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Ken O'Dea
James Kenneth O'Dea
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 16, 1913 in Lima, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1935
Final Game: August 6, 1946
Died: December 17, 1985 in Lima, NY
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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
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 80 230 189 36 58 10 3 2 38 0 38 18 .307 .423 .423 .846 127 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 86 262 247 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 .717 100 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 24 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 Seasons 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 95 373 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1935 CHC NL 22 C 63 249 213 27 9 3 .964 3.81 .976 4.17 6
1936 CHC NL 23 C 55 243 211 27 5 1 .979 4.33 .979 4.21 6
1937 CHC NL 24 C 64 267 234 29 4 4 .985 4.11 .980 4.62 1
1938 CHC NL 25 C 71 336 294 32 10 3 .970 4.59 .979 4.26 3
1939 NYG NL 26 C 30 94 78 11 5 1 .947 2.97 .983 3.93 1
1940 NYG NL 27 C 31 119 89 29 1 1 .992 3.81 .977 4.05 2
1941 NYG NL 28 C 14 71 62 9 0 0 1.000 5.07 .983 4.06 2
1942 STL NL 29 C 49 290 247 37 6 6 .979 5.80 .979 4.28 3
1943 STL NL 30 C 56 272 237 32 3 6 .989 4.80 .981 4.13 4
1944 STL NL 31 C 69 362 326 34 2 4 .994 5.22 .979 3.95 5
1945 STL NL 32 C 91 373 321 50 2 14 .995 4.08 .978 3.83 4
1946 TOT NL 33 C 34 158 138 19 1 1 .994 4.62 .980 4.24 3
1946 STL NL 33 C 22 114 99 14 1 0 .991 5.14 .980 4.24 3
1946 BSN NL 33 C 12 44 39 5 0 1 1.000 3.67 .980 4.24 0
12 Seasons C 627 2834 2450 336 48 44 .983 4.44 .979 4.15 40
12 Seasons TOT 627 2834 2450 336 48 44 .983 4.44 .962 4.15 40

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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