Syd O'Brien
Born: December 18, 1944, Compton, CAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Long Beach CC
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Boston AL 24 100 263 47 64 111 10 5 9 29 4 0 2 3 15 0 1 37 3 .243 .422 .287 1970 Chicago AL 25 121 441 48 109 150 13 2 8 44 0 2 3 3 21 1 2 62 10 .247 .340 .285 1971 California AL 26 90 251 25 50 75 8 1 5 21 4 0 0 2 11 4 1 33 10 .199 .299 .247 1972 California AL 27 36 39 10 7 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 1 .179 .308 .289 1972 Milwaukee AL 27 31 58 5 12 17 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 13 2 .207 .293 .230 TOTALS 378 1052 135 242 365 35 8 24 100 11 3 5 9 55 5 4 155 26 .230 .347 .273
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Boston AL 3B 405.2 43 10 5 53 34 105 9 12 .939 3.08 1969 Boston AL SS 66.0 5 10 0 15 13 17 4 6 .882 4.09 1969 Boston AL 2B 69.0 6 6 1 12 18 21 2 12 .951 5.09 1970 Chicago AL 3B 555.2 65 3 8 68 59 137 13 18 .938 3.17 1970 Chicago AL 2B 328.2 38 4 8 42 96 127 10 31 .957 6.11 1970 Chicago AL SS 25.0 2 3 0 5 3 7 2 1 .833 3.60 1971 California AL SS 450.1 46 6 2 52 87 136 9 30 .961 4.46 1971 California AL 2B 66.1 7 0 0 7 14 25 2 7 .951 5.29 1971 California AL 3B 42.0 5 1 2 6 5 12 0 0 1.000 3.64 1971 California AL RF 8.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 1971 California AL 1B 9.0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 1972 California AL 3B 32.0 2 6 0 8 0 8 1 1 .889 2.25 1972 California AL SS 28.0 3 1 0 4 1 9 1 0 .909 3.21 1972 California AL 2B 13.0 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.15 1972 California AL 1B 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1972 Milwaukee AL 3B 67.1 8 1 1 9 6 17 4 3 .852 3.07 1972 Milwaukee AL 2B 45.2 5 2 1 7 10 11 2 3 .913 4.14
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Boston Red Sox in the first-year minor league draft (November 30, 1964).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with David Burge and Stan Bledsoe to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bob Duliba and Frederick Holmes (May 12, 1966).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Billy Farmer to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gary Peters and Don Pavletich (December 13, 1969); Billy Farmer refused to report to Chicago White Sox and BostonRed Sox sent Gerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to complete trade.
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ken Berry and Billy Wynne to California Angels in exchange for Jay Johnstone, Tom Egan and Tom Bradley (November 30, 1970).
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels (September 7, 1971)
- Activated by California Angels (September 23, 1971)
- Traded by California Angels with Joe Azcue to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark (July 28, 1972).
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