Johnny O'Brien

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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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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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

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

[edit] Pitching Stats

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