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Bob O'Farrell

Bob O'Farrell

1915–1935  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 180 lb  ·  b. 1896 Waukegan, IL

Career 1,492 G · 1,120 H · 51 HR · 549 RBI · .273 AVG

Seasons leading his league
6
1 best in baseball 5 league only
23 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1922 Best season

Spanning 1922–1926, peaking at 4 titles in 1922.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 956th League titles 6
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 1,284th Top-5 finishes 23

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Assists 2 1st 2 yrs (1922–1923) 1922 NL 143 1923 NL 118 1926 #2
Catcher Putouts 2 1st — 1922 NL 446 1926 NL 466 1923 #2 1925 #3
Catcher Range Factor 1 1st — 1922 NL 4.71 1920 #3 1925 #3
Catcher Double Plays 1 1st — 1922 22 1923 #3 1926 #2
Walks — #2 — 1922 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1926 1 C PO 466
1923 1 C A 118
1922 4 C PO 446 C A 143 C DP 22 C RF 4.71

Batting

21 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1915 CHN NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1916 CHN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1917 CHN NL 3 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .375 .444 .625 1.069
1918 CHN NL 52 113 9 32 7 3 1 14 10 15 0 .283 .347 .425 .772
1919 CHN NL 49 125 11 27 4 2 0 9 7 10 2 .216 .258 .280 .538
1920 CHN NL 94 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 34 23 1 .248 .332 .352 .684
1921 CHN NL 96 260 32 65 12 7 4 32 18 14 2 .250 .299 .396 .695
1922 CHN NL 128 392 68 127 18 8 4 60 79 34 5 .324 .439 .441 .880
1923 CHN NL 131 452 73 144 25 4 12 84 67 38 10 .319 .408 .471 .879
1924 CHN NL 71 183 25 44 6 2 3 28 30 13 2 .240 .347 .344 .692
1925 SLN +1 NL 111 339 39 92 13 3 3 35 48 31 0 .271 .365 .354 .719
1926 SLN NL 147 492 63 144 30 9 7 68 61 44 1 .293 .371 .433 .804
1927 SLN NL 61 178 19 47 10 1 0 18 23 22 3 .264 .348 .331 .680
1928 NY1 +1 NL 91 185 29 37 7 0 2 24 47 25 4 .200 .362 .270 .632
1929 NY1 NL 91 248 35 76 14 3 4 42 28 30 3 .306 .384 .435 .819
1930 NY1 NL 94 249 37 75 16 4 4 54 31 21 1 .301 .381 .446 .827
1931 NY1 NL 85 174 11 39 8 3 1 19 21 23 0 .224 .311 .322 .633
1932 NY1 NL 50 67 7 16 3 0 0 8 11 10 0 .239 .354 .284 .638
1933 SLN NL 55 163 16 39 4 2 2 20 15 25 0 .239 .303 .325 .629
1934 CIN +1 NL 66 190 13 45 11 3 1 14 14 30 0 .237 .289 .342 .631
1935 SLN NL 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Career — — 1,492 4,101 517 1,120 201 58 51 549 547 408 35 .273 .360 .388 .748

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1915 CHN NL C 2 — — 1 1 1 0 3 .667 1.00
1916 CHN NL C 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1917 CHN NL C 3 — — 9 1 0 1 10 1.000 3.33
1918 CHN NL C 45 — — 115 36 4 3 155 .974 3.36
1919 CHN NL C 38 — — 119 48 6 5 173 .965 4.39
1920 CHN NL C 86 — — 317 100 19 6 436 .956 4.85
1921 CHN NL C 90 — — 269 87 12 8 368 .967 3.96
1922 CHN NL C 125 — — 446 143 14 22 603 .977 4.71
1923 CHN NL C 124 — — 418 118 13 11 549 .976 4.32
1924 CHN NL C 57 — — 204 40 4 5 248 .984 4.28
1925 SLN NL C 95 — — 330 67 10 5 407 .975 4.18
1926 SLN NL C 146 — — 466 117 10 12 593 .983 3.99
1927 SLN NL C 53 — — 141 45 4 5 190 .979 3.51
1928 NY1 NL C 77 — — 199 31 3 2 233 .987 2.99
1929 NY1 NL C 84 — — 254 22 6 2 282 .979 3.29
1930 NY1 NL C 69 — — 259 34 8 6 301 .973 4.25
1931 NY1 NL C 80 — — 223 27 5 1 255 .980 3.13
1932 NY1 NL C 41 — — 85 9 3 2 97 .969 2.29
1933 SLN NL C 50 — — 211 19 7 1 237 .970 4.60
1934 CIN NL C 64 — — 217 35 1 4 253 .996 3.94
1935 SLN NL C 8 — — 12 0 0 0 12 1.000 1.50
Career — — C 1,338 — — 4,295 980 130 101 5,405 .976 3.94