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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	6 (1)	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	7	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	37	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
4	8	Apr 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
5	9	Apr 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10	May 2 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	12 (1)	May 5	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	14 (1)	May 6 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
9	17 (2)	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	18	May 13 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	19	May 13 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
12	20	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
13	21	May 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	55	13.2	5	0	0	5	0
14	23 (1)	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	24	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	25	May 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	26	May 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	15	3.1	4	0	0	4	0
18	28 (1)	May 23	STL		BRO	W,11-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	29	May 24	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	30	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	GF	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	31	May 26	STL		BRO	L,2-11	GS	31	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	32	May 27 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	34 (1)	May 29	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	35	May 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
25	36	May 30 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	37	May 31	STL		BSN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	38	Jun 1	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	39	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
29	40	Jun 3 (1)	STL		NYG	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	42 (1)	Jun 7	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	44 (1)	Jun 9	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	45	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-8	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	47 (1)	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	48	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
35	49	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	50	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	GF	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	51	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
38	53 (1)	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	43	12.1	4	0	0	4	0
39	54	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	55	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	56	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	58 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	59	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
44	60	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	61	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	64 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
47	65	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
48	66	Jul 3	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	69 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	73 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	74	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	75	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,14-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	76	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	77	Jul 15 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	79 (1)	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	80	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	81	Jul 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	84 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
60	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
61	86	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
62	88 (1)	Jul 24	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	89	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
64	91 (1)	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-9	GS	37	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	100 (7)	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	102 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	104 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	107 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
70	108	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10	GF	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
71	109	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	111 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	112	Aug 16	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	113	Aug 17	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	114	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
76	115	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	116	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	117	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	118	Aug 24	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	119	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	120	Aug 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	121	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	122	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	123	Aug 31	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	124	Sep 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
86	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
87	127 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
88	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
89	129	Sep 4	STL		PIT	T,8-8	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
90	131 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-9	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
91	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							91gm		742.0	321	50	2	373	14