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Bob O'Farrell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL us

Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL

Buried: North Shore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, IL

High School: Waukegan HS (Waukegan, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1915 (Age 18-321d, 4,403rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1935 (Age 38-339d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: Robert Arthur O'Farrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.5

4101

1120

.273

517

RBI

549

OBP

.360

SLG

.388

OPS

.748

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	8 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	GF	18	5.0	4	1	1	6	0
3	11 (2)	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (1)	May 1	CHC		STL	L,4-12	GF	27	5.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	17 (3)	May 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
6	18	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
7	19	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	21 (1)	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	10	3.1	4	1	0	5	0
9	22	May 9	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
10	24 (1)	May 14	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	27 (2)	May 18	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	31 (3)	May 22	CHC		PHI	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
13	32	May 23	CHC		PHI	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
14	37 (4)	May 29	CHC		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	38	May 30	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	41 (2)	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GF	16	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	43 (1)	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	GF	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
18	44	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	45	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
20	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
21	47	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	54	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
23	49	Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	50	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	52	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	53	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	48	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	54	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	55	Jun 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
31	57	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
32	58	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	59	Jun 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	60	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
35	61	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	63 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	65 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	66	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
39	67	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
40	69 (1)	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	2	3	1
41	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	72 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	76 (3)	Jul 10	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
44	78 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	107 (28)	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	110 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
48	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	113	Aug 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	114	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
51	116 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	118 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	43	11.0	6	4	0	10	0
53	119	Aug 23	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
54	120	Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	121	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	122	Aug 26	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	123	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
58	124	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	125	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	126	Aug 30	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	127	Aug 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	54	13.0	10	1	0	11	2
63	129	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
64	130	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
65	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-12	GS	26	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	133	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
68	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	135	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
70	136	Sep 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
71	137	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
72	138	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
73	139	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	140	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
75	141	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
76	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	143	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
78	144	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	146 (1)	Sep 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	147	Sep 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
81	148	Sep 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	150 (1)	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	151	Sep 27	CHC		STL	L,1-16	GS	32	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	152	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	69	17.0	12	3	1	16	0
85	153	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
86	154	Oct 3	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
							86gm		703.0	317	100	19	436	6