Tom O'Brien
1897–1900 · bats ? / throws ? · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
427G
.278AVG
.341OBP
.365SLG
More career statistics
436H
10HR
229RBI
55SB
2Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 427 | 429 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,569 | 1,575 |
| Batting · Hits | 436 | 437 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 31 | 33 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,753 | 1,762 |
| Batting · Runs | 248 | 250 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 55 | 57 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | 1,753 | 1,569 | 248 | 436 | 59 | 24 | 10 | 229 | 120 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 573 | .278 | .341 | .365 | .706 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1899-08-09 to 1899-08-21
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Five-Steal Game | 1899-06-24 | 1 in 7,214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1897-06-30 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1899-06-24 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 192 | 785 | 200 | 5 | 93 | 54 | 40 | .285 | .324 | .377 |
| Away | 237 | 977 | 237 | 5 | 136 | 66 | 34 | .271 | .310 | .355 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .247 | .329 | .274 |
| May | 69 | 284 | 66 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 14 | .257 | .306 | .335 |
| June | 73 | 295 | 69 | 1 | 43 | 29 | 15 | .277 | .332 | .357 |
| July | 74 | 295 | 69 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 11 | .267 | .308 | .310 |
| August | 81 | 331 | 85 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 11 | .281 | .314 | .396 |
| September | 83 | 355 | 102 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 17 | .310 | .327 | .429 |
| October | 28 | 117 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | .264 | .282 | .358 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 50 | 206 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 10 | .251 | .296 | .355 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 45 | 187 | 58 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 9 | .339 | .364 | .462 |
| chicago-cubs | 44 | 174 | 45 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | .280 | .293 | .398 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 43 | 171 | 55 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | .359 | .392 | .477 |
| cincinnati-reds | 41 | 172 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .259 | .273 | .309 |
| new-york-giants | 40 | 181 | 39 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | .248 | .304 | .325 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 36 | 139 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 7 | .320 | .367 | .434 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 32 | 131 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 7 | .230 | .298 | .265 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 51 | 149 | 37 | – | 32 | 8 | .248 | – | – |
| 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Pittsburgh Pirates | 125 | 473 | 120 | 1 | 59 | 14 | .254 | – | – |
| 1899 |  New York Giants | 151 | 577 | 171 | 6 | 77 | 23 | .296 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 102 | 376 | 109 | 3 | 61 | 12 | .290 | – | – |