Lefty O'Doul
Francis Joseph O'Doul
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 4, 1897 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Bay View (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1919
Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: December 7, 1969 in San Francisco, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1919 22 NYY AL 19 17 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 53 4 0 0 /1O
1920 23 NYY AL 13 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .250 .481 25 3 0 0 /1O
1922 25 NYY AL 8 9 9 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 99 4 0 0 /1
1923 26 BOS AL 36 39 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .143 .189 .143 .332 -12 5 0 2 1/O
1928 31 NYG NL 114 390 354 67 113 19 4 8 46 9 30 8 .319 .372 .463 .836 116 164 0 6 O
1929 32 PHI NL 154 731 638 152 254 35 6 32 122 2 76 19 .398 .465 .622 1.087 160 397 4 13 *O MVP-2
1930 33 PHI NL 140 606 528 122 202 37 7 22 97 3 63 21 .383 .453 .604 1.057 146 319 5 10 *O
1931 34 BRO NL 134 564 512 85 172 32 11 7 75 5 48 16 .336 .396 .482 .879 136 247 3 1 *O MVP-25
1932 35 BRO NL 148 657 595 120 219 32 8 21 90 11 50 20 .368 .423 .555 .978 163 330 7 5 *O MVP-3
1933 36 TOT NL 121 436 388 45 110 14 2 14 56 3 44 23 .284 .361 .438 .799 129 170 10 3 1 *O AS
1933 36 BRO NL 43 175 159 14 40 5 1 5 21 2 15 6 .252 .320 .390 .710 105 62 3 1 0 O
1933 36 NYG NL 78 261 229 31 70 9 1 9 35 1 29 17 .306 .388 .472 .860 146 108 7 2 1 O
1934 37 NYG NL 83 197 177 27 56 4 3 9 46 2 18 7 .316 .383 .525 .908 143 93 0 1 1 O
11 Seasons 970 3659 3264 624 1140 175 41 113 542 36 0 333 122 .349 .413 .532 .945 143 1736 10 23 39
162 Game Avg. 162 611 545 104 190 29 7 19 91 6 56 20 .349 .413 .532 .945 143 290 4 7
NYG (3 yrs) 275 848 760 125 239 32 8 26 127 12 77 32 .314 .380 .480 .860 131 365 7 3 8
BRO (3 yrs) 325 1396 1266 219 431 69 20 33 186 18 113 42 .340 .399 .505 .904 145 639 3 11 6
NYY (3 yrs) 40 39 37 4 9 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 5 .243 .282 .297 .579 55 11 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 294 1337 1166 274 456 72 13 54 219 5 139 40 .391 .460 .614 1.074 154 716 9 23
BOS (1 yr) 36 39 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .143 .189 .143 .332 -12 5 0 2
NL (7 yrs) 894 3581 3192 618 1126 173 41 113 532 35 329 114 .353 .417 .539 .956 145 1720 10 23 37
AL (4 yrs) 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1919 22 NYY AL 17 12 1 2.2 96 .286 .250 .277 .294 .344 .250 .373 .544 .716 53 .251 -1.0 -0.1 .500 .125 .000 .0
1920 23 NYY AL 13 10 1 2.7 110 .182 .167 .296 .231 .361 .250 .407 .481 .768 25 .272 -1.3 -0.1 .400 .167 .083
1922 25 NYY AL 9 6 1 4.5 112 .429 .333 .297 .333 .362 .444 .417 .778 .779 99 .471 -0.0 0.0 .667 .111 .111
1923 26 BOS AL 39 32 1 0.8 108 .156 .143 .290 .189 .360 .143 .401 .332 .761 -12 .041 -5.8 -0.6 .233 .057 .000
1928 31 NYG NL 390 247 61 6.6 110 .311 .319 .291 .372 .356 .463 .414 .836 .771 116 .642 8.0 0.8 .842 .254 .144 8.5
1929 32 PHI NL 731 397 183 12.3 126 .378 .398 .312 .465 .377 .622 .454 1.087 .831 160 .814 63.4 5.6 1.247 .346 .224 3.8
1930 33 PHI NL 606 336 143 11.3 133 .371 .383 .321 .453 .380 .604 .477 1.057 .857 146 .769 42.0 3.6 1.196 .347 .222 5.3
1931 34 BRO NL 564 341 97 7.6 102 .337 .336 .284 .396 .343 .482 .401 .879 .744 136 .713 26.6 2.6 .891 .250 .146 5.8
1932 35 BRO NL 657 381 138 9.8 102 .357 .368 .282 .423 .334 .555 .408 .978 .742 163 .792 53.2 5.1 1.059 .289 .187 14.4
1933 36 TOT NL 436 289 61 5.6 90 .274 .284 .272 .361 .324 .438 .372 .799 .696 129 .646 15.5 1.6 .764 .276 .155 4.9
1933 36 BRO NL 175 122 20 4.4 88 .236 .252 .270 .320 .322 .390 .369 .710 .690 105 .535 1.1 0.1 .656 .245 .138 2.9
1933 36 NYG NL 261 167 41 6.6 91 .300 .306 .273 .388 .326 .472 .374 .860 .699 146 .706 14.4 1.5 .843 .297 .166 1.8
1934 37 NYG NL 197 122 35 7.6 103 .292 .316 .285 .383 .340 .525 .405 .908 .744 143 .706 10.2 1.0 .942 .322 .209 3.3
11 Seasons 3659 2173 722 8.9 111 .339 .349 .294 .413 .353 .532 .423 .945 .776 143 .743 210.8 19.5 .997 .296 .183 54.6
162 Game Avg. 611 363 121 8.9 111 .339 .349 .294 .413 .353 .532 .423 .945 .776 143 .743 35 3 .997 .296 .183 9
NYG (3 yrs) 848 536 137 6.8 102 .303 .314 .284 .380 .343 .480 .400 .860 .743 131 .677 32.7 3.2 .866 .283 .166 16.4
BRO (3 yrs) 1396 844 255 8.1 100 .334 .340 .281 .399 .336 .505 .400 .904 .736 145 .739 80.9 7.8 .932 .268 .164 23.3
NYY (3 yrs) 39 28 3 2.9 104 .281 .243 .288 .282 .354 .297 .395 .579 .748 55 .315 -2.4 -0.2 .500 .135 .054 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 1337 733 326 11.8 129 .375 .391 .316 .460 .378 .614 .465 1.074 .843 154 .794 105.5 9.2 1.224 .346 .223 9.2
BOS (1 yr) 39 32 1 0.8 108 .156 .143 .290 .189 .360 .143 .401 .332 .761 -12 .041 -5.8 -0.6 .233 .057 .000
NL (7 yrs) 3581 2113 718 9.1 111 .342 .353 .295 .417 .353 .539 .424 .956 .777 145 .750 219.0 20.3 1.015 .300 .186 53.4
AL (4 yrs) 78 60 4 1.8 106 .219 .194 .289 .237 .357 .222 .398 .459 .754 22 .154 -8.2 -0.8 .362 .097 .028 .0

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
1933 36 NYG NL WS WSH W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1933 NYG NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1919 22 19 17 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 53 4 0 0
1920 23 32 30 28 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 .214 .267 .250 .517 40 7 0 0
1921 24 32 30 28 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 .214 .267 .250 .517 40 7 0 0
1922 25 40 39 37 4 9 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 5 .243 .282 .297 .579 55 11 0 0
1923 26 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2
1924 27 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2
1925 28 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2
1926 29 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2
1927 30 76 78 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 1 0 4 8 .194 .237 .222 .459 22 16 0 2
1928 31 190 468 426 73 127 21 4 8 56 10 0 34 16 .298 .350 .423 .773 101 180 0 8
1929 32 344 1199 1064 225 381 56 10 40 178 12 0 110 35 .358 .420 .542 .962 138 577 4 21
1930 33 484 1805 1592 347 583 93 17 62 275 15 0 173 56 .366 .431 .563 .994 141 896 9 31
1931 34 618 2369 2104 432 755 125 28 69 350 20 0 221 72 .359 .423 .543 .966 140 1143 12 32
1932 35 766 3026 2699 552 974 157 36 90 440 31 0 271 92 .361 .423 .546 .969 144 1473 19 37
1933 36 887 3462 3087 597 1084 171 38 104 496 34 0 315 115 .351 .415 .532 .947 143 1643 10 22 38
1934 37 970 3659 3264 624 1140 175 41 113 542 36 0 333 122 .349 .413 .532 .945 143 1736 10 23 39

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1919 22 22 19 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .222 .263 .222 .485 1 19
1920 23 14 16 14 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 .214 .313 .357 .670 1 13
1922 25 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8
1923 26 38 39 37 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 .135 .179 .135 .315 1 36
1928 31 120 398 368 66 114 19 4 8 45 9 30 8 .310 .362 .448 .810 60 114
1929 32 162 704 632 125 228 31 5 29 100 2 68 20 .361 .426 .563 .989 150 154
1930 33 146 571 513 93 172 32 6 19 74 3 54 22 .335 .403 .532 .935 109 140
1931 34 140 588 535 89 180 33 12 7 78 5 50 17 .336 .396 .482 .879 101 134
1932 35 155 678 619 123 226 33 8 22 92 11 52 21 .365 .420 .551 .971 141 148
1933 36 126 468 415 53 124 16 2 16 66 3 50 24 .299 .378 .463 .841 72 121
1934 37 88 207 187 28 58 4 3 9 47 2 19 7 .310 .377 .508 .885 36 83
11 Seasons 1019 3697 3347 584 1114 170 40 110 512 36 328 127 .333 .396 .506 .902 673 970
162 Game Avg. 162 588 532 93 177 27 6 17 81 6 52 20 .333 .396 .506 .902 107 970

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 5.4%)
1951 BBWAA ( 5.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1953 BBWAA ( 4.2%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA (10.1%)
1960 BBWAA (16.7%)
1962 BBWAA ( 8.1%)

All-Star Games
1933 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1929 NL (2, 68%)
1931 NL (25, 1%)
1932 NL (3, 72%)
1.41 Career Shares (153rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1929 NL  .398 (1st)
1930 NL  .383 (4th)
1931 NL  .336 (5th)
1932 NL  .368 (1st)
Career  .349 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1929 NL  .465 (1st)
1930 NL  .453 (4th)
1931 NL  .396 (9th)
1932 NL  .423 (2nd)
Career  .413 (29th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1929 NL  .622 (5th)
1930 NL  .604 (9th)
1931 NL  .482 (10th)
1932 NL  .555 (4th)
Career  .532 (46th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1929 NL  1.087 (2nd)
1930 NL  1.057 (6th)
1931 NL  .879 (10th)
1932 NL  .978 (3rd)
Career  .945 (27th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 NL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1929 NL  638 (2nd)
1932 NL  595 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 NL  731 (1st)
1932 NL  657 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1929 NL  152 (2nd)
1930 NL  122 (8th)
1932 NL  120 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  254 (1st)
1932 NL  219 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1929 NL  397 (3rd)
1932 NL  330 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 NL  11 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1929 NL  32 (5th)
1930 NL  22 (9th)
1932 NL  21 (6th)
1933 NL  14 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1929 NL  122 (8th)
1932 NL  90 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1929 NL  76 (9th)
1930 NL  63 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1932 NL  11 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 NL  181 (1st)
1932 NL  158 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1929 NL  160 (3rd)
1930 NL  146 (7th)
1931 NL  136 (10th)
1932 NL  163 (3rd)
Career  143 (60th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1929 NL  183 (2nd)
1930 NL  143 (7th)
1931 NL  97 (10th)
1932 NL  138 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 NL  63 (2nd)
1930 NL  42 (6th)
1931 NL  27 (10th)
1932 NL  53 (3rd)
Career  211 (243rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 NL  5.6 (2nd)
1930 NL  3.6 (6th)
1931 NL  2.6 (10th)
1932 NL  5.1 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  73 (8th)
1932 NL  61 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1929 NL  334 (1st)
1930 NL  270 (10th)
1932 NL  276 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1929 NL  .814 (2nd)
1930 NL  .769 (5th)
1931 NL  .713 (8th)
1932 NL  .792 (3rd)
Career  .743 (31st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  5 (7th)
1932 NL  7 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1932 NL  14.4 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1928 NL  44.3 (3rd)
1929 NL  33.6 (4th)
1930 NL  25.1 (5th)
1931 NL  32.0 (5th)
1932 NL  29.8 (4th)
Career  26.8 (34th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1929 NL  19.9 (8th)
1932 NL  28.3 (8th)
1933 NL  27.7 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 77 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 92 (173), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bob Nieman (862)
  7. Freddy Leach (859)
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  9. Johnny Frederick (850)
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  2. Earl Webb (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Earl Webb (875)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Moore (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Harper (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Harper (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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