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Jim O'Rourke Stats
Jim O'Rourke was born on Sunday, September 1, 1850, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. O'Rourke was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1876, with the Boston Red Stockings. 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 Jim O'Rourke baseball stats page.
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"A principled and educated man, he (Jim O'Rourke) quickly established himself as one of the country's top baseball players. When the Boston Red Stockings signed him in 1873, the manager told him the 'Puritans' in Boston would not tolerate an Irish Catholic player and insisted O'Rourke change his name to Rourke. He refused and the manager backed down. Years later, O'Rourke would sign a contract with the New York Giants with the stipulation that the team pay for him to attend Yale Law School. It did and he graduated in 1887, becoming a lawyer in the offseason. But baseball was his passion. And the educated man stood in stark contrast to his often bawdier teammates. His eloquent colloquies earned him the nickname 'Orator Jim.'" - Columnist Les Carpenter in the Washington Post (A House Caught in the Rundown, 04/21/2006) |
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| Year |
Age |
Team |
G |
GS |
GF |
W |
L |
PCT |
ERA |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
BFP |
H |
ER |
R |
HR |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
WP |
HBP |
BK |
HLD |
| 1883 |
33 |
Bisons |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
6.43 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7.0 |
29 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| 1884 |
34 |
Bisons |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
2.84 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12.2 |
41 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
- |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Career |
G |
GS |
GF |
W |
L |
PCT |
ERA |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
BFP |
H |
ER |
R |
HR |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
WP |
HBP |
BK |
HLD |
| 2 Years |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
4.12 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
19.2 |
70 |
17 |
9 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
- |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
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| Yr |
Age |
Team |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
GRSL |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
SH |
SF |
HBP |
GIDP |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
| 1876 |
26 |
Red Stockings |
70 |
312 |
61 |
102 |
17 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
43 |
15 |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.327 |
.358 |
.420 |
| 1877 |
27 |
Red Stockings |
61 |
265 |
68 |
96 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
20 |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.362 |
.407 |
.445 |
| 1878 |
28 |
Red Stockings |
60 |
255 |
44 |
71 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
5 |
- |
21 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.278 |
.292 |
.412 |
| 1879 |
29 |
Grays |
81 |
362 |
69 |
126 |
19 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
46 |
13 |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.348 |
.371 |
.459 |
| 1880 |
30 |
Red Stockings |
86 |
363 |
71 |
100 |
20 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
45 |
21 |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.275 |
.315 |
.441 |
| 1881 |
31 |
Bisons |
83 |
348 |
71 |
105 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
27 |
- |
18 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.302 |
.352 |
.402 |
| 1882 |
32 |
Bisons |
84 |
370 |
62 |
104 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
37 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.281 |
.305 |
.370 |
| 1883 |
33 |
Bisons |
94 |
436 |
102 |
143 |
29 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
38 |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.328 |
.350 |
.438 |
| 1884 |
34 |
Bisons |
108 |
467 |
119 |
162 |
33 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
63 |
35 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.347 |
.392 |
.480 |
| 1885 |
35 |
Giants |
112 |
477 |
119 |
143 |
21 |
16 |
5 |
0 |
42 |
40 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.300 |
.354 |
.442 |
| 1886 |
36 |
Giants |
105 |
440 |
106 |
136 |
26 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
34 |
39 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
.309 |
.365 |
.402 |
| 1887 |
37 |
Giants |
103 |
397 |
73 |
113 |
15 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
88 |
36 |
- |
11 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
.285 |
.352 |
.320 |
| 1888 |
38 |
Giants |
107 |
409 |
50 |
112 |
16 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
50 |
24 |
- |
30 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
.274 |
.319 |
.372 |
| 1889 |
39 |
Giants |
128 |
502 |
89 |
161 |
36 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
81 |
40 |
- |
34 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
.321 |
.372 |
.438 |
| 1890 |
40 |
Giants |
111 |
478 |
112 |
172 |
37 |
5 |
9 |
1 |
115 |
33 |
- |
20 |
- |
- |
8 |
- |
.360 |
.410 |
.515 |
| 1891 |
41 |
Giants |
136 |
555 |
92 |
164 |
28 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
95 |
26 |
- |
29 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
.295 |
.334 |
.398 |
| 1892 |
42 |
Giants |
115 |
448 |
62 |
136 |
28 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
56 |
30 |
- |
30 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
.304 |
.354 |
.388 |
| 1893 |
43 |
Senators |
129 |
547 |
75 |
157 |
22 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
95 |
49 |
- |
26 |
- |
- |
8 |
- |
.287 |
.354 |
.356 |
| 1904 |
54 |
Giants |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
0 |
- |
.250 |
.250 |
.250 |
| Career |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
GRSL |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
SH |
SF |
HBP |
GIDP |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
| 19 Years |
1,774 |
7,435 |
1,446 |
2,304 |
414 |
132 |
50 |
1 |
1,010 |
481 |
- |
263 |
0 |
- |
36 |
- |
.310 |
.355 |
.421 |
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| Team |
POS |
G |
GS |
OUTS |
TC |
TC/G |
CH |
PO |
A |
E |
DP |
PB |
CASB |
CACS |
FLD% |
RF |
| 1876 Red Stockings |
1B |
2 |
- |
- |
17 |
8.5 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.941 |
0.00 |
| 1876 Red Stockings |
C |
1 |
- |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
.000 |
0.00 |
| 1876 Red Stockings |
OF |
68 |
- |
- |
188 |
2.8 |
161 |
154 |
7 |
27 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.856 |
0.00 |
| 1877 Red Stockings |
1B |
1 |
- |
- |
7 |
7.0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.857 |
0.00 |
| 1877 Red Stockings |
OF |
60 |
- |
- |
143 |
2.4 |
121 |
112 |
9 |
22 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.846 |
0.00 |
| 1878 Red Stockings |
1B |
2 |
- |
- |
10 |
5.0 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1878 Red Stockings |
C |
2 |
- |
- |
17 |
8.5 |
14 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
.824 |
0.00 |
| 1878 Red Stockings |
OF |
57 |
- |
- |
136 |
2.4 |
117 |
102 |
15 |
19 |
4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.860 |
0.00 |
| 1879 Grays |
1B |
20 |
- |
- |
231 |
11.6 |
220 |
219 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.952 |
0.00 |
| 1879 Grays |
3B |
3 |
- |
- |
9 |
3.0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.889 |
0.00 |
| 1879 Grays |
C |
5 |
- |
- |
46 |
9.2 |
41 |
32 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
- |
- |
.891 |
0.00 |
| 1879 Grays |
OF |
56 |
- |
- |
79 |
1.4 |
62 |
51 |
11 |
17 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.785 |
0.00 |
| 1880 Red Stockings |
1B |
19 |
- |
- |
156 |
8.2 |
145 |
141 |
4 |
11 |
11 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.929 |
0.00 |
| 1880 Red Stockings |
3B |
10 |
- |
- |
35 |
3.5 |
32 |
17 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.914 |
0.00 |
| 1880 Red Stockings |
C |
9 |
- |
- |
52 |
5.8 |
43 |
32 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
10 |
- |
- |
.827 |
0.00 |
| 1880 Red Stockings |
OF |
37 |
- |
- |
75 |
2.0 |
68 |
57 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.907 |
0.00 |
| 1880 Red Stockings |
SS |
17 |
- |
- |
90 |
5.3 |
76 |
20 |
56 |
14 |
4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.844 |
0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons |
1B |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
5.0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons |
3B |
56 |
- |
- |
201 |
3.6 |
165 |
85 |
80 |
36 |
8 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.821 |
0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons |
C |
8 |
- |
- |
45 |
5.6 |
37 |
30 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
- |
- |
.822 |
0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons |
OF |
18 |
- |
- |
35 |
1.9 |
32 |
27 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.914 |
0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons |
SS |
3 |
- |
- |
6 |
2.0 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons |
3B |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
5.0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.600 |
0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons |
C |
2 |
- |
- |
7 |
3.5 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
- |
1 |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons |
OF |
81 |
- |
- |
179 |
2.2 |
155 |
140 |
15 |
24 |
3 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.866 |
0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons |
SS |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons |
3B |
8 |
- |
- |
18 |
2.3 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.667 |
0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons |
C |
33 |
- |
- |
175 |
5.3 |
162 |
128 |
34 |
13 |
0 |
30 |
- |
- |
.926 |
0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons |
OF |
61 |
- |
- |
112 |
1.8 |
97 |
89 |
8 |
15 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.866 |
0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons |
P |
2 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.000 |
0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons |
SS |
3 |
- |
- |
21 |
7.0 |
16 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.762 |
0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons |
1B |
18 |
- |
- |
223 |
12.4 |
209 |
208 |
1 |
14 |
8 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.937 |
0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons |
3B |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
8.0 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.750 |
0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons |
C |
10 |
- |
- |
38 |
3.8 |
38 |
27 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
- |
1 |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons |
OF |
86 |
- |
- |
132 |
1.5 |
118 |
112 |
6 |
14 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.894 |
0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons |
P |
4 |
0 |
38 |
2 |
0.5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
1.42 |
| 1885 Giants |
C |
8 |
- |
- |
27 |
3.4 |
23 |
20 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
- |
0 |
.852 |
0.00 |
| 1885 Giants |
OF |
112 |
- |
- |
183 |
1.6 |
172 |
162 |
10 |
11 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.940 |
0.00 |
| 1886 Giants |
1B |
2 |
- |
- |
20 |
10.0 |
20 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1886 Giants |
C |
47 |
- |
- |
352 |
7.5 |
333 |
250 |
83 |
19 |
3 |
48 |
- |
- |
.946 |
0.00 |
| 1886 Giants |
OF |
63 |
- |
- |
121 |
1.9 |
112 |
101 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.926 |
0.00 |
| 1887 Giants |
2B |
2 |
- |
- |
9 |
4.5 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1887 Giants |
3B |
38 |
- |
- |
114 |
3.0 |
96 |
46 |
50 |
18 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.842 |
0.00 |
| 1887 Giants |
C |
40 |
- |
- |
228 |
5.7 |
203 |
137 |
66 |
25 |
4 |
37 |
- |
- |
.890 |
0.00 |
| 1887 Giants |
OF |
28 |
- |
- |
72 |
2.6 |
67 |
60 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.931 |
0.00 |
| 1888 Giants |
1B |
4 |
- |
- |
46 |
11.5 |
45 |
43 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.978 |
0.00 |
| 1888 Giants |
3B |
2 |
- |
- |
6 |
3.0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.667 |
0.00 |
| 1888 Giants |
C |
15 |
- |
- |
104 |
6.9 |
99 |
77 |
22 |
5 |
0 |
14 |
- |
- |
.952 |
0.00 |
| 1888 Giants |
OF |
87 |
- |
- |
149 |
1.7 |
143 |
130 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.960 |
0.00 |
| 1889 Giants |
C |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
3.0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
1 |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 1889 Giants |
OF |
128 |
- |
- |
205 |
1.6 |
183 |
165 |
18 |
22 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.893 |
0.00 |
| 1890 Giants |
OF |
111 |
- |
- |
215 |
1.9 |
200 |
175 |
25 |
15 |
3 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.930 |
0.00 |
| 1891 Giants |
C |
14 |
- |
- |
79 |
5.6 |
75 |
49 |
26 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
- |
- |
.949 |
0.00 |
| 1891 Giants |
OF |
126 |
- |
- |
235 |
1.9 |
213 |
195 |
18 |
22 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.906 |
0.00 |
| 1892 Giants |
1B |
1 |
- |
- |
9 |
9.0 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.889 |
0.00 |
| 1892 Giants |
C |
4 |
- |
- |
21 |
5.3 |
20 |
14 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
.952 |
0.00 |
| 1892 Giants |
OF |
111 |
- |
- |
172 |
1.5 |
157 |
146 |
11 |
15 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.913 |
0.00 |
| 1893 Senators |
1B |
33 |
- |
- |
305 |
9.2 |
296 |
277 |
19 |
9 |
15 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.970 |
0.00 |
| 1893 Senators |
C |
9 |
- |
- |
56 |
6.2 |
53 |
36 |
17 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
- |
- |
.946 |
0.00 |
| 1893 Senators |
OF |
87 |
- |
- |
205 |
2.4 |
190 |
174 |
16 |
15 |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.927 |
0.00 |
| 1904 Giants |
C |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
5.0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
.800 |
0.00 |
| Career |
POS |
G |
GS |
OUTS |
TC |
TC/G |
CH |
PO |
A |
E |
DP |
PB |
CASB |
CACS |
FLD% |
RF |
| OF Totals |
|
1,377 |
0 |
0 |
2,636 |
1.9 |
2,368 |
2,152 |
216 |
268 |
25 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.898 |
0.00 |
| C Totals |
|
209 |
0 |
0 |
1,255 |
6.0 |
1,155 |
855 |
300 |
100 |
13 |
196 |
n/a |
3 |
.920 |
0.00 |
| 3B Totals |
|
119 |
0 |
0 |
396 |
3.3 |
326 |
161 |
165 |
70 |
15 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.823 |
0.00 |
| 1B Totals |
|
103 |
0 |
0 |
1,029 |
10.0 |
980 |
951 |
29 |
49 |
45 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.952 |
0.00 |
| SS Totals |
|
25 |
0 |
0 |
118 |
4.7 |
99 |
24 |
75 |
19 |
4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
.839 |
0.00 |
| P Totals |
|
6 |
0 |
59 |
2 |
0.3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.92 |
| 2B Totals |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
4.5 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.000 |
0.00 |
| 19 Years |
|
1,841 |
0 |
59 |
5,445 |
3.0 |
4,939 |
4,148 |
791 |
506 |
103 |
196 |
n/a |
3 |
.907 |
2,260.22 |
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| Team [Click for Roster] |
Uniform Numbers |
Salary |
All-Star |
World Series |
| 1876 Boston Red Stockings |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1877 Boston Red Stockings |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1878 Boston Red Stockings |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1879 Providence Grays |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1880 Boston Red Stockings |
n/a |
$1,400.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1881 Buffalo Bisons |
n/a |
$2,000.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1882 Buffalo Bisons |
n/a |
$2,000.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1883 Buffalo Bisons |
n/a |
$2,250.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1884 Buffalo Bisons |
n/a |
$3,000.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1885 New York Giants |
n/a |
$4,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1886 New York Giants |
n/a |
$3,000.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1887 New York Giants |
n/a |
$3,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1888 New York Giants |
n/a |
$3,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1889 New York Giants |
n/a |
$3,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1890 New York Giants |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1891 New York Giants |
n/a |
$2,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1892 New York Giants |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1893 Washington Senators |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1904 New York Giants |
n/a |
Undetermined |
n/a |
n/a |
| Jim O'Rourke Stats by Baseball Almanac |


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