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Odell Hale
Arvel Odell Hale (Bad News)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1908 in Hosston, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1931
Final Game: September 7, 1941
Died: June 9, 1980 in ElDorado, AR
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1931 22 CLE AL 25 102 92 14 26 2 4 1 5 2 0 8 8 .283 .340 .424 .764 95 39 0 2 54/6
1933 24 CLE AL 98 386 351 49 97 19 8 10 64 2 3 30 37 .276 .333 .462 .795 105 162 0 5 45
1934 25 CLE AL 143 616 563 82 170 44 6 13 101 8 12 48 50 .302 .357 .471 .827 112 265 0 5 *4/5
1935 26 CLE AL 150 648 589 80 179 37 11 16 101 15 13 52 55 .304 .361 .486 .847 115 286 1 6 *5/4
1936 27 CLE AL 153 693 620 126 196 50 13 14 87 8 5 64 43 .316 .380 .506 .887 114 314 0 9 *5/4
1937 28 CLE AL 154 626 561 74 150 32 4 6 82 9 6 56 41 .267 .335 .371 .706 79 208 1 8 54
1938 29 CLE AL 130 559 496 69 138 32 2 8 69 8 1 44 39 .278 .338 .399 .737 86 198 1 18 *4
1939 30 CLE AL 108 286 253 36 79 16 2 4 48 4 5 25 18 .312 .374 .439 .813 110 111 9 0 8 4/5
1940 31 CLE AL 48 55 50 3 11 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 7 .220 .291 .320 .611 60 16 1 0 0 /5
1941 32 TOT MLB 53 151 126 18 25 5 0 1 10 1 0 21 17 .198 .313 .262 .575 60 33 1 0 4 4/5
1941 32 BOS AL 12 28 24 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .417 .713 85 10 1 0 1 /54
1941 32 NYG NL 41 123 102 13 20 3 0 0 9 1 18 13 .196 .317 .225 .542 53 23 0 0 3 4
10 Seasons 1062 4122 3701 551 1071 240 51 73 573 57 45 353 315 .289 .352 .441 .793 101 1632 11 3 65
162 Game Avg. 162 629 565 84 163 37 8 11 87 9 54 48 .289 .352 .441 .793 101 249 0 10
CLE (9 yrs) 1009 3971 3575 533 1046 235 51 72 563 56 45 332 298 .293 .353 .447 .800 102 1599 10 3 61
NYG (1 yr) 41 123 102 13 20 3 0 0 9 1 18 13 .196 .317 .225 .542 53 23 0 0 3
BOS (1 yr) 12 28 24 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .417 .713 85 10 1 0 1
AL (10 yrs) 1021 3999 3599 538 1051 237 51 73 564 56 45 335 302 .292 .353 .447 .800 102 1609 11 3 62
NL (1 yr) 41 123 102 13 20 3 0 0 9 1 18 13 .196 .317 .225 .542 53 23 0 0 3

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CLE AL 22 3B 15 49 20 25 4 1 .918 3.00 .945 2.89
1931 CLE AL 22 2B 10 47 14 26 7 3 .851 4.00 .968 5.48
1931 CLE AL 22 SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 4.80
1933 CLE AL 24 2B 73 495 213 259 23 45 .954 6.47 .972 5.63
1933 CLE AL 24 3B 21 58 24 28 6 2 .897 2.48 .957 2.73
1934 CLE AL 25 2B 137 929 408 480 41 107 .956 6.48 .969 5.67
1934 CLE AL 25 3B 5 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.40 .942 2.96
1935 CLE AL 26 3B 149 503 160 312 31 17 .938 3.17 .948 2.94
1935 CLE AL 26 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.60
1936 CLE AL 27 3B 148 520 169 323 28 26 .946 3.32 .946 3.02
1936 CLE AL 27 2B 3 18 3 15 0 2 1.000 6.00 .972 5.57
1937 CLE AL 28 3B 90 306 96 199 11 24 .964 3.28 .945 3.07
1937 CLE AL 28 2B 64 398 180 207 11 37 .972 6.05 .972 5.28
1938 CLE AL 29 2B 127 672 304 343 25 72 .963 5.09 .967 5.32
1939 CLE AL 30 2B 73 297 141 146 10 31 .966 3.93 .965 5.14
1939 CLE AL 30 3B 2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00 .967 3.05
1940 CLE AL 31 3B 3 10 2 5 3 0 .700 2.33 .950 3.13
1941 TOT MLB 32 2B 30 170 91 72 7 16 .959 5.43 .962 5.25
1941 BOS AL 32 3B 6 14 8 4 2 0 .857 2.00 .950 3.18
1941 BOS AL 32 2B 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.20
1941 NYG NL 32 2B 29 167 89 72 6 16 .964 5.55 .962 5.25
9 Seasons 2B 518 3027 1354 1549 124 313 .959 5.60 .969 5.43
9 Seasons 3B 439 1475 484 905 86 71 .942 3.16 .947 2.99
1 Season SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 4.80
10 Seasons TOT 958 4503 1838 2454 211 384 .953 4.48 .915 4.31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1935 AL--150--9th
1936 AL--153--9th
1937 AL--154--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1936 AL--620--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1936 AL--693--9th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1936 AL--126--8th

Hits s c a p y
1935 AL--179--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1935 AL--286--10th
1936 AL--314--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1934 AL--44--5th
1935 AL--37--6th
1936 AL--50--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1935 AL--11--8th
1936 AL--13--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1934 AL--101--10th
1935 AL--101--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1935 AL--55--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1935 AL--15--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1935 AL--100--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1934 AL--63--10th
1935 AL--64--8th
1936 AL--77--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 AL--18--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1934 AL--12--3rd
1935 AL--13--1st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1935 AL--15.5--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1935 AL--429--9th
1936 AL--438--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 28 (821), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 23 (710), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Les Bell (911)
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  8. Carlos Guillen (908)
  9. A.J. Pierzynski (905)
  10. Mike Lansing (903)
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  1. Marcus Giles (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcus Giles (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pinky Higgins (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Les Bell (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Les Bell (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Clements (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Clements (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 12, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Dobson and Frankie Pytlak to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Bagby, Gene Desautels and Gee Walker.

June 19, 1941: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.

September 9, 1941: Purchased by Milwaukee (American Association) from the New York Giants.

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