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Bob O'Farrell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL us

Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL

Buried: North Shore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, IL

High School: Waukegan HS (Waukegan, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1915 (Age 18-321d, 4,403rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1935 (Age 38-339d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: Robert Arthur O'Farrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.5

4101

1120

.273

517

RBI

549

OBP

.360

SLG

.388

OPS

.748

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
3	4	Apr 21	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	6	Apr 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	7	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	8	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	10	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS	32	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
10	11	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 1	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	7	2	0	9	1
12	13	May 2	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	14	May 3	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	15	May 4	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	May 6	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	21 (4)	May 11	CIN		BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	22	May 12	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	23	May 13	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
19	24	May 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	25	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	26	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	27	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
23	33 (5)	May 30 (1)	CIN		STL	L,6-9	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	36 (2)	Jun 1	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	37	Jun 2	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	38	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	39	Jun 6 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	40	Jun 6 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	41	Jun 7	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	46 (4)	Jun 13	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	47	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	48	Jun 15	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	49	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,10-9	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	66 (16)	Jul 1 (2)	CIN		STL	T,2-2	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	74 (7)	Jul 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	75	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-9	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	80 (4)	Jul 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
38	84 (3)	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	85	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	86	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
41	87	Jul 23	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	90 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs
43	104	Aug 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	107	Aug 10	CHC	@	STL	L,3-17	GS	33	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	108	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	GF	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	109	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
48	110	Aug 12 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	111	Aug 14	CHC		BSN	L,2-15	CG	52	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
50	115 (3)	Aug 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	GS	25	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
51	116	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	127 (10)	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,1-7	GF	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	129 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	131 (1)	Sep 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	134 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	137 (2)	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	138	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS	31	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	141 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	143 (1)	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-9	GF	17	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	145 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	148 (2)	Sep 25	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
62	149	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	150	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	152 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
							64gm		466.0	217	35	1	253	4