Frank O'Rourke

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 165 lb

BornNovember 28, 1891 · Hamilton, ON, CAN

MLB debutJune 11, 1912

Final gameJuly 28, 1931

Seasons14 (1912–1931)

Boston Braves 1912; Brooklyn Robins 1917–1918; Washington Senators 1920–1921; Boston Red Sox 1922; Detroit Tigers 1924–1926; St. Louis Browns 1927–1931

Percentile snapshot

1929 season — qualified batters

154

94.5

659

82.9

585

62.8

147

61.6

47.6

71.3

19.5

RBI

50.6

51.8

34.1

80.5

12.2

.251

7.9

OBP

.306

5.5

SLG

.332

8.5

OPS

.637

6.1

wRC+

59.7

4.9

OPS+

61.6

6.1

wOBA

.298

5.5

sWAR

-0.9

of 165 qualified 1929 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

67.2

2.3

OPS+

67.7

1.8

sWAR

-1.4

3.4

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
1912	61	216	196	11	24	3	1	0	16	11	50	1	0	.122	.177	.148	.325	-17.7	-12.8	.166	-2.2
1917	64	221	198	18	47	7	1	0	15	14	25	11	0	.237	.294	.283	.577	75.0	75.9	.282	0.2
1918	4	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	19.6	22.0	.206	-0.1
1920	14	58	54	8	16	1	0	0	5	2	5	2	1	.296	.321	.315	.636	69.2	71.0	.302	0.0
1921	123	486	444	51	104	17	8	3	54	26	56	6	7	.234	.287	.329	.616	57.8	60.0	.289	-0.4
1922	67	246	216	28	57	14	3	1	17	20	28	6	6	.264	.335	.370	.705	84.0	84.1	.331	0.6
1924	47	206	181	28	50	11	2	0	19	12	19	7	4	.276	.332	.359	.691	76.8	78.3	.329	0.2
1925	124	554	482	88	141	40	7	5	57	32	37	5	8	.293	.350	.436	.786	96.9	99.2	.364	1.7
1926	111	422	363	43	88	16	1	1	41	35	33	8	6	.242	.321	.300	.621	61.8	61.4	.303	-0.4
1927	140	627	538	85	144	25	3	1	39	64	43	18	8	.268	.358	.331	.689	79.4	75.8	.334	0.6
1928	99	438	391	54	103	24	3	1	62	21	19	10	2	.263	.303	.348	.650	64.3	67.7	.302	-0.3
1929	154	659	585	81	147	23	9	2	62	41	28	14	7	.251	.306	.332	.637	59.7	61.6	.298	-0.9
1930	115	450	400	52	107	15	4	1	41	35	30	11	9	.268	.326	.333	.659	66.2	64.8	.307	-0.3
1931	8	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	6.9	14.8	.206	-0.1

Career totals

1,131

4,606

4,069

547

1,032

196

RBI

430

314

377

100

.2536

OBP

.3154

SLG

.3335

OPS

.6489

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
1929-08-13	MIN @ BAL Gameday	5	4	5	1	1	0	1	0	8
1929-06-07	BAL @ ATH Gameday	6	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	8
1925-06-01	CWS @ DET Gameday	4	3	3	2	0	1	2	1	8
1929-04-21	DET @ BAL Gameday	6	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	8
1927-04-19	CWS @ BAL Gameday	5	1	4	1	1	0	3	0	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1912-04-11	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-12	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-13	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-15	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-16	SF @ ATL 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.