19th Century Jim O'Rourke
Full Name: James Henry "Orator Jim" O'Rourke
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5-8 Weight: 185
Born: Sep 1, 1850 in Bridgeport, CT
College: Yale University Law School
Major League Debut: April 26, 1872
Died: Jan 8,, 1919 in Bridgeport, CT
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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1876 BOS .312 70 327 61 102 17 3 2 43 15 17 -- .401 --
1877 BOS .362 61 265 68 96 14 4 0 23 20 9 -- .445 --
1878 BOS .278 60 255 44 71 17 7 1 29 5 21 -- .412 --
1879 PRV .348 81 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 13 10 -- .459 --
1880 BOS .275 86 363 71 100 20 11 6 45 21 8 -- .441 --
1881 BUF .302 83 348 71 105 21 7 0 30 27 18 -- .402 --
1882 BUF .281 84 370 62 104 15 6 2 37 13 13 -- .370 --
1883 BUF .328 94 436 102 143 29 8 1 38 15 13 -- .438 --
1884 BUF .347 108 467 119 162 33 7 5 63 35 17 -- .480 --
1885 NYG .300 112 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 40 21 -- .442 --
1886 NYG .309 105 440 106 136 26 6 1 34 39 21 -- .402 --
1887 NYG .344 103 433 73 149 15 13 3 88 36 11 -- .460 --
1888 NYG .274 107 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 24 30 -- .372 --
1889 NYG .321 128 502 89 161 36 7 3 81 40 34 -- .438 --
1890 NY .360 111 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 33 20 -- .515 --
1891 NYG .295 136 555 92 164 28 7 5 95 26 29 -- .398 --
1892 NYG .304 115 448 62 136 28 5 0 56 30 30 -- .388 --
1893 WAS .287 129 547 75 157 22 5 2 95 49 26 -- .356 --
1904 NYG .250 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .250 --
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .313 1774 7486 1446 2340 414 132 50 1010 481 348 .000 .423 .000


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1876 BOS 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 .000 163.5 19.2
1877 BOS 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 29.4
1878 BOS 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 .000 255.0 12.1
1879 PRV 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 0 .000 362.0 36.2
1880 BOS 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 .000 60.5 45.4
1881 BUF 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 19.3
1882 BUF 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 .000 185.0 28.5
1883 BUF 0 0 191 0 0 0 0 0 .000 436.0 33.5
1884 BUF 0 0 224 0 0 0 0 0 .000 93.4 27.5
1885 NYG 0 0 211 0 0 0 0 0 .000 95.4 22.7
1886 NYG 0 0 177 0 0 0 14 0 .000 440.0 21.0
1887 NYG 5 0 199 0 0 0 46 0 .000 144.3 39.4
1888 NYG 3 0 152 0 0 0 25 0 .000 102.3 13.6
1889 NYG 1 0 220 0 0 0 33 0 .000 167.3 14.8
1890 NY 8 0 246 0 0 0 23 0 .000 53.1 23.9
1891 NYG 6 0 221 0 0 0 19 0 .000 111.0 19.1
1892 NYG 5 0 174 0 0 0 16 0 .000 0.0 14.9
1893 WAS 8 0 195 0 0 0 15 0 .000 273.5 21.0
1904 NYG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 36 0 3168 0 0 0 191 0 .000 149.7 21.5


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT
1876 BOS C 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1876 BOS 1B 2 16 0 1 0 .941
1876 BOS UN 68 154 7 27 1 .856
1876 Total   71 170 7 28 1 .863
1877 BOS 1B 1 6 0 1 2 .857
1877 BOS UN 60 112 9 22 0 .846
1877 Total   61 118 9 23 2 .847
1878 BOS C 2 12 2 3 1 .824
1878 BOS UN 57 102 15 19 4 .860
1878 BOS 1B 2 10 0 0 0 1.000
1878 Total   61 124 17 22 5 .865
1879 PRV C 5 32 9 5 0 .891
1879 PRV 1B 20 219 1 11 4 .952
1879 PRV UN 56 51 11 17 2 .785
1879 PRV 3B 3 0 8 1 0 .889
1879 Total   84 302 29 34 6 .907
1880 BOS C 9 32 11 9 0 .827
1880 BOS 1B 19 141 4 11 11 .929
1880 BOS UN 37 57 11 7 1 .907
1880 BOS SS 17 20 56 14 4 .844
1880 BOS 3B 10 17 15 3 2 .914
1880 Total   92 267 97 44 18 .892
1881 BUF C 8 30 7 8 0 .822
1881 BUF 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1881 BUF SS 3 1 5 0 0 1.000
1881 BUF UN 18 27 5 3 0 .914
1881 BUF 3B 56 85 80 36 8 .821
1881 Total   86 148 97 47 8 .839
1882 BUF C 2 6 1 0 0 1.000
1882 BUF 3B 1 3 0 2 0 .600
1882 BUF SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
1882 BUF UN 81 140 15 24 3 .866
1882 Total   86 149 17 26 3 .865
1883 BUF P 2 0 0 0 0 .000
1883 BUF 3B 8 6 6 6 2 .667
1883 BUF SS 3 3 13 5 0 .762
1883 BUF UN 61 89 8 15 0 .866
1883 BUF C 33 128 34 13 0 .926
1883 Total   107 226 61 39 2 .880
1884 BUF P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000
1884 BUF 1B 18 208 1 14 8 .937
1884 BUF C 10 27 11 0 1 1.000
1884 BUF UN 86 112 6 14 2 .894
1884 BUF 3B 1 3 3 2 1 .750
1884 Total   119 350 23 30 12 .926
1885 NYG C 8 20 3 4 0 .852
1885 NYG UN 112 162 10 11 0 .940
1885 Total   120 182 13 15 0 .929
1886 NYG C 47 250 83 19 3 .946
1886 NYG 1B 2 18 2 0 1 1.000
1886 NYG UN 63 101 11 9 1 .926
1886 Total   112 369 96 28 5 .943
1887 NYG C 40 137 66 25 4 .890
1887 NYG 2B 2 5 4 0 1 1.000
1887 NYG 3B 38 46 50 18 2 .842
1887 NYG UN 28 60 7 5 1 .931
1887 Total   108 248 127 48 8 .887
1888 NYG C 15 77 22 5 0 .952
1888 NYG 1B 4 43 2 1 3 .978
1888 NYG 3B 2 1 3 2 0 .667
1888 NYG UN 87 130 13 6 1 .960
1888 Total   108 251 40 14 4 .954
1889 NYG C 1 1 2 0 0 1.000
1889 NYG UN 128 165 18 22 2 .893
1889 Total   129 166 20 22 2 .894
1890 NY UN 111 175 25 15 3 .930
1891 NYG C 14 49 26 4 2 .949
1891 NYG UN 126 195 18 22 1 .906
1891 Total   140 244 44 26 3 .917
1892 NYG C 4 14 6 1 0 .952
1892 NYG UN 111 146 11 15 1 .913
1892 NYG 1B 1 8 0 1 1 .889
1892 Total   116 168 17 17 2 .916
1893 WAS C 9 36 17 3 2 .946
1893 WAS UN 87 174 16 15 2 .927
1893 WAS 1B 33 277 19 9 15 .970
1893 Total   129 487 52 27 19 .952
1904 NYG C 1 4 0 1 0 .800
  G PO A E DP FPCT
Totals 1841 4148 791 506 103 .907


Both James "Orator Jim" O'Rourke and his son, James Stephen "Queenie" O'Rourke were Yale Law Grads. Jim was very philanthropic in his retirement. He donated land for a park and served as fire Commissioner. On October 3, 1904 at age 52 he was the oldest player to hit safely in the majors. He caught and went 1 for 4 for the NY Giants in one late season game. He was also one of the original NY Giants. He was 60 when he played his last "professional" game in 1912. His last year as a "regular" was 1908 for the Bridgeport Orators. His Hall Of Fame career (inducted in 1945) was primarily as an outfielder, but he did catch 209 games our of 1774 played. He led the league in hits (162) in 1884 and in triples (16) in 1885.

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