Tom O'Brien Stats

Tom O'Brien was born on Friday, June 22, 1860, in Salem, Massachusetts. O'Brien was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 14, 1882, with the Worcester Ruby Legs. 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 Tom O'Brien baseball stats page.

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Tom O'Brien



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Birth Name:   Thomas H. O'Brien
Nickname:   Tom
Born On:   06-22-1860  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Salem, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-21-1921 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Worcester, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   St. John Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   06-14-1882 (Age 21)
Last Game:   07-28-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable

Tom O'Brien

Tom O'Brien Pitching Stats

1887 27 Metropolitans 1 0 0 0 0 .000 7.36 0 0 0 3.2 24 4 3 5 0 5 - 0 0 0 0 -
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 .000 7.36 0 0 0 3.2 24 4 3 5 0 5 - 0 0 0 0 -

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Tom O'Brien Hitting Stats

1882 22 Ruby Legs 22 89 9 18 1 1 0 0 7 1 - 10 - - 0 - .202 .211 .236
1883 23 Orioles 33 138 16 37 6 4 0 0 0 5 - - - 0 0 - .268 .294 .370
1884 24 Unions 103 449 80 118 31 8 4 0 0 12 - - - 0 0 - .263 .282 .394
1885 25 Orioles 8 33 4 7 3 0 0 0 5 2 - - - - 0 - .212 .257 .303
1887 27 Metropolitans 31 129 13 25 3 2 0 0 18 2 - - - - 1 - .194 .212 .233
1890 30 Rochesters 73 273 36 52 6 5 0 0 31 30 - - - - 1 - .190 .273 .249
6 Years 270 1,111 158 257 50 20 4 0 61 52 - 10 - 0 2 - .231 .267 .323

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Tom O'Brien Fielding Stats

1882 Ruby Legs 2B 2 - - 14 7.0 11 6 5 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .786 0.00
1882 Ruby Legs 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1882 Ruby Legs OF 20 - - 57 2.9 45 41 4 12 0 n/a n/a n/a .789 0.00
1883 Orioles 2B 29 - - 206 7.1 170 77 93 36 8 n/a n/a n/a .825 0.00
1883 Orioles CF 4 - - 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Unions 1B 2 - - 21 10.5 21 21 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Unions 2B 99 - - 614 6.2 524 257 267 90 23 n/a n/a n/a .853 0.00
1884 Unions C 1 - - 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 2 - - 1.000 0.00
1884 Unions OF 3 - - 8 2.7 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
1885 Orioles 1B 6 - - 44 7.3 41 38 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .932 0.00
1885 Orioles 2B 2 - - 14 7.0 13 3 10 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1887 Metropolitans 1B 20 - - 189 9.5 182 177 5 7 9 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00
1887 Metropolitans 2B 2 - - 10 5.0 9 5 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1887 Metropolitans 3B 2 - - 4 2.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1887 Metropolitans OF 8 - - 21 2.6 19 19 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00
1887 Metropolitans P 1 0 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1890 Rochesters 1B 68 - - 718 10.6 697 677 20 21 40 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00
1890 Rochesters 2B 8 - - 40 5.0 33 12 21 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .825 0.00
2B Totals 142 0 0 898 6.3 760 360 400 138 37 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
1B Totals 96 0 0 972 10.1 941 913 28 31 50 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00
OF Totals 31 0 0 86 2.8 71 67 4 15 0 n/a n/a n/a .826 0.00
CF Totals 4 0 0 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 3 0 0 6 2.0 3 2 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
C Totals 1 0 0 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
P Totals 1 0 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
6 Years 278 0 11 1,973 7.1 1,786 1,353 433 187 87 2 n/a n/a .905 4,383.82

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Tom O'Brien Miscellaneous Stats

1882 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.9 12.7 - - -
1883 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1884 Unions - - - 0 0 n/a 112.3 0.0 0.0 - - -
1885 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 6.6 - - -
1887 Metropolitans 10 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.00 0.00 12.27
1890 Rochesters 6 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.8 - - -
6 Years 16 - - 0 0 n/a 277.8 111.1 18.2 0.00 0.00 12.27

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Tom O'Brien Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1882 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Boston Unions n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Rochester Rochesters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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