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Syd
O'Brien		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 18, 1944 in Usa, CA, COMPTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1970 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1971 26 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1972 27 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1973 28 PIT NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1974 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1976 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 32 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1978 33 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1979 34 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 35 OAK AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 24 AA   111 457 79 155 19 7 28 91 9 11 27 50 .339 .376 .595 .971 90.1  
    A   26 116 12 32 4 1 1 10 2 3 10 12 .276 .333 .353 .687 13.1  
1970 25 AA   119 475 64 123 23 1 23 88 5 5 36 55 .259 .311 .457 .768 66.5  
1971 26 AA   137 530 79 138 28 4 25 83 10 10 47 64 .260 .321 .470 .790 77.8  
1972 27 AA   137 527 73 132 19 3 27 100 7 7 63 57 .250 .331 .452 .782 79.7  
1973 28 AA   137 532 87 164 19 3 25 77 4 8 59 55 .308 .377 .496 .874 94.2  
1974 29 PIT NL 122 349 39 77 11 4 5 25 2 2 20 38 .221 .267 .318 .585 24.0 0.0
1975 30 PIT NL 155 484 53 94 17 2 10 35 3 1 19 66 .194 .224 .300 .523 31.1 0.0
1976 31 PIT NL 98 201 28 45 7 0 9 22 0 2 7 28 .224 .254 .393 .647 18.6 1.4
1977 32 PIT NL 69 69 18 16 2 1 2 6 0 1 5 11 .232 .293 .377 .670 7.4 1.1
1978 33 PIT NL 42 22 7 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 .364 .391 .455 .846 2.9 0.5
1979 34 PIT NL 48 63 17 11 1 0 1 8 1 1 7 14 .175 .254 .238 .492 4.1 0.0
1980 35 AA   137 524 80 139 22 4 30 74 8 14 70 66 .265 .352 .494 .846 88.5  
6 Years Sim 534 1188 162 251 40 7 27 98 6 9 59 159 .211 .250 .325 .575 88.0 3.0
6 Years AA 778 3045 462 851 130 22 158 513 43 55 302 347 .279 .343 .492 .835 496.7  
1 Years A 26 116 12 32 4 1 1 10 2 3 10 12 .276 .333 .353 .687 13.1  
7 Years Minors 804 3161 474 883 134 23 159 523 45 58 312 359 .279 .343 .487 .830 509.8  
162 Game Average 360 49 76 12 2 8 29 1 2 17 48 .211 .250 .325 .575 26.7  
Career Highs 155 484 53 94 17 4 10 35 3 2 20 66 .364 .391 .455 .846 31.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   785 106 162 23 4 18 67 4 4 28 114 .206 .236 .315 .551 54.3
vs LH   403 56 89 17 3 9 31 2 5 31 45 .221 .278 .345 .622 37.5
Home 267 605 75 119 17 4 8 35 2 4 29 81 .197 .233 .278 .511 35.2
Away 267 583 87 132 23 3 19 63 4 5 30 78 .226 .268 .374 .642 56.6
RISP   253 0 48 5 1 10 72 0 0 10 39 .190 .224 .336 .560 18.8
Pinch Hitting   19 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .263 .364 .368 .732 2.4
Close/Late   139 51 33 6 1 4 11 0 0 6 15 .237 .269 .381 .650 14.0
Mar/Apr 91 205 25 48 3 1 10 29 1 2 5 29 .234 .255 .405 .660 20.8
May 94 206 25 34 3 3 1 10 1 1 12 20 .165 .210 .223 .433 7.6
June 74 199 25 41 13 0 3 18 1 0 12 36 .206 .251 .317 .568 15.3
July 86 183 29 44 6 1 3 11 1 2 13 22 .240 .298 .333 .631 17.3
August 86 157 20 30 8 1 1 6 1 2 3 21 .191 .205 .274 .479 6.6
Sep/Oct 103 238 38 54 7 1 9 24 1 2 14 31 .227 .273 .378 .651 24.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 29 PIT NL 3B 77 72 629.0 46 163 11 14 .950 2.99   2.2
    SS 14 12 113.3 21 56 1 15 .987 6.11   0.8
    2B 18 13 107.0 28 47 3 11 .962 6.31   0.3
    LF 7 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
1975 30 PIT NL 3B 148 148 1220.7 89 287 25 30 .938 2.77   3.5
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 31 PIT NL SS 35 14 161.7 30 80 3 18 .973 6.12   1.1
    3B 24 18 161.0 11 40 4 10 .927 2.85   0.5
    2B 26 15 147.3 55 64 2 20 .983 7.27   0.7
    LF 5 1 16.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.24   0.0
1977 32 PIT NL 2B 40 11 154.3 36 80 5 12 .959 6.76   0.6
    LF 4 2 20.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    3B 6 1 17.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    SS 5 1 12.7 0 5 1 0 .833 3.55   0.0
1978 33 PIT NL 2B 7 4 38.0 8 15 3 2 .885 5.45   0.1
    3B 9 0 19.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.1
    SS 8 0 14.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 34 PIT NL 2B 11 7 75.0 12 30 4 8 .913 5.04   0.1
    3B 17 6 68.7 8 19 1 5 .964 3.54   0.3
    SS 8 0 19.3 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.66   0.1
    LF 3 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  3B 281 245 2115.7 155 516 41 59 .942 2.85   6.6
  2B 104 50 523.7 139 237 17 53 .957 6.46   1.7
  SS 72 27 323.0 54 151 5 35 .976 5.71   2.1
  LF 20 5 66.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.1
Career Totals   477 327 3029.0 360 904 63 147 .953 3.76   10.5
Career Highs   152 148 1224.7 102 288 25 48 .969 5.56    
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  2. Floyd Rayford (971)
  3. Dave May (968)
  4. Bob Sadowski (961)
  5. Billy Grabarkewitz (961)
  6. Jim Anderson (957)
  7. Ed Spiezio (955)
  8. Lou Skizas (955)
  9. Bill Rigney (955)
  10. Tommy Harper (949)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1969
Injured on 8/13/1970 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1974, off Jim Maloney (LAD)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/3/1980 to a minor league contract
 
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