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Charlie O'Brien

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: May 1, 1960 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK), the Seattle Mariners in the 21st round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) and the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: June 2, 1985 (Age 25-032d, 15,029th in major league history)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 21, 2000 (Age 40-051d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert

Full Name: Charles Hugh O'Brien

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1995 World Series

+11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

2232

493

.221

216

RBI

261

OBP

.303

SLG

.353

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-20	GS	41	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 4	CHW	@	TBD	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 6	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	GS	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	9 (2)	Apr 11	CHW		TBD	L,1-5	GS	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
6	10	Apr 12	CHW		TBD	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	11	Apr 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	15 (3)	Apr 18	CHW	@	TOR	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	16	Apr 19	CHW	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
10	17	Apr 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-14	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	19 (1)	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	20	Apr 24	CHW		TOR	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	21	Apr 25	CHW		TOR	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	23 (1)	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	24	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	25	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	W,16-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	29 (3)	May 3	CHW	@	ANA	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
18	30	May 4	CHW	@	ANA	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	31	May 5	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	34 (2)	May 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,7-15	GS	29	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
21	35	May 10	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
22	36	May 12	CHW		ANA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	38 (1)	May 14	CHW		SEA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	39	May 15	CHW		SEA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	41 (1)	May 17	CHW		OAK	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	42	May 18	CHW		OAK	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	44 (1)	May 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	45	May 22	CHW		DET	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	47 (1)	May 24	CHW		DET	L,4-8	GS	37	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	48	May 25	CHW		NYY	L,0-12	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	49	May 26	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	53 (3)	May 30	CHW	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	56 (2)	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	57	Jun 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	60 (2)	Jun 6	CHW	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	62 (1)	Jun 8	CHW		STL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
37	64 (1)	Jun 10	CHW		STL	W,10-8	GS	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	65	Jun 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	66	Jun 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	67	Jun 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	68	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	69	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	70	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	73 (2)	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	W,8-7	GS	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	C
45	75 (1)	Jun 22	CHW	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	76	Jun 23	CHW	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	78 (1)	Jun 25	CHW		CIN	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	80 (1)	Jun 27	CHW		MIL	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	81	Jun 28	CHW		MIL	W,10-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	83 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	HOU	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	86 (2)	Jul 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	89 (2)	Jul 10	CHW		KCR	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	91 (1)	Jul 12	CHW		KCR	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	92	Jul 13	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	94 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		TOR	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	96 (1)	Jul 16	CHW		TOR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
57	98 (1)	Jul 18	CHW		CLE	L,9-15	GS	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Anaheim Angels
58	140	Sep 2	ANA	@	CLE	W,13-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	141	Sep 4	ANA		KCR	L,3-5	GS	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
60	145 (3)	Sep 9	ANA		MIN	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	148 (2)	Sep 13	ANA	@	BAL	L,7-12	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	150 (1)	Sep 15	ANA	@	TBD	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							62gm		486.0	325	24	4	353	3