Danny O'Connell

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Full Name: Daniel Francis O'Connell	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/168	First Game: July 14, 1950
Birthdate: January 21, 1927	Final Game: September 26, 1962
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 2, 1969
Deathplace: Clifton, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Danny O'Connell (Daniel Francis O'Connell) was born on January 21, 1927 in Paterson, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on July 14, 1950 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 8 home runs and 32 RBI. O'Connell played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and Washington Senators over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Danny O'Connell's best season was 1953, when he hit for a .294 average and knocked in 55 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1950	PIT	N	79	315	39	92	8	32	.292	.342	.425	16	1	24	33	0	5	7	0	8
1953	PIT	N	149	588	88	173	7	55	.294	.361	.401	26	8	57	42	4	5	3	0	13
1954	MIL	N	146	541	61	151	2	37	.279	.326	.357	28	4	38	46	2	19	2	1	11
1955	MIL	N	124	453	47	102	6	40	.225	.276	.316	15	4	28	43	5	2	2	2	7
1956	MIL	N	139	498	71	119	2	42	.239	.342	.321	17	9	76	42	4	16	3	0	6
1957	NY	N	95	364	57	97	7	28	.266	.330	.390	18	3	33	30	2	5	8	0	10
1957	MIL	N	48	183	29	43	1	8	.235	.312	.311	9	1	19	20	2	2	1	0	1
1957	TOT	N	143	547	86	140	8	36	.256	.324	.364	27	4	52	50	4	7	9	0	11
1958	SF	N	107	306	44	71	3	23	.232	.340	.314	12	2	51	35	0	9	2	0	7
1959	SF	N	34	58	6	11	0	0	.190	.254	.241	3	0	5	15	0	3	0	0	0
1961	WAS	A	138	493	61	128	1	37	.260	.361	.331	30	1	77	62	3	15	15	0	6
1962	WAS	A	84	236	24	62	2	18	.263	.327	.335	7	2	23	28	0	8	5	1	6
Total	NL		921	3306	442	859	36	265	.260	.329	.355	144	32	331	306	19	66	28	3	63
Total	AL		222	729	85	190	3	55	.261	.350	.332	37	3	100	90	3	23	20	1	12
Total			1143	4035	527	1049	39	320	.260	.333	.351	181	35	431	396	22	89	48	4	75

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1950	PIT	N	SS	65	0	0	147	228	9	47	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1950	PIT	N	3B	12	0	0	15	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1953	PIT	N	3B	104	0	0	119	221	15	16	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1953	PIT	N	2B	47	0	0	107	149	8	27	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1954	MIL	N	3B	36	28	277.1	44	67	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	MIL	N	1B	8	8	65	63	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	MIL	N	2B	102	100	905.2	244	314	12	83	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1954	MIL	N	SS	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	MIL	N	2B	114	0	0	309	357	13	76	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1955	MIL	N	3B	7	0	0	8	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1955	MIL	N	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	MIL	N	2B	138	0	0	295	381	10	98	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1956	MIL	N	3B	4	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1956	MIL	N	SS	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	3B	30	26	229.2	33	69	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1957	NY	N	2B	68	63	576.2	156	194	7	50	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1957	MIL	N	2B	48	47	420	128	145	5	43	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1957	TOT	N	2B	116	110	996.2	284	339	12	93	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1958	SF	N	2B	104	99	823	222	278	7	70	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1958	SF	N	3B	3	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	SF	N	3B	25	14	120	15	36	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1959	SF	N	2B	9	4	49.1	16	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	WAS	A	2B	60	58	513.2	144	170	7	52	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1961	WAS	A	3B	74	74	642.2	75	173	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1962	WAS	A	3B	40	35	319	34	89	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1962	WAS	A	2B	23	19	167	36	52	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	.946
Total			1B	8	8	65	63	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	68	0	3	148	230	9	48	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			2B	713	390	3455.1	1657	2049	74	508	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			3B	335	177	1593	346	700	48	63	0	0	0	0	0	.956

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1946).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for $50000 and a player to be named later (@October 1, 1949); Brooklyn Dodgers received Jack Cassini (October 11, 1949).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Sid Gordon, Max Surkont, Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Fred Waters, Larry Lasalle and $100000 (December 26, 1953).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Ray Crone and Bobby Thomson to New York Giants in exchange for Red Schoendienst (June 15, 1957).
Released by San Francisco Giants (April 12, 1960).
Signed by Washington Senators (January 7, 1961).
Released by Washington Senators (December 7, 1962).

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