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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 (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1919
Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: December 7, 1969 in San Francisco, CA
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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 .778 100 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

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

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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

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1919 NYY AL 22 P 3 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33 .950 1.77
1919 NYY AL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1920 NYY AL 23 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.65
1920 NYY AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
1922 NYY AL 25 P 6 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.83 .960 1.48
1923 BOS AL 26 P 23 24 2 21 1 0 .958 1.00 .958 1.49
1923 BOS AL 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.30 0-0-1
1928 NYG NL 31 OF 94 159 149 4 6 0 .962 1.63 .972 2.31 94-0-0
1929 PHI NL 32 OF 154 344 320 14 10 5 .971 2.17 .973 2.38 139-0-15 MVP-2
1930 PHI NL 33 OF 131 278 262 3 13 1 .953 2.02 .968 2.28 131-0-0
1931 BRO NL 34 OF 132 303 285 4 14 0 .954 2.19 .974 2.38 132-0-0 MVP-25
1932 BRO NL 35 OF 148 328 317 4 7 0 .979 2.17 .976 2.41 148-0-0 MVP-3
1933 TOT NL 36 OF 104 210 197 5 8 0 .962 1.94 .977 2.35 73-0-31 AS
1933 BRO NL 36 OF 41 94 88 1 5 0 .947 2.17 .978 2.35 41-0-0
1933 NYG NL 36 OF 63 116 109 4 3 0 .974 1.79 .977 2.35 32-0-31
1934 NYG NL 37 OF 38 63 60 1 2 0 .968 1.61 .973 2.26 27-0-11
10 Seasons OF 804 1686 1591 35 60 6 .964 2.02 .973 2.35 744-1-59
4 Seasons P 34 31 3 26 2 0 .935 0.85 .958 1.52
11 Seasons TOT 838 1717 1594 61 62 6 .964 1.97 .937 2.32 744-1-59

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (152nd)

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--30th

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--44.250--3rd
1929 NL--33.579--4th
1930 NL--25.143--5th
1931 NL--32.000--5th
1932 NL--29.750--4th
Career--26.750--34th

AB per HR s c a p y
1929 NL--19.938--8th
1932 NL--28.333--8th
1933 NL--27.714--4th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 77 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 92 (173), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (253), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Johnny Moore (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 23, 1922: Traded by the New York Yankees with Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell and $50,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Dugan and Elmer Smith.

October 4, 1927: Drafted by the New York Giants from San Francisco (PCL) in the 1927 rule 5 draft.

October 29, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Freddy Leach.

October 14, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Fresco Thompson to the Brooklyn Robins for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee and cash.

June 16, 1933: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Watty Clark to the New York Giants for Sam Leslie.

February 16, 1935: Released by the New York Giants.

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