Jim O'Rourke

⭐ Hall of Fame 1945

Born: 9/1/1850 in Bridgeport, CT, USA

Died: 1/8/1919 in Bridgeport, CT, USA

MLB Debut: 1872-04-26 | Final Game: 1904-09-22

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'8" | Weight: 185 lbs

Full name: James Henry O'Rourke

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Biography

Jim O'Rourke, born in 1850, was a prominent American baseball player whose career spanned from 1872 to 1904. An exceptional position player, O'Rourke played in a total of 1999 games, establishing himself as one of the era's leading hitters with 2639 hits and a remarkable batting average of .31. His prowess at the plate earned him 62 home runs and 1208 RBIs, making him a key contributor to his teams throughout his career. Additionally, O'Rourke showcased his speed on the bases with 229 stolen bases, reflecting the dynamic style of play that characterized the late 19th century. O'Rourke's significance in baseball history was underscored by his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1945, highlighting his impact on the game during the formative years of professional baseball. Playing in an era that transitioned from the deadball period to the more modern aspects of the sport, he was known for his consistency and ability to adapt to the evolving game. His legacy lives on as a testament to the skill and dedication of early baseball players who laid the groundwork for future generations.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	1	6	0	0	0	2	19.7	17	9	0	2	4	4.12	0

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 3.14 across their career seasons — 31.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1883	BFN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7.0	10	5	1	1	6.43	—	0.0
1884	BFN	NL	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	12.7	7	4	1	3	2.84	3.11 (+9%)	22.6

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1999	8503	1729	2639	468	149	62	1208	229	513	362	0.310	0.352	0.422	0.775	29829.5

Career AVG .310 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — +21.6% above league average.

Career OBP .352 vs. league average .306 across their career seasons — +15.0% above league average.

Career SLG .422 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — +24.6% above league average.

Career OPS 0.775 vs. league average 0.645 across their career seasons — +20.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1872	MID		23	99	25	27	5	0	0	16	1	4	0	0.273	.285 (-4%)	.296 (+1%)	.347 (-7%)	.644 (-3%)	-28.9
1873	BS1		57	280	79	98	21	2	1	49	9	15	3	0.350	.290 (+20%)	.304 (+26%)	.357 (+26%)	.661 (+26%)	1229.5
1874	BS1		70	331	82	104	15	8	5	61	11	4	5	0.314	.273 (+15%)	.282 (+14%)	.333 (+36%)	.615 (+26%)	1241.2
1875	BS1		75	358	97	106	13	7	6	72	17	9	6	0.296	.253 (+17%)	.260 (+20%)	.309 (+36%)	.570 (+29%)	1468.7
1876	BSN	NL	70	312	61	102	17	3	2	43	0	15	17	0.327	.265 (+23%)	.277 (+29%)	.320 (+31%)	.598 (+30%)	1466.2
1877	BSN	NL	61	265	68	96	14	4	0	23	0	20	9	0.362	.271 (+34%)	.289 (+41%)	.337 (+32%)	.626 (+36%)	1601.0
1878	BSN	NL	60	255	44	71	17	7	1	29	0	5	21	0.278	.259 (+7%)	.278 (+5%)	.319 (+29%)	.597 (+18%)	572.8
1879	PRO	NL	81	362	69	126	19	9	1	46	0	13	10	0.348	.255 (+36%)	.270 (+37%)	.328 (+40%)	.599 (+38%)	2143.6
1880	BSN	NL	86	363	71	100	20	11	6	45	0	21	8	0.275	.244 (+13%)	.267 (+18%)	.319 (+38%)	.586 (+29%)	1559.1
1881	BFN	NL	83	348	71	105	21	7	0	30	0	27	18	0.302	.260 (+16%)	.290 (+21%)	.338 (+19%)	.628 (+20%)	1203.5
1882	BFN	NL	84	370	62	104	15	6	2	37	0	13	13	0.281	.248 (+13%)	.275 (+11%)	.329 (+12%)	.605 (+12%)	663.2
1883	BFN	NL	94	436	102	143	29	8	1	38	0	15	13	0.328	.257 (+28%)	.285 (+23%)	.345 (+27%)	.631 (+25%)	1766.3
1884	BFN	NL	108	467	119	162	33	7	5	63	0	35	17	0.347	.243 (+43%)	.278 (+41%)	.327 (+47%)	.606 (+44%)	3449.2
1885	NY1	NL	112	477	119	143	21	16	5	42	0	40	21	0.300	.244 (+23%)	.287 (+23%)	.325 (+36%)	.613 (+30%)	2374.8
1886	NY1	NL	105	440	106	136	26	6	1	34	14	39	21	0.309	.246 (+25%)	.302 (+21%)	.331 (+21%)	.634 (+21%)	1639.6
1887	NY1	NL	103	397	73	113	15	13	3	88	46	36	11	0.285	.270 (+5%)	.331 (+6%)	.373 (+10%)	.705 (+8%)	595.7
1888	NY1	NL	107	409	50	112	16	6	4	50	25	24	30	0.274	.238 (+15%)	.290 (+10%)	.319 (+16%)	.610 (+13%)	855.6
1889	NY1	NL	128	502	89	161	36	7	3	81	33	40	34	0.321	.263 (+22%)	.334 (+11%)	.357 (+23%)	.691 (+17%)	1565.1
1890	NYP	PL	111	478	112	172	37	5	9	115	23	33	20	0.360	.260 (+38%)	.336 (+22%)	.351 (+47%)	.687 (+34%)	2992.0
1891	NY1	NL	136	555	92	164	28	7	5	95	19	26	29	0.295	.254 (+16%)	.331 (+1%)	.343 (+16%)	.675 (+8%)	676.1
1892	NY1	NL	115	448	62	136	28	5	0	56	16	30	30	0.304	.244 (+24%)	.316 (+12%)	.327 (+19%)	.644 (+15%)	1141.8
1893	WAS	NL	129	547	75	157	22	5	2	95	15	49	26	0.287	.279 (+3%)	.356 (-1%)	.379 (-6%)	.735 (-3%)	-346.5
1904	NY1	NL	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	—	—	—	—	0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
19	72	11	22	2	2	2	8	6	4	0.306

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1889	WS	NY1	9	36	7	14	2	2	2	7	2	2	0.389
1888	WS	NY1	10	36	4	8	0	0	0	1	4	2	0.222

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	214	70	2100	51	136	110
2B	2	0	5	4	0	1
3B	148	2	194	222	105	18
C	231	6	918	312	116	16
OF	1443	0	2235	228	297	26
P	6	0	0	2	0	0
SS	40	13	42	132	46	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1872	MID	1B	1	0	6	0	3	1
1872	MID	3B	2	2	6	3	2	0
1872	MID	C	9	5	24	5	11	1
1872	MID	SS	15	13	18	57	27	1
1873	BS1	1B	34	0	344	10	34	23
1873	BS1	C	12	0	39	7	5	2
1873	BS1	OF	21	0	11	4	9	0
1874	BS1	1B	70	70	755	12	46	40
1875	BS1	1B	6	0	44	0	4	1
1875	BS1	3B	27	0	26	55	34	3
1875	BS1	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
1875	BS1	OF	45	0	72	8	20	1
1876	BSN	1B	2	0	16	0	1	0
1876	BSN	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
1876	BSN	OF	68	0	154	7	27	1
1877	BSN	1B	1	0	6	0	1	2
1877	BSN	OF	60	0	112	9	22	0
1878	BSN	1B	2	0	10	0	0	0
1878	BSN	C	2	0	12	2	3	1
1878	BSN	OF	57	0	102	15	19	4
1879	PRO	1B	20	0	219	1	11	4
1879	PRO	3B	3	0	0	8	1	0
1879	PRO	C	5	0	32	9	5	0
1879	PRO	OF	56	0	51	11	17	2
1880	BSN	1B	19	0	141	4	11	11
1880	BSN	3B	10	0	18	14	2	2
1880	BSN	C	9	0	32	11	9	0
1880	BSN	OF	37	0	57	11	7	1
1880	BSN	SS	17	0	20	56	14	4
1881	BFN	1B	1	0	5	0	0	0
1881	BFN	3B	56	0	85	80	36	8
1881	BFN	C	8	0	30	7	8	0
1881	BFN	OF	18	0	27	5	3	0
1881	BFN	SS	3	0	1	5	0	0
1882	BFN	3B	1	0	3	0	2	0
1882	BFN	C	2	0	6	1	0	0
1882	BFN	OF	81	0	140	15	24	3
1882	BFN	SS	2	0	0	1	0	0
1883	BFN	3B	8	0	6	6	6	2
1883	BFN	C	33	0	128	34	13	0
1883	BFN	OF	61	0	89	8	15	0
1883	BFN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
1883	BFN	SS	3	0	3	13	5	0
1884	BFN	1B	18	0	208	1	14	8
1884	BFN	3B	1	0	3	3	2	1
1884	BFN	C	10	0	27	11	0	1
1884	BFN	OF	86	0	112	6	14	2
1884	BFN	P	4	0	0	2	0	0
1885	NY1	C	8	0	20	3	4	0
1885	NY1	OF	112	0	162	10	11	0
1886	NY1	1B	2	0	18	2	0	1
1886	NY1	C	47	0	250	83	19	3
1886	NY1	OF	63	0	101	11	9	1
1887	NY1	2B	2	0	5	4	0	1
1887	NY1	3B	38	0	46	50	18	2
1887	NY1	C	40	0	137	66	25	4
1887	NY1	OF	28	0	60	7	5	1
1888	NY1	1B	4	0	43	2	1	3
1888	NY1	3B	2	0	1	3	2	0
1888	NY1	C	15	0	77	22	5	0
1888	NY1	OF	87	0	130	13	6	1
1889	NY1	C	1	0	1	2	0	0
1889	NY1	OF	128	0	165	18	22	2
1890	NYP	OF	111	0	175	25	15	3
1891	NY1	C	14	0	49	26	4	2
1891	NY1	OF	126	0	195	18	22	1
1892	NY1	1B	1	0	8	0	1	1
1892	NY1	C	4	0	14	6	1	0
1892	NY1	OF	111	0	146	11	15	1
1893	WAS	1B	33	0	277	19	9	15
1893	WAS	C	9	0	36	17	3	2
1893	WAS	OF	87	0	174	16	15	2
1904	NY1	C	1	1	4	0	1	0