Read Me
Jim O'Rourke
[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

Retrosheet


Jim O'Rourke

Full name James Henry O'Rourke
Born September 1, 1850, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Died January 8, 1919, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Buried at St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, Connecticut (Section 2- Grave 10)
First Game: April 26, 1872; Final Game: September 22, 1904
Managed First Game: May 2, 1881; Managed Final Game: September 29, 1893
Umpired First Game: September 17, 1893; Umpired Final Game: June 21, 1894
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 185
Father of Jimmy O'Rourke
Brother of John O'Rourke
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1945
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1872 MAN n    Daily Splits   23    99   25   27   5   0   0   16    4    0   0   0       1    1   0  .273  .301  .323  -0.1 1872 MAN n
1873 BOS n                   57   280   79   98  21   2   1   49   15    3               1    9   5  .350  .383  .450   1.0 1873 BOS n
1874 BOS n    Daily Splits   70   331   82  104  15   8   5   61    4    5   0   0       2   11   2  .314  .322  .453   1.2 1874 BOS n
1875 BOS n                   75   358   97  106  13   7   6   72    9    6               2   17   5  .296  .313  .422   1.0 1875 BOS n
1876 BOS N                   70   312   61  102  17   3   2   43   15   17                           .327  .358  .420   1.1 1876 BOS N
1877 BOS N                   61   265   68   96  14   4   0   23   20    9                           .362  .407  .445   1.2 1877 BOS N
1878 BOS N                   60   255   44   71  17   7   1   29    5   21                           .278  .292  .412   0.3 1878 BOS N
1879 PRO N                   81   362   69  126  19   9   1   46   13   10                           .348  .371  .459   1.7 1879 PRO N
1880 BOS N                   86   363   71  100  20  11   6   45   21    8                           .275  .315  .441   1.9 1880 BOS N
1881 BUF N                   83   348   71  105  21   7   0   30   27   18                           .302  .352  .402  -0.1 1881 BUF N
1882 BUF N                   84   370   62  104  15   6   2   37   13   13                           .281  .305  .370   0.1 1882 BUF N
1883 BUF N                   94   436  102  143  29   8   1   38   15   13                           .328  .350  .438   0.8 1883 BUF N
1884 BUF N                  108   467  119  162  33   7   5   63   35   17                           .347  .392  .480   2.3 1884 BUF N
1885 NY  N                  112   477  119  143  21  16   5   42   40   21                           .300  .354  .442   1.0 1885 NY  N
1886 NY  N                  105   440  106  136  26   6   1   34   39   21                   14      .309  .365  .402   2.3 1886 NY  N
1887 NY  N                  103   397   73  113  15  13   3   88   36   11   5               46      .285  .352  .411   0.5 1887 NY  N
1888 NY  N                  107   409   50  112  16   6   4   50   24   30   3               25      .274  .319  .372   0.9 1888 NY  N
1889 NY  N                  128   502   89  161  36   7   3   81   40   34   1               33      .321  .372  .438   0.6 1889 NY  N
1890 NY  P                  111   478  112  172  37   5   9  115   33   20   8               23      .360  .410  .515   1.7 1890 NY  P
1891 NY  N                  136   555   92  164  28   7   5   95   26   29   6               19      .295  .334  .398   0.7 1891 NY  N
1892 NY  N                  115   448   62  136  28   5   0   56   30   30   5               16      .304  .354  .388  -0.2 1892 NY  N
1893 WAS N                  129   547   75  157  22   5   2   95   49   26   8               15      .287  .354  .356  -0.6 1893 WAS N
1904 NY  N    Daily Splits    1     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0        0      .250  .250  .250  -0.1 1904 NY  N
Total NA ( 4 Years)         225  1068  283  335  54  17  12  198   32   14   0i  0i      6   38  12  .314  .334  .430   3.1 Total NA
Total NL (18 Years)        1663  6957 1334 2132 377 127  41  895  448  328  28i  0i  0i     168i     .306  .351  .415  14.4 Total NL
Total PL ( 1 Year )         111   478  112  172  37   5   9  115   33   20   8               23      .360  .410  .515   1.7 Total PL
Total    (23 Years) Splits 1999  8503 1729 2639 468 149  62 1208  513  362  36i  0i  0i  6i 229i 12i .310  .352  .422  19.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
O'Rourke was officially recognized as winning the batting title in 1884.

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1883 BUF N                    2   0   0   0   1   1    7     10    29   0    9    5    1    1   1   0   0   0   6.43     -  -0.1 1883 BUF N
1884 BUF N                    4   0   0   0   2   1   12.2    7    41   0    5    4    1    3   0   0   0   1   2.84     -   0.1 1884 BUF N
Total    ( 2 Years)           6   0   0   0   3   2   19.2   17    70   0   14    9    2    4   1   0   0   1   4.12     -   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1872 MAN n Daily Splits  SS   13   13   10    86  i   18   57   27    1   0                 .735
1872 MAN n                C    8    5    5    44  i   24    5   11    1   0    2    1    0  .725
1872 MAN n               3B    2    2    2    18       6    3    2    0   0                 .818
1873 BOS n               1B   34                     344   10   34   23   0                 .912
1873 BOS n               OF   21                      11    4    9    0   0                 .625     0    0   21 
1873 BOS n                C   12                      39    7    5    2        5            .902
1874 BOS n Daily Splits  1B   70   70   70   625     755   12   46   40   0                 .943
1875 BOS n               OF   45                      72    8   20    1                     .800     0   44    1 
1875 BOS n               3B   27                      26   55   34    3   0                 .704
1875 BOS n               1B    6                      44    0    4    1   0                 .917
1875 BOS n                C    1                       0    0    0    0   0    0               -
1876 BOS N               OF   68                     154    7   27    1                     .856     9   60    0 
1876 BOS N               1B    2                      16    0    1    0   0                 .941
1876 BOS N                C    1                       0    0    0    0        1               -
1877 BOS N               OF   60                     112    9   22    0                     .846    23   35    3 
1877 BOS N               1B    1                       6    0    1    2   0                 .857
1878 BOS N               OF   57                     102   15   19    4   0                 .860     0   57    0 
1878 BOS N               1B    2                      10    0    0    0                    1.000
1878 BOS N                C    2                      12    2    3    1        5            .824
1879 PRO N               OF   56                      51   11   17    2                     .785     2    0   56 
1879 PRO N               1B   20                     219    1   11    4   0                 .952
1879 PRO N                C    5                      32    9    5    0   0    4            .891
1879 PRO N               3B    3                       0    8    1    0   0                 .889
1880 BOS N               OF   37                      57   11    7    1   0                 .907    15    4   19 
1880 BOS N               1B   19                     141    4   11   11   0                 .929
1880 BOS N               SS   17                      20   56   14    4                     .844
1880 BOS N               3B   10                      18   14    2    2   0                 .941
1880 BOS N                C    9                      32   11    9    0   0   10            .827
1881 BUF N               3B   56                      85   80   36    8   1                 .821
1881 BUF N               OF   18                      27    5    3    0                     .914    18    0    0 
1881 BUF N                C    8                      30    7    8    0   0    9            .822
1881 BUF N               SS    3                       1    5    0    0                    1.000
1881 BUF N               1B    1                       5    0    0    0   0                1.000
1882 BUF N               OF   81                     140   15   24    3                     .866     5   77    0 
1882 BUF N                C    2                       6    1    0    0   0    3           1.000
1882 BUF N               SS    2                       0    1    0    0   0                1.000
1882 BUF N               3B    1                       3    0    2    0   0                 .600
1883 BUF N               OF   61                      89    8   15    0                     .866    60    1    0 
1883 BUF N                C   33                     128   34   13    0       30            .926
1883 BUF N               3B    8                       6    6    6    2                     .667
1883 BUF N               SS    3                       3   13    5    0                     .762
1883 BUF N                P    2                       0    0    0    0                        -
1884 BUF N               OF   86                     112    6   14    2   0                 .894    86    0    0 
1884 BUF N               1B   18                     208    1   14    8   0                 .937
1884 BUF N                C   10                      27   11    0    1   0    4           1.000
1884 BUF N                P    4                       0    2    0    0                    1.000
1884 BUF N               3B    1                       3    3    2    1   0                 .750
1885 NY  N               OF  112                     162   10   11    0                     .940     0  112    0 
1885 NY  N                C    8                      20    3    4    0        7         0  .852
1886 NY  N               OF   63                     101   11    9    1                     .926     1   62    0 
1886 NY  N                C   47                     250   83   19    3       48            .946
1886 NY  N               1B    2                      18    2    0    1   0                1.000
1887 NY  N                C   40                     137   66   25    4       37            .890
1887 NY  N               3B   38                      46   50   18    2   0                 .842
1887 NY  N               OF   28                      60    7    5    1   0                 .931    19    6    3 
1887 NY  N               2B    2                       5    4    0    1   0                1.000
1888 NY  N               OF   87                     130   13    6    1                     .960    75    3    9 
1888 NY  N                C   15                      77   22    5    0   0   14            .952
1888 NY  N               1B    4                      43    2    1    3   0                 .978
1888 NY  N               3B    2                       1    3    2    0                     .667
1889 NY  N               OF  128                     165   18   22    2                     .893   128    0    0 
1889 NY  N                C    1                       1    2    0    0   0    0           1.000
1890 NY  P               OF  111                     175   25   15    3                     .930    10    1  100 
1891 NY  N               OF  126                     195   18   22    1   1                 .906   126    1    0 
1891 NY  N                C   14                      49   26    4    2   0   15            .949
1892 NY  N               OF  111                     146   11   15    1                     .913   106    0    5 
1892 NY  N                C    4                      14    6    1    0   0    2            .952
1892 NY  N               1B    1                       8    0    1    1   0                 .889
1893 WAS N               OF   87                     174   16   15    2                     .927    87    0    0 
1893 WAS N               1B   33                     277   19    9   15   0                 .970
1893 WAS N                C    9                      36   17    3    2   0    7            .946
1904 NY  N Daily Splits   C    1    1    1     9       4    0    1    0   0    0    0    0  .800
Total (20 Years) Splits  OF 1443                    2235  228  297   26   1i                .892   770  463  217 
Total (20 Years)          C  230    6i   6i   53  i  918  312  116   16   0i 203    1i   0i .914
Total (14 Years)         1B  213   70i  70i  625  i 2100   51  136  110   0i                .941
Total (10 Years)         3B  148    2i   2i   18  i  194  222  105   18   1i                .798
Total ( 5 Years)         SS   38   13i  10i   86  i   42  132   46    5   0i                .791
Total ( 2 Years)          P    6                       0    2    0    0                    1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    2                       5    4    0    1   0                1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1881 BUF N         83   45   38  .542   440   448                  3
1882 BUF N         84   45   39  .536   500   462                  3
1883 BUF N         98   52   45  .536   613   576                  5
1884 BUF N        115   64   47  .577   701   625                  3
1893 WAS N        130   40   89  .310   722  1032                 12
Total ( 5 Years)  510  246  258  .488  2976  3143
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1893 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
1894 NL Daily      29   29    0    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)   30   29    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Transaction Information

Signed by Boston Red Stockings (1873).

Signed by Providence Grays (1879).

Signed by Boston NL Team (1880).

Signed by Buffalo Bisons (@December 25, 1880).

Granted free agency (@October 16, 1884).

Signed by New York Giants (@November, 1884).

Assigned to Washington Nationals by New York Giants (September 15, 1892).
Read Me