Danny O'Connell Stats

Danny O'Connell was born on Monday, January 21, 1929, in Paterson, New Jersey. O'Connell was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 14, 1950, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Danny O'Connell baseball stats page.

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Danny O'Connell



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Birth Name:   Daniel Francis O'Connell
Nickname:   Danny
Born On:   01-21-1929  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Paterson, New Jersey
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-02-1969 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Clifton, New Jersey
Cemetery:   Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair, New Jersey
High School:   St. Bonaventure High School (Paterson, NJ)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-14-1950 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-26-1962
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Danny O'Connell Pitching Stats

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Danny O'Connell Hitting Stats

1950 21 Pirates 79 315 39 92 16 1 8 0 32 24 1 33 5 - 0 8 .292 .342 .425
1953 24 Pirates 149 588 88 173 26 8 7 0 55 57 0 42 5 - 4 13 .294 .361 .401
1954 25 Braves 146 541 61 151 28 4 2 0 37 38 1 46 19 4 2 11 .279 .326 .357
1955 26 Braves 124 453 47 102 15 4 6 0 40 28 2 43 2 3 5 7 .225 .276 .316
1956 27 Braves 139 498 71 119 17 9 2 0 42 76 0 42 16 4 4 6 .239 .342 .321
1957 28 Braves 48 183 29 43 9 1 1 0 8 19 0 20 2 1 2 1 .235 .312 .311
1957 28 Giants 95 364 57 97 18 3 7 0 28 33 0 30 5 1 2 10 .266 .330 .390
1958 29 Giants 107 306 44 71 12 2 3 0 23 51 0 35 9 2 0 7 .232 .340 .314
1959 30 Giants 34 58 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 3 0 0 0 .190 .254 .241
1961 32 Senators 138 493 61 128 30 1 1 0 37 77 0 62 15 3 3 6 .260 .361 .331
1962 33 Senators 84 236 24 62 7 2 2 0 18 23 1 28 8 1 0 6 .263 .327 .335
10 Years 1,143 4,035 527 1,049 181 35 39 0 320 431 5 396 89 19 22 75 .260 .333 .351

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Danny O'Connell Fielding Stats

1950 Pirates 3B 12 12 324 56 4.7 54 15 39 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .964 4.50
1950 Pirates SS 65 65 1,746 384 5.9 375 147 228 9 47 n/a n/a n/a .977 5.80
1953 Pirates 2B 47 45 1,167 264 5.6 256 107 149 8 27 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.92
1953 Pirates 3B 104 104 2,766 355 3.4 340 119 221 15 16 n/a n/a n/a .958 3.32
1954 Braves 1B 8 8 195 68 8.5 68 63 5 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.42
1954 Braves 2B 103 100 2,715 570 5.5 558 244 314 12 83 n/a n/a n/a .979 5.55
1954 Braves 3B 35 28 831 111 3.2 111 44 67 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.61
1954 Braves SS 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1955 Braves 2B 114 111 2,943 679 6.0 666 309 357 13 76 n/a n/a n/a .981 6.11
1955 Braves 3B 7 6 147 13 1.9 12 8 4 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.20
1955 Braves SS 1 0 18 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1956 Braves 2B 138 132 3,438 686 5.0 676 295 381 10 98 n/a n/a n/a .985 5.31
1956 Braves 3B 4 1 75 6 1.5 5 3 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.80
1956 Braves SS 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1957 Braves 2B 48 47 1,260 278 5.8 273 128 145 5 43 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.85
1957 Giants 2B 68 63 1,728 357 5.3 350 156 194 7 50 n/a n/a n/a .980 5.47
1957 Giants 3B 30 26 687 106 3.5 102 33 69 4 6 n/a n/a n/a .962 4.01
1958 Giants 2B 104 99 2,469 507 4.9 500 222 278 7 70 n/a n/a n/a .986 5.47
1958 Giants 3B 3 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1959 Giants 2B 8 4 147 25 3.1 25 16 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.59
1959 Giants 3B 26 14 360 55 2.1 51 15 36 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .927 3.83
1961 Senators 2B 61 58 1,539 321 5.3 314 144 170 7 52 n/a n/a n/a .978 5.51
1961 Senators 3B 73 74 1,926 264 3.6 248 75 173 16 14 n/a n/a n/a .939 3.48
1962 Senators 2B 22 19 501 93 4.2 88 36 52 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .946 4.74
1962 Senators 3B 41 35 957 128 3.1 123 34 89 5 13 n/a n/a n/a .961 3.47
2B Totals 713 678 17,907 3,780 5.3 3,706 1,657 2,049 74 508 n/a n/a n/a .980 5.59
3B Totals 335 300 8,085 1,094 3.3 1,046 346 700 48 63 n/a n/a n/a .956 3.49
SS Totals 68 65 1,776 387 5.7 378 148 230 9 48 n/a n/a n/a .977 5.75
1B Totals 8 8 195 68 8.5 68 63 5 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.42
10 Years 1,124 1,051 27,963 5,329 4.7 5,198 2,214 2,984 131 626 n/a n/a n/a .975 5.02

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Danny O'Connell Miscellaneous Stats

1950 Pirates 7 5 .583 2 0 n/a 39.4 9.5 9.8 - - -
1953 Pirates 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 84.0 14.0 10.7 - - -
1954 Braves 2 2 .500 4 1 n/a 270.5 11.8 14.6 - - -
1955 Braves 2 2 .500 6 0 n/a 75.5 10.5 11.3 - - -
1956 Braves 3 3 .500 1 0 n/a 249.0 11.9 11.9 - - -
1957 Braves 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 183.0 9.2 22.9 - - -
1957 Giants 8 3 .727 1 1 n/a 52.0 12.1 13.0 - - -
1958 Giants 2 1 .667 0 1 n/a 102.0 8.7 13.3 - - -
1959 Giants 0 1 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 3.9 0.0 - - -
1961 Senators 15 5 .750 5 0 n/a 493.0 8.0 13.3 - - -
1962 Senators 5 1 .833 25 0 n/a 118.0 8.4 13.1 - - -
10 Years 48 27 .640 44 4 n/a 103.5 10.2 12.6 - - -

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Danny O'Connell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 Undetermined - -
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 10 Undetermined - -
1954 Milwaukee Braves 4 Undetermined - -
1955 Milwaukee Braves 4, 27 Undetermined - -
1956 Milwaukee Braves 4 Undetermined - -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 4 Undetermined - -
1957 New York Giants 2 Undetermined - -
1958 San Francisco Giants 19, 22 Undetermined - -
1959 San Francisco Giants 22 Undetermined - -
1961 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined - -
1962 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined - -

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