Billy O'Brien Stats

Billy O'Brien was born on Wednesday, March 14, 1860, in Albany, New York. O'Brien was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 27, 1884, with the St. Paul White Caps. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy O'Brien baseball stats page.

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Billy O'Brien



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Birth Name:   William Smith O'Brien
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   03-14-1860  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Albany, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-26-1911 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:   Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Unknown
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-27-1884 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-03-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable

Billy O'Brien

Billy O'Brien Pitching Stats

1884 24 White Caps 2 0 2 1 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 0 10.0 0 8 2 5 0 3 - 7 0 0 0 -
1 Year 2 0 2 1 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 0 10.0 0 8 2 5 0 3 - 7 0 0 0 -

Billy O'Brien

Billy O'Brien Hitting Stats

1884 24 White Caps 8 30 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .233 .233 .333
1884 24 Unions 4 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .235 .235 .235
1887 27 Senators 113 432 71 105 16 12 19 0 73 21 - 17 - - 5 - .243 .286 .419
1888 28 Senators 133 528 42 119 15 2 9 0 66 9 - 70 - - 0 - .225 .238 .313
1889 29 Senators 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 - 0 0 - .000 .111 .000
1890 30 Gladiators 96 388 47 108 25 8 4 0 67 28 - - - - 3 - .278 .332 .415
5 Years 356 1,403 164 343 59 22 32 0 206 59 0 88 - 0 8 - .244 .279 .386

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Billy O'Brien Fielding Stats

1884 White Caps 3B 8 - - 25 3.1 21 7 14 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .840 0.00
1884 White Caps P 2 0 30 7 3.5 4 0 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .571 3.60
1884 Unions 1B 1 - - 18 18.0 18 17 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Unions 3B 3 - - 14 4.7 10 1 9 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 0.00
1887 Senators 1B 104 - - 1,217 11.7 1,185 1,159 26 32 53 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00
1887 Senators 2B 2 - - 6 3.0 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1887 Senators 3B 4 - - 15 3.8 13 8 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
1887 Senators OF 4 - - 10 2.5 10 7 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Senators 1B 132 - - 1,343 10.2 1,310 1,272 38 33 55 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00
1888 Senators 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Senators 1B 2 - - 19 9.5 19 19 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Gladiators 1B 96 - - 1,079 11.2 1,050 1,015 35 29 66 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00
1B Totals 335 0 0 3,676 11.0 3,582 3,482 100 94 174 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00
3B Totals 16 0 0 56 3.5 46 17 29 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .821 0.00
OF Totals 4 0 0 10 2.5 10 7 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
P Totals 2 0 30 7 3.5 4 0 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .571 3.60
2B Totals 2 0 0 6 3.0 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
5 Years 359 0 30 3,755 10.5 3,648 3,507 141 107 175 n/a n/a n/a .972 3,283.20

Billy O'Brien

Billy O'Brien Miscellaneous Stats

1884 White Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.33 6.30 2.70
1884 Unions - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1887 Senators 11 - - 0 0 n/a 22.7 25.4 5.9 - - -
1888 Senators 10 - - 0 0 n/a 58.7 7.5 8.0 - - -
1889 Senators 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 - - -
1890 Gladiators 5 - - 0 0 n/a 97.0 0.0 5.8 - - -
5 Years 26 - - 0 0 n/a 43.8 15.9 6.8 2.33 6.30 2.70

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Billy O'Brien Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1884 St. Paul White Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Kansas City Unions n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Brooklyn Gladiators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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