John O'Donoghue
John Eugene O'Donoghue
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 7, 1939 in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1963
Final Game: June 22, 1971
Relatives: Father of John O'Donoghue
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1963 23 KCA AL 0 1 .000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 23 261 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
1964 24 KCA AL 10 14 .417 4.92 39 32 3 2 1 0 173.2 202 104 95 24 65 4 79 3 0 2 788 78 1.537 10.5 1.2 3.4 4.1 1.22
1965 25 KCA AL 9 18 .333 3.95 34 30 0 4 1 0 177.2 183 92 78 15 66 8 82 1 0 9 764 88 1.402 9.3 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.24 AS
1966 26 CLE AL 6 8 .429 3.83 32 13 8 2 0 0 108.0 109 50 46 13 23 2 49 2 0 1 448 90 1.222 9.1 1.1 1.9 4.1 2.13
1967 27 CLE AL 8 9 .471 3.24 33 17 11 5 2 2 130.2 120 52 47 10 33 3 81 2 0 2 531 102 1.171 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.6 2.45
1968 28 BAL AL 0 0 6.14 16 0 4 0 0 2 22.0 34 15 15 2 7 3 11 0 0 0 101 48 1.864 13.9 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57
1969 29 SEP AL 2 2 .500 2.96 55 0 14 0 0 6 70.0 58 28 23 5 37 4 48 3 0 3 299 123 1.357 7.5 0.6 4.8 6.2 1.30
1970 30 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 5.12 34 3 12 0 0 0 45.2 49 29 26 6 20 2 19 2 0 0 203 77 1.511 9.7 1.2 3.9 3.7 0.95
1970 30 MIL AL 2 0 1.000 5.01 25 0 9 0 0 0 23.1 29 15 13 4 9 1 13 0 0 0 109 75 1.629 11.2 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.44
1970 30 MON NL 2 3 .400 5.24 9 3 3 0 0 0 22.1 20 14 13 2 11 1 6 2 0 0 94 78 1.388 8.1 0.8 4.4 2.4 0.55
1971 31 MON NL 0 0 4.67 13 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 19 10 9 3 7 1 7 0 0 1 78 75 1.500 9.9 1.6 3.6 3.6 1.00
9 Seasons 39 55 .415 4.07 257 96 56 13 4 10 751.0 780 382 340 78 260 27 377 13 1 18 3235 87 1.385 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .415 4.07 50 18 11 3 1 2 145 150 74 65 15 50 5 73 3 0 3 623 87 1.385 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45
KCA (3 yrs) 19 33 .365 4.38 74 63 3 6 2 0 357.1 391 198 174 39 133 12 162 4 1 11 1575 84 1.466 9.8 1.0 3.3 4.1 1.22
MON (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.99 22 3 7 0 0 0 39.2 39 24 22 5 18 2 13 2 0 1 172 77 1.437 8.8 1.1 4.1 2.9 0.72
CLE (2 yrs) 14 17 .452 3.51 65 30 19 7 2 2 238.2 229 102 93 23 56 5 130 4 0 3 979 96 1.194 8.6 0.9 2.1 4.9 2.32
MIL (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.47 80 0 23 0 0 6 93.1 87 43 36 9 46 5 61 3 0 3 408 105 1.425 8.4 0.9 4.4 5.9 1.33
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 6.14 16 0 4 0 0 2 22.0 34 15 15 2 7 3 11 0 0 0 101 48 1.864 13.9 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57
AL (8 yrs) 37 52 .416 4.02 235 93 49 13 4 10 711.1 741 358 318 73 242 25 364 11 1 17 3063 88 1.382 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.6 1.50
NL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.99 22 3 7 0 0 0 39.2 39 24 22 5 18 2 13 2 0 1 172 77 1.437 8.8 1.1 4.1 2.9 0.72

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1965 KCA AL 25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 23 KCA AL 1 23 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 .286 .348 .286 .634 .300 6 1 0 0 0 0
1964 24 KCA AL 39 786 704 104 202 30 7 24 7 0 65 79 .287 .348 .452 .800 .295 318 23 3 11 3 4
1965 25 KCA AL 34 764 685 92 183 33 7 15 8 2 66 82 .267 .331 .401 .732 .284 275 22 1 8 4 8
1966 26 CLE AL 32 448 413 50 109 23 4 13 1 1 23 49 .264 .303 .433 .737 .270 179 11 2 6 4 2
1967 27 CLE AL 33 531 486 52 120 15 3 10 5 0 33 81 .247 .296 .352 .648 .276 171 13 2 7 3 3
1968 28 BAL AL 16 101 91 15 34 6 0 2 0 1 7 11 .374 .414 .505 .920 .405 46 3 0 2 1 3
1969 29 SEP AL 55 298 251 28 58 6 2 5 7 1 37 48 .231 .332 .331 .663 .262 83 8 3 3 4 4
1970 30 MIL AL 25 108 96 15 29 3 1 4 3 1 9 13 .302 .362 .479 .841 .316 46 2 0 3 0 1
1970 30 MON NL 9 94 76 14 20 2 1 2 1 0 11 6 .263 .359 .395 .753 .254 30 6 2 2 3 1
1970 30 TOT MLB 34 202 172 29 49 5 2 6 4 1 20 19 .285 .360 .442 .802 .287 76 8 2 5 3 2
1971 31 MON NL 13 78 70 10 19 7 0 3 1 0 7 7 .271 .333 .500 .833 .262 35 2 0 0 1 1
9 Seasons 257 3231 2893 382 780 125 25 78 33 8 260 377 .270 .330 .411 .741 .285 1189 91 13 42 23 27
162 Game Avg. 50 622 557 74 150 24 5 15 6 2 50 73 .270 .330 .411 .741 .285 229 18 3 8 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 23 KCA AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 0 0 0 1 1.0 1.8 6.0
1964 24 KCA AL 39 32 9 14 9 0 1 13 19 .406 1 5 2 1 12 38% 44 74 17 34 10 17 6 3.8 3.2 4.9
1965 25 KCA AL 34 30 9 16 5 1 7 11 19 .367 0 4 4 1 16 53% 50 81 26 31 10 6 8 3.1 3.2 5.8
1966 26 CLE AL 32 13 4 6 3 0 1 6 7 .462 1 1 2 0 6 46% 49 83 28 9 1 4 6 4.3 5.5 5.6
1967 27 CLE AL 33 17 7 8 2 0 2 7 10 .412 1 1 5 2 10 59% 54 94 24 18 7 4 7 3.4 3.6 6.1
1970 30 TOT MLB 34 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 25 16 6 2 1 4.1 2.6 4.4
1970 30 MON NL 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 53 25 6 4 2 1 4.1 2.6 4.4
6 Seasons 148 96 29 47 20 1 12 38 58 .396 3 11 13 4 45 47% 48 94 17 98 32 33 29 3.5 3.6 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 24 KCA AL 39 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 5 56% 7 1.121 2 1 4 1 1 5 5 2 5 1 5 1 6.9
1965 25 KCA AL 34 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 1.046 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 3.0
1966 26 CLE AL 32 19 8 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 18 8 44% 6 0.898 2 9 7 3 2 14 9 10 13 3 13 3 5.5
1967 27 CLE AL 33 16 11 1 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 10 6 60% 7 1.005 4 6 5 4 2 10 5 11 8 4 8 1 5.0
1968 28 BAL AL 16 16 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 4 2 13 1 8% 8 0.990 8 3 5 4 3 9 9 7 8 5 8 2 4.1
1969 29 SEP AL 55 55 14 2 2 8 6 2 75% 16 6 66 23 35% 7 1.250 27 9 18 17 7 31 36 19 20 25 23 19 3.8
1970 30 TOT MLB 34 31 12 4 1 4 0 4 0% 5 0 35 18 51% 0.952 14 7 9 5 8 18 17 14 12 15 12 8 3.1
1970 30 MIL AL 25 25 9 2 0 3 0 3 0% 4 0 25 13 52% 7 0.772 9 6 9 4 5 16 12 13 8 13 8 8 2.8
1970 30 MON NL 9 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 5 50% 8 1.159 5 1 0 1 3 2 5 1 4 2 4 0 4.5
1971 31 MON NL 13 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 7 70% 8 0.406 2 3 7 1 1 11 5 8 8 3 8 3 4.0
8 Seasons 256 161 56 10 8 18 10 8 56% 31 10 164 70 43% 1.033 61 39 56 35 26 100 87 74 76 57 80 37 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1963 23 KCA AL 23 78% 0.0% 4.4% 8.7% 0.0% 0% 2.75 87% 3 1 33%
1964 24 KCA AL 786 76% 3.1% 10.1% 8.3% 7.8% 30% 1.61 77% 151 23 15%
1965 25 KCA AL 764 77% 2.0% 10.7% 8.6% 7.2% 30% 1.49 77% 134 22 16%
1966 26 CLE AL 448 79% 2.9% 10.9% 5.1% 8.9% 37% 1.31 79% 75 11 15%
1967 27 CLE AL 531 73% 1.9% 15.3% 6.2% 5.3% 23% 1.64 75% 95 13 14%
1968 28 BAL AL 101 64% 2.0% 10.9% 6.9% 7.9% 24% 1.48 78% 28 3 11%
1969 29 SEP AL 298 61% 1.7% 16.1% 12.4% 4.4% 22% 1.18 68% 68 8 12%
1970 30 TOT MLB 202 60% 3.0% 9.4% 9.9% 6.4% 27% 1.53 74% 53 8 15%
1970 30 MIL AL 108 55% 3.7% 12.0% 8.3% 7.4% 28% 1.65 73% 26 2 8%
1970 30 MON NL 94 67% 2.1% 6.4% 11.7% 5.3% 25% 1.44 76% 27 6 22%
1971 31 MON NL 78 58% 3.9% 9.0% 9.0% 12.8% 53% 1.75 78% 21 2 10%
9 Seasons 3231 73% 2.4% 11.7% 8.1% 7.1% 29% 1.49 76% 628 91 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1963 23 KCA AL 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 24 KCA AL 786 202 24 0 16 19 5 14 10 34 17 4 50% 19 2 2 317 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1965 25 KCA AL 764 183 15 0 8 12 3 6 9 38 19 5 50% 13 9 3 280 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 18 0
1966 26 CLE AL 448 109 13 0 5 10 3 7 6 21 12 3 57% 6 1 1 151 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 27 CLE AL 531 120 10 1 7 9 1 5 5 21 10 5 48% 5 2 0 194 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 28 BAL AL 101 34 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 1 52 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1969 29 SEP AL 298 58 5 0 11 4 1 3 2 33 14 6 42% 4 3 0 128 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 30 TOT MLB 202 49 6 1 9 4 2 3 3 16 9 1 56% 7 0 0 85 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1970 30 MIL AL 108 29 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 5 3 1 60% 7 0 0 49 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1970 30 MON NL 94 20 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 11 6 0 55% 0 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 31 MON NL 78 19 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 6 0 86% 3 1 0 39 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 Seasons 3231 780 78 2 60 61 17 41 37 175 90 24 51% 57 18 7 1252 33 8 80% 27 7 6 1 0 0 8 0 64 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1963 23 0 1 .000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 23 261 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50 261
1964 24 10 15 .400 4.81 40 33 3 2 1 0 179.2 208 106 96 24 67 4 80 3 1 2 811 80 1.531 10.4 1.2 3.4 4.0 1.19 80
1965 25 19 33 .365 4.38 74 63 3 6 2 0 357.1 391 198 174 39 133 12 162 4 1 11 1575 84 1.466 9.8 1.0 3.3 4.1 1.22 84
1966 26 25 41 .379 4.26 106 76 11 8 2 0 465.1 500 248 220 52 156 14 211 6 1 12 2023 85 1.410 9.7 1.0 3.0 4.1 1.35 85
1967 27 33 50 .398 4.03 139 93 22 13 4 2 596.0 620 300 267 62 189 17 292 8 1 14 2554 88 1.357 9.4 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.55 88
1968 28 33 50 .398 4.11 155 93 26 13 4 4 618.0 654 315 282 64 196 20 303 8 1 14 2655 86 1.375 9.5 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.55 86
1969 29 35 52 .402 3.99 210 93 40 13 4 10 688.0 712 343 305 69 233 24 351 11 1 17 2954 89 1.374 9.3 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.51 89
1970 30 39 55 .415 4.06 244 96 52 13 4 10 733.2 761 372 331 75 253 26 370 13 1 17 3157 88 1.382 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.46 88
1971 31 39 55 .415 4.07 257 96 56 13 4 10 751.0 780 382 340 78 260 27 377 13 1 18 3235 87 1.385 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45 87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1963 23 0 0 1.80 5.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 0 1.600 10.8 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.0 1
1964 24 7 11 .389 5.17 169.0 206 108 97 24 66 77 3 1.609 11.0 3.5 4.1 1.17 1.3 39
1965 25 7 11 .389 4.69 167.0 193 97 87 16 70 77 1 1.575 10.4 3.8 4.1 1.10 0.9 34
1966 26 5 6 .455 4.68 102.0 118 59 53 14 25 46 2 1.402 10.4 2.2 4.1 1.84 1.2 32
1967 27 6 7 .462 4.09 121.0 130 61 55 11 36 75 2 1.372 9.7 2.7 5.6 2.08 0.8 33
1968 28 0 2 .000 10.00 18.0 38 22 20 2 8 9 0 2.556 19.0 4.0 4.5 1.13 1.0 16
1969 29 4 3 .571 3.41 66.0 60 28 25 5 38 45 3 1.485 8.2 5.2 6.1 1.18 0.7 55
1970 30 1 3 .250 5.32 44.0 50 29 26 6 20 18 2 1.591 10.2 4.1 3.7 0.90 1.2 34
1971 31 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 20 11 10 3 7 7 0 1.588 10.6 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.6 13
9 Seasons 30 44 .405 4.75 709.0 821 416 374 81 272 355 13 1.542 10.4 4.5 1.31 1.0 257

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965

Losses s c a p y
1964 AL--14--5th
1965 AL--18--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 AL--95--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 AL--9--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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