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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 51 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 17 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

4 Tms
CHC	27
STL	12
NYG	11
CIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	22

Outs
0	22
2	16
1	12
Unk	1

8 Opps
NYG	10
PHI	8
BRO	8
STL	7
CIN	7
BSN	6
PIT	3
CHC	2

44 Pitchers
Jack Bentley	2
Jimmy Ring	2
Jeff Pfeffer	2
Hal Schumacher	2
Win Ballou	2
Bill Sherdel	2
Erv Brame	2
Petie Behan	1
Fred Toney	1
Grover Alexander	1
Archie Campbell	1
Phil Douglas	1
Wilbur Cooper	1
Whitey Glazner	1
Fred Frankhouse	1
Jack Scott	1
Ray Benge	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Rosy Ryan	1
Hal Goldsmith	1
Eppa Rixey	1
Rube Benton	1
Bob McGraw	1
Lou North	1
Dolf Luque	1
Jakie May	1
Jesse Haines	1
Red Lucas	1
Al Mamaux	1
Joe Oeschger	1
Joe Genewich	1
Mule Watson	1
Lefty Weinert	1
Kyle Graham	1
Roy Parmelee	1
Hub Pruett	1
Dana Fillingim	1
Huck Betts	1
Percy Jones	1
Cactus Keck	1
Dazzy Vance	1
Clise Dudley	1
Earl Hamilton	1
Dutch Henry	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	19
Polo Grounds (NYC)	12
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	9
Baker Bowl (PHI)	4
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Robison Fld (STL)	1

Where Hit
9	23
7	17
8	5
89	1
78	1

3 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	11
-2-	5
12-	3
123	3
1-3	3
--3	2

91 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	23
1 on	18
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	27

Inning
1	5
2	13
3	2
4	9
5	5
6	3
7	6
8	3
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	17
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	13
-1	7
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	3
Unk	1

Ahead	22
Tied	13
Behind	15
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	51

OrderPos
8th	22
7th	13
4th	10
6th	3
5th	2
Unk	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1918	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1918-07-25 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Joe Oeschger	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.064	87%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1920-06-05	CHC	@	STL	Bill Sherdel	ahead 4-0	t 1	2	--3	2	8	2	0.078	93%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Deal Scores
3	3	2	1	1920-06-19	CHC	@	BRO	Al Mamaux	ahead 3-2	t 12	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.125	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; F. Merkle Scores
4	4	3	1	1920-09-22	CHC	@	NYG	Phil Douglas	behind 1-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.116	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1921-04-13	CHC		STL	Jesse Haines	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	1--	2	8	2	0.091	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Barber Scores
6	6	2	1	1921-06-18	CHC		NYG	Fred Toney	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.111	53%		Home Run (LF-CF)
7	7	3	1	1921-08-04	CHC		BSN	Mule Watson	behind 3-4	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.138	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	4	1	1921-08-06	CHC		NYG	Rosy Ryan	behind 1-3	b 4	2	123	4	8	2	0.415	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kelleher Scores; R. Grimes Scores; C. Deal Scores
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1922-07-29 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Lefty Weinert	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	2	8	2	0.134	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Krug Scores
10	10	2	1	1922-08-12	CHC	@	STL	Jeff Pfeffer	behind 3-4	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2	0.592	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Friberg Scores; M. Krug Scores
11	11	3	1	1922-08-25	CHC		PHI	Jimmy Ring	ahead 9-3	b 2	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.035	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Krug Scores/unER; B. O'Farrell Scores/unER
12	12	4	1	1922-08-30	CHC	@	STL	Lou North	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.082	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1923-05-11	CHC	@	NYG	Jack Scott	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.075	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1923-06-08	CHC		BSN	Dana Fillingim	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	2	0.067	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1923-06-14	CHC		BRO	Dazzy Vance	tied 0-0	b 1	0	123	4	4	2	0.155	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Statz Scores; C. Hollocher Scores; G. Grantham Scores
16	16	4	2	1923-06-14	CHC		BRO	Dutch Henry	ahead 8-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	1923-06-17	CHC		PHI	Whitey Glazner		b 1			2		2
18	18	6	1	1923-06-18	CHC		PHI	Petie Behan	behind 0-1	b 4	0	-2-	2	4	2	0.171	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Grantham Scores
19	19	7	1	1923-06-25	CHC		CIN	Rube Benton	behind 4-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	0.144	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1923-07-02	CHC		CIN	Cactus Keck	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	4	2	0.079	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Hollocher Scores
21	21	9	1	1923-07-21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Huck Betts	ahead 9-5	t 7	0	1--	2	4	2	0.040	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); G. Grantham Scores
22	22	10	1	1923-07-28 (1)	CHC		NYG	Jack Bentley	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	2	0.131	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	11	1	1923-09-17	CHC		NYG	Jack Bentley	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	1	4	2	0.047	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	12	1	1923-09-27	CHC		PIT	Earl Hamilton	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	2	0.202	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Adams Scores; G. Grantham Scores
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1924-07-05	CHC	@	STL	Jeff Pfeffer	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.141	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1924-08-22	CHC		BRO	Burleigh Grimes	ahead 5-1	b 7	1	1--	2	5	2	0.022	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Weis Scores
27	27	3	1	1924-09-09	CHC		CIN	Eppa Rixey	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.105	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1925-06-01	STL		CIN	Dolf Luque	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	2
29	29	2	1	1925-08-05	STL		BSN	Joe Genewich	ahead 7-2	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2			Bounced
30	30	3	1	1925-10-04	STL	@	CHC	Percy Jones	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	2	7	2	0.187	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Bell Scores
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1926-04-28	STL	@	CIN	Jakie May	tied 3-3	t 9	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.255	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Bell Scores
32	32	2	1	1926-05-01	STL	@	CHC	Wilbur Cooper	tied 1-1	t 2	0	12-	3	7	2	0.183	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Hafey Scores; L. Bell Scores
33	33	3	1	1926-05-16	STL		BSN	Kyle Graham	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	0.034	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1926-05-26	STL		CIN	Red Lucas	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.034	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	5	1	1926-07-11 (2)	STL		BSN	Hal Goldsmith	behind 4-1	b 2	0	1-3	3	7	2
36	36	6	1	1926-08-02	STL	@	NYG	Jimmy Ring	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.198	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Douthit Scores
37	37	7	1	1926-08-18	STL		BRO	Bob McGraw	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.106	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1928-06-25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	Hub Pruett	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	123	4	8	2	0.267	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Ott Scores; B. Terry Scores; A. Reese Scores
39	39	2	1	1928-09-30	NYG		STL	Fred Frankhouse	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.074	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1929-05-30 (1)	NYG		BRO	Win Ballou	tied 5-5	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.295	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	2	1	1929-06-16	NYG	@	BRO	Win Ballou	ahead 9-4	t 9	1	1--	2	8	2	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Cohen Scores
42	42	3	1	1929-08-05	NYG	@	PIT	Erv Brame	tied 1-1	t 2	1	1--	2	7	2	0.157	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Jackson Scores
43	43	4	1	1929-08-17 (1)	NYG		STL	Grover Alexander	tied 1-1	b 2	0	--3	2	7	2	0.093	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Jackson Scores
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1930-04-21	NYG		PHI	Ray Benge	ahead 6-5	b 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.126	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; W. Roettger Scores
45	45	2	1	1930-05-07	NYG	@	PIT	Erv Brame	behind 1-9	t 4	0	1-3	3	8	2	0.046	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Jackson Scores; A. Reese Scores
46	46	3	1	1930-06-04	NYG		CIN	Archie Campbell	ahead 5-1	b 1	0	---	1	6	2	0.045	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1930-08-30	NYG		BRO	Clise Dudley	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.096	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1931-05-24 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	Bill Sherdel	ahead 7-6	t 9	1	1-3	3	8	2	0.094	98%		Home Run; M. Ott Scores; J. Vergez Scores
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1933-08-28	STL	@	NYG	Roy Parmelee	tied 3-3	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.237	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	2	2	1933-08-28	STL	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 5-6	t 9	0	1--	2	8	2	0.588	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Allen Scores
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1934-05-19	CIN	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.100	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 17 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

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