Johnny O'Brien

Positions: Second Baseman, Pitcher and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ us

High School: St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ)

School: Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

Debut: April 19, 1953 (Age 22-129d, 11,003rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1959 (Age 28-220d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John Thomas O'Brien

Nicknames: Little John or Johnny O

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Relatives: Brother of Eddie O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

815

204

.250

RBI

OBP

.306

SLG

.320

OPS

.626

OPS+

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

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	22 (21)	May 10 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
2	27 (4)	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	29 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
4	30	May 21	PIT		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	39 (8)	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	10	0	12	1	2B
6	40	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
7	41	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	46 (4)	Jun 6	PIT		CIN	L,7-15	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
9	47	Jun 7 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
10	49 (1)	Jun 8	PIT		STL	L,3-5	CG	0	12.0	5	1	1	7	1
11	50	Jun 9	PIT		STL	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
12	57 (6)	Jun 14 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
13	58	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
14	59	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
15	60	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	61	Jun 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	69	15.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
17	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS	30	6.2	2	2	0	4	2	2B
18	63	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
19	64	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	65	Jun 21	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	66	Jun 22	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
22	67	Jun 23	PIT	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
23	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	MLN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	69	Jun 25	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	47	12.0	3	6	1	10	1	2B
25	70	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
27	72	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-15	CG	45	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
28	73	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
29	75 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	76	Jul 1	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	43	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
31	77	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
32	78	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
33	79	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	80	Jul 5 susp	PIT		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	81	Jul 6	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
36	82	Jul 7 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
37	83	Jul 7 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	84	Jul 8	PIT		NYG	L,7-10	CG	54	11.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
39	85	Jul 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
40	86	Jul 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
41	87	Jul 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
42	88	Jul 12 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
43	89	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
44	90	Jul 16	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
45	91	Jul 17	PIT		MLN	L,2-8	GS	0	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	92	Jul 18	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
47	93	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
48	94	Jul 19 susp	PIT		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
49	95	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
50	96	Jul 21	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
51	97	Jul 22	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
52	98	Jul 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
53	99	Jul 24	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
54	100	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
55	101	Jul 26 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	107 (5)	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GF	15	3.2	2	1	0	3	0
58	113 (4)	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
59	114	Aug 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
60	115	Aug 9 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	116	Aug 9 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-10	GS	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	117	Aug 11	PIT		PHI	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
63	118	Aug 12	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GS	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
64	119	Aug 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
65	120	Aug 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-14	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
66	125 (4)	Aug 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
67	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
68	127	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
69	128	Aug 22	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
70	129	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
71	130	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	GS	37	7.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
72	131	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
73	132	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
74	133	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
75	134	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
76	135	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-19	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
77	136	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	137	Sep 2	PIT		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							78gm		647.0	172	210	7	389	48