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Paul O'Dea

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: July 3, 1920 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: December 11, 1978 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Valley City, OH

High School: West Technical HS (Cleveland, OH)

School: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: April 19, 1944 (Age 23-291d, 9,658th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1945 (Age 25-079d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Paul O'Dea

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

394

107

.272

RBI

OBP

.345

SLG

.317

OPS

.662

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	17 (16)	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	18	May 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	19	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	20	May 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	21	May 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	22	May 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	23	May 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	24	May 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	25	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	26	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	27	May 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	28	May 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	2	1	0	3	1
13	30 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	31	May 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	32	Jun 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	33	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	34	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	35	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
19	36	Jun 5	CLE		DET	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	37	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,1-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
21	39 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	41 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	44 (2)	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	45	Jun 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	46	Jun 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	47	Jun 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	48	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	49	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	50	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	52 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	53	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	54	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
33	55	Jun 27	CLE		PHA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	56	Jun 28	CLE		PHA	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	57	Jun 29	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
36	58	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	60 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	61	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	62	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	63	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	64	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	65	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
43	66	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	67	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	68	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	69	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	70	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	71	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	77 (5)	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	T,2-2	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	80 (2)	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	82 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	86 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	95 (8)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10		13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	112 (16)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							54gm		2.0	112	5	1	118	2