38 games is not a lot of games. Through 38 games, the 2009 Royals and 2011 Royals were 20-18. On the other side of the coin, the 2014 American League Champion Royals were 19-19 through 38 games.
The 38 games played by Ryan O’Hearn at the Major League level is just a blip on the radar. Even as a 25-year-old just getting his first taste of Major League action, 38 games still represents just 6% of his 619 professional baseball games.
It is the other 94% that makes his brief Major League career less stunning than it seems.