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Cinders O'Brien

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: April 15, 1867 in Troy, NY us

Died: March 11, 1892 in West Troy, NY

Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery, Watervliet, NY

Debut: June 23, 1888 (Age 21-069d, 1,275th in major league history)

Last Game: October 2, 1891 (Age 24-170d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1888 season

Full Name: John F. O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.68

136

126

1080.2

398

WHIP

1.485

Summary of 36 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 36 lacking some details

3 Tms
CLV/CLE	14
BOS	13
CLE	9

Platoon
vs RHB	24
vs LHB	10
vs ?HB	2

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	18

Outs
Unk	32
0	4

18 Opps
CHC	5
STL	5
PHQ/PHA	5
NYI	4
BAL	3
MIL	2
BWW	1
CIN	1
WAS	1
BOS	1
WHS	1
BUF	1
CHI	1
NYG	1
BRO	1
PHI	1
LOU	1
PIT	1

32 Batters
Duke Farrell	2
Tip O'Neill	2
George Gore	2
George Van Haltren	2
Billy Nash	1
Joseph Herr	1
Jay Faatz	1
Bill Kuehne	1
Shorty Fuller	1
Joe Mulvey	1
George Haddock	1
George Shoch	1
Buck Ewing	1
Tom Burns	1
Sam Thompson	1
Ed Andrews	1
John Milligan	1
Henry Larkin	1
Jim McTamany	1
Bill White	1
Roger Connor	1
Jim O'Rourke	1
Kid Madden	1
Al McCauley	1
John Reilly	1
Hughie Jennings	1
George Pinkney	1
Jim Canavan	1
Mike Griffin	1
Ed Williamson	1
Fred Pfeffer	1
Curt Welch	1

13 Parks
CongressSt G (BOS)	10
Brhood Pk (CLE)	5
WestSide Pk (CHI)	4
N.L. Pk II (CLE)	4
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	2
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	2
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Borchert Fld (MIL)	1
League Pk I (CIN)	1
Swampoodle G (WAS)	1
RidgewoodPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

7 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

69 Runs

Inning
1	6
2	3
3	4
4	5
5	3
6	3
7	5
8	7

1-3	13
4-6	11
7-end	12

RelScore
Unk	36

Unk	36

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	7
1B	5
CF	5
LF	5
3B	5
C	4
RF	3
P	1
2B	1

OrderPos
Unk	20
1st	6
2nd	3
7th	2
3rd	2
6th	1
5th	1
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1888-06-27	Joseph Herr	STL		CLE		b 7		2	7	6
2	2	2	1	1888-08-14	Bill White	STL		CLE		b 8		1	7	6
3	3	3	1	1888-08-24	Tip O'Neill	STL	@	CLE		t 5		1		7	IPHR
4	4	4	1	1888-09-25	John Reilly	CIN		CLE		b 1		1	3	3	IPHR
5	5	5	1	1888-10-07	George Pinkney	BRO		CLE		b 6		2		5	IPHR
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1889-06-03	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		CLV		b 2		1		4
7	7	2	1	1889-06-22	Buck Ewing	NYG	@	CLV		t 3		4		2
8	8	3	1	1889-07-22	Bill Kuehne	PIT	@	CLV		t 8		3		5	IPHR
9	9	4	1	1889-08-27	Ed Williamson	CHC	@	CLV		t 7		3		6	IPHR
10	10	5	1	1889-09-03	George Haddock	WHS		CLV		b 8		1		1
11	11	6	1	1889-09-07	Sam Thompson	PHI		CLV		b 7		3		9
12	12	7	1	1889-09-19	George Van Haltren	CHC		CLV		b 7		3	2	7
13	13	8	2	1889-09-19	Tom Burns	CHC		CLV		b 8		3		5
14	14	9	3	1889-09-19	Duke Farrell	CHC		CLV		b 8		1	8	2
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
15	15	1	1	1890-05-17	Billy Nash	BOS		CLE		b 3		1		5
16	16	2	1	1890-05-28	Jim O'Rourke	NYI		CLE		b 6		3	5	9	IPHR
17	17	3	2	1890-05-28	George Gore	NYI		CLE		b 7		1	1	8
18	18	4	1	1890-06-27	Ed Andrews	BWW	@	CLE		t 4		1	2	8
19	19	5	1	1890-07-25	George Gore	NYI	@	CLE		t 4		3	1	7
20	20	6	2	1890-07-25	Roger Connor	NYI	@	CLE		t 6		3		3
21	21	7	1	1890-08-02	Mike Griffin	PHQ	@	CLE		t 5		2	1	8
22	22	8	1	1890-08-05	Duke Farrell	CHI		CLE		b 8		2	6	2	IPHR
23	23	9	1	1890-08-13	Jay Faatz	BUF	@	CLE		t 4		3		3
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
24	24	1	1	1891-04-20	Joe Mulvey	PHA	@	BOS		t 8		1		5
25	25	2	1	1891-06-17 (1)	John Milligan	PHA	@	BOS		t 4		3		2
26	26	3	1	1891-06-25	Curt Welch	BAL	@	BOS		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
27	27	4	1	1891-07-08	Shorty Fuller	STL	@	BOS		t 3		1		6
28	28	5	1	1891-07-16	Hughie Jennings	LOU	@	BOS		t 5		2		6
29	29	6	1	1891-08-04	Tip O'Neill	STL		BOS		b 2		1		7	Bounced
30	30	7	1	1891-08-21	Henry Larkin	PHA	@	BOS		t 1	0	1	2	8
31	31	8	2	1891-08-21	Jim McTamany	PHA	@	BOS		t 1	0	1	1	3	Lead-Off
32	32	9	1	1891-08-26	Jim Canavan	MIL	@	BOS		t 1		2		6
33	33	10	1	1891-09-22	George Shoch	MIL		BOS		b 4		2	3	6
34	34	11	1	1891-09-26	Kid Madden	BAL		BOS		b 1	0	1	1	9	Lead-Off
35	35	12	2	1891-09-26	George Van Haltren	BAL		BOS		b 2		3		7
36	36	13	1	1891-10-02	Al McCauley	WAS	@	BOS		t 3		2		3