Buck O'brien stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 64
- W
- 29
- L
- 25
- ERA
- 2.63
- IP
- 432.0
- K
- 204
- BB
- 159
- WHIP
- 1.27
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | BOS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.38 | 47.2 | 31 | 21 | 1.07 |
| 1912 | BOS | 37 | 20 | 13 | 2.58 | 275.2 | 115 | 90 | 1.19 |
| 1913 |  BOS/CHW | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3.73 | 108.2 | 58 | 48 | 1.58 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 5.00
- IP
- 9.0
- K
- 4
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.67
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 36
- SHO
- 4
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | BOS | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | BOS | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | BOS/CHW | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Buck O'brien's career stats?
Buck O'brien played 3 seasons for the Red Sox. He had 29 wins and 204 strikeouts with a 2.63 ERA over 432.0 innings. His best season was 1912: 20 wins, a 2.58 ERA and 115 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
3 seasons, 1 postseason, 1911 to 1913
Championships
- 1912 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
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