John O'Donoghue
1963–1971 · bats R / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos, SE1
263G
.170AVG
.190OBP
.228SLG
More career statistics
35H
3HR
11RBI
1SB
39–55W–L
751.0IP
377K
4.07ERA
96GS
10SV
3Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,235 | 3,232 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,253 | 2,252 |
| Pitching · p k | 377 | 378 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | 228 | 206 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | .170 | .190 | .228 | .418 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751.0 | 257 | 96 | 13 | 39 | 55 | 10 | 780 | 382 | 340 | 78 | 260 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 4.07 | 1.385 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1964-08-26 to 1964-09-11
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1965-08-18 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1967-08-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1964-07-16 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 127 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | .172 | .170 | .194 |
| Away | 136 | 122 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 37 | .168 | .180 | .257 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .273 | .286 |
| May | 54 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .237 | .250 |
| June | 51 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20 | .137 | .130 | .294 |
| July | 46 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .167 | .191 | .238 |
| August | 40 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .103 | .093 | .128 |
| September | 41 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .214 | .250 | .214 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .122 | .156 | .171 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .114 | .219 |
| minnesota-twins | 31 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .250 | .261 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .211 | .556 |
| chicago-white-sox | 24 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .105 | .118 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .182 | .192 | .227 |
| baltimore-orioles | 21 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .207 | .192 |
| california-angels | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Kansas City Athletics | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 1 |
| 1964 | Kansas City Athletics | 40 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 5 | – | .236 | 173 | 79 |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics | 39 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | .218 | 177 | 82 |
| 1966 |  Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 33 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .152 | 108 | 50 |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .100 | 130 | 81 |
| 1968 |  Baltimore Orioles | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 22 | 11 |
| 1969 | SE1 | 55 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 69 | 48 |
| 1970 | Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos | 34 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 45 | 19 |
| 1971 |  Montreal Expos | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 7 |