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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+

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15	WSA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
4	4	Apr 16	WSA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
5	5	Apr 19	WSA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
6	6	Apr 20	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
7	7	Apr 21	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
9	9	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
10	10	Apr 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
11	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
12	12	Apr 27	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
13	13	Apr 28	WSA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	3	2B
14	15 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
15	16	Apr 30 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	5	1	13	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 2	WSA		DET	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
17	18	May 3	WSA		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
18	19	May 4	WSA		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
19	20	May 5	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
20	21	May 7 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
21	22	May 7 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
22	23	May 9 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
23	24	May 9 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
24	25	May 10	WSA	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
25	26	May 11	WSA	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
26	27	May 12	WSA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
27	28	May 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
28	29	May 14 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
29	30	May 14 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
30	31	May 16	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
31	32	May 17	WSA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
32	33	May 19	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
33	34	May 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
34	35	May 21 (1)	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
35	36	May 21 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
36	37	May 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	38	May 23	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
38	39	May 24	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
39	40	May 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
40	41	May 26	WSA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
41	42	May 27	WSA		MIN	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
42	43	May 28	WSA		MIN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
43	44	May 30	WSA		LAA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
44	45	May 31	WSA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	49	12.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	47	Jun 2	WSA		KCA	W,12-4	GS	25	6.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
47	48	Jun 3	WSA		KCA	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
48	49	Jun 4	WSA		KCA	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
49	50	Jun 5	WSA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
50	51	Jun 6	WSA		CLE	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
51	52	Jun 7	WSA		CLE	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	2	6	2	10	3	2B
52	56 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
53	57	Jun 11 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	51	10.1	5	3	0	8	2	2B
54	58	Jun 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.1	3	3	0	6	1	2B
55	59	Jun 14	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
56	60	Jun 15	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
57	61	Jun 16	WSA	@	BOS	L,9-14	CG	50	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
58	62	Jun 17	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	64 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
60	65	Jun 20	WSA		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
61	66	Jun 22	WSA		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	67	Jun 23	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	68	Jun 24	WSA	@	CHW	L,6-12	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	69	Jun 25 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
65	70	Jun 25 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	71	Jun 27	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	72	Jun 28 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	73	Jun 28 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	74	Jun 29	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	75	Jun 30	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76	Jul 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	77	Jul 2	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
73	79 (1)	Jul 4	WSA		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	80	Jul 5	WSA		BAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
75	81	Jul 6	WSA		BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
76	82	Jul 7	WSA		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
77	83	Jul 8	WSA		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
78	84	Jul 9	WSA		MIN	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
79	85	Jul 14 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,3-8	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	86	Jul 14 (2)	WSA		KCA	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
81	87	Jul 15	WSA		KCA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
82	88	Jul 16 (1)	WSA		LAA	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
83	90 (1)	Jul 18	WSA		NYY	L,3-5	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	98 (7)	Jul 27	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	99	Jul 28	WSA	@	KCA	W,10-6	GS	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B 2B
86	100	Jul 29	WSA	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	101	Jul 30	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	102	Aug 2 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
89	104 (1)	Aug 3	WSA	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
90	105	Aug 5	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
91	106	Aug 6 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	1	1	4	0	3B
92	107	Aug 6 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	2	0	4	1	2B
93	108	Aug 8	WSA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	109	Aug 9	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
95	110	Aug 11	WSA		NYY	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
96	111	Aug 12	WSA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
97	112	Aug 13 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,12-2	GS	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	113	Aug 13 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	114	Aug 14	WSA		LAA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	3B
100	115	Aug 15	WSA		LAA	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
101	116	Aug 16	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
102	117	Aug 17	WSA		LAA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
103	118	Aug 18	WSA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
104	119	Aug 19	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
105	121 (1)	Aug 22	WSA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	122	Aug 23	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
107	123	Aug 24	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	124	Aug 25	WSA		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
109	125	Aug 27 (1)	WSA		DET	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
110	128 (2)	Aug 29	WSA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
111	129	Aug 30	WSA		CLE	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
112	130	Aug 31	WSA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
114	133	Sep 2	WSA		CHW	L,7-12	CG	55	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
115	135 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
116	137 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
117	138	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
118	139	Sep 6	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
119	140	Sep 7	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	145 (4)	Sep 11	WSA		BOS	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	146	Sep 12	WSA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
122	147	Sep 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
123	148	Sep 15	WSA		KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	149	Sep 16	WSA		KCA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
125	151 (1)	Sep 19	WSA		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
126	152	Sep 21	WSA		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
127	155 (2)	Sep 24	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
128	156	Sep 26	WSA	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
129	157	Sep 27	WSA	@	LAA	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
130	158	Sep 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
131	159	Sep 29	WSA	@	KCA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
132	160	Sep 30	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	161	Oct 1	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							134gm		1156.1	219	343	23	585	66