Bob O'Farrell
[edit] Biography
Bob O'Farrell (Robert Arthur O'Farrell) was born on October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1915 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1920, his rookie year, he hit .248 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. O'Farrell played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 21 year career.
Most people believe that Bob O'Farrell's best season was 1923, when he hit for a .319 average and knocked in 84 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .375
| .444
| .625
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CHI
| N
| 52
| 113
| 9
| 32
| 1
| 14
| .283
| .347
| .425
| 7
| 3
| 10
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| 49
| 125
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 9
| .216
| .258
| .280
| 4
| 2
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| CHI
| N
| 94
| 270
| 29
| 67
| 3
| 19
| .248
| .332
| .352
| 11
| 4
| 34
| 23
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| 96
| 260
| 32
| 65
| 4
| 32
| .250
| .299
| .396
| 12
| 7
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| 128
| 392
| 68
| 127
| 4
| 60
| .324
| .439
| .441
| 18
| 8
| 79
| 34
| 1
| 9
| 5
| 8
| 7
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 131
| 452
| 73
| 144
| 12
| 84
| .319
| .408
| .471
| 25
| 4
| 67
| 38
| 1
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 71
| 183
| 25
| 44
| 3
| 28
| .240
| .347
| .344
| 6
| 2
| 30
| 13
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| 94
| 317
| 37
| 88
| 3
| 32
| .278
| .373
| .360
| 13
| 2
| 46
| 26
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .182
| .250
| .273
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| N
| 111
| 339
| 39
| 92
| 3
| 35
| .271
| .365
| .354
| 13
| 3
| 48
| 31
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 147
| 492
| 63
| 144
| 7
| 68
| .293
| .371
| .433
| 30
| 9
| 61
| 44
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| 61
| 178
| 19
| 47
| 0
| 18
| .264
| .348
| .331
| 10
| 1
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| 16
| 52
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .212
| .369
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 75
| 133
| 23
| 26
| 2
| 20
| .195
| .359
| .286
| 6
| 0
| 34
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| 91
| 185
| 29
| 37
| 2
| 24
| .200
| .362
| .270
| 7
| 0
| 47
| 25
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 91
| 248
| 35
| 76
| 4
| 42
| .306
| .384
| .435
| 14
| 3
| 28
| 30
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| NY
| N
| 94
| 249
| 37
| 75
| 4
| 54
| .301
| .381
| .446
| 16
| 4
| 31
| 21
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| NY
| N
| 85
| 174
| 11
| 39
| 1
| 19
| .224
| .311
| .322
| 8
| 3
| 21
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| NY
| N
| 50
| 67
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 8
| .239
| .354
| .284
| 3
| 0
| 11
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| STL
| N
| 55
| 163
| 16
| 39
| 2
| 20
| .239
| .303
| .325
| 4
| 2
| 15
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 44
| 123
| 10
| 30
| 1
| 9
| .244
| .306
| .382
| 8
| 3
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 67
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .224
| .257
| .269
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1934
| TOT
| N
| 66
| 190
| 13
| 45
| 1
| 14
| .237
| .289
| .342
| 11
| 3
| 14
| 30
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1935
| STL
| N
| 14
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 1492
| 4101
| 517
| 1120
| 51
| 549
| .273
| .360
| .388
| 201
| 58
| 547
| 408
| 11
| 83
| 35
| 8
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| CHI
| N
| C
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 36
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| C
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 119
| 48
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1920
| CHI
| N
| C
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 317
| 100
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| C
| 90
| 71
| 0
| 269
| 87
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| C
| 125
| 119
| 905
| 446
| 143
| 14
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 41
| 70
| 6
| .977
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| C
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 418
| 118
| 13
| 11
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| C
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 204
| 40
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| C
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 324
| 67
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| TOT
| N
| C
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 330
| 67
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| C
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 466
| 117
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| C
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 45
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| C
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 138
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| C
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 199
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| C
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 254
| 22
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1930
| NY
| N
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 259
| 34
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1931
| NY
| N
| C
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 223
| 27
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1932
| NY
| N
| C
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 9
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1933
| STL
| N
| C
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 19
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| C
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| C
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| TOT
| N
| C
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 35
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1935
| STL
| N
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1338
| 190
| 905
| 4295
| 980
| 130
| 101
| 0
| 54
| 41
| 70
| 6
| .976
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mike Gonzalez and Howard Freigau (May 23, 1925).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for George Harper (May 1, 1928).
- Traded by New York Giants with Ethan Allen, Bill Walker and Jim Mooney to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gus Mancuso and Ray Starr (October 10, 1932).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Syl Johnson to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Glenn Spencer (January 11, 1934).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (@July 27, 1934).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 6, 1934).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 9, 1935).
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