Buck O'Brien
1911–1913 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox
64G
.140AVG
.191OBP
.175SLG
More career statistics
20H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
29–25W–L
432.0IP
204K
2.62ERA
54GS
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 143 | 142 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 9 | 42 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 157 | 162 |
| Batting · RBI | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 9 | 14 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,741 | 1,795 |
| Pitching · p er | 126 | 119 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,296 | 1,294 |
| Pitching · p k | 204 | 207 |
| Pitching · p w | 159 | 161 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 157 | 143 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .140 | .191 | .175 | .366 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432.0 | 64 | 54 | 36 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 391 | 172 | 126 | 3 | 159 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 2.62 | 1.273 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1913-05-05 to 1913-05-13
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1913-05-05 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1912-06-26 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 12 strikeouts | 1911-09-16 | 1 in 426 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Boston Red Sox | 6 | 16 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 48 | 32 |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 94 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .138 | 276 | 118 |
| 1913 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 21 | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | .156 | 107 | 57 |