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Ken O'Dea
James Kenneth O'Dea

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 21, 1935
Final Game August 6, 1946
Born March 16, 1913 in Lima, NY
Died December 17, 1985 in Lima, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 22 CHC NL  76  202   30   52  13  2   6   38   0     26  18  .257  .345  .431  106   87   2           1   6
 1936 23 CHC NL  80  189   36   58  10  3   2   38   0     38  18  .307  .423  .423  127   80   3           0   6
 1937 24 CHC NL  83  219   31   66   7  5   4   32   1     24  26  .301  .370  .434  114   95   4           0   1
 1938 25 CHC NL  86  247   22   65  12  1   3   33   1     12  18  .263  .297  .356   77   88   3           0   9
 1939 26 NYG NL  52   97    7   17   1  0   3   11   0     10  16  .175  .252  .278   42   27   2           0   2
 1940 27 NYG NL  48   96    9   23   4  1   0   12   0     16  15  .240  .348  .302   80   29   2           0   2
 1941 28 NYG NL  59   89   13   19   5  1   3   17   0      8  20  .213  .278  .393   86   35   1           0   2
 1942 29 STL NL  58  192   22   45   7  1   5   32   0     17  23  .234  .297  .359   85   69   2           0   5
 1943 30 STL NL  71  203   15   57  11  2   3   25   0     19  25  .281  .345  .399  110   81   4           1   2
 1944 31 STL NL  85  265   35   66  11  2   6   37   1     37  29  .249  .343  .374  100   99   7           1   2
 1945 32 STL NL 100  307   36   78  18  2   4   43   0     50  31  .254  .359  .365   99  112   5           0   7 AS
 1946 33 TOT NL  34   89    6   14   2  0   1    5   0     16  12  .157  .286  .213   41   19   4           0   6
         STL NL  22   57    2    7   2  0   1    3   0      8   8  .123  .231  .211   24   12   3           0   4
         BSN NL  12   32    4    7   0  0   0    2   0      8   4  .219  .375  .219   70    7   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     832 2195  262  560 101 20  40  323   3  0 273 251  .255  .338  .374   95  821  39   0   0   3  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        427   51  109  20  4   8   63   1  0  53  49  .255  .338  .374   95  160   8   0   0   1  10
 Career High    100  307   36   78  18  5   6   43   1  0  50  31  .301  .370  .434  114  112   7   0   0   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 22 CHC NL  231  158   30   5.1   104| .257  .287| .345  .342| .431  .409| .776  .751| 106  .537   2.2   0.2     
 1936 23 CHC NL  230  140   34   6.5   105| .307  .288| .423  .348| .423  .404| .846  .751| 127  .647   9.5   0.9     
 1937 24 CHC NL  247  158   35   5.9   105| .301  .285| .370  .347| .434  .404| .804  .751| 114  .621   4.2   0.4     
 1938 25 CHC NL  262  194   26   3.6   101| .263  .278| .297  .343| .356  .396| .653  .739|  77  .409  -8.6  -0.9     
 1939 26 NYG NL  109   84    7   2.2   104| .175  .282| .252  .347| .278  .402| .530  .749|  42  .211  -8.4  -0.8     
 1940 27 NYG NL  114   77   10   3.5    99| .240  .273| .348  .338| .302  .393| .650  .730|  80  .400  -2.0  -0.2     
 1941 28 NYG NL   98   73   10   3.7    96| .213  .268| .278  .339| .393  .378| .671  .717|  86  .444  -2.1  -0.2     
 1942 29 STL NL  211  154   20   3.5    93| .234  .265| .297  .338| .359  .368| .656  .706|  85  .461  -4.3  -0.5     
 1943 30 STL NL  227  152   28   5.0    93| .281  .271| .345  .340| .399  .367| .744  .707| 110  .604   2.6   0.3     
 1944 31 STL NL  310  208   34   4.4    96| .249  .270| .343  .338| .374  .380| .717  .717| 100  .520   0.6   0.1     
 1945 32 STL NL  362  241   40   4.4    99| .254  .277| .359  .347| .365  .382| .724  .729|  99  .518   1.2   0.1     
 1946 33 TOT NL  109   85    6   1.9    95| .157  .266| .286  .342| .213  .372| .499  .714|  41  .199  -6.7  -0.7     
         STL NL   68   57    3   1.4    96| .123  .267| .231  .343| .211  .374| .442  .717|  24  .127  -5.9  -0.6     
         BSN NL   41   28    3   2.9    93| .219  .264| .375  .339| .219  .369| .594  .708|  70  .348  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2510 1724  280   4.4    99| .255  .276| .338  .343| .374  .388| .712  .731|  95  .504 -11.7  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 22 CHC NL C 63 213 27 9 3 .964 .976 3.81 4.17 6 1936 23 CHC NL C 55 211 27 5 1 .979 .979 4.33 4.21 6 1937 24 CHC NL C 64 234 29 4 4 .985 .980 4.11 4.62 1 1938 25 CHC NL C 71 294 32 10 3 .970 .979 4.59 4.26 3 1939 26 NYG NL C 30 78 11 5 1 .947 .982 2.97 3.93 1 1940 27 NYG NL C 31 89 29 1 1 .992 .978 3.81 4.05 2 1941 28 NYG NL C 14 62 9 0 0 1.000 .983 5.07 4.06 2 1942 29 STL NL C 49 247 37 6 6 .979 .979 5.80 4.28 3 1943 30 STL NL C 56 237 32 3 6 .989 .981 4.80 4.13 4 1944 31 STL NL C 69 326 34 2 4 .994 .979 5.22 3.95 5 1945 32 STL NL C 91 321 50 2 14 .995 .978 4.08 3.83 4 AS 1946 33 TOT NL C 34 138 19 1 1 .994 .980 4.62 4.24 3 STL NL C 22 99 14 1 0 .991 .980 5.14 4.24 3 BSN NL C 12 39 5 0 1 1.000 .980 3.67 4.24 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 22 CHC NL C 63 213 27 9 3 .964 .976 3.81 4.17 6 1936 23 CHC NL C 55 211 27 5 1 .979 .979 4.33 4.21 6 1937 24 CHC NL C 64 234 29 4 4 .985 .980 4.11 4.62 1 1938 25 CHC NL C 71 294 32 10 3 .970 .979 4.59 4.26 3 1939 26 NYG NL C 30 78 11 5 1 .947 .982 2.97 3.93 1 1940 27 NYG NL C 31 89 29 1 1 .992 .978 3.81 4.05 2 1941 28 NYG NL C 14 62 9 0 0 1.000 .983 5.07 4.06 2 1942 29 STL NL C 49 247 37 6 6 .979 .979 5.80 4.28 3 1943 30 STL NL C 56 237 32 3 6 .989 .981 4.80 4.13 4 1944 31 STL NL C 69 326 34 2 4 .994 .979 5.22 3.95 5 1945 32 STL NL C 91 321 50 2 14 .995 .978 4.08 3.83 4 1946 33 TOT NL C 34 138 19 1 1 .994 .980 4.62 4.24 3 STL NL C 22 99 14 1 0 .991 .980 5.14 4.24 3 BSN NL C 12 39 5 0 1 1.000 .980 3.67 4.24 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 627 2450 336 48 44 .983 .979 4.44 4.15 40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 627 2450 336 48 44 .983 .979 4.44 4.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   3   5   1   1  0  0  1   2   1   0  .200  .333  .800   0  0   0   0   0 
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   2   3   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   3   3   0   1  0  0  0   2   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        2-3  10  13   1   6  0  0  1   6   1   0  .462  .500  .692   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1945

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 26, 1934: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Pat Malone and cash.

December 6, 1938: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Frank Demaree and Billy Jurges to the New York Giants for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber, and Gus Mancuso.

December 11, 1941: Traded by the New York Giants with Bill Lohrman, Johnny McCarthy, and $50,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Mize.

July 8, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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