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+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
5	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	24	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
8	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
9	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	GF	20	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (7)	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
11	21 (3)	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
12	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
13	26 (3)	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
14	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
15	28	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	GS	0	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
16	29	May 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
17	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
18	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
19	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
20	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
21	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
22	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	38 (2)	May 31	PIT		NYG	W,3-0	GS	17	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
25	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	GF	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	41	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	44 (2)	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	GF	13	4.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	46 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
29	48 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
30	49	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	GS	18	4.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
31	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 2B
32	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
33	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
34	53	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
35	58 (4)	Jun 21	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
36	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	62 (2)	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
38	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	65 (1)	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	68 (2)	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-4	GF	0	4.0	1	4	1	6	1
43	73 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11		16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	77 (3)	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	79 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6		10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	83 (3)	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
47	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR 2B
48	85	Jul 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GF	16	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
49	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
50	88 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
51	91 (2)	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
53	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
54	98 (1)	Jul 31	PIT		STL	L,0-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	109 (10)	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	GF	0	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	113 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11		15	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH P
57	116 (2)	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	121 (4)	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	152 (30)	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
60	153	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
61	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	156 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
							62gm		273.2	67	99	9	175	17