Jim O'Rourke

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1872-1904)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1945
AVG .310
HR 62
RBI 1,208
H 2,639
OPS .775
PIV 29,906
Position
Outfielder
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'8" / 185 lb
Born
9/1/1850 in Bridgeport, CT, USA
Died
1/8/1919 in Bridgeport, CT, USA
MLB Debut
1872-04-26
Last Game
1904-09-22
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1945 (Old Timers)

Full name: James Henry O'Rourke

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Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1,999 8,503 1,729 2,639 468 149 62 1,208 229 513 362 .310 .352 .422 .775 29,906

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 .775 vs. league average .645 across their career seasons — +20.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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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 .273 .285 (-4%) .296 (+1%) .347 (-7%) .644 (-3%) -27.5
1873 BS1 57 280 79 98 21 2 1 49 9 15 3 .350 .290 (+20%) .304 (+26%) .357 (+26%) .661 (+26%) 1229.5
1874 BS1 70 331 82 104 15 8 5 61 11 4 5 .314 .273 (+15%) .282 (+14%) .333 (+36%) .615 (+26%) 1241.2
1875 BS1 75 358 97 106 13 7 6 72 17 9 6 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .287 .279 (+3%) .356 (-1%) .379 (-6%) .735 (-3%) -271.5
1904 NY1 NL 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 1,999 8,503 1,729 2,639 468 149 62 1,208 229 513 362 .310 — — — — 29,906

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

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 22.6

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

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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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 · 2 seasons 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 19.2 17 9 2 4 4.12 — 23

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

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 .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 .389
1888 WS NY1 10 36 4 8 0 0 0 1 4 2 .222

Game Log & Splits

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home141100.250

Last 1 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1904-09-22 NY1CINW 411000000

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

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 6
Catcher 230
First Base 213
Second Base 2
Third Base 148
Shortstop 38
Left Field 770
Center Field 463
Right Field 217

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Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jim O'Rourke (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Bobby Veach
    .310 avg, 64 HR
  2. 95
    Zack Wheat HOF
    .317 avg, 132 HR
  3. 92
    Edd Roush HOF
    .323 avg, 68 HR
  4. 92
    Sam Rice HOF
    .322 avg, 34 HR
  5. 88
    Sherry Magee
    .291 avg, 83 HR
  6. 88
    Jimmy Ryan
    .308 avg, 118 HR

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jim O'Rourke

What years did Jim O'Rourke play?
Jim O'Rourke played in Major League Baseball from 1872 to 1904.
Was Jim O'Rourke a pitcher?
No. Jim O'Rourke was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 6 career games.
How many home runs did Jim O'Rourke hit?
Jim O'Rourke hit 62 career home runs with 2639 hits.
Is Jim O'Rourke in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Jim O'Rourke was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.