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Jim O'Rourke

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Full name James Henry O'Rourke
Born September 1, 1850, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Died January 8, 1919, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Buried at St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, Connecticut (Section 2- Grave 10)
First Game: April 26, 1872; Final Game: September 22, 1904
Managed First Game: May 2, 1881; Managed Final Game: September 29, 1893
Umpired First Game: September 17, 1893; Umpired Final Game: June 21, 1894
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 185
Father of Jimmy O'Rourke
Brother of John O'Rourke
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1945
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1872 MAN n 1873 BOS n 1874 BOS n 1875 BOS n 1876 BOS N 1877 BOS N 1878 BOS N 1879 PRO N 1880 BOS N 1881 BUF N 1882 BUF N 1883 BUF N 1884 BUF N 1885 NY N 1886 NY N 1887 NY N 1888 NY N 1889 NY N 1890 NY P 1891 NY N 1892 NY N 1893 WAS N 1904 NY N Total NA ( 4 Years) 225 1068 283 335 54 17 12 198 32 14 0i 0i 6 38 12 .314 .334 .430 3.1 Total NA Total NL (18 Years) 1663 6957 1334 2132 377 127 41 895 448 328 28i 0i 0i 168i .306 .351 .415 14.4 Total NL Total PL ( 1 Year ) 111 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 33 20 8 23 .360 .410 .515 1.7 Total PL Total (23 Years) Splits 1999 8503 1729 2639 468 149 62 1208 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 23 99 25 27 5 0 0 16 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .273 .301 .323 -0.1 1872 MAN n 57 280 79 98 21 2 1 49 15 3 1 9 5 .350 .383 .450 1.0 1873 BOS n Daily Splits 70 331 82 104 15 8 5 61 4 5 0 0 2 11 2 .314 .322 .453 1.2 1874 BOS n 75 358 97 106 13 7 6 72 9 6 2 17 5 .296 .313 .422 1.0 1875 BOS n 70 312 61 102 17 3 2 43 15 17 .327 .358 .420 1.1 1876 BOS N 61 265 68 96 14 4 0 23 20 9 .362 .407 .445 1.2 1877 BOS N 60 255 44 71 17 7 1 29 5 21 .278 .292 .412 0.3 1878 BOS N 81 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 13 10 .348 .371 .459 1.7 1879 PRO N 86 363 71 100 20 11 6 45 21 8 .275 .315 .441 1.9 1880 BOS N 83 348 71 105 21 7 0 30 27 18 .302 .352 .402 -0.1 1881 BUF N 84 370 62 104 15 6 2 37 13 13 .281 .305 .370 0.1 1882 BUF N 94 436 102 143 29 8 1 38 15 13 .328 .350 .438 0.8 1883 BUF N 108 467 119 162 33 7 5 63 35 17 .347 .392 .480 2.3 1884 BUF N 112 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 40 21 .300 .354 .442 1.0 1885 NY N 105 440 106 136 26 6 1 34 39 21 14 .309 .365 .402 2.3 1886 NY N 103 397 73 113 15 13 3 88 36 11 5 46 .285 .352 .411 0.5 1887 NY N 107 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 24 30 3 25 .274 .319 .372 0.9 1888 NY N 128 502 89 161 36 7 3 81 40 34 1 33 .321 .372 .438 0.6 1889 NY N 111 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 33 20 8 23 .360 .410 .515 1.7 1890 NY P 136 555 92 164 28 7 5 95 26 29 6 19 .295 .334 .398 0.7 1891 NY N 115 448 62 136 28 5 0 56 30 30 5 16 .304 .354 .388 -0.2 1892 NY N 129 547 75 157 22 5 2 95 49 26 8 15 .287 .354 .356 -0.6 1893 WAS N Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 -0.1 1904 NY N 513 362 36i 0i 0i 6i 229i 12i .310 .352 .422 19.2 Total

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O'Rourke was officially recognized as winning the batting title in 1884.

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO WP BK W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1883 BUF N 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 10 29 0 9 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.43 - -0.1 1883 BUF N 1884 BUF N 4 0 0 0 2 1 12.2 7 41 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 2.84 - 0.1 1884 BUF N Total ( 2 Years) 6 0 0 0 3 2 19.2 17 70 0 14 9 2 4 1 0 0 1 4.12 - 0.0 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO WP BK W L ERA RS PW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1872 MAN n Daily Splits SS 13 13 10 86 i 18 57 27 1 0 .735 1872 MAN n C 8 5 5 44 i 24 5 11 1 0 2 1 0 .725 1872 MAN n 3B 2 2 2 18 6 3 2 0 0 .818 1873 BOS n 1B 34 344 10 34 23 0 .912 1873 BOS n OF 21 11 4 9 0 0 .625 0 0 21 1873 BOS n C 12 39 7 5 2 5 .902 1874 BOS n Daily Splits 1B 70 70 70 625 755 12 46 40 0 .943 1875 BOS n OF 45 72 8 20 1 .800 0 44 1 1875 BOS n 3B 27 26 55 34 3 0 .704 1875 BOS n 1B 6 44 0 4 1 0 .917 1875 BOS n C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1876 BOS N OF 68 154 7 27 1 .856 9 60 0 1876 BOS N 1B 2 16 0 1 0 0 .941 1876 BOS N C 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 1877 BOS N OF 60 112 9 22 0 .846 23 35 3 1877 BOS N 1B 1 6 0 1 2 0 .857 1878 BOS N OF 57 102 15 19 4 0 .860 0 57 0 1878 BOS N 1B 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 1878 BOS N C 2 12 2 3 1 5 .824 1879 PRO N OF 56 51 11 17 2 .785 2 0 56 1879 PRO N 1B 20 219 1 11 4 0 .952 1879 PRO N C 5 32 9 5 0 0 4 .891 1879 PRO N 3B 3 0 8 1 0 0 .889 1880 BOS N OF 37 57 11 7 1 0 .907 15 4 19 1880 BOS N 1B 19 141 4 11 11 0 .929 1880 BOS N SS 17 20 56 14 4 .844 1880 BOS N 3B 10 18 14 2 2 0 .941 1880 BOS N C 9 32 11 9 0 0 10 .827 1881 BUF N 3B 56 85 80 36 8 1 .821 1881 BUF N OF 18 27 5 3 0 .914 18 0 0 1881 BUF N C 8 30 7 8 0 0 9 .822 1881 BUF N SS 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 1881 BUF N 1B 1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1882 BUF N OF 81 140 15 24 3 .866 5 77 0 1882 BUF N C 2 6 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 1882 BUF N SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1882 BUF N 3B 1 3 0 2 0 0 .600 1883 BUF N OF 61 89 8 15 0 .866 60 1 0 1883 BUF N C 33 128 34 13 0 30 .926 1883 BUF N 3B 8 6 6 6 2 .667 1883 BUF N SS 3 3 13 5 0 .762 1883 BUF N P 2 0 0 0 0 - 1884 BUF N OF 86 112 6 14 2 0 .894 86 0 0 1884 BUF N 1B 18 208 1 14 8 0 .937 1884 BUF N C 10 27 11 0 1 0 4 1.000 1884 BUF N P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1884 BUF N 3B 1 3 3 2 1 0 .750 1885 NY N OF 112 162 10 11 0 .940 0 112 0 1885 NY N C 8 20 3 4 0 7 0 .852 1886 NY N OF 63 101 11 9 1 .926 1 62 0 1886 NY N C 47 250 83 19 3 48 .946 1886 NY N 1B 2 18 2 0 1 0 1.000 1887 NY N C 40 137 66 25 4 37 .890 1887 NY N 3B 38 46 50 18 2 0 .842 1887 NY N OF 28 60 7 5 1 0 .931 19 6 3 1887 NY N 2B 2 5 4 0 1 0 1.000 1888 NY N OF 87 130 13 6 1 .960 75 3 9 1888 NY N C 15 77 22 5 0 0 14 .952 1888 NY N 1B 4 43 2 1 3 0 .978 1888 NY N 3B 2 1 3 2 0 .667 1889 NY N OF 128 165 18 22 2 .893 128 0 0 1889 NY N C 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1890 NY P OF 111 175 25 15 3 .930 10 1 100 1891 NY N OF 126 195 18 22 1 1 .906 126 1 0 1891 NY N C 14 49 26 4 2 0 15 .949 1892 NY N OF 111 146 11 15 1 .913 106 0 5 1892 NY N C 4 14 6 1 0 0 2 .952 1892 NY N 1B 1 8 0 1 1 0 .889 1893 WAS N OF 87 174 16 15 2 .927 87 0 0 1893 WAS N 1B 33 277 19 9 15 0 .970 1893 WAS N C 9 36 17 3 2 0 7 .946 1904 NY N Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800 Total (20 Years) Splits OF 1443 2235 228 297 26 1i .892 770 463 217 Total (20 Years) C 230 6i 6i 53 i 918 312 116 16 0i 203 1i 0i .914 Total (14 Years) 1B 213 70i 70i 625 i 2100 51 136 110 0i .941 Total (10 Years) 3B 148 2i 2i 18 i 194 222 105 18 1i .798 Total ( 5 Years) SS 38 13i 10i 86 i 42 132 46 5 0i .791 Total ( 2 Years) P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 2 5 4 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

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                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1881 BUF N 83 45 38 .542 440 448 3 1882 BUF N 84 45 39 .536 500 462 3 1883 BUF N 98 52 45 .536 613 576 5 1884 BUF N 115 64 47 .577 701 625 3 1893 WAS N 130 40 89 .310 722 1032 12 Total ( 5 Years) 510 246 258 .488 2976 3143 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

                       Umpiring Record

Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1893 NL Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1894 NL Daily 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 Total ( 2 Years) 30 29 1 0 0 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF

Transaction Information

Signed by Boston Red Stockings (1873).

Signed by Providence Grays (1879).

Signed by Boston NL Team (1880).

Signed by Buffalo Bisons (@December 25, 1880).

Granted free agency (@October 16, 1884).

Signed by New York Giants (@November, 1884).

Assigned to Washington Nationals by New York Giants (September 15, 1892).

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