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Full Name: David L. Orr Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/250 First Game: May 17, 1883
Birthdate: September 29, 1859 Final Game: October 2, 1890
Birthplace: New York, New York MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: June 2, 1915
Deathplace: Richmond Hill, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Dave Orr (David L. Orr) was born on September 29, 1859 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 17, 1883 for the New York Gothams. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .354 with 9 home runs and 112 RBI. Orr played for the New York Gothams, New York Metropolitans, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Columbus Colts and Brooklyn Wonders over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Dave Orr's best season was 1886, when he hit for a .338 average and knocked in 91 runs.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1883 NY N 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1883 NY a 12 46 5 15 2 11 .326 .326 .652 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 NY a 1 4 1 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 Total 14 53 6 16 2 11 .302 .302 .604 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1883 TOT a 13 50 6 16 2 11 .320 .320 .640 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1884 NY a 110 458 82 162 9 112 .354 .362 .539 32 13 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
1885 NY a 107 444 76 152 6 77 .342 .358 .543 29 21 8 0 3 0 0 0 0
1886 NY a 136 571 93 193 7 91 .338 .363 .527 25 31 17 0 5 0 16 0 0
1887 NY a 84 345 63 127 2 66 .368 .408 .516 25 10 22 0 1 0 17 0 0
1888 BRO a 99 394 57 120 1 59 .305 .330 .388 20 5 7 0 8 0 11 0 0
1889 COL a 134 560 70 183 4 87 .327 .340 .446 31 12 9 38 2 0 12 0 0
1890 BRO P 107 464 89 172 6 124 .371 .414 .534 32 13 30 11 4 0 10 0 0
Total PL 107 464 89 172 6 124 .371 .414 .534 32 13 30 11 4 0 10 0 0
Total NL 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total AA 683 2822 447 953 31 503 .338 .358 .497 166 95 68 38 20 0 56 0 0
Total 791 3289 536 1125 37 627 .342 .366 .502 198 108 98 50 24 0 66 0 0

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1883 NY N OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1883 NY a 1B 12 0 0 136 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1883 NY a 1B 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1883 TOT a 1B 13 0 0 146 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1884 NY a OF 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1884 NY a 1B 110 0 0 1161 24 49 29 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1885 NY a 1B 107 0 0 1089 20 39 48 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1885 NY a P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1886 NY a 1B 136 0 0 1445 34 28 62 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1887 NY a 1B 81 0 0 806 28 27 41 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1887 NY a OF 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1888 BRO a 1B 99 0 0 976 44 22 41 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1889 COL a 1B 134 0 0 1291 61 23 64 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1890 BRO P 1B 107 0 0 1009 42 30 67 0 0 0 0 0 .972
Total 1B 787 0 0 7923 254 227 356 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total OF 7 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .889
Total P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1885 NY a 3 0 0 0 7.20 1 13 8 0 0 0 10 11 2 5 0 1 0

Transactions[]

  • Sold by New York Metropolitans to Brooklyn Bridegrooms with Jim Donahue, Bill Fagan, Frank Hankinson, Bill Holbert, Al Mays, Darby O'Brien and Paul Radford for $25000 (perhap less) (October 20, 1887).
  • Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Columbus Colts with Al Mays for $3000 (December 23, 1888).

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