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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 24 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	42 (31)	May 29 susp	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	68 (25)	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
4	69	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
5	70	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	2B
6	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
7	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
8	73	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	74	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
10	75	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
11	76	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
12	83 (6)	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
13	84	Jul 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	85	Jul 9	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
15	86	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
16	88 (1)	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19	CG	61	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
17	89	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
18	90	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
19	93 (2)	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	70	19.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
20	94	Jul 20	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
21	95	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
22	96	Jul 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	97	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
24	98	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	99	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
27	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	CG	50	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
30	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	7	2	13	1	2B
31	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	5	3	1	9	0	2B
32	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	48	8.2	0	3	1	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
35	109	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
36	110	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	53	11.2	6	5	0	11	1	2B
37	111	Aug 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
38	112	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	113	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
40	114	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
41	115	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
42	116	Aug 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
43	117	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
44	118	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
45	119	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
46	120	Aug 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
47	121	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
48	122	Aug 19	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	CG	64	12.0	5	3	0	8	0
50	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
51	125	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
52	126	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
53	127	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	128	Aug 27	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
55	129	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
56	130	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
57	131	Aug 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	132	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	133	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
60	134	Sep 2	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
61	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
62	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
63	137	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
64	138	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	2	2B
65	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	140	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
68	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	2B
70	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
71	145	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	3	2B
72	146	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
73	147	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
74	148	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
75	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14	GF	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	152 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
77	153	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
78	154	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							78gm		672.2	185	220	13	418	53