Jack William O'Connor
[edit] Biography
Born on June 2, 1958 in Twenty-Nine Palms, California, Jack O'Connor (Jack William O'Connor) played for the Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career. O'Connor broke into the bigs on April 9, 1981 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.29 ERA in 126 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack O'Connor's best season was 1982, when he posted a 4.29 ERA and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 5.86
| 16
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 35.1
| 46
| 3
| 30
| 6
| 0
| 2
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 23
| 19
| 8
| 9
| 4.29
| 56
| 63
| 60
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 126
| 122
| 13
| 57
| 4
| 3
| 2
|
| 1983
| MIN
| A
| 27
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 5.86
| 56
| 59
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 107
| 13
| 36
| 1
| 3
| 0
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.93
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.2
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4.94
| 16
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 21
| 1
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 0
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.30
| 33
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 46
| 46
| 5
| 23
| 4
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4.94
| 16
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 21
| 1
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 109
| 27
| 14
| 15
| 4.88
| 161
| 173
| 160
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 295
| 322
| 35
| 150
| 15
| 9
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 28
| 14
| 17
| 4.89
| 177
| 187
| 173
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 318.2
| 343
| 36
| 163
| 22
| 10
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 35.1
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 1
| .833
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| P
| 23
| 19
| 126
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| MIN
| A
| P
| 27
| 8
| 83
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 4.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| P
| 20
| 1
| 23.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 46
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 129
| 28
| 318.2
| 10
| 23
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 31
| 11
| 4
| .917
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| MIN
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins from Montreal Expos in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 8, 1980).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Montreal Expos in exchange for Mike Stenhouse (January 9, 1985).
- Released by Montreal Expos (March 26, 1986).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 2, 1986).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1986).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 30, 1987).
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