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Ken O'Dea

James Kenneth O'Dea

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 16, 1913 in Lima, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1935
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Giants/Braves 1935-1946

Final Game: August 6, 1946
Died: December 17, 1985 in Lima, NY
Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Avon, NY
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1935 22 CHC NL 76 231 202 30 52 13 2 6 38 0 26 18 .257 .345 .431 .776 106 87 6 1 2 2
1936 23 CHC NL 80 229 189 36 58 10 3 2 38 0 38 18 .307 .423 .423 .846 126 80 6 0 3 2
1937 24 CHC NL 83 247 219 31 66 7 5 4 32 1 24 26 .301 .370 .434 .804 114 95 1 0 4 2
1938 25 CHC NL 86 263 247 22 65 12 1 3 33 1 12 18 .263 .297 .356 .654 77 88 9 0 3 2
1939 26 NYG NL 52 109 97 7 17 1 0 3 11 0 10 16 .175 .252 .278 .531 42 27 2 0 2 2
1940 27 NYG NL 48 114 96 9 23 4 1 0 12 0 16 15 .240 .348 .302 .650 80 29 2 0 2 2
1941 28 NYG NL 59 98 89 13 19 5 1 3 17 0 8 20 .213 .278 .393 .672 86 35 2 0 1 2
1942 29 STL NL 58 211 192 22 45 7 1 5 32 0 17 23 .234 .297 .359 .656 85 69 5 0 2 2
1943 30 STL NL 71 227 203 15 57 11 2 3 25 0 19 25 .281 .345 .399 .744 110 81 2 1 4 2
1944 31 STL NL 85 310 265 35 66 11 2 6 37 1 37 29 .249 .343 .374 .717 99 99 2 1 7 2
1945 32 STL NL 100 362 307 36 78 18 2 4 43 0 50 31 .254 .359 .365 .723 99 112 7 0 5 2
1946 33 TOT NL 34 109 89 6 14 2 0 1 5 0 16 12 .157 .286 .213 .499 41 19 6 0 4 2
1946 33 STL NL 22 68 57 2 7 2 0 1 3 0 8 8 .123 .231 .211 .441 23 12 4 0 3 2
1946 33 BSN NL 12 41 32 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 8 4 .219 .375 .219 .594 70 7 2 0 1 2
12 Yrs 832 2510 2195 262 560 101 20 40 323 3 273 251 .255 .338 .374 .712 95 821 50 3 39
162 Game Avg. 162 489 427 51 109 20 4 8 63 1 53 49 .255 .338 .374 .712 95 160 10 1 8
STL (5 yrs) 336 1178 1024 110 253 49 7 19 140 1 131 116 .247 .334 .364 .698 94 373 20 2 21
CHC (4 yrs) 325 970 857 119 241 42 11 15 141 2 100 80 .281 .357 .408 .765 105 350 22 1 12
NYG (3 yrs) 159 321 282 29 59 10 2 6 40 0 34 51 .209 .294 .323 .617 69 91 6 0 5
BSN (1 yr) 12 41 32 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 8 4 .219 .375 .219 .594 70 7 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1935 22 CHC NL 76 231 2 0 0 -2 2 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .503 .501 1.1 0.0 11 $ 2
1936 23 CHC NL 80 229 9 0 0 -2 2 9 0.9 6 16 1.6 .511 .506 1.7 -0.0 18 $ 2
1937 24 CHC NL 83 247 4 0 0 1 2 8 0.7 7 15 1.5 .509 .505 1.4 0.3 14 $ 2
1938 25 CHC NL 86 263 -8 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.8 8 1 0.0 .492 .496 0.1 0.1 2 $ 2
1939 26 NYG NL 52 109 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .483 .495 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 2
1940 27 NYG NL 48 114 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .498 .499 0.3 0.1 3 $ 2
1941 28 NYG NL 59 98 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 3 2 0.2 .497 .499 0.2 0.0 2 $ 2
1942 29 STL NL 58 211 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 6 5 0.4 .496 .499 0.4 0.2 5 $ 2
1943 30 STL NL 71 227 2 0 0 1 2 5 0.6 7 12 1.3 .508 .504 1.2 0.3 11 $ 2
1944 31 STL NL 85 310 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.4 9 13 1.3 .505 .502 1.2 0.3 12 $ 2
1945 32 STL NL 100 362 0 0 0 3 3 7 0.7 11 18 1.8 .507 .504 1.5 0.7 15 $ 2
1946 33 STL NL 22 68 -6 0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .468 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 2
1946 33 BSN NL 12 41 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 2
12 Seasons 832 2510 -12 2 0 -1 20 8 0.5 76 84 8.3 .501 .500 8.5 1.9 85 $
STL (5 yrs) 336 1178 -6 1 0 4 9 7 0.7 36 43 4.3 .502 .501 4.0 1.4 39 $
CHC (4 yrs) 325 970 8 1 0 -4 8 13 1.1 28 40 4.0 .504 .502 4.3 0.4 44 $
NYG (3 yrs) 159 321 -13 0 0 -1 2 -11 -1.2 10 -0 -0.1 .493 .498 0.1 0.1 0 $
BSN (1 yr) 12 41 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1935 22 CHC NL 231 158 30 5.1 104 .258 .257 .287 .345 .342 .431 .409 .776 .751 106 .537 2.2 0.2 .731 .302 .173 .0
1936 23 CHC NL 229 140 34 6.5 105 .331 .307 .288 .423 .348 .423 .404 .846 .751 126 .647 9.4 0.9 .861 .317 .116 .0
1937 24 CHC NL 247 158 35 5.9 105 .328 .301 .285 .370 .347 .434 .404 .804 .751 114 .621 4.2 0.4 .779 .247 .132 1.6
1938 25 CHC NL 263 194 26 3.6 101 .274 .263 .278 .297 .343 .356 .396 .654 .739 77 .409 -8.5 -0.9 .529 .146 .093 1.5
1939 26 NYG NL 109 84 7 2.2 104 .179 .175 .282 .252 .347 .278 .402 .531 .750 42 .211 -8.4 -0.8 .451 .206 .103 .0
1940 27 NYG NL 114 77 10 3.5 99 .284 .240 .273 .348 .338 .302 .393 .650 .731 80 .400 -2.0 -0.2 .600 .229 .063
1941 28 NYG NL 98 73 10 3.7 96 .242 .213 .268 .278 .339 .393 .378 .672 .717 86 .444 -2.1 -0.2 .597 .270 .180 .0
1942 29 STL NL 211 154 20 3.5 93 .244 .234 .265 .297 .338 .359 .368 .656 .706 85 .461 -4.3 -0.5 .566 .214 .125 .0
1943 30 STL NL 227 152 28 5.0 94 .309 .281 .272 .345 .341 .399 .369 .744 .710 110 .604 2.4 0.3 .682 .212 .118 .0
1944 31 STL NL 310 208 34 4.4 97 .261 .249 .272 .343 .339 .374 .381 .717 .720 99 .520 0.3 0.0 .687 .268 .125 1.7
1945 32 STL NL 362 241 40 4.4 99 .272 .254 .277 .359 .347 .365 .382 .723 .729 99 .518 1.2 0.1 .686 .274 .111 .0
1946 33 TOT NL 109 85 6 1.9 95 .171 .157 .266 .286 .342 .213 .372 .499 .714 41 .199 -6.7 -0.7 .432 .236 .056 .0
1946 33 STL NL 68 57 3 1.4 96 .125 .123 .267 .231 .343 .211 .374 .441 .717 23 .127 -5.9 -0.6 .370 .228 .088 .0
1946 33 BSN NL 41 28 3 2.9 94 .250 .219 .264 .375 .339 .219 .369 .594 .709 70 .348 -0.8 -0.1 .556 .250 .000
12 Yrs 2510 1724 280 4.4 99 .273 .255 .277 .338 .343 .374 .388 .712 .731 95 .505 -12.3 -1.3 .653 .245 .119 5.6
162 Game Avg. 489 336 55 4.4 99 .273 .255 .277 .338 .343 .374 .388 .712 .731 95 .505 -12.3 -1.3 .653 .245 .119 1
STL (5 yrs) 1178 812 125 4.1 96 .263 .247 .272 .334 .342 .364 .376 .698 .718 94 .504 -6.3 -0.7 .641 .246 .117 1.9
CHC (4 yrs) 970 650 125 5.1 104 .297 .281 .284 .357 .345 .408 .403 .765 .748 105 .555 7.3 0.7 .710 .246 .127 3.5
NYG (3 yrs) 321 234 27 3.1 100 .236 .209 .274 .294 .341 .323 .391 .617 .733 69 .347 -12.5 -1.3 .546 .234 .113 .0
BSN (1 yr) 41 28 3 2.9 94 .250 .219 .264 .375 .339 .219 .369 .594 .709 70 .348 -0.8 -0.1 .556 .250 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 22 CHC NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 25 CHC NL WS NYY L 3 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .800 1.133 4 0 0 0 0 0
1942 29 STL NL WS NYY W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1943 30 STL NL WS NYY L 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1944 31 STL NL WS SLB W 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 10 14 13 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 .462 .500 .692 1.192 9 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 10 14 13 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 .462 .500 .692 1.192 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 STL NL 32 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1935 22 CHC NL 231 2.6% 7.8% 11.3% 9.1% 40% 0.69 11.2 33.7 5.3 77%
1936 23 CHC NL 229 0.9% 7.9% 16.6% 6.6% 26% 0.47 10.5 94.5 5.0 74%
1937 24 CHC NL 247 1.6% 10.5% 9.7% 6.5% 24% 1.08 8.4 54.8 6.8 77%
1938 25 CHC NL 263 1.1% 6.8% 4.6% 6.1% 25% 1.50 13.7 82.3 7.5 86%
1939 26 NYG NL 109 2.8% 14.7% 9.2% 3.7% 24% 1.60 6.1 32.3 8.8 72%
1940 27 NYG NL 114 0.0% 13.2% 14.0% 4.4% 22% 0.94 6.4 8.0 71%
1941 28 NYG NL 98 3.1% 20.4% 8.2% 9.2% 47% 2.50 4.5 29.7 5.2 67%
1942 29 STL NL 211 2.4% 10.9% 8.1% 6.2% 29% 1.35 8.3 38.4 6.0 78%
1943 30 STL NL 227 1.3% 11.0% 8.4% 7.1% 28% 1.32 8.1 67.7 8.1 77%
1944 31 STL NL 310 1.9% 9.4% 11.9% 6.1% 29% 0.78 9.1 44.2 7.2 74%
1945 32 STL NL 362 1.1% 8.6% 13.8% 6.6% 31% 0.62 9.9 76.8 7.1 75%
1946 33 TOT NL 109 0.9% 11.0% 14.7% 2.8% 21% 0.75 7.4 89.0 17.8 70%
1946 33 STL NL 68 1.5% 11.8% 11.8% 4.4% 43% 1.00 7.1 57.0 19.0 71%
1946 33 BSN NL 41 0.0% 9.8% 19.5% 0.0% 0% 0.50 8.0 16.0 68%
12 Yrs 2510 1.6% 10.0% 10.9% 6.4% 29% 0.92 8.7 54.9 6.8 76%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.0% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.02 10.0 67.5 8.3 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 22 76 231 202 30 52 13 2 6 38 0 26 18 .257 .345 .431 .776 106 87 6 1 2
1936 23 156 460 391 66 110 23 5 8 76 0 64 36 .281 .384 .427 .811 116 167 12 1 5
1937 24 239 707 610 97 176 30 10 12 108 1 88 62 .289 .379 .430 .809 116 262 13 1 9
1938 25 325 970 857 119 241 42 11 15 141 2 100 80 .281 .357 .408 .765 105 350 22 1 12
1939 26 377 1079 954 126 258 43 11 18 152 2 110 96 .270 .346 .395 .742 99 377 24 1 14
1940 27 425 1193 1050 135 281 47 12 18 164 2 126 111 .268 .347 .387 .733 97 406 26 1 16
1941 28 484 1291 1139 148 300 52 13 21 181 2 134 131 .263 .341 .387 .729 96 441 28 1 17
1942 29 542 1502 1331 170 345 59 14 26 213 2 151 154 .259 .335 .383 .718 95 510 33 1 19
1943 30 613 1729 1534 185 402 70 16 29 238 2 170 179 .262 .336 .385 .722 96 591 35 2 23
1944 31 698 2039 1799 220 468 81 18 35 275 3 207 208 .260 .337 .384 .721 97 690 37 3 30
1945 32 798 2401 2106 256 546 99 20 39 318 3 257 239 .259 .341 .381 .721 97 802 44 3 35
1946 33 832 2510 2195 262 560 101 20 40 323 3 273 251 .255 .338 .374 .712 95 821 50 3 39

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1935 22 80 240 211 30 53 13 2 6 38 0 26 19 .251 .336 .417 .753 29 76
1936 23 84 234 194 34 57 10 3 2 36 0 37 19 .294 .407 .407 .814 32 80
1937 24 87 256 228 31 67 7 5 4 32 1 24 27 .294 .361 .421 .782 35 83
1938 25 91 275 260 22 67 12 1 3 33 1 12 19 .258 .290 .346 .637 26 86
1939 26 55 115 102 8 18 1 0 3 12 0 11 17 .176 .257 .275 .531 7 52
1940 27 50 120 101 9 24 4 1 0 13 0 17 16 .238 .347 .297 .644 11 48
1941 28 61 102 93 14 20 5 1 3 18 0 8 21 .215 .277 .387 .664 10 59
1942 29 61 224 204 24 48 7 1 5 35 0 18 24 .235 .297 .353 .650 22 58
1943 30 74 239 214 16 61 12 2 3 27 0 20 26 .285 .349 .402 .751 30 71
1944 31 88 323 276 37 69 12 2 6 39 1 39 30 .250 .345 .373 .718 35 85
1945 32 105 375 319 37 80 18 2 4 44 0 51 32 .251 .354 .357 .711 41 100
1946 33 36 116 94 7 16 2 0 1 6 0 18 13 .170 .304 .223 .527 6 34
12 Yrs 872 2619 2296 269 580 103 20 40 333 3 281 263 .253 .335 .367 .702 284 832
162 Game Avg. 162 487 427 50 108 19 4 7 62 1 52 49 .253 .335 .367 .702 53 832

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1945--not played

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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