John K. O'Brien
[edit] Biography
Jack O'Brien (John K. O'Brien) was born on June 12, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1882 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1882, his rookie year, he hit .303 with 3 home runs and 37 RBI. O'Brien played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Jack O'Brien's best season was 1890, when he stole 31 bases and knocked in 80 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1882
| PHI
| a
| 62
| 241
| 44
| 73
| 3
| 37
| .303
| .339
| .419
| 13
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 94
| 390
| 74
| 113
| 0
| 70
| .290
| .333
| .377
| 14
| 10
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| 36
| 138
| 25
| 39
| 1
| 0
| .283
| .340
| .362
| 6
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| 62
| 225
| 35
| 60
| 2
| 30
| .267
| .340
| .342
| 9
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 105
| 423
| 65
| 107
| 0
| 56
| .253
| .325
| .345
| 25
| 7
| 38
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| BRO
| a
| 30
| 123
| 18
| 28
| 1
| 17
| .228
| .264
| .301
| 4
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| 57
| 196
| 25
| 44
| 0
| 18
| .224
| .300
| .332
| 11
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 109
| 433
| 80
| 113
| 4
| 80
| .261
| .356
| .409
| 24
| 14
| 52
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 555
| 2169
| 366
| 577
| 11
| 308
| .266
| .331
| .369
| 106
| 42
| 180
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 76
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1882
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1882
| PHI
| a
| C
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 66
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1882
| PHI
| a
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1882
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 3B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 24
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| C
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 301
| 58
| 51
| 3
| 0
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| C
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 169
| 43
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| C
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 193
| 58
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 29
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .822
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 3B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 69
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 18
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 209
| 4
| 12
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| C
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 172
| 52
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 26
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .756
|
| 1887
| BRO
| a
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1887
| BRO
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| BRO
| a
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 95
| 40
| 26
| 4
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .839
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 43
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 1018
| 52
| 26
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 275
| 0
| 0
| 1342
| 362
| 183
| 25
| 0
| 279
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 20
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .850
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 103
| 20
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .820
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 102
| 36
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .799
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 56
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .785
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 1391
| 59
| 39
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
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- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers (December, 1886).
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