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Frank
O'Rourke		  
Nickname: Blackie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 28, 1894 in Can, ON, HAMILTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1914    1918    1928   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 17 SLN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1913 18 DET AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1914 19 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1915 20 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1916 21 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1917 22 DET AL $ 1,621,429   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1918 23 DET AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1919 24 DET AL $ 3,550,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1920 25 DET AL $ 3,550,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1921 26 DET AL $ 3,550,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1922 27 PIT NL $ 3,550,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1923 28 PIT NL $ 5,210,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1924 29 PIT NL $ 5,210,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1925 30 PIT NL $ 5,210,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1926 31 PIT NL $ 5,210,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1927 32 PIT NL $ 3,260,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1928 33 PIT NL $ 3,260,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,210,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3 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
1912 17 AAA   78 268 36 65 17 2 2 46 6 2 33 52 .243 .326 .343 .669 31.4  
    AA   40 155 18 50 6 2 2 10 4 2 22 28 .323 .407 .426 .833 26.8  
    A   12 42 6 18 5 0 1 9 1 2 13 2 .429 .564 .619 1.183 12.7  
1913 18 AAA   133 517 69 135 32 4 4 53 12 13 66 59 .261 .345 .362 .706 64.2  
1914 19 DET AL 141 507 63 157 29 6 0 54 13 9 43 54 .310 .364 .391 .755 69.1 15.0
1915 20 DET AL 147 543 68 139 19 7 4 73 17 12 57 47 .256 .331 .339 .670 59.5 12.3
1916 21 DET AL 131 472 53 125 21 7 1 45 14 6 42 31 .265 .324 .345 .670 48.8 8.7
1917 22 DET AL 137 500 61 140 28 7 2 62 19 4 37 22 .280 .330 .376 .706 61.7 13.8
1918 23 DET AL 147 523 62 143 13 8 1 69 15 11 38 30 .273 .320 .335 .655 53.4 10.0
1919 24 DET AL 132 491 62 138 19 2 0 45 20 7 30 25 .281 .324 .328 .652 48.8 9.6
1920 25 DET AL 138 492 50 134 17 10 3 75 12 3 27 23 .272 .313 .366 .678 54.7 7.5
1921 26 DET AL 134 446 45 133 21 9 1 60 11 9 30 20 .298 .343 .392 .735 55.0 7.4
1922 27 DET AL 70 261 39 101 11 2 2 28 11 7 22 4 .387 .441 .467 .908 46.9 9.5
  PIT NL 73 277 38 84 10 5 0 29 11 7 18 9 .303 .352 .375 .728 33.6 4.2
  TOT   143 538 77 185 21 7 2 57 22 14 40 13 .344 .396 .420 .816 80.5 13.8
1923 28 PIT NL 128 438 58 130 19 4 1 43 9 6 26 13 .297 .347 .365 .712 53.2 6.2
1924 29 PIT NL 98 300 59 117 16 5 2 43 4 5 12 13 .390 .419 .497 .915 52.2 10.5
1925 30 PIT NL 138 526 71 175 20 10 3 55 10 4 12 18 .333 .356 .426 .782 74.0 11.5
1926 31 PIT NL 143 492 53 142 23 6 0 51 9 7 15 17 .289 .309 .360 .668 50.3 7.1
1927 32 PIT NL 148 504 65 155 22 7 4 55 7 4 14 20 .308 .331 .403 .734 57.1 9.1
1928 33 PIT NL 123 405 43 115 15 5 0 39 2 0 11 17 .284 .309 .346 .655 41.6 5.1
15 Years Sim 2028 7177 890 2128 303 100 24 826 184 101 434 363 .297 .340 .377 .716 859.9 147.8
2 Years AAA 211 785 105 200 49 6 6 99 18 15 99 111 .255 .341 .355 .697 95.6  
1 Years AA 40 155 18 50 6 2 2 10 4 2 22 28 .323 .408 .426 .834 26.8  
1 Years A 12 42 6 18 5 0 1 9 1 2 13 2 .429 .564 .619 1.183 12.7  
4 Years Minors 263 982 129 268 60 8 9 118 23 19 134 141 .273 .363 .378 .740 135.1  
162 Game Average 573 71 169 24 7 1 65 14 8 34 28 .297 .340 .377 .716 68.7  
Career Highs 148 543 77 185 29 10 4 75 22 14 57 54 .390 .419 .497 .915 80.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5028 610 1466 214 67 19 585 129 65 295 260 .292 .334 .372 .706 594.9
vs LH   2149 280 662 89 33 5 241 55 36 139 103 .308 .353 .387 .740 276.0
Home 1034 3575 430 1040 140 58 15 420 90 48 211 170 .291 .335 .375 .710 425.4
Away 994 3602 460 1088 163 42 9 406 94 53 223 193 .302 .344 .378 .722 445.4
RISP   1876 0 538 72 21 8 748 0 0 139 76 .287 .332 .360 .693 222.5
Pinch Hitting   57 8 16 1 0 0 8 0 2 2 2 .281 .305 .298 .603 4.3
Close/Late   757 86 222 31 14 1 84 0 0 69 32 .293 .354 .375 .730 98.4
Mar/Apr 208 771 96 226 28 17 2 83 17 15 41 35 .293 .333 .381 .714 90.1
May 357 1190 160 353 52 15 4 139 25 14 76 59 .297 .344 .376 .719 145.3
June 359 1228 149 355 54 14 2 137 38 15 88 79 .289 .341 .361 .702 147.0
July 375 1301 150 407 61 22 8 157 38 19 73 54 .313 .350 .412 .762 176.1
August 359 1344 164 392 54 17 6 147 29 18 65 67 .292 .328 .371 .698 152.9
Sep/Oct 370 1343 171 395 54 15 2 163 37 20 91 69 .294 .341 .361 .702 159.6
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
1914 19 DET AL 2B 139 138 1235.0 323 536 25 111 .972 6.26   6.3
1915 20 DET AL 2B 146 146 1315.0 341 619 30 109 .970 6.57   6.9
1916 21 DET AL 2B 128 128 1143.7 281 521 23 77 .972 6.31   5.5
    SS 3 2 23.7 3 7 2 1 .833 3.80   0.1
1917 22 DET AL 2B 122 122 1094.7 249 507 21 78 .973 6.22   5.4
    3B 4 4 34.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.91   0.2
    SS 5 3 30.0 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.40   0.2
    1B 2 1 13.0 15 3 0 0 1.000 12.46   0.0
1918 23 DET AL 2B 143 143 1286.0 346 570 21 121 .978 6.41   6.5
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1919 24 DET AL SS 62 61 536.7 95 230 16 38 .953 5.45   3.0
    2B 55 55 494.0 120 233 7 40 .981 6.43   1.4
    3B 15 15 131.0 8 26 2 3 .944 2.34   0.5
1920 25 DET AL 2B 106 106 934.3 233 444 12 76 .983 6.52   4.5
    SS 30 29 257.0 48 108 11 24 .934 5.46   1.4
1921 26 DET AL SS 124 117 1041.3 175 458 36 73 .946 5.47   6.1
    2B 3 1 13.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 6.23   0.1
    3B 3 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1922 27 DET AL 3B 26 25 205.9 17 54 8 3 .899 3.10   1.0
    2B 23 22 186.8 49 88 4 16 .972 6.60   0.8
    SS 22 21 180.0 41 76 7 11 .944 5.85   0.2
  PIT NL 3B 27 27 215.1 18 57 9 3 .893 3.14   0.3
    2B 23 23 195.2 52 92 5 17 .966 6.64   0.8
    SS 23 21 188.0 43 79 8 11 .938 5.84   1.4
  TOT   3B 53 52 421.0 35 111 17 6 .896 3.12   1.3
      2B 46 45 382.0 101 180 9 33 .969 6.62   1.6
      SS 45 42 368.0 84 155 15 22 .941 5.85   1.5
1923 28 PIT NL 3B 65 59 503.0 43 130 11 16 .940 3.10   2.0
    2B 47 38 343.0 94 166 6 23 .977 6.82   1.1
    SS 13 8 78.0 8 37 3 5 .938 5.19   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1924 29 PIT NL 3B 58 52 488.7 33 118 7 12 .956 2.78   1.9
    2B 15 8 86.0 21 48 2 11 .972 7.22   0.5
    SS 10 1 27.0 8 12 1 1 .952 6.67   0.1
    1B 4 1 18.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 11.50   0.0
1925 30 PIT NL 2B 70 64 555.3 132 266 11 51 .973 6.45   2.3
    3B 59 59 489.0 44 133 9 11 .952 3.26   1.9
    SS 2 0 5.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
1926 31 PIT NL 2B 130 127 1077.7 289 538 26 95 .970 6.91   4.5
    3B 13 11 87.0 9 25 2 0 .944 3.52   0.5
1927 32 PIT NL 2B 143 141 1158.3 321 583 29 124 .969 7.02   4.6
    3B 7 0 14.3 2 2 1 0 .800 2.51   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
1928 33 PIT NL 2B 122 122 990.7 271 538 19 104 .977 7.35   5.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
  2B 1415 1384 12108.6 3124 5756 241 1053 .974 6.60   56.8
  SS 297 263 2373.7 430 1029 85 170 .945 5.53   12.7
  3B 278 253 2183.0 178 556 49 48 .937 3.03   8.5
  1B 11 2 42.0 51 5 0 3 1.000 12.00   0.1
Career Totals   2001 1902 16707.3 3783 7346 375 1274 .967 6.00   78.0
Career Highs   151 146 1315.0 346 619 41 125 .978 7.35    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 22 DET AL 4 17 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .235 .513
Career Post-Season Batting 4 17 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .235 .513
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.
Batting Average
1914-5-.310
1925-4-.333
 OPS
1914-10-.755
 Games
1915-4-147
1918-5-147
1919-6-132
1927-9-148
CAR-21-2028
 At-Bats
1915-10-543
CAR-30-7177
 Hits
1914-8-157
1925-7-175
CAR-26-2128
 Total Bases
CAR-40-2703
Singles
1914-10-122
1925-2-142
CAR-21-1701
 Doubles
1914-5-29
1917-6-28
CAR-40-303
 RBIs
1915-4-73
1920-10-75
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1912
Injured on 7/1/1912 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Detroit on 6/8/1913 (Going to SLN: C Jack Zalusky, SS Johnny Evers. Going to DET: 3B Joe Gedeon, 2B Frank O'Rourke)
Had first career hit on 4/15/1914, off Dixie Walker (SLA)
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1914
Hit first career homerun on 7/1/1915, off Elmer Rieger (WAS)
Injured on 8/6/1916 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1918: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,550,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1918
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1922, hitting .426 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1922 (Going to DET: SS Topper Rigney. Going to PIT: 2B Frank O'Rourke)
7/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,210,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 9/18/1922
7/16/1926: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 2000th career hit on 9/9/1927, off George Ruth (PHI)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/10/1928
Injured on 9/8/1928 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for entire career
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1928
 
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