Johnny O'Brien
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[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.
[edit] Statistics
[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 | |
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| 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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