Johnny O'Brien
John Thomas O'Brien
Born: December 11, 1930
South Amboy, NJ USA
Primary Position: 2B
All Position(s) Played: P, 2B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
College: Seattle University
Career: 1953-1959
Johnny O'Brien compiled a career batting average of .250 with 4 home runs and 59 RBI in his 339-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Braves. He began playing during the 1953 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| 1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.08 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 46 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 188 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.61 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 61 | 43 | 38 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 276 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 312 | 279 | 28 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 36 | .247 | .309 | .330 | .639 | 92 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 304 | 278 | 22 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 19 | .299 | .346 | .378 | .723 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 73 | 114 | 104 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .173 | .209 | .183 | .392 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .314 | .368 | .429 | .797 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 44 | 133 | 116 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .198 | .271 | .259 | .530 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 339 | 906 | 815 | 90 | 204 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 82 | .250 | .306 | .320 | .626 | 261 | 22 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 172 | 210 | 7 | 48 | .982 | 4.961 | |
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 78 | 75 | 672.7 | 185 | 220 | 13 | 53 | .969 | 5.419 | 5.192 |
| 1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 53 | 28 | 251.7 | 67 | 98 | 7 | 17 | .959 | 5.901 | 3.113 |
| 1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 8 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 8 | 7 | 57.0 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 3.632 | 2.875 |
| 1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 16 | 1 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.350 | .375 |
| 1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | .400 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 2B | 37 | 34 | 296.0 | 70 | 83 | 2 | 24 | .987 | 4.652 | 4.135 |
| Totals | 288 | 145 | 1355.3 | 511 | 629 | 35 | 144 | .970 | 7.570 | 3.958 |
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
