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Tom O'Rourke

Thomas Joseph O'Rourke

Position: Catcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: October, 1865 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1887
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Stars/Giants 1887-1890

Final Game: August 1, 1890
Died: July 19, 1929 in New York, NY
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1887 BSN NL 21 C 21 139 80 28 31 3 .777 5.14 .906 6.12 16
1887 BSN NL 21 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .870 3.40
1887 BSN NL 21 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1888 BSN NL 22 C 20 143 89 37 17 1 .881 6.30 .912 6.83 14
1888 BSN NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1890 TOT MLB 24 C 42 281 201 53 27 6 .904 6.05 .925 6.47 40 125 49 28% 38%
1890 NYG NL 24 C 2 22 14 5 3 0 .864 9.50 .926 6.10 5 5 5 50% 37%
1890 SYR AA 24 C 40 259 187 48 24 6 .907 5.88 .925 6.49 35 120 44 27% 38%
1890 SYR AA 24 1B 1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00 .973 10.30
3 Seasons C 83 563 370 118 75 10 .867 5.88 .917 6.47 70 125 49 28% 38%
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.95 0-0-2
1 Season 1B 1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00 .973 10.30
1 Season 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .870 3.40
3 Seasons TOT 87 579 383 120 76 10 .869 5.78 .918 6.37 0-0-2 70 125 49 28% 38%
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
1887 BSN NL 21 22 22 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1888 BSN NL 22 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1890 SYR AA 24 41 41 0 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 NYG NL 24 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 85 85 0 83 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 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

Passed Balls s c a p y
1890 AA  35 (5th)

                                         

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