Jimmy
O'Connell
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 11, 1901 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 22 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1924 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1925 24 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 9
1926 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1927 26 SLN NL $ 571,429   9 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1928 27 SLN NL $ 642,857   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 9 9 9
1929 28 SLN NL $ 2,078,571   9 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,078,571   9 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1923 22 SLN NL 106 260 41 85 10 4 0 37 19 7 32 34 .327 .398 .396 .794 42.8 7.8
1924 23 SLN NL 87 212 34 56 7 4 3 26 10 7 29 14 .264 .354 .377 .731 26.9 2.8
1925 24 SLN NL 124 418 78 128 22 10 3 68 28 18 53 26 .306 .388 .428 .816 66.6 10.7
1926 25 SLN NL 77 156 18 34 9 1 0 12 11 5 13 8 .218 .287 .288 .576 12.4 0.0
1927 26 SLN NL 68 117 14 31 3 1 2 20 4 3 11 7 .265 .331 .359 .690 12.0 0.9
1928 27 SLN NL 123 364 50 99 17 14 0 36 16 5 35 11 .272 .347 .396 .743 47.9 7.9
1929 28 SLN NL 109 239 31 53 11 3 0 25 10 9 28 9 .222 .307 .293 .599 19.8 0.0
7 Years Sim 694 1766 266 486 79 37 8 224 98 54 201 109 .275 .354 .375 .729 228.4 30.1
162 Game Average 412 62 113 18 8 1 52 22 12 46 25 .275 .354 .375 .729 53.3  
Career Highs 124 418 78 128 22 14 3 68 28 18 53 34 .327 .398 .428 .816 66.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1324 201 369 62 29 8 171 65 40 161 63 .279 .360 .387 .748 183.3
vs LH   442 65 117 17 8 0 53 33 14 40 46 .265 .333 .339 .672 50.4
Home 335 868 124 226 42 18 6 102 44 25 85 55 .260 .331 .371 .702 104.8
Away 359 898 142 260 37 19 2 122 54 29 116 54 .290 .375 .380 .754 128.9
RISP   520 0 144 17 14 4 203 0 0 73 28 .277 .361 .387 .748 75.8
Pinch Hitting   180 17 43 7 3 1 34 4 1 21 15 .239 .314 .328 .642 20.0
Close/Late   255 44 84 8 5 1 37 0 1 34 11 .329 .406 .412 .818 42.2
Mar/Apr 72 199 13 39 3 4 0 13 8 7 11 17 .196 .241 .251 .492 9.9
May 139 315 51 87 16 7 2 44 21 15 41 19 .276 .365 .390 .756 43.7
June 105 252 49 74 15 3 0 37 14 11 38 17 .294 .386 .377 .763 36.8
July 120 317 47 95 14 5 3 42 17 5 30 24 .300 .365 .404 .769 46.4
August 131 326 45 93 10 10 1 45 15 8 41 15 .285 .377 .387 .763 46.8
Sep/Oct 127 357 61 98 21 8 2 43 23 8 40 17 .275 .347 .395 .742 50.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1923 22 SLN NL RF 34 33 275.7 69 1 4 0 .946 2.29   0.9
    1B 41 21 210.0 237 23 1 22 .996 11.14   0.3
    CF 12 11 90.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1924 23 SLN NL 1B 40 29 262.3 310 28 1 32 .997 11.60   0.4
    RF 19 16 140.7 40 0 3 0 .930 2.56   0.6
    CF 11 5 54.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.67    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 .667 6.00   0.0
1925 24 SLN NL RF 83 82 688.7 186 4 13 1 .936 2.48   1.5
    1B 27 18 183.7 251 19 2 27 .993 13.23   0.5
    CF 5 5 40.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.80    
1926 25 SLN NL RF 37 26 246.7 65 5 3 2 .959 2.55   0.6
    CF 14 3 43.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.72    
    1B 6 2 20.0 19 2 1 2 .955 9.45   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1927 26 SLN NL RF 34 18 182.3 38 1 3 0 .929 1.93   0.3
    CF 13 0 19.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.75    
    1B 2 1 7.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57   0.0
1928 27 SLN NL RF 97 84 754.3 184 2 12 0 .939 2.22   1.4
    1B 9 3 37.0 44 3 0 8 1.000 11.43   0.1
    CF 8 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1929 28 SLN NL RF 63 32 340.7 63 2 7 1 .903 1.72   0.9
    CF 13 9 84.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 3.54    
    1B 20 4 55.0 82 7 0 4 1.000 14.56   0.2
  RF 367 291 2629.0 645 15 45 4 .936 2.26   6.2
  1B 145 78 775.0 951 83 5 95 .995 12.01   1.5
  CF 76 33 345.7 117 1 2 0 .983 3.07    
  LF 2 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 .667 6.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   593 402 3760.3 1716 100 53 100 .972 4.35   7.8
Career Highs   115 105 912.3 445 29 16 33 .988 7.87    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1925-9-28
Caught Stealing
1925-6-18
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1923
Had first career hit on 4/18/1923, off Earl Whitehill (PHI)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/18/1923
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1924, off Dick Redding (BRO)
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration