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John O'Rourke

John W. O'Rourke

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 23, 1849 in Bridgeport, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Metropolitans 1879-1883

Final Game: September 10, 1883
Died: June 23, 1911 in Boston, MA
Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, CT
Relatives: Brother of Jim O'Rourke and Uncle of Queenie O'Rourke
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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 G Awards
1879 BSN NL 29 OF 71 178 147 10 21 2 .882 2.21 .838 1.89 0-70-1
1880 BSN NL 30 OF 81 201 156 19 26 0 .871 2.16 .855 1.85 3-78-1
1883 NYP AA 33 OF 76 125 95 12 18 2 .856 1.41 .851 1.80 0-76-0
1883 NYP AA 33 1B 1 12 9 0 3 0 .750 9.00 .951 10.70
3 Seasons OF 228 504 398 41 65 4 .871 1.93 .848 1.85 3-224-2
1 Season 1B 1 12 9 0 3 0 .750 9.00 .951 10.70
3 Seasons TOT 229 516 407 41 68 4 .868 1.96 .850 1.88 3-224-2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
1879 BSN NL 29 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 1 71 0
1880 BSN NL 30 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 78 1 81 0
1883 NYP AA 33 77 77 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 76 0 76 0
3 Seasons 230 230 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 224 2 228 0
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

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1880 NL  81 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1879 NL  147 (4th)
1880 NL  156 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1880 NL  26 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1879 NL  2.21 (3rd)
1880 NL  2.16 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1879 NL  born 1849-08-23 (10th)
1880 NL  born 1849-08-23 (9th)
1883 AA  born 1849-08-23 (5th)

                                         

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