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Ken O'Dea

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 16, 1913 in Lima, NY us

Died: December 17, 1985 in Lima, NY

Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Avon, NY

Debut: April 21, 1935 (Age 22-036d, 7,860th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1946 (Age 33-143d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: James Kenneth O'Dea

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.2

2195

560

.255

262

RBI

323

OBP

.338

SLG

.374

OPS

.712

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	43-33 / in Starts: 24-22
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 232 PAs	38
Actual Runners on Base	184 (86-60-38) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 232 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	156 (79-48-28)

Most Driven In
B Herman	12
A Galan	7
P Cavarretta	5
Self	4
S Hack	3
C Klein	2
F Kowalik	1
C Bryant	1

Most Driven In By
C Klein	7
Self	4
F Demaree	3
S Hack	3
B Jurges	2
B Herman	1
P Cavarretta	1
W English	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	.94	-0.015	2.37	-0.02%	-0.18	C
2	2	12 (6)	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	W,12-11	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.34	0.014	.93	0.02%	0.13	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	14 (1)	May 8 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	3.86	-0.117	13.69	-0.25%	-0.62	PH
4	4	28 (13)	May 24	CHC		NYG	L,0-13	6-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.04	0.003	.17	0.01%	0.39	PH C
5	5	32 (3)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	9	1.37	-0.036	4.40	-0.07%	-0.26	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	6	34 (1)	Jun 1 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	4						C
7	7	37 (2)	Jun 4	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
8	8	38	Jun 5	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300	4	.71	-0.009	1.40	-0.01%	1.03	C
9	9	39	Jun 8 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.727	1.189	9	5.19	-0.128	12.79	-0.19%	-0.82	PH
10	10	40	Jun 8 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.667	1.095	9	2.71	-0.079	6.03	-0.11%	-0.34	PH
11	11	42 (1)	Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.615	1.015	9	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.19	PH
12	12	43	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,15-0	CG	6	5	4	3	1	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.389	.476	.833	1.310	4						C
13	13	44	Jun 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-11	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.435	.750	1.185	4	1.03	-0.066	1.54	-0.06%	-1.11	C
14	14	45	Jun 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.500	.783	1.283	4	.53	0.119	.63	0.09%	3.78	C
15	15	46	Jun 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.485	.704	1.189	4	1.52	0.046	1.91	0.04%	0.52	C
16	16	47	Jun 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.679	1.149	9	2.97	-0.080	4.25	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
17	17	48	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	4-GF	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.387	.486	.774	1.261	4	1.12	0.070	1.66	0.06%	2.46	C
18	18	49	Jun 16	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.412	.512	.765	1.277	4	.97	0.166	1.53	0.16%	1.55	C
19	19	50	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.368	.467	.684	1.151	4	.78	-0.099	1.46	-0.11%	-1.19	C
20	20	51	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.357	.449	.643	1.092	4	1.12	0.203	2.10	0.23%	1.31	C
21	21	54 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	GS-9	5	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.413	.491	.739	1.230	4	.59	0.137	1.16	0.16%	2.58	C
22	22	57 (2)	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.404	.481	.723	1.205	9	.79	-0.021	2.48	-0.04%	-0.45	PH
23	23	58	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.392	.475	.686	1.161	4	.90	-0.017	3.32	-0.04%	-0.44	C
24	24	59	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-5	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.392	.483	.686	1.170	9	3.52	0.051	11.14	0.10%	0.34	PH C
25	25	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.453	.636	1.089	4	1.36	-0.133	4.94	-0.29%	-1.15	C
26	26	62 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.350	.435	.600	1.035	4	2.09	-0.313	4.87	-0.44%	-1.50	C
27	27	64 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.425	.594	1.018	4	.60	0.029	1.89	0.06%	0.63	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	65	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.436	.594	1.030	4	.80	0.186	1.82	0.25%	2.15	C
29	29	69 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.356	.427	.575	1.002	4	.88	0.003	2.12	0.00%	0.13	C
30	30	71 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-8	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.351	.422	.568	.989	4	1.42	0.078	2.57	0.09%	1.00	C
31	31	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,13-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.417	.560	.977	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
32	32	76 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.329	.398	.532	.929	4						C
33	33	77	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.398	.532	.929	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
34	34	78	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.385	.512	.897	4	1.04	-0.123	2.57	-0.18%	-1.40	C
35	35	79	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.385	.500	.885	4	1.36	0.119	3.58	0.19%	1.09	C
36	36	80	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.380	.489	.869	4	1.47	-0.068	3.53	-0.10%	-0.33	C
37	37	85 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,11-5	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.381	.526	.907	4						C
38	38	86	Jul 22	CHC		BRO	L,13-14	CG(11)	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.387	.525	.913	4	1.75	0.134	6.02	0.28%	1.51	C
39	39	87	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.383	.510	.892	4	.62	-0.039	1.89	-0.07%	-0.60	C
40	40	88	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.383	.510	.892	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
41	41	89	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,9-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.383	.510	.892	4						C
42	42	90	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	10-GF(11)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.388	.544	.932	4	2.29	0.356	9.06	0.84%	1.00	C
43	43	94 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.388	.561	.949	4	.89	0.079	4.26	0.23%	1.17	C
44	44	97 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.393	.561	.954	9	2.96	0.046	17.68	0.16%	0.24	PH
45	45	98	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.386	.545	.930	4	1.10	0.009	6.74	0.03%	0.14	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	46	99	Aug 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.371	.521	.893	4	1.17	-0.152	7.44	-0.58%	-1.34	C
47	47	100	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.368	.512	.880	4	.59	-0.062	3.48	-0.22%	-0.33	C
48	48	101	Aug 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.376	.532	.908	4	.59	0.064	3.36	0.22%	3.13	C
49	49	102	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.366	.515	.881	4	1.53	-0.153	8.64	-0.52%	-1.38	C
50	50	106 (3)	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.356	.500	.856	4	.57	-0.066	3.00	-0.21%	-1.54	C
51	51	107	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.366	.507	.873	4	.93	0.175	4.51	0.51%	1.63	C
52	52	108	Aug 9	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.289	.357	.493	.850	4	1.57	-0.155	11.61	-0.69%	-0.98	C
53	53	109	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.348	.479	.827	4	1.14	-0.126	7.13	-0.47%	-0.72	C
54	54	112 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.352	.477	.828	4	1.79	-0.082	8.41	-0.23%	-0.24	C
55	55	113	Aug 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.349	.473	.823	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
56	56	117 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.347	.468	.815	4	1.04	-0.007	5.92	-0.02%	-0.15	C
57	57	118	Aug 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.351	.477	.828	9	2.06	0.090	10.77	0.28%	0.40	PH
58	58	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,12-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.474	.823	9	.86	-0.023	4.23	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
59	59	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,19-5	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.343	.465	.808	4	.98	-0.077	4.47	-0.21%	-0.93	C
60	60	121	Aug 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.343	.465	.808	9						PH
61	61	122	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.343	.463	.806	4	.87	0.025	7.61	0.13%	0.31	C
62	62	123	Aug 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.346	.457	.803	4	.54	0.052	4.77	0.28%	1.01	C
63	63	124	Aug 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.283	.360	.464	.824	4	1.20	0.169	8.59	0.72%	1.92	C
64	64	125	Aug 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.353	.453	.806	4	1.48	-0.147	8.44	-0.50%	-0.89	C
65	65	126	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.276	.351	.454	.805	4	.58	0.155	2.97	0.48%	1.80	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
66	66	131 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.349	.451	.800	9	2.02	-0.088	14.70	-0.38%	-0.82	PH
67	67	133 (1)	Sep 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.350	.453	.803	4	1.69	0.072	9.61	0.25%	0.48	C
68	68	134	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.358	.459	.816	4	1.18	0.116	7.04	0.42%	1.24	C
69	69	135	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.351	.449	.800	4	.80	-0.086	4.70	-0.30%	-1.41	C
70	70	137 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.354	.444	.798	4	.96	0.009	6.42	0.04%	0.00	C
71	71	140 (2)	Sep 12	CHC		BRO	W,13-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.352	.441	.794	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
72	72	142 (1)	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,18-14	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.350	.439	.790	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PR C
73	73	146 (3)	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	W,15-3	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.352	.450	.802	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.59	PR C
74	74	152 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.344	.439	.783	4	1.47	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.52	C
75	75	153	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG(11)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.344	.433	.776	4	1.25	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
76	76	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.343	.429	.772	4	1.23	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
							43-33		232	203	30	52	13	2	6	38	26	2	18	1	2		5	6	0	1	.256	.343	.429	.772		1.12	-0.121	4.26	-0.15%	10.21

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