Danny O'connell stats
Last played for the Texas Rangers, 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,143
- AB
- 4,035
- R
- 527
- H
- 1,049
- HR
- 39
- RBI
- 320
- SB
- 48
- AVG
- .260
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PIT | 79 | 315 | 39 | 92 | 8 | 32 | 7 | .292 |
| 1953 | PIT | 149 | 588 | 88 | 173 | 7 | 55 | 3 | .294 |
| 1954 | ATL | 146 | 541 | 61 | 151 | 2 | 37 | 2 | .279 |
| 1955 | ATL | 124 | 453 | 47 | 102 | 6 | 40 | 2 | .225 |
| 1956 | ATL | 139 | 498 | 71 | 119 | 2 | 42 | 3 | .239 |
| 1957 |  ATL/SF | 143 | 547 | 86 | 140 | 8 | 36 | 9 | .256 |
| 1958 | SF | 107 | 306 | 44 | 71 | 3 | 23 | 2 | .232 |
| 1959 | SF | 34 | 58 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
| 1961 | TEX | 138 | 493 | 61 | 128 | 1 | 37 | 15 | .260 |
| 1962 | TEX | 84 | 236 | 24 | 62 | 2 | 18 | 5 | .263 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,596
- TB
- 1,417
- XBH
- 255
- HBP
- 22
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PIT | 344 | 134 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 654 | 236 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 604 | 193 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 491 | 143 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATL | 598 | 160 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL/SF | 612 | 199 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | SF | 368 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | SF | 66 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 591 | 163 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | TEX | 268 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 14.8
- RC
- 520.9
- RC/27
- 4.50
- ISOP
- .091
- SECA
- .204
- BB/K
- 1.09
- AB/HR
- 103.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PIT | 1.5 | 48.8 | 5.8 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 39.4 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 1.8 | 89.3 | 5.7 | .107 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 84 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 2.7 | 67.6 | 4.4 | .078 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 270.5 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 0.5 | 41 | 3.1 | .091 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 75.5 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATL | 1.6 | 63.7 | 4.3 | .082 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 249 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL/SF | 2.9 | 70.3 | 4.5 | .108 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 68.4 | 0 |
| 1958 | SF | 0.9 | 38.5 | 4.2 | .082 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 102 | 0 |
| 1959 | SF | -0.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | .052 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 2.6 | 69.9 | 4.9 | .071 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 493 | 0 |
| 1962 | TEX | 0.5 | 29 | 4.3 | .072 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 118 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Danny O'connell's career stats?
Danny O'connell played 10 seasons for the Pirates, the Braves, the Giants and the Rangers. He was a career .260 hitter with 1,049 hits, 39 home runs and 320 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .294 batting average, 7 home runs and 55 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1950 to 1962
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves