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Bob O'Farrell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL us

Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL

Buried: North Shore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, IL

High School: Waukegan HS (Waukegan, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1915 (Age 18-321d, 4,403rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1935 (Age 38-339d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: Robert Arthur O'Farrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.5

4101

1120

.273

517

RBI

549

OBP

.360

SLG

.388

OPS

.748

OPS+

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

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL		PIT	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 16	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	61	16.2	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	11.1	5	1	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants
15	22	May 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
16	24 (1)	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	25	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	26	May 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	27	May 20 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	28	May 20 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	29	May 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	31 (1)	May 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	33 (1)	May 25	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	34	May 26	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	35	May 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	37 (1)	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
27	38	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-1	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	39	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	T,2-2	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	40	Jun 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
30	41	Jun 2	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	42	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	43	Jun 6	NYG		STL	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	44	Jun 7	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	45	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	48 (2)	Jun 11	NYG		CIN	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	50 (1)	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	6	1	1	8	0
37	52 (1)	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	W,9-1	GS	24	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	54 (1)	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	55	Jun 21 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	58 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	61 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	63 (1)	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	65 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	67 (1)	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
46	71 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	76 (4)	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,1-11	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	77	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	82 (4)	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
51	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	9	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
52	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
53	90 (4)	Jul 28	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
55	95 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	98 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,13-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	99	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,10-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	101 (1)	Aug 7	NYG		STL	W,10-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	103 (1)	Aug 10	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	105 (1)	Aug 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	107 (1)	Aug 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	112 (4)	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	114 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	115	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-13	GF	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	116	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-16	GF	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	117	Aug 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	118	Aug 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
68	119	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	126 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	28	7.1	3	0	0	3	0
70	134 (7)	Sep 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	135	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	137 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	138	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	141 (2)	Sep 15	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	143 (1)	Sep 17	NYG		PIT	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	148 (4)	Sep 23	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	GF	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
77	155 (6)	Sep 30	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							77gm		510.0	199	31	3	233	2