876 1.92 19-6-3
1887 NYG NL 36 2B 2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 .900 5.80
1888 NYG NL 37 OF 87 149 130 13 6 1 .960 1.64 .901 1.90 75-3-9
1888 NYG NL 37 C 15 104 77 22 5 0 .952 6.60 .908 6.72 14
1888 NYG NL 37 1B 4 46 43 2 1 3 .978 11.25 .976 10.48
1888 NYG NL 37 3B 2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 2.00 .900 3.10
1889 NYG NL 38 OF 128 205 165 18 22 2 .893 1.43 .912 1.97 128-0-0
1889 NYG NL 38 C 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .900 5.70 0
1890 NYI PL 39 OF 111 215 175 25 15 3 .930 1.80 .901 2.06 10-1-100
1891 NYG NL 40 OF 126 235 195 18 22 1 .906 1.69 .912 1.88 126-1-0
1891 NYG NL 40 C 14 79 49 26 4 2 .949 5.36 .924 5.45 15
1892 NYG NL 41 OF 111 172 146 11 15 1 .913 1.41 .912 1.86 106-0-5
1892 NYG NL 41 C 4 21 14 6 1 0 .952 5.00 .933 5.58 2
1892 NYG NL 41 1B 1 9 8 0 1 1 .889 8.00 .978 10.40
1893 WHS NL 42 OF 87 205 174 16 15 2 .927 2.18 .914 2.14 87-0-0
1893 WHS NL 42 1B 33 305 277 19 9 15 .970 8.97 .978 10.46
1893 WHS NL 42 C 9 56 36 17 3 2 .946 5.89 .936 4.51 7
1904 NYG NL 53 C 1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00 .980 5.70 0
20 Seasons OF 1444 2770 2243 228 299 26 .892 1.71 .876 1.89 770-463-218
20 Seasons C 227 1327 903 309 115 16 .913 5.34 .904 6.05 196
14 Seasons 1B 211 2284 2100 52 132 104 .942 10.20 .946 10.35
10 Seasons 3B 148 522 194 223 105 18 .799 2.82 .844 3.45
5 Seasons SS 41 214 40 129 45 5 .790 4.12 .839 4.47
2 Seasons P 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 2.07
1 Season 2B 2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 .900 5.80
23 Seasons TOT 2079 7128 5485 947 696 170 .902 3.09 .803 3.37 770-463-218 196
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1872 MAN NA 21 23 23 23 0 8 0 0 2 16 0 0 0 0
1873 BOS NA 22 57 57 57 0 9 32 0 0 0 0 0 22 22
1874 BOS NA 23 70 70 70 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1875 BOS NA 24 75 75 75 0 1 6 0 27 0 0 44 1 45
1876 BSN NL 25 70 70 70 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 60 0 68
1877 BSN NL 26 61 61 61 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 35 3 60
1878 BSN NL 27 60 60 60 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 57 0 57
1879 PRO NL 28 81 81 81 0 5 20 0 3 0 2 0 56 56
1880 BSN NL 29 86 86 86 0 9 19 0 10 17 15 4 19 37
1881 BUF NL 30 83 83 83 0 8 1 0 56 3 18 0 0 18
1882 BUF NL 31 84 84 84 0 2 0 0 1 2 5 77 0 81
1883 BUF NL 32 94 94 94 2 33 0 0 8 3 60 1 0 61
1884 BUF NL 33 108 108 108 4 10 18 0 1 0 86 0 0 86
1885 NYG NL 34 112 112 112 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 112
1886 NYG NL 35 105 105 105 0 47 2 0 0 0 1 62 0 63
1887 NYG NL 36 103 103 103 0 40 0 2 38 0 19 6 3 28
1888 NYG NL 37 107 107 107 0 15 4 0 2 0 75 3 9 87
1889 NYG NL 38 128 128 128 0 1 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128
1890 NYI PL 39 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 100 111
1891 NYG NL 40 136 136 136 0 14 0 0 0 0 126 1 0 126
1892 NYG NL 41 115 115 115 0 4 1 0 0 0 106 0 5 111
1893 WHS NL 42 129 129 129 0 9 33 0 0 0 87 0 0 87
1904 NYG NL 53 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Seasons 1999 1999 1999 6 227 211 2 148 41 770 463 218 1444
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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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