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John O'Donoghue

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 203lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: October 7, 1939 in Kansas City, MO us

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: September 29, 1963 (Age 23-357d, 12,192nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: June 22, 1971 (Age 31-258d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: John Eugene O'Donoghue

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Relatives: Father of John O'Donoghue

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

4.07

257

751.0

377

WHIP

1.385

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-25 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 62 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	41 (27-9-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 62 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	36 (19-11-6)

Most Driven In
N Mathews	1
E Charles	1
R Joseph	1
J Wojcik	1
Self	1
J Tartabull	0

Most Driven In By
M JimÃ©nez	1
R Colavito	1
D Green	1
Self	1
K Harrelson	0

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 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	2	1	Apr 14	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	3	5 (3)	Apr 24	KCA		WSA	L,1-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	4	9 (3)	Apr 29	KCA		DET	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.84	-0.091	3.29	-0.10%	-0.85	P
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
4	5	14 (4)	May 3 (2)	KCA		MIN	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.01	0.081	1.44	0.07%	0.83	P
5	6	17 (2)	May 6 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
6	7	18	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-11	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.61	-0.016	.90	-0.01%	-0.33	P
7	8	19	May 8	KCA	@	MIN	W,6-5	4-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.64	0.018	.79	0.01%	0.12	P
8	9	23 (3)	May 12	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-2	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.87	0.073	1.66	0.04%	0.64	P
9	10	28 (4)	May 17 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,9-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	9	.41	-0.010	.48	-0.01%	-0.10	P
10	11	32 (3)	May 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	9	1.07	0.033	.67	0.01%	0.16	P
11	12	37 (4)	May 25	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.357	.714	9	.79	-0.083	.30	-0.02%	-0.82	P
12	13	41 (3)	May 31	KCA		NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.22	-0.050	.33	-0.01%	-0.41	P
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
13	14	46 (4)	Jun 6	KCA		BOS	L,6-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
14	15	50 (3)	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.563	.938	9	.86	0.218	.07	0.01%	1.88	P
15	16	56 (5)	Jun 14 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.450	.750	9	.67	-0.065	.03	0.00%	-0.60	P
16	17	60 (3)	Jun 18	KCA	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.273	.409	.682	9	1.17	-0.099	.09	-0.01%	-0.96	P
17	18	65 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	1.12	-0.057	.08	0.00%	-0.63	P
18	19	71 (5)	Jun 27	KCA	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.357	.607	9	1.77	0.172	.04	0.00%	1.45	P
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
19	20	75 (3)	Jul 1	KCA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.357	.607	9						P
20	21	79 (3)	Jul 5	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.355	.613	9	.61	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.36	P
21	22	83 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.344	.594	9	1.30	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
22	23	90 (6)	Jul 16	KCA		CLE	L,9-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.344	.594	9						P
23	24	93 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.333	.576	9	1.04	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
24	25	97 (3)	Jul 24	KCA		LAA	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.314	.543	9	.84	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
25	26	103 (5)	Jul 31 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.306	.528	9	.76	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
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
26	27	107 (3)	Aug 4	KCA		NYY	W,5-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.289	.500	9	1.18	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
27	28	111 (3)	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.275	.475	9	1.11	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
28	29	118 (6)	Aug 16	KCA		DET	L,5-11	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.275	.475	9						P
29	30	120 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-5	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.275	.475	9						P
30	31	121	Aug 19	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-6	5-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.275	.475	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
31	32	123 (1)	Aug 21	KCA	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.262	.452	9	1.00	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
32	33	128 (4)	Aug 26	KCA		LAA	L,2-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.209	.279	.488	9	.85	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.26	P
33	34	132 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.298	.532	9	.36	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
Sep/Oct		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
34	35	137 (4)	Sep 4	KCA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.300	.540	9	1.31	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
35	36	142 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.314	.569	9	.97	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
36	37	147 (4)	Sep 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.308	.558	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
37	38	151 (3)	Sep 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.302	.547	9	.71	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
38	39	154 (2)	Sep 25	KCA		CHW	L,3-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.245	.302	.547	9						P
39	40	157 (2)	Sep 29	KCA	@	MIN	W,7-6	11-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.296	.537	9	2.24	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
40	41	162 (4)	Oct 3	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.236	.291	.527	9	1.41	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
							15-25		62	55	4	13	0	0	1	5	0	0	18	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.236	.291	.527		1.05	-0.271	.32	-0.01%	-3.61

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