Bob O’Farrell

Catcher

1915—1935

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
#81

Player Detail

Robert Arthur
GIVEN NAME
O'Farrell
SURNAME
October 19, 1896, in Waukegan, IL
BORN
February 20, 1988, in Waukegan, IL, USA
DIED
1915—1935
Playing Career
Played from 18-38
PLAYING AGE
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago Cubs
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 5, 1915
Major League Debut
September 23, 1935
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Bob O'Farrell?

In Game Seven of the 1926 World Series, with his team ahead by one run, O’Farrell threw out Babe Ruth trying to steal second base to end the Fall Classic. That play gave the Cardinals their first World Championship. O’Farrell was named Most Valuable Player in the National League that season, mostly due to his skills as a catcher.
Bob was one of the first catchers known for his ability to “frame” pitches.
  • Bob O'Farrell Scouting Report

50

HITTING

40

POWER

35

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1492
1120
51
549
.273
1926 NL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
19.2
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.748
.694
107.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.273
.360
.388

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Mike Gonzalez
Steve O'Neill

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Shanty Hogan
Sunny Jim Bottomley
Rogers Hornsby
Stonewall Jackson
Freddie Lindstrom
Lefty O'Doul
Terry Moore
Mel Ott
Ol' Pete Alexander
Dizzy Dean
John McGraw

Bob O'Farrell Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
O'Farrell
519
142
65
25
7
6
69
69
52
4
201
212
.273
.360
.388
748
AVG C
541
146
54
24
5
6
44
44
5
198
193
.269
.328
.366
.694

Bob O'Farrell Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
81
70
85
74
65
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
70
81
51
44
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bob O'Farrell PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
21.3
17.1
16.2
12.4
2.31
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Bob O'Farrell
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
157.2
110.7
89.1
73.4
17.0
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Bob O'Farrell
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C