Syd O'Brien

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: February 18, 1944 in Compton, CA us

High School: Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1969 (Age 25-056d, 12,804th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1972 (Age 28-226d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Sydney Lloyd O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

1052

242

.230

135

RBI

100

OBP

.274

SLG

.347

OPS

.621

OPS+

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

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW		MIN	L,0-12	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	1	10	4	2B
3	5 (2)	Apr 12 (1)	CHW		MIL	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
4	6	Apr 12 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,2-16	CG	50	9.0	2	4	2	8	3	2B
5	10 (3)	Apr 18	CHW	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	2	2B
6	11	Apr 21	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
7	14 (2)	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	20 (5)	May 1	CHW		DET	W,13-6	GF	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
9	21	May 2	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	2	6	1	3B
10	22	May 3	CHW		DET	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
11	25 (2)	May 8	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	GF	10	2.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
12	26	May 9	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	27	May 10 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	28	May 10 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
15	29	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	30	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	31	May 15	CHW		KCR	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	32	May 16	CHW		KCR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	33	May 17 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
20	34	May 17 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,4-8	CG	48	11.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
21	35	May 18	CHW		CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
22	36	May 19	CHW		CAL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
23	37	May 20	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
24	38	May 22	CHW		OAK	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
25	39	May 23	CHW		OAK	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
26	41 (1)	May 24 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,2-5	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B SS
27	42	May 25	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
28	43	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
29	44	May 27	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
30	45	May 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	2	6	0	2B
31	46	May 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
32	47	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,22-13	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	57 (9)	Jun 12	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
34	58	Jun 13	CHW		WSA	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
35	59	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	6	5	0	11	0	2B
36	60	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	61	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
38	62	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
39	63	Jun 19	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
40	64	Jun 20	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
41	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
43	67	Jun 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	68	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
45	69	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
46	70	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
47	71	Jun 26	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
48	72	Jun 27	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
49	73	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
50	74	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,11-10	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
51	75	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	76	Jul 1	CHW		OAK	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
53	77	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	2B
54	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
55	81 (2)	Jul 6	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
56	82	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	45	11.2	5	4	0	9	3	2B
57	83	Jul 7 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	87 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	88	Jul 11	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
60	89	Jul 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
61	90	Jul 16	CHW		DET	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
62	91	Jul 17	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
63	92	Jul 18	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
64	95 (2)	Jul 20	CHW		BAL	L,5-14	GS	35	6.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
65	98 (2)	Jul 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	99	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
67	100	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	2	1	1	4	0	3B
68	101	Jul 25	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	102	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	103	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	104	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	105	Jul 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	106	Aug 1	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	107	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
75	108	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
76	109	Aug 3	CHW		KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	110	Aug 4	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
78	111	Aug 5	CHW		MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
79	112	Aug 6	CHW		MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	113	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
81	114	Aug 8	CHW		CAL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	115	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
83	116	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	118 (1)	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
85	119	Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	120	Aug 14	CHW	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
87	121	Aug 15	CHW	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
88	122	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	123	Aug 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
90	124	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
91	125	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	126	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
93	127	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	128	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	129	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
96	130	Aug 25	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
97	131	Aug 26	CHW		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	132	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
99	133	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,13-9	GS	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B 3B
100	134	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,11-21	CG	57	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
101	135	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
103	139 (2)	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	140	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	141	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
106	142	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
107	144 (1)	Sep 11	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
109	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS	23	4.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
110	147	Sep 18	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
111	148	Sep 19	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
112	149	Sep 20	CHW		MIN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
113	160 (10)	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
							116gm		909.1	158	271	25	454	50