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Major League Baseball Stats
 
Batting Stats
GamesAt BatsHitsAverageSlugging %
1,9998,5032,6390.3100.422
 
Pitching Stats
GamesInningsWinsLosesTiesW/L%ERA
619.000120.0004.120
 
Managing Stats
GamesWinsLosesTiesW/L%
51024625860.488
 
Notable Accomplishments (Top 10 Rankings)
Batting Titles: 9th All-Time (1) - tie
Jim O'Rourke
(James  Henry  O'Rourke)
 "Orator Jim"
Born: September 1, 1850        Died: January 8, 1919 (69 yrs.)
 
Year of Induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame
1945
 
Induction Position/Capacity
Left Field
 
 
 
 
 
Bats
Right
Throws
Right
Seasons1st GameLast Game
23April 26, 1872September 22, 1904
 
Positions Played/Held
Left Field
Pitcher
Catcher
1st Base
2nd Base
3rd Base
Shortstop
Center Field
Right Field
 
Teams as Player
Middletown Mansfields (1872)
Boston Red Stockings (1873-1875)
Boston Red Stockings (1876-1878)
Providence Grays (1879)
Boston Red Stockings (1880)
Buffalo Bisons (1881-1884)
New York Giants (1885-1889)
New York Giants (1890)
New York Giants (1891-1892)
Washington Senators (1893)
New York Giants (1904)
 
Teams as Manager
Buffalo Bisons (1881-1884)
Washington Senators (1893)
 
 
 
Cards and Other Memorabilia
Jim O'Rourke - Estimated Sets: 79 | DB Records: 18 | Images: 8
 
1879 - 1880  New York Clipper
Woodcut Player Portraits
James O'Rourke 

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 1886  Goodwin Company
Old Judge Cigarettes (N167)
Jim O’Rourke 

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 1886  Lorillard's Plug Tobacco
Team Photo Schedules
New York Giants (O'Rourke) 

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1887  Buchner
Gold Coin Tobacco Cards (N284)
Orator Jim O'rourke (Hands Cupped) 

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 1887  Charles Gross & Co.
Kalamazoo Bats Cigarette Cards (N690)
Jim O'Rourke 

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 1888  August Beck & Company
Yum Yum Tobacco Cards (N403)
O'Rourke (with bat) 

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1888  Green & Blackwell
Chewing Gum Cards (E223)
Jim O'Rourke 

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 1889  Goodwin Company
Circular Album Baseball Cards (A35)
Jim O’Rourke, George Gore, Danny Richardson, Roger Connor 

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