Paul O'Dea

Paul O'Dea (Lefty)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 3, 1920 in Cleveland, OH
High School: West Technical (Cleveland, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1944
Team: Indians 1944-1945

Final Game: September 20, 1945
Died: December 11, 1978 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Valley City, OH
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	Pos
1938	17	CLE-min	D	53	221	221		80	15	5	3						.362	.362	.516	.878		114				FMH · NORL
1939	18	CLE-min	C	122	477	477		163	37	0	8						.342	.342	.470	.811		224				SPL · MATL
1940	19	CLE-min	C,A	28	96	96		33	6	0	0						.344	.344	.406	.750		39				FLI,WKB · MICH,EL
1941	20	CHC-CLE-min	B,A,C	106	374	374		95	16	2	0						.254	.254	.291	.545		109				PTH,WKB,FLI,CHL · PIED,EL,MICH,MATL
1942	21	CLE-min	B	72	245	245		64	13	0	2						.261	.261	.339	.600		83				CDR · IIIL
1944	23	CLE	AL	76	198	173	25	55	9	0	0	13	2	2	23	21	.318	.401	.370	.771	125	64	11	1	1	O7/9318
1945	24	CLE	AL	87	250	221	21	52	2	2	1	21	3	0	20	26	.235	.299	.276	.575	71	61	10	0	9	O9/1
1946	25	BAL-CHW-min	AAA	52	187	172	15	50	13	0	0	19	0		14	22	.291	.344	.366	.710		63	6	0	1	TOL,MLW · AA
1947	26	CLE-min	C	50	127	127		40	7	2	1						.315	.315	.425	.740		54				BUR · CENA
1948	27	CIN-CLE-min	C	79	249	249		86	17	1	6						.345	.345	.494	.839		123				RFD,BUR · CENA
1950	29	-min	D	67	202	202		71	9	5	5						.351	.351	.520	.871		105				ENT · ALSL
1951	30	CLE-min	C	70	157	157		56	11	0	5						.357	.357	.522	.879		82				FSM · WA
2 Seasons				163	448	394	46	107	11	2	1	34	5	2	43	47	.272	.345	.317	.662	95	125	21	1	10
162 Game Avg.				162	445	392	46	106	11	2	1	34	5	2	43	47	.272	.345	.317	.662	95	124	21	1	10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1944	23	CLE	AL	198	5	0	-2	-2	4	5	0.6	7	0.8	-0.2	$	O7/9318
1945	24	CLE	AL	250	-9	1	3	-2	5	-2	-0.3	-5	-0.6	0.3	$	O9/1
2 Seasons				448	-4	1	1	-4	9	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	21	CLE-min	B	1	0	1.000		4						13.0	23	13			4							2.077	15.9		2.8			CDR · IIIL
1944	23	CLE	AL	0	0		2.08	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	22	176	2.538	10.4	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.00
1945	24	CLE	AL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	30	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1950	29	-min	D					13																								ENT · ALSL
1951	30	CLE-min	C	2	4	.333	3.74	24						77.0	80	47	32	0	49							1.675	9.4	0.0	5.7			FSM · WA
2 Seasons				0	0		5.68	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	0	8	0	0	1	0	35	66	2.684	12.8	0.0	11.4	0.0	0.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.68	68	0	34	0	0	0	107	153	68	68	0	136	0	0	17	0	595	66	2.684	12.8	0.0	11.4	0.0	0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1944	23	CLE	AL	4.1	1	2	1.0	1	0.1	$
1945	24	CLE	AL	2.0	3	1	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
2 Seasons				6.1	4	3	1.0	-1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1944	CLE	AL	23	OF	41	32	28		78	72	2	4	1	.949		1.80	.974		2.47
1944	CLE	AL	23	LF	35	29	25		72	66	2	4	1	.944		1.94	.972		2.35
1944	CLE	AL	23	RF	5	3	3		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.972		2.08
1944	CLE	AL	23	1B	3	2	0		22	21	1	0	2	1.000		7.33	.990		10.07
1944	CLE	AL	23	P	3	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	0.00	.960	2.08	2.10
1944	CLE	AL	23	CF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.980		3.00
1945	CLE	AL	24	OF	53	51	46		123	118	4	1	2	.992		2.30	.978		2.40
1945	CLE	AL	24	RF	53	51	46		123	118	4	1	2	.992		2.30	.974		2.15
1945	CLE	AL	24	P	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50	1.00	.960	2.25	2.20
	2 Seasons			OF	94	83	74		201	190	6	5	3	.975		2.09	.976		2.43
	2 Seasons			RF	58	54	49		128	123	4	1	2	.992		2.19	.974		2.14
	1 Season			LF	35	29	25		72	66	2	4	1	.944		1.94	.972		2.35
	2 Seasons			P	4	0	0	6.1	2	0	1	1	0	.500	1.42	0.25	.960	2.13	2.12
	1 Season			1B	3	2	0		22	21	1	0	2	1.000		7.33	.990		10.07
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.980		3.00
	2 Seasons			TOT	101	85	74	6.1	225	211	8	6	5	.973	1.42	2.17	.978	2.13	2.65

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

March 26, 1946: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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