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Johnny O'Brien

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Full Name: John Thomas O'Brien Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170 First Game: April 19, 1953
Birthdate: December 11, 1930 Final Game: July 19, 1959
Birthplace: South Amboy, New Jersey MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny O'Brien (John Thomas O'Brien) was born on December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1953 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 2 home runs and 22 RBI. O'Brien played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny O'Brien's best season was 1955, when he hit for a .299 average.

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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
1953 PIT N 89 279 28 69 2 22 .247 .309 .330 13 2 21 36 4 8 1 0 9
1955 PIT N 84 278 22 83 1 25 .299 .346 .378 15 2 20 19 1 3 1 1 7
1956 PIT N 73 104 13 18 0 3 .173 .209 .183 1 0 5 7 0 4 0 0 2
1957 PIT N 34 35 7 11 0 1 .314 .368 .429 2 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1
1958 STL N 12 2 3 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT N 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 15 3 4 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MIL N 44 116 16 23 1 8 .198 .271 .259 4 0 11 15 1 4 0 1 3
Total 339 815 90 204 4 59 .250 .306 .320 35 5 59 82 8 20 2 2 22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1953 PIT N 2B 77 0 0 172 210 7 48 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1953 PIT N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 PIT N 2B 78 0 0 185 220 13 53 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1956 PIT N SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PIT N 2B 53 0 0 67 98 7 17 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1956 PIT N P 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1957 PIT N 2B 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 PIT N P 16 1 40 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .857
1957 PIT N SS 8 7 57 11 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .885
1958 STL N 2B 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 STL N SS 5 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 STL N P 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1959 MIL N 2B 37 34 296 70 83 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total P 25 1 42 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .667
Total SS 15 7 64 12 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .897
Total 2B 248 34 305 497 611 29 142 0 0 0 0 0 .974

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1956 PIT N 8 0 1 0 2.84 9 6 6 0 0 0 19 8 2 9 0 1 2
1957 PIT N 16 1 0 3 6.07 19 32 27 0 0 0 40 46 7 24 2 2 1
1958 STL N 1 0 0 0 22.50 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 0
Total 25 1 1 3 5.61 30 43 38 0 0 0 61 61 9 35 2 3 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 19, 1953).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Gene Freese to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Dick Schofield and cash (June 15, 1958).
  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1958).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Gene Conley, Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink (March 31, 1959).

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