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 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
1919 22 NYY AL 0 0 3.60 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 27 88 2.200 12.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
1920 23 NYY AL 0 0 4.91 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 17 78 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00
1922 25 NYY AL 0 0 3.38 6 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 24 13 6 0 12 5 0 0 2 80 118 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 2.8 0.42
1923 26 BOS AL 1 1 .500 5.43 23 1 17 0 0 0 53.0 69 50 32 2 31 10 4 0 0 248 75 1.887 11.7 0.3 5.3 1.7 0.32
4 Seasons 1 1 .500 4.87 34 1 26 0 0 0 77.2 104 71 42 2 49 19 5 0 2 372 82 1.970 12.1 0.2 5.7 2.2 0.39
162 Game Avg. 2 2 .500 4.87 66 2 51 0 0 0 151 202 138 82 4 95 37 10 0 4 723 82 1.970 12.1 0.2 5.7 2.2 0.39
NYY (3 yrs) 0 0 3.65 11 0 9 0 0 0 24.2 35 21 10 0 18 9 1 0 2 124 104 2.149 12.8 0.0 6.6 3.3 0.50
BOS (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.43 23 1 17 0 0 0 53.0 69 50 32 2 31 10 4 0 0 248 75 1.887 11.7 0.3 5.3 1.7 0.32

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+
1919 22 0 0 3.60 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 27 88 2.200 12.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 88
1920 23 0 0 4.15 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 11 8 4 0 6 4 1 0 0 44 83 1.962 11.4 0.0 6.2 4.2 0.67 83
1921 24 0 0 4.15 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 11 8 4 0 6 4 1 0 0 44 83 1.962 11.4 0.0 6.2 4.2 0.67 83
1922 25 0 0 3.65 11 0 9 0 0 0 24.2 35 21 10 0 18 9 1 0 2 124 104 2.149 12.8 0.0 6.6 3.3 0.50 104
1923 26 1 1 .500 4.87 34 1 26 0 0 0 77.2 104 71 42 2 49 19 5 0 2 372 82 1.970 12.1 0.2 5.7 2.2 0.39 82

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1919 22 0 0 4.50 6.0 9 3 3 0 5 2 0 2.333 13.5 7.5 3.0 0.40 0.0 3
1920 23 0 0 4.50 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1922 25 1 0 1.000 3.38 16.0 24 7 6 0 12 5 0 2.250 13.5 6.8 2.8 0.42 0.0 6
1923 26 2 3 .400 5.09 53.0 67 33 30 2 30 10 4 1.830 11.4 5.1 1.7 0.33 0.3 23
4 Seasons 3 3 .500 4.67 79.0 104 45 41 2 49 19 5 1.937 11.8 2.2 0.39 0.2 34

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)

Games Finished s c a p y
1923 AL  17 (5th)

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