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John O'Rourke

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 23, 1849 in Bridgeport, CT us

Died: June 23, 1911 in Boston, MA

Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, CT

Debut: May 1, 1879 (Age 29-251d, 395th in major league history)

Last Game: September 10, 1883 (Age 34-018d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1879 season

Full Name: John W. O'Rourke

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Relatives: Brother of Jim O'Rourke; Uncle of Jimmy O'Rourke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

945

279

.295

148

RBI

OBP

.329

SLG

.442

OPS

.771

OPS+

149

Summary of 11 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 11 lacking some details

2 Tms
BSN	9
NYP	2

Platoon
vs RHP	11

Home/Road
Home	6
Away	5

Outs
Unk	9
1	1
0	1

6 Opps
CIN	4
TRO	2
PRO	2
PHA	1
COL	1
WOR	1

6 Pitchers
Will White	4
George Bradley	2
John Ward	2
Frank Mountain	1
Fred Corey	1
Mickey Welch	1

6 Parks
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	5
Avenue Grnds (CIN)	2
PoloGrnds2SW (NYC)	1
Putnam Grnds (TRO)	1
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	1
HaymakersGrd (TRO)	1

Where Hit

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

18 RBI

Inning
1	3
4	1
5	2
6	4
8	1

1-3	3
4-6	7
7-end	1

RelScore
Unk	11

Unk	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	10
LF	1

OrderPos
4th	4
2nd	3
3rd	3
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1879	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1879-06-28	BSN		PRO	John Ward		b 1	1	2	4	8
2	2	2	2	1879-06-28	BSN		PRO	John Ward		b 5		2	4	8
3	3	3	1	1879-07-11	BSN	@	CIN	Will White		t 1		3	4	8
4	4	4	1	1879-07-14	BSN	@	CIN	Will White		t 5		1	4	8
5	5	5	1	1879-07-31	BSN	@	TRO	George Bradley		t 8		3	3	8
6	6	6	1	1879-09-15	BSN		CIN	Will White		b 1		1	2	8		IPHR
1880	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
7	7	1	1	1880-06-19	BSN		CIN	Will White		b 6		1	8	8
8	8	2	1	1880-09-07	BSN	@	TRO	Mickey Welch		t 6		2	3	7
9	9	3	1	1880-09-11	BSN		WOR	Fred Corey		b 6	0	1	3	8
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
10	10	1	1	1883-08-13	NYP	@	PHA	George Bradley		t 6		1	2	8
11	11	2	1	1883-08-21	NYP		COL	Frank Mountain		b 4		1	2	8