Johnny O'Brien MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1953-1959 (1953-1959)

Proper Name

John Thomas O'Brien

Positions

2B (248) ... P (25) ... SS (15)

Positions

2B - P - SS

Height / Weight

5-9 / 170

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

December 11,1930

Death Date

June 13,2025 Age: 94.184

Place

South Amboy, New Jersey

High School

Cardinal McCarrick (South Amboy,NJ)

Colleges

Seattle University (Seattle,WA)

MLB Debut

April 19,1953

MLBAM ID

119900

Retrosheet#

obrij101

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Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1953	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	30	22	2B	89	279	28	69	13	2	2	22	1	1	21	36	4	8	0	0	9	92	312	17	52	.247	.309	.330	.639	.158	.083	.000	6.73	11.54	1.71	139.50
1955	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	24	2B	84	278	22	83	15	2	1	25	1	1	20	19	1	3	2	1	7	105	304	18	65	.299	.346	.378	.724	.151	.079	.315	6.58	6.25	0.95	278.00
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	25	2B	73	104	13	18	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	0	4	1	0	2	19	114	1	17	.173	.209	.183	.392	.058	.010	.184	4.39	6.14	1.40	0.00
1957	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	26	P-SS	34	35	7	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	15	39	3	8	.314	.368	.429	.797	.143	.115	.355	2.56	10.26	4.00	0.00
1958	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	27	2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
1958	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	19	27	SS	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	.500	.000	.000	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	11	28	2B	44	116	16	23	4	0	1	8	0	0	11	15	1	4	1	1	3	30	133	5	18	.198	.271	.259	.530	.155	.061	.218	8.27	11.28	1.36	116.00
1953	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	--	89	279	28	69	13	2	2	22	1	1	21	36	4	8	0	0	9	92	312	17	52	.247	.309	.330	.639	.158	.082	.278	6.73	11.54	1.71	139.50	NL	1953
1955	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	--	84	278	22	83	15	2	1	25	1	1	20	19	1	3	2	1	7	105	304	18	65	.299	.346	.378	.723	.151	.079	.315	6.58	6.25	0.95	278.00	NL	1955
1956	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	--	73	104	13	18	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	0	4	1	0	2	19	114	1	17	.173	.209	.183	.392	.058	.010	.184	4.39	6.14	1.40		NL	1956
1957	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	--	34	35	7	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	15	39	3	8	.314	.368	.429	.797	.143	.114	.355	2.56	10.26	4.00		NL	1957
1958	MLB	Total	--	SLN,PIT	--	--	--	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.333	.000	.000	25.00	25.00	1.00		NL	1958
1959	MLB	Total	--	MLN	--	--	--	44	116	16	23	4	0	1	8	0	0	11	15	1	4	1	1	3	30	133	5	18	.198	.271	.259	.530	.155	.060	.218	8.27	11.28	1.36	116.00	NL	1959
Tot:	MLB (6 yrs)		MLB					339	815	90	204	35	5	4	59	2	2	59	82	8	20	4	2	22	261	906	44	160	.250	.306	.320	.626	.142	.070	.273	6.51	9.05	1.39	203.75
Tot:	NL (6 yrs)		NL					339	815	90	204	35	5	4	59	2	2	59	82	8	20	4	2	22	261	906	44	160	.250	.306	.320	.626	.142	.070	.273	6.51	9.05	1.39	203.75

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so_bb
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	25	1	0	2.84	8	0	0	0	4	8	0	19.0	8	6	6	2	9	9	1	0	2	0.89	3.79	0.95	4.26	4.26	2.84	1.00
1957	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	6	26	0	3	6.08	16	1	0	0	5	15	0	40.0	46	32	27	7	24	19	2	0	1	1.75	10.35	1.58	5.40	4.28	7.20	0.79
1958	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	19	27	0	0	22.50	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	4.50	31.50	0.00	9.00	9.00	22.50	1.00
1956	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	1	0	2.84	8	0	0	0	8	4	0	19.0	8	6	6	2	9	9	1	0	2	0.89	3.79	0.95	4.26	4.26	2.84	1.00
1957	MLB	Total	--	PIT	--	--	0	3	6.08	16	1	0	0	15	5	0	40.0	46	32	27	7	24	19	2	0	1	1.75	10.35	1.58	5.40	4.28	7.20	0.79
1958	MLB	Total	--	SLN	--	--	0	0	22.50	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	4.50	31.50	0.00	9.00	9.00	22.50	1.00
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB				1	3	5.61	25	1	0	0	24	10	0	61.0	61	43	38	9	35	30	3	0	3	1.57	9.00	1.33	5.16	4.43	6.34	0.86
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL				1	3	5.61	25	1	0	0	24	10	0	61.0	61	43	38	9	35	30	3	0	3	1.57	9.00	1.33	5.16	4.43	6.34	0.86

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1953	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	22	2B	77	-	-	172	210	7	48	389	382	0	0		.982	5.0	0.00	0.00	50.0	86.5	1
1953	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	22	SS	1	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.6	1.1	5
1955	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	24	2B	78	-	672.2	185	220	13	53	418	405	0	0		.969	5.2	0.60	5.40	50.6	92.9	1
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	25	2B	53	-	251.2	67	98	7	17	172	165	0	0		.959	3.1	0.66	5.94	34.4	72.6	2
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1953	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	50	104	8	-	89	Fred Haney			dnq
1955	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	24	60	94	8	-	84	Fred Haney			dnq
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	66	88	7	-	73	Bobby Bragan			dnq
1957	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	26	62	92	7	-	34	Bobby Bragan, Danny Murtaugh			dnq
1958	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	27	84	70	2	-	3	Danny Murtaugh			dnq
1958	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	27	72	82	5	-	12	Fred Hutchinson, Stan Hack			dnq
1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	28	86	70	2	-	44	Fred Haney			dnq
7 record(s)

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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
1959-07-22	Released by Braves			No	Hist
1959-03-31	Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata to Milwaukee Braves for Gene Conley, Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink	Milwaukee Braves		No	Hist
1958-12-01	Selected from St. Louis Cardinals by Philadelphia Phillies in MLB Rule 5 Draft	Philadelphia Phillies		No	Hist
1958-06-15	Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Gene Freese to St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Schofield	St. Louis Cardinals		No	Hist
1953-03-19	Signed as amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates		No	Hist
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Johnny O'Brien

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