Danny O'Connell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 168 lb

BornJanuary 21, 1929 · Paterson, NJ, USA

MLB debutJuly 14, 1950

Final gameSeptember 26, 1962

Seasons10 (1950–1962)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1950; Pittsburgh Pirates 1953; Milwaukee Braves 1954–1957; New York Giants 1957; San Francisco Giants 1958–1959; Washington Senators 1961–1962

Percentile snapshot

1961 season — qualified batters

138

591

493

11.9

128

20.2

83.3

2.4

RBI

79.8

58.3

83.3

22.6

.260

OBP

.361

61.9

SLG

.331

OPS

.692

20.2

wRC+

94.7

33.3

OPS+

88.2

26.2

wOBA

.329

34.5

sWAR

1.8

33.3

of 85 qualified 1961 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

86.8

18.5

OPS+

84.3

15.2

sWAR

9.6

86.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1950	79	344	315	39	92	16	1	8	32	24	33	7	0	.292	.342	.425	.768	94.0	95.6	.345	1.2
1953	149	654	588	88	173	26	8	7	55	57	42	3	4	.294	.361	.401	.762	97.2	96.0	.345	2.2
1954	146	604	541	61	151	28	4	2	37	38	46	2	2	.279	.326	.357	.683	84.1	85.8	.311	0.9
1955	124	491	453	47	102	15	4	6	40	28	43	2	2	.225	.276	.316	.592	60.8	62.1	.269	-0.6
1956	139	598	498	71	119	17	9	2	42	76	42	3	3	.239	.342	.321	.663	93.9	86.5	.313	1.8
1957	143	612	547	86	140	27	4	8	36	52	50	9	3	.256	.324	.364	.688	90.7	87.5	.314	1.6
1958	107	368	306	44	71	12	2	3	23	51	35	2	1	.232	.340	.314	.654	82.7	76.1	.311	0.6
1959	34	66	58	6	11	3	0	0	0	5	15	0	1	.190	.254	.241	.495	37.2	36.7	.236	-0.2
1961	138	591	493	61	128	30	1	1	37	77	62	15	5	.260	.361	.331	.692	94.7	88.2	.329	1.8
1962	84	268	236	24	62	7	2	2	18	23	28	5	1	.263	.327	.335	.662	80.8	79.8	.306	0.4

Career totals

1,143

4,596

4,035

527

1,049

181

RBI

320

431

396

.2600

OBP

.3333

SLG

.3512

OPS

.6845

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1956-06-13	PHI @ ATL Gameday	4	2	3	0	3	0	1	1	9
1962-05-28	TEX @ LAA Gameday	5	0	4	2	1	0	1	0	8
1957-08-25	CIN @ SF Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	1	3	0	8
1953-06-13	ATL @ PIT Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	8
1958-04-20	SF @ LAD Gameday	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1950-04-19	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-05	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-06	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-14	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-26	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.