Charlie O'Brien

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: May 1, 1960 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK), the Seattle Mariners in the 21st round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) and the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: June 2, 1985 (Age 25-032d, 15,029th in major league history)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 21, 2000 (Age 40-051d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert

Full Name: Charles Hugh O'Brien

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1995 World Series

+11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

2232

493

.221

216

RBI

261

OBP

.303

SLG

.353

OPS

.656

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-28 / in Starts: 34-27
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 226 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	150 (75-50-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 226 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (68-45-24)

Most Driven In
R Yount	6
G Brock	6
Self	6
G Braggs	5
T Francona	3
R Deer	2
B Surhoff	2
M Felder	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
P Molitor	5
B Spiers	4
M Felder	2
G Polidor	1
G Sheffield	1
J Gantner	1

1989 Batting Game Log

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1989 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	67	4 (3)	Apr 8	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.90	-0.083	1.28	-0.07%	-0.70	C
2	68	8 (3)	Apr 14	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	8	1.17	0.243	1.53	0.19%	1.90	C
3	69	13 (4)	Apr 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.556	1.010	9	.90	0.028	1.32	0.02%	-0.01	C
4	70	16 (2)	Apr 23	MIL		DET	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.417	.817	8	1.11	-0.049	1.67	-0.04%	-0.29	C
5	71	22 (5)	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.333	.667	8	1.67	-0.112	2.39	-0.10%	-0.86	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	72	25 (2)	May 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.364	.333	.697	9	.58	0.050	.64	0.03%	0.04	C
7	73	26	May 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.320	.286	.606	9	.67	-0.046	.83	-0.04%	-0.65	C
8	74	27	May 5	MIL		KCR	L,4-5	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.292	.613	9	1.37	0.053	1.76	0.04%	0.59	C
9	75	30 (2)	May 9	MIL		CHW	L,1-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.280	.590	5	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.23	C
10	76	35 (4)	May 15	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.281	.250	.531	9	.26	-0.019	.35	-0.02%	-0.71	C
11	77	36	May 16	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.257	.226	.483	9	.55	-0.041	.68	-0.03%	-0.55	C
12	78	37	May 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.282	.324	.606	9	.43	0.088	.51	0.06%	1.46	C
13	79	39 (1)	May 19	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.378	.688	8	1.76	0.229	2.13	0.17%	1.32	C
14	80	42 (2)	May 23	MIL		OAK	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.375	.701	9	.67	-0.016	.70	-0.01%	-0.33	C
15	81	43	May 24	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.306	.349	.655	9	.36	-0.027	.40	-0.02%	-0.40	C
16	82	49 (5)	May 30	MIL		CAL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.333	.364	.697	8	1.20	0.034	1.30	0.02%	0.31	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	83	57 (7)	Jun 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.229	.327	.354	.681	7	1.04	-0.127	1.15	-0.09%	-1.32	C
18	84	60 (2)	Jun 10	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.339	.340	.679	7	.71	0.037	.98	0.03%	0.49	C
19	85	64 (3)	Jun 15	MIL		TOR	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.339	.396	.735	7	.86	0.042	1.04	0.03%	0.45	C
20	86	67 (2)	Jun 18	MIL	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.323	.375	.698	7	.98	-0.079	1.02	-0.05%	-0.81	C
21	87	72 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,17-5	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233	.343	.400	.743	7	.47	0.142	.31	0.06%	2.23	C
22	88	75 (2)	Jun 25	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.324	.375	.699	7	.90	-0.098	.57	-0.04%	-1.17	C
23	89	78 (2)	Jun 29	MIL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.312	.358	.670	9	1.37	-0.108	1.40	-0.07%	-0.81	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	90	81 (2)	Jul 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.309	.366	.675	8	.55	0.078	.45	0.04%	1.08	C
25	91	87 (5)	Jul 9	MIL		BAL	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.370	.691	8	.61	0.046	.70	0.03%	1.12	C
26	92	89 (1)	Jul 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.333	.373	.707	8	1.23	0.074	1.07	0.04%	0.55	C
27	93	94 (4)	Jul 19	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.337	.375	.712	8	.35	-0.017	.08	0.00%	-1.03	C
28	94	95	Jul 21	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.326	.361	.688	8	.51	-0.030	.20	-0.01%	-0.80	C
29	95	97 (1)	Jul 23	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.337	.372	.709	8	.38	-0.002	.18	0.00%	0.55	C
30	96	98	Jul 24	MIL		DET	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.343	.382	.725	8	.24	0.005	.14	0.00%	1.37	C
31	97	100 (1)	Jul 26	MIL		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.333	.370	.703	8	1.45	-0.137	.81	-0.05%	-0.97	C
32	98	101	Jul 27	MIL		DET	W,11-1	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.321	.354	.675	8	.43	-0.030	.31	-0.01%	-0.79	C
33	99	102	Jul 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,15-3	GS-6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.327	.347	.674	7	.56	0.030	.53	0.02%	0.75	C
34	100	103	Jul 29	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.333	.347	.680	7	.68	0.055	.70	0.03%	0.42	C
35	101	104	Jul 30	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.375	.708	7	.88	0.204	1.12	0.16%	2.04	C
36	102	105	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.323	.361	.684	7	.46	-0.065	.64	-0.05%	-1.18	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	103	107 (1)	Aug 2	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.320	.357	.677	7	2.60	-0.200	5.32	-0.25%	-0.95	C
38	104	108	Aug 4	MIL		CAL	L,2-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.351	.671	7	.48	-0.015	.71	-0.01%	-0.18	C
39	105	110 (1)	Aug 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.342	.655	7	.61	-0.045	.94	-0.04%	-0.53	C
40	106	111	Aug 7 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.314	.342	.656	7	1.10	0.070	1.41	0.05%	0.53	C
41	107	115 (3)	Aug 10	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.324	.352	.676	7	.35	-0.013	.56	-0.01%	1.63	C
42	108	117 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.329	.359	.688	7	1.22	0.092	2.01	0.09%	1.35	C
43	109	118	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.327	.356	.683	7	.48	-0.054	1.01	-0.07%	-0.90	C
44	110	122 (3)	Aug 16	MIL		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.331	.360	.691	6	.45	0.059	1.20	0.09%	1.45	C
45	111	123	Aug 17	MIL		BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.325	.353	.677	6	.52	-0.020	1.64	-0.04%	-1.67	C
46	112	126 (2)	Aug 20	MIL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.331	.387	.719	6	1.61	0.308	5.78	0.66%	1.22	C
47	113	127	Aug 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.331	.382	.713	7	.68	0.019	3.66	0.06%	0.01	C
48	114	128	Aug 22	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.325	.374	.699	6	.82	-0.058	4.25	-0.18%	-0.59	C
49	115	129	Aug 23	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.321	.369	.691	6	1.19	-0.071	5.27	-0.19%	-0.63	C
50	116	132 (2)	Aug 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.327	.371	.698	7	.40	0.013	.58	0.01%	0.27	C
51	117	133	Aug 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.324	.361	.685	8	.40	-0.043	.33	-0.02%	-0.82	C
52	118	135 (1)	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,3-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.324	.357	.681	8	1.11	-0.042	.67	-0.02%	-0.46	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	119	139 (3)	Sep 3	MIL		OAK	L,0-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.328	.356	.684	8	.74	0.059	.18	0.01%	0.54	C
54	120	141 (1)	Sep 6	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.332	.362	.694	8	.25	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.49	C
55	121	145 (3)	Sep 10	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.335	.358	.693	9	.71	0.101	.08	0.01%	0.74	C
56	122	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.351	.685	9	.87	-0.098	.11	-0.01%	-1.80	C
57	123	148 (1)	Sep 15	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.338	.371	.709	8	.43	0.130	.14	0.03%	1.28	C
58	124	150 (1)	Sep 17	MIL		TEX	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.333	.364	.697	9	2.10	-0.163	.49	-0.02%	-1.46	C
59	125	151	Sep 21 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	W,14-1	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.345	.375	.720	9	.37	0.116	.03	0.01%	3.41	C
60	126	153 (1)	Sep 22	MIL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.348	.378	.725	9	.94	0.014	.05	0.00%	0.68	C
61	127	155 (1)	Sep 24	MIL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.346	.391	.737	9	.65	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
62	128	159 (3)	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.339	.383	.722	9	.51	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.04	C
							34-28		226	188	22	44	10	0	6	35	21	1	11	9	8	0	1	11	0	0	.234	.339	.383	.722		.79	0.536	1.05	0.46%	5.94

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