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Danny O'Connell

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: January 21, 1929 in Paterson, NJ us

Died: October 2, 1969 in Clifton, NJ

Buried: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair, NJ

High School: St. Bonaventure HS (Paterson, NJ)

Debut: July 14, 1950 (Age 21-174d, 10,725th in major league history)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1962 (Age 33-248d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Daniel Francis O'Connell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.2

4035

1049

.260

527

RBI

320

OBP

.333

SLG

.351

OPS

.685

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 39 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 15 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	15
MLN	11
NYG/SFG	10
WSA	3

Platoon
vs RHP	28
vs LHP	11

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	16

Outs
2	14
1	13
0	12

10 Opps
LAD/BRO	8
NYG	6
PHI	5
CIN	5
CHC	4
PIT	3
BSN/MLN	3
STL	2
CLE	2
BAL	1

34 Pitchers
Jim Hearn	2
Johnny Antonelli	2
Harvey Haddix	2
Don Drysdale	2
Warren Spahn	2
Ken Raffensberger	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Andy Hansen	1
Ben Wade	1
Johnny Podres	1
Carl Erskine	1
Billy Loes	1
Frank Hiller	1
Don Newcombe	1
Monk Dubiel	1
Roy Face	1
Johnny Klippstein	1
Stan Williams	1
Windy McCall	1
Vern Bickford	1
Gary Bell	1
Brooks Lawrence	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Ron Kline	1
Hal Brown	1
Dave Hillman	1
Bob Miller	1
Red Munger	1
Bud Podbielan	1
Art Fowler	1
Bubba Church	1
Al Corwin	1
Ken Heintzelman	1
Bob Friend	1

11 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	11
Forbes Fld (PIT)	11
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
LA Coliseum (LOS)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1

Where Hit
7	20
9	6
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	6
12-	4
-2-	3
1-3	2
-23	1

62 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	23
1 on	9
2 on	7
Any on	16

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	5
4	3
5	7
6	5
7	4
8	4
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	11
4-6	15
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	13
-1	2
-2	3
-3	3
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	13
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	23
3B	9
SS	7

OrderPos
1st	10
2nd	10
5th	7
7th	4
8th	4
3rd	3
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1950-07-16 (1)	PIT		BSN	Vern Bickford	behind 4-9	b 9	2	---	1	3	5
2	2	2	1	1950-07-29	PIT	@	PHI	Bubba Church	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	12-	3	5	6	0.212	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hopp Scores; W. Westlake Scores
3	3	3	1	1950-07-30 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Ken Heintzelman	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	6	0.112	71%		Home Run (LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	1950-08-11	PIT		CHC	Frank Hiller	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	5	6
5	5	5	1	1950-08-13 (1)	PIT		CHC	Johnny Schmitz	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	3	6	0.137	71%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1950-08-23	PIT		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	2	5	6	0.178	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Westlake Scores
7	7	7	1	1950-09-03	PIT		STL	Red Munger	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.097	62%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1950-09-04 (1)	PIT		CHC	Monk Dubiel	behind 2-3	b 7	2	1--	2	2	6	0.435	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Dillinger Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1953-04-16	PIT		PHI	Andy Hansen	tied 11-11	b 5	2	1-3	3	6	4	0.296	86%		Home Run; F. Montemayor Scores/unER; P. Smith Scores/unER; D. O'Connell Scores/unER
10	10	2	1	1953-05-02	PIT		CIN	Bud Podbielan	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	5	4	0.108	88%		Home Run; C. Abrams Scores
11	11	3	1	1953-05-31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	Billy Loes	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	3	5	0.122	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1953-06-13	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	5	4	0.118	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	2	1953-06-13	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 2-3	b 5	2	1--	2	5	4	0.287	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Thomas Scores
14	14	6	1	1953-08-06	PIT	@	CIN	Ken Raffensberger	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.096	57%		Home Run
15	15	7	1	1953-09-07 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	5	0.096	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1954-06-17	MLN	@	BRO	Johnny Podres	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	1	7	4	0.073	92%		Home Run (LF Line)
17	17	2	1	1954-07-30	MLN	@	BRO	Ben Wade	ahead 6-3	t 6	2	12-	3	2	4	0.113	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Johnson Scores; B. Bruton Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1955-04-14	MLN	@	STL	Harvey Haddix	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	12-	3	7	4	0.255	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Adcock Scores; J. Logan Scores
19	19	2	1	1955-04-27	MLN	@	NYG	Al Corwin	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	-2-	2	7	4	0.043	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Logan Scores
20	20	3	1	1955-06-04	MLN	@	PHI	Bob Miller	ahead 4-3	t 6	2	---	1	7	4	0.134	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1955-07-24 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	8	4	0.102	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
22	22	5	1	1955-08-27	MLN	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.099	58%		Home Run
23	23	6	2	1955-08-27	MLN	@	NYG	Windy McCall	tied 4-4	t 11	0	---	1	2	4	0.335	83%		Home Run
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1956-06-23	MLN	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	1	4	0.344	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1956-06-24 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1-3	3	1	4	0.206	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Crandall Scores/unER; W. Covington Scores/unER; D. O'Connell Scores/unER
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1957-05-02	MLN	@	PIT	Ron Kline	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	1	4	0.116	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	2	1	1957-06-21	NYG	@	CHC	Dave Hillman	tied 10-10	t 10	1	---	1	2	5	0.385	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1957-06-25	NYG	@	CIN	Brooks Lawrence	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.099	58%		Home Run (CF-RF)
29	29	4	1	1957-07-07 (2)	NYG		PIT	Bob Friend	behind 0-8	b 8	0	---	1	1	5	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	5	1	1957-08-11 (1)	NYG		PHI	Harvey Haddix	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	12-	3	1	4	0.096	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores; V. Thomas Scores
31	31	6	1	1957-08-25	NYG		CIN	Art Fowler	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	-23	3	1	4	0.012	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores; V. Thomas Scores
32	32	7	1	1957-08-26	NYG		CIN	Johnny Klippstein	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	1--	2	1	4	0.098	95%		Home Run; R. Monzant Scores
33	33	8	1	1957-09-03	NYG		PIT	Roy Face	behind 2-5	b 7	2	1--	2	1	4	0.181	27%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rhodes Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1958-04-20	SFG	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	4	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	2	1958-04-20	SFG	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	1--	2	8	4	0.112	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Spencer Scores
36	36	3	1	1958-08-10	SFG	@	LAD	Stan Williams	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	4	0.081	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1961-06-15	WSA	@	BAL	Hal Brown	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	1	5	0.180	70%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); J. Mahoney Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1962-04-14	WSA	@	CLE	Gary Bell	behind 3-6	t 9	2	---	1	2	5	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1962-05-25	WSA		CLE	Pedro Ramos	behind 0-2	b 8	2	---	1	1	5	0.104	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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