Syd O'Brien

Full Name: Sydney Lloyd O'Brien	Primary Position: 3B,2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 15, 1969
Birthdate: February 18, 1944	Final Game: October 1, 1972
Birthplace: Compton, California	MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Syd O'Brien (Sydney Lloyd O'Brien) was born on February 18, 1944 in Compton, California. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1969 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .243 with 9 home runs and 29 RBI. O'Brien played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 4 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1969	BOS	A	100	263	47	64	9	29	.243	.287	.422	10	5	15	37	1	4	2	0	3
1970	CHI	A	121	441	48	109	8	44	.247	.285	.340	13	2	22	62	2	0	3	1	10
1971	CAL	A	90	251	25	50	5	21	.199	.247	.299	8	1	15	33	1	4	0	4	10
1972	MIL	A	31	58	5	12	1	5	.207	.230	.293	2	0	2	13	0	3	0	0	2
1972	CAL	A	36	39	10	7	1	1	.179	.289	.308	2	0	6	10	0	0	0	0	1
1972	TOT	A	67	97	15	19	2	6	.196	.255	.299	4	0	8	23	0	3	0	0	3
Total			378	1052	135	242	24	100	.230	.273	.347	35	8	60	155	4	11	5	5	26

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1969	BOS	A	SS	15	5	66	13	17	4	6	.882
1969	BOS	A	2B	12	6	69	18	21	2	12	.951
1969	BOS	A	3B	53	43	405.2	34	105	9	12	.939
1970	CHI	A	2B	42	38	328.2	96	127	10	31	.957
1970	CHI	A	SS	5	2	25	3	7	2	1	.833
1970	CHI	A	3B	68	65	555.2	59	137	13	18	.938
1971	CAL	A	2B	7	7	66.1	14	25	2	7	.951
1971	CAL	A	RF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CAL	A	3B	6	5	42	5	12	0	0	1.000
1971	CAL	A	1B	1	1	9	8	0	0	1	1.000
1971	CAL	A	SS	52	46	450.1	87	136	9	30	.961
1971	CAL	A	OF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	MIL	A	3B	9	8	67.1	6	17	4	3	.852
1972	MIL	A	2B	7	5	45.2	10	11	2	3	.913
1972	CAL	A	SS	4	3	28	1	9	1	0	.909
1972	CAL	A	2B	3	0	13	3	3	0	1	1.000
1972	CAL	A	3B	8	2	32	0	8	1	1	.889
1972	CAL	A	1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	TOT	A	2B	10	5	58.2	13	14	2	4	.931
1972	TOT	A	3B	17	10	99.1	6	25	5	4	.861
Total			2B	71	56	522.2	141	187	16	54	.953
Total			RF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	144	123	1102.2	104	279	27	34	.934
Total			SS	76	56	569.1	104	169	16	37	.945
Total			1B	2	1	10	9	0	0	1	1.000
Total			OF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).
Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Boston Red Sox in the first-year minor league draft (November 30, 1964).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Arlie Burge and Stan Bledsoe to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bob Duliba and Fred Holmes (May 12, 1966).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Billy Farmer to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gary Peters and Don Pavletich (December 13, 1969); Billy Farmer refused to report to Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox sent Gerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to complete trade. Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ken Berry and Billy Wynne to California Angels in exchange for Jay Johnstone, Tom Egan and Tom Bradley (November 30, 1970).
Traded by California Angels with Joe Azcue to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark (July 28, 1972).

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