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Johnny O'Brien

Positions: Second Baseman, Pitcher and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ us

High School: St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ)

School: Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

Debut: April 19, 1953 (Age 22-129d, 11,003rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1959 (Age 28-220d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John Thomas O'Brien

Nicknames: Little John or Johnny O

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Relatives: Brother of Eddie O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

815

204

.250

RBI

OBP

.306

SLG

.320

OPS

.626

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-24 / in Starts: 4-4
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 39 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	19 (10-7-2) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 39 PAs	4
Avg. Runners on Base	24 (12-7-3)

Most Driven In
H Peterson	1

Most Driven In By
G Freese	1
B Virdon	1
N King	1
R Clemente	1
D Fondy	1
J Pendleton	0
R Kline	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	247	15 (14)	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	248	17 (1)	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						P
3	249	22 (4)	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.28	-0.008	.13	0.00%	-0.35	PH
4	250	38 (15)	May 31	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4						PR SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	251	39	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS-0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8						SS
6	252	40	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	8	.84	-0.052	.06	0.00%	-0.78	SS
7	253	41	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.80	-0.138	.19	-0.01%	-1.19	SS
8	254	42	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.583	1.045	8	.72	0.094	.08	0.01%	1.25	SS
9	255	45 (2)	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.538	.967	9	.90	-0.023	.11	0.00%	-0.22	P
10	256	49 (3)	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.467	.571	1.038	6	.09	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.38	2B
11	257	51 (1)	Jun 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.571	1.038	7						2B
12	258	54 (2)	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.471	.859	7	1.01	-0.091	.11	-0.01%	-0.89	SS
13	259	55	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.429	.792	7	.67	-0.009	.05	0.00%	-0.22	SS
14	260	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	7	.83	-0.062	.05	0.00%	-0.79	SS
15	261	60 (3)	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	8						P
16	262	62 (1)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	6	5.88	0.182	.34	0.01%	0.49	PR
17	263	64 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	1-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	9						P
18	264	68 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,5-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	2						PR
19	265	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	9						PR
20	266	70	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	9						P
21	267	71	Jun 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-13	6-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.375	.721	1	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	268	86 (14)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-12	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.360	.693	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
23	269	88 (1)	Jul 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.360	.693	9	5.40	-0.051	.01	0.00%	-0.19	PH
24	270	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.360	.693	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
25	271	93 (3)	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.345	.346	.691	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
26	272	101 (7)	Jul 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.333	.667	8	.12	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	273	108 (6)	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.357	.712	9	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
28	274	121 (12)	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	3-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	9	.54	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	275	132 (10)	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9	1.57	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
30	276	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	3-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
31	277	145 (11)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9						P
32	278	146	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9						P
33	279	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	4-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.412	.763	9	.05	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
34	280	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.368	.429	.797	9	.35	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
							9-24		39	35	7	11	2	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.314	.368	.429	.797		.97	-0.064	.06	-0.01%	-1.69

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