John O'Brien

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 175 lb

BornJuly 13, 1866 · Saint John, NB, CAN

MLB debutJuly 25, 1891

Final gameOctober 7, 1899

Seasons6 (1891–1899)

Brooklyn Grooms 1891; Chicago Colts 1893; Louisville Colonels 1895–1896; Washington Senators 1896–1897; Baltimore Orioles 1899; Pittsburgh Pirates 1899

Percentile snapshot

1896 season — qualified batters

122

47.2

510

36.1

456

38.9

6.9

135

36.1

16.7

5.6

76.4

RBI

26.4

41.7

55.6

2.8

.296

38.9

OBP

.361

40.3

SLG

.386

34.7

OPS

.747

38.9

wRC+

97.5

37.5

OPS+

96.5

38.9

wOBA

.357

37.5

sWAR

1.7

of 73 qualified 1896 batters (min 415 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.9

62.7

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1891	43	182	167	22	41	4	2	0	26	12	17	4	.246	.308	.293	.601	80.2	75.2	.296	0.2
1893	4	17	14	3	5	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	.357	.471	.500	.971	147.6	157.7	.464	0.2
1895	128	612	539	82	138	10	4	1	50	45	20	15	.256	.325	.295	.620	69.8	60.4	.305	-0.3
1896	122	510	456	62	135	15	4	6	57	40	19	8	.296	.361	.386	.747	97.5	96.5	.357	1.7
1897	86	353	320	37	78	12	2	3	45	19	10	6	.244	.309	.322	.630	71.2	66.4	.305	-0.1
1899	118	467	414	40	89	6	4	2	50	36	13	12	.215	.284	.263	.547	57.3	50.3	.273	-0.8

Career totals

501

2,141

1,910

246

486

RBI

229

154

.2545

OBP

.3216

SLG

.3157

OPS

.6373

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.