MLB / Players

Billy O'Brien

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb
BornMarch 14, 1860 · Albany, NY, USA
MLB debutSeptember 27, 1884
Final gameAugust 12, 1890
Seasons5 (1884–1890)

Kansas City Cowboys 1884; St. Paul White Caps 1884; Washington Nationals 1887–1889; Brooklyn Gladiators 1890

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

G
96
5.4
PA
419
3.4
AB
388
8.1
R
47
2
H
108
20.3
2B
25
75
3B
8
41.2
HR
4
58.1
RBI
67
56.8
BB
28
8.8
SO
0
72.3
SB
5
0.7
BA
.278
51.4
OBP
.332
27.7
SLG
.415
70.9
OPS
.747
54.1
wRC+
110.7
60.1
OPS+
119.4
69.6
wOBA
.360
50
sWAR
1.3
28.4

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 310 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.3
71.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
188412474731130000000.234.234.298.53284.878.6.2420.3
188711347945371126161219732117110.278.317.492.810113.4121.3.3601.7
188813353752842119152966970100.225.238.313.55175.674.0.252-0.9
18892981000001100.000.111.000.111-31.1-67.8.085-0.1
1890964193884710825846728050.278.332.415.747110.7119.4.3601.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188420100008237010.01.801.1006.303.17104.2168.90.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
356
PA
1,491
AB
1,424
R
164
H
364
2B
59
3B
22
HR
32
RBI
206
BB
59
SO
88
SB
26
BA
.2556
OBP
.2891
SLG
.3954
OPS
.6845

Pitching

G (P)
2
GS
0
W
1
L
0
SV
0
CG
0
SHO
0
IP
10
SO (P)
7
BB allowed
3
ERA
1.800
WHIP
1.1000
K/9
6.30

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.