19th Century Jack O'Connor
Full Name: John Joseph "Rowdy Jack" or "Peach Pie" O'Connor
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170
Born: Jun 2, 1869 in St. Louis, MO
Major League Debut: Mapril 20, 1887
Died: Nov 14, 1937 in St. Louis, MO


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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1887 CIN .143 12 42 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 -- .143 --
1888 CIN .204 36 137 14 28 3 1 1 17 6 0 -- .263 --
1889 COC .269 107 398 69 107 17 7 4 60 33 37 -- .377 --
1890 COC .324 121 457 89 148 14 10 2 66 38 0 -- .411 --
1891 COC .266 56 229 28 61 12 3 0 37 11 14 -- .345 --
1892 CLE .248 140 572 71 142 22 5 1 58 25 48 -- .309 --
1893 CLE .286 96 384 72 110 23 1 4 75 29 12 -- .383 --
1894 CLE .315 86 330 67 104 23 7 2 51 15 7 -- .445 --
1895 CLE .291 89 340 51 99 14 10 0 58 30 22 -- .391 --
1896 CLE .297 68 256 41 76 11 1 1 43 15 12 -- .359 --
1897 CLE .290 103 397 49 115 21 4 2 69 26 0 -- .378 --
1898 CLE .249 131 478 50 119 17 4 1 56 26 0 -- .308 --
1899 STL .253 84 289 33 73 5 6 0 43 15 0 -- .311 --
1900 STL .219 10 32 4 7 0 0 0 6 2 0 -- .219 --
1900 PIT .238 43 147 15 35 4 1 0 19 3 0 -- .279 --
1900 Total .235 53 179 19 42 4 1 0 25 5 0 -- .268 --
1901 PIT .193 61 202 16 39 7 3 0 22 10 0 -- .257 --
1902 PIT .294 49 170 13 50 1 2 1 28 3 0 -- .341 --
1903 NYY .203 64 212 13 43 4 1 0 12 8 0 -- .231 --
1904 STL .213 14 47 4 10 1 0 0 2 2 0 -- .234 --
1906 STL .190 55 174 8 33 0 0 0 11 2 0 -- .190 --
1907 STL .157 25 89 2 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 -- .180 --
1910 STL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .000 --
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .264 1451 5382 713 1419 201 66 19 738 301 152 .000 .336 .000


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1887 CIN 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1888 CIN 1 0 36 0 0 0 12 0 .000 137.0 0.0
1889 COC 4 0 150 0 0 0 26 0 .000 99.5 10.8
1890 COC 1 0 188 0 0 0 29 0 .000 228.5 0.0
1891 COC 0 0 79 0 0 0 10 0 .000 0.0 16.4
1892 CLE 2 0 177 0 0 0 17 0 .000 572.0 11.9
1893 CLE 3 0 147 0 0 0 29 0 .000 96.0 32.0
1894 CLE 0 0 147 0 4 0 15 0 .000 165.0 47.1
1895 CLE 3 0 133 0 12 0 11 0 .000 0.0 15.5
1896 CLE 3 0 92 0 7 0 15 0 .000 256.0 21.3
1897 CLE 3 0 150 0 6 0 20 0 .000 198.5 0.0
1898 CLE 2 0 147 0 11 0 8 0 .000 478.0 0.0
1899 STL 4 0 90 0 5 0 7 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1900 STL 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1900 PIT 2 0 41 0 1 0 5 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1900 Total 4 0 48 0 1 0 5 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1901 PIT 2 0 52 0 6 0 2 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1902 PIT 0 0 58 0 3 0 2 0 .000 170.0 0.0
1903 NYY 1 0 49 0 3 0 4 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1904 STL 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1906 STL 0 0 33 0 8 0 4 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1907 STL 2 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1910 STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 35 0 1809 0 68 0 219 0 .000 283.3 35.4


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT
1887 CIN C 5 13 13 6 0 .813
1887 CIN UN 7 16 2 1 1 .947
1887 Total   12 29 15 7 1 .863
1888 CIN C 2 14 9 4 0 .852
1888 CIN UN 34 54 8 16 0 .795
1888 Total   36 68 17 20 0 .810
1889 COC C 84 420 127 26 6 .955
1889 COC UN 19 38 2 7 1 .851
1889 COC 1B 3 27 0 1 3 .964
1889 COC 2B 4 7 6 1 1 .929
1889 Total   110 492 135 35 11 .947
1890 COC C 106 539 146 27 13 .962
1890 COC UN 9 18 1 4 1 .826
1890 COC 2B 2 6 7 1 3 .929
1890 COC SS 8 9 9 3 1 .857
1890 COC 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1890 Total   126 572 164 35 18 .955
1891 COC C 21 78 29 2 2 .982
1891 COC UN 40 57 8 9 3 .878
1891 Total   61 135 37 11 5 .940
1892 CLE C 34 158 40 7 4 .966
1892 CLE UN 106 152 21 12 4 .935
1892 Total   140 310 61 19 8 .951
1893 CLE C 56 182 62 13 2 .949
1893 CLE UN 44 70 8 6 0 .929
1893 Total   100 252 70 19 2 .944
1894 CLE C 45 161 35 12 1 .942
1894 CLE UN 33 88 8 8 3 .923
1894 CLE 1B 7 55 3 1 4 .983
1894 Total   85 304 46 21 8 .943
1895 CLE C 47 128 41 14 2 .923
1895 CLE 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1895 CLE 1B 41 392 25 2 22 .995
1895 Total   89 522 66 16 24 .974
1896 CLE C 37 109 31 5 3 .966
1896 CLE 1B 17 120 8 1 10 .992
1896 CLE UN 12 13 1 1 0 .933
1896 Total   66 242 40 7 13 .976
1897 CLE C 13 35 12 3 0 .940
1897 CLE UN 52 93 3 6 0 .941
1897 CLE 1B 36 349 8 7 10 .981
1897 Total   101 477 23 16 10 .969
1898 CLE C 48 156 53 8 2 .963
1898 CLE UN 15 19 3 1 1 .957
1898 CLE 1B 69 586 36 11 33 .983
1898 Total   132 761 92 20 36 .977
1899 STL C 57 185 63 15 3 .943
1899 STL 1B 26 242 13 3 17 .988
1899 Total   83 427 76 18 20 .965
1900 STL C 10 33 11 2 0 .957
1900 PIT C 40 108 44 9 2 .944
1900 PIT 1B 2 20 1 0 3 1.000
1900 Total   52 161 56 11 5 .952
1901 PIT C 59 256 59 7 5 .978
1902 PIT C 42 187 49 5 2 .979
1902 PIT UN 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1902 PIT 1B 6 56 1 1 3 .983
1902 Total   49 243 50 6 5 .980
1903 NYY C 63 282 56 4 6 .988
1903 NYY 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1903 Total   64 287 56 4 6 .988
1904 STL C 14 55 11 4 0 .943
1906 STL C 51 248 64 3 2 .990
1907 STL C 25 87 29 1 4 .991
1910 STL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
  G PO A E DP FPCT
Totals 1456 5929 1167 280 183 .962


[From the New York Clipper Novermber 22, 1890.]
John O'Connor, one of the catchers of the Columbus Club, of the American Association, hails from St. Louis, where he was born about twenty-five years ago. He began playing ball on the lots of his native city, where he soon attracted the attention of several managers of the Western teams. His first professional engagement was in 1886 with the St. Joseph Club, of the Western League, where he made a great reputation catching for Charles King, the now noted pitcher of the Chicago Club, of the Players' League. In 1888 he was signed by President Stern, of the Cincinnati Club, of the American Association, but as that club had a surplus of catchers, O'Connor was not given a chance to show what he could do. He played in thirty-six championship games in 1888, but took part in only enough games to give him a record in the official averages as an outfielder and not as a catcher. In the Winter of 1888-9, when the Columbus Club was formed, to fill the vacancy in the American Association caused by the withdrawal of the Cleveland Club, O'Connor was one of the players contributed towards a team. He took in 107 championship games with the new Columbus Club during 1889, its first season, acting as catcher in 84 of these games. O'Connor continued with the Columbus Club in 1890, doing good service as a catcher, and also creditably filling other positions in the in and out field.

Jack O'Connor holds the 20th Century Record for the Most At-Bats (174) without an extra base hit, which he accomplished in 1906 while playing for the St. Louis Browns. He is fifth overall on the list with the top four batting in the 19th century.


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