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	23-20 / in Starts: 20-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 133 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	82 (45-26-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 133 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (43-25-13)

Most Driven In
J Logan	1
A Pafko	1
H Aaron	1
W Covington	1
F Torre	1
D Crandall	1
J Adcock	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
E Mathews	8
H Aaron	2
B Bruton	1
Self	1
F Torre	1
J Adcock	1
A Pafko	1
W Spahn	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	296	3 (2)	Apr 14	MLN		PHI	W,4-3	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	1.55	0.073	4.67	0.13%	0.79	PR 2B
2	297	5 (1)	Apr 17	MLN		PIT	T,2-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5						PR
3	298	6	Apr 18	MLN		PIT	L,5-11	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
4	299	8 (1)	Apr 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-0	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5						PR
5	300	11 (2)	Apr 25	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						PR
6	301	14 (2)	Apr 30	MLN		STL	W,1-0	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4						PR
May		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
7	302	16 (1)	May 2	MLN		SFG	L,5-8	5-GF	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	9	.18	0.018	.63	0.04%	1.15	PH 2B
8	303	17	May 3	MLN		SFG	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.444	.500	.778	1.278	1	.91	-0.007	3.10	-0.02%	-0.39	2B
9	304	18	May 4	MLN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.467	.643	1.110	1	1.30	-0.036	4.55	-0.08%	0.05	2B
10	305	19	May 5	MLN		LAD	W,3-2	CG(16)	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.381	.409	.571	.981	8	2.04	-0.176	6.37	-0.33%	-0.97	2B
11	306	20	May 6	MLN		LAD	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.500	.860	1	1.29	-0.093	4.55	-0.20%	-0.89	2B
12	307	21	May 8	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.357	.519	.876	8	2.32	-0.061	8.67	-0.14%	-0.29	2B
13	308	22	May 9	MLN		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.323	.467	.789	1	1.20	-0.109	4.44	-0.24%	-0.73	2B
14	309	23	May 10 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,12-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.424	.718	8	.37	-0.027	1.24	-0.06%	-0.45	2B
15	310	24	May 10 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.400	.733	1	1.88	0.020	6.43	0.04%	0.63	2B
16	311	25	May 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.302	.359	.661	8	.41	-0.045	1.49	-0.10%	-1.16	2B
17	312	26	May 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.326	.381	.707	8	.57	0.030	2.12	0.07%	0.37	2B
18	313	27	May 13	MLN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	.356	.662	8	1.34	-0.104	4.57	-0.21%	-0.74	2B
19	314	28	May 14	MLN	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.278	.320	.598	8	1.22	-0.284	4.34	-0.61%	-3.30	2B
20	315	29	May 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.271	.296	.567	1	.53	-0.005	2.34	-0.01%	-0.80	2B
21	316	30	May 17	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.270	.310	.580	8	.99	-0.064	4.63	-0.18%	0.23	2B
22	317	31	May 18	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	8	1.05	-0.020	5.41	-0.06%	-0.36	2B
23	318	32	May 19	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.275	.302	.577	8	.28	0.003	1.50	0.01%	-0.08	2B
24	319	35 (2)	May 23	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.275	.302	.577	8						2B
25	320	39 (3)	May 26	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.264	.288	.552	1	1.15	-0.085	6.06	-0.27%	-0.64	2B
26	321	40	May 27	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.267	.279	.546	8	.60	-0.013	3.32	-0.04%	-0.40	2B
27	322	41	May 28	MLN		PIT	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.263	.275	.539	8	1.66	-0.082	8.97	-0.27%	-0.73	2B
28	323	42	May 29	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.288	.301	.589	8	.91	0.075	4.16	0.21%	0.64	2B
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
29	324	63 (20)	Jun 17 (2)	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.288	.301	.589	9						PR
30	325	64	Jun 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS-8	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.294	.289	.584	8	.69	0.062	3.57	0.19%	0.69	2B
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
31	326	75 (10)	Jul 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.292	.288	.580	7	.99	-0.027	5.85	-0.10%	-0.05	2B
32	327	76	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.202	.280	.274	.553	7	.78	-0.080	4.41	-0.27%	-0.32	2B
33	328	77	Jul 4	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.287	.569	7	1.09	0.114	5.68	0.36%	1.29	2B
34	329	78	Jul 5	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.290	.297	.587	7	.37	0.006	1.85	0.02%	0.66	2B
35	330	79	Jul 9	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	GS-13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.211	.276	.284	.560	1	1.23	-0.109	8.10	-0.43%	-0.74	2B
36	331	80	Jul 11	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	GS-4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.280	.281	.562	1	.83	0.010	4.68	0.04%	0.16	2B
37	332	81	Jul 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.282	.283	.565	8	.59	0.001	3.19	0.00%	-0.38	2B
38	333	82	Jul 13	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.283	.277	.560	8	.60	0.021	3.73	0.08%	0.01	2B
39	334	83	Jul 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.291	.286	.576	8	1.34	0.063	6.72	0.19%	0.56	2B
40	335	84	Jul 15	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.281	.275	.556	8	1.04	-0.108	4.95	-0.31%	-0.96	2B
41	336	85	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.274	.268	.542	8	1.44	-0.109	6.49	-0.30%	-1.08	2B
42	337	86	Jul 17	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.202	.270	.263	.533	8	.96	-0.013	3.96	-0.03%	-0.20	2B
43	338	87	Jul 18	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.266	.259	.524	8	.67	-0.037	2.50	-0.08%	-0.35	2B
44	339	88	Jul 19	MLN	@	STL	L,5-9	5-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.271	.259	.530	9	.92	0.040	3.27	0.08%	0.39	PH
							23-20		133	116	16	23	4	0	1	8	11	1	15	1	4	1	3	3	0	0	.198	.271	.259	.530		1.03	-1.158	4.44	-2.87%	-8.39

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