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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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-9	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	9 (2)	May 4	NYG		STL	L,7-10	GF	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	10	May 5	NYG		STL	L,7-9	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	11	May 6	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	13 (1)	May 8	NYG		PIT	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	15 (1)	May 10	NYG		CHC	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	17 (1)	May 12	NYG		CHC	T,6-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	18	May 13	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
13	21 (2)	May 16 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	8	0	0	8	0
14	22	May 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	24 (1)	May 18 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
16	25	May 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	26	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	27	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	28	May 23	NYG		BSN	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	31 (2)	May 26	NYG		BSN	W,15-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	32	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	33	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	34	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	35	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,15-6	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	36	Jun 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
26	37	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	38	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-1	GF	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	39	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-10	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	40	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
30	41	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	44 (1)	Jun 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	47 (2)	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	4	1	0	5	1
34	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	50 (1)	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,20-15	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	51	Jun 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
37	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	53	Jun 18 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
39	55 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	56	Jun 20	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	57	Jun 21	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	60 (1)	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	62	13.1	5	0	0	5	0
44	61	Jun 24	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	62	Jun 25	NYG		BRO	L,10-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	63	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	75 (11)	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	76	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	78 (1)	Jul 9	NYG		CIN	W,8-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	79	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	81 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,16-12	GS	31	6.0	4	0	1	5	0
52	83 (1)	Jul 13	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	84	Jul 14 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	86 (1)	Jul 15	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	88 (1)	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	89	Jul 18	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	90	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
58	91	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-4	GF	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	92	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	93	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
61	94	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	95	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	97 (1)	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	101 (3)	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	104 (2)	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	105	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	108 (2)	Aug 10	NYG		CIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
68	109	Aug 11	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	112 (2)	Aug 15	NYG		STL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	113	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
71	116 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	117	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
73	118	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	119	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	120	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,14-8		29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	121	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
77	123 (1)	Aug 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	127 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	128	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	130 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	133 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	134	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	136 (1)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							84gm		614.0	254	22	6	282	2