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  Tale of the Tape
  Johnson O'Doul
Pos 2B/1B LF/P
Height 6-1 6-0
Weight 170 180
Yrs 1965-78 1919-34
Years 13 11
HoF No No
All-Star 4 1
MVP Shares 0.1 1.4
Gold Gloves 3 0
HOFm 38.0 92.0
HOFs 19.1 31.0
Black Ink 0 11
Gray Ink 17 77
  per-162 Games
  Johnson O'Doul
Yrs 8.9 6.0
AB 542 545
R 64 104
H 141 190
2B 27 29
3B 2 7
HR 15 19
RBI 69 91
SB 4 6
BB 63 56
SO 76 20
OPS .744 .945
OPS+ 110 143

For pitchers, seasons is (G+GS)/68.0.
For batters, seasons is G/162.0.

  Career Stats
  Johnson O'Doul
G 1435 970
PA 5465 3658
AB 4797 3264
R 564 624
H 1252 1140
2B 242 175
3B 18 41
HR 136 113
RBI 609 542
SB 33 36
CS 25 0
BB 559 333
SO 675 122
BA .261 .349
OBP .340 .413
SLG .404 .532
OPS .744 .945
OPS+ 110 143
TB 1938 1736
GDP 126 10
HBP 40 23
SH 26 39
SF 43
IBB 57
Seasonal WAR
(Best → Worst)
Rk Johnson O'Doul
1 4.4 7.4
2 4.4 6.3
3 3.7 4.6
4 3.3 3.5
5 2.7 2.7
6 2.6 1.4
7 2.3 1.2
8 1.7 0.0
9 1.4 -0.2
10 1.0 -0.3
11 0.1 -1.4
12 0.1
13 -0.2
Total 27.5 25.2
Wt Sum** 22.9 23.6
Wa MVP 0.0 1.7
WaE 3.8 9.8

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