Lefty O'Doul

Positions: Leftfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Born: March 4, 1897 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: December 7, 1969 in San Francisco, CA

Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

High School: Bay View HS (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1919 (Age 22-056d, 4,735th in MLB history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 37-210d)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Francis Joseph O'Doul

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.3

AB

3264

R

624

H

1140

BA

.349

HR

113

RBI

542

SB

OBP

.413

SLG

.532

OPS

.945

OPS+

143

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Games by Position

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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	Pos	Awards
1917	20	DMO,SFR	A,AA	22	54	54		14	0	0	0						.259	.259	.259	.519		14						DMO,SFR · WL,PCL
1918	21	SFR	AA	49	120	120		24	3	0	1						.200	.200	.250	.450		30						SFR · PCL
1919	22	NYY	AL	19	17	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	1		1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	53	4		0	0		/19
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		/18

1921	24	SFR	AA	74	136	136		46	7	2	5						.338	.338	.529	.868		72						SFR · PCL
1922	25	NYY	AL	8	9	9	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	99	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		1/9

1924	27	SLC	AA	140	416	416		163	31	4	11						.392	.392	.565	.957		235						SLC · PCL
1925	28	SLC	AA	198	825	825		309	63	17	24						.375	.375	.579	.954		478						SLC · PCL
1926	29	HOL	AA	180	659	659		223	29	3	20						.338	.338	.483	.821		318						HOL · PCL
1927	30	SFR	AA	189	736	736		278	43	4	33						.378	.378	.582	.959		428						SFR · PCL
1928	31	NYG	NL	114	390	354	67	113	19	4	8	46	9		30	8	.319	.372	.463	.836	117	164		0	6		7
1929	32	PHI	NL	154	*732*	638	152	*254*	35	6	32	122	2		76	19	*.398*	*.465*	.622	1.087	160	397		4	13		*79	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		*7
1931	34	BRO	NL	134	564	512	85	172	32	11	7	75	5		48	16	.336	.396	.482	.879	135	247		3	1		*7	MVP-25
1932	35	BRO	NL	148	655	595	120	219	32	8	21	90	11		50	20	*.368*	.423	.555	.978	163	330		7	5		*7	MVP-3
1933	36	TOT	NL	121	436	388	45	110	14	2	14	56	3		44	23	.284	.361	.438	.799	130	170	10	3	1		*79	AS
1933	36	BRO	NL	43	175	159	14	40	5	1	5	21	2		15	6	.252	.320	.390	.710	106	62	3	1	0		7
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		79
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		79
1935	38	SFR	AA	68	134	134		36	2	1	2						.269	.269	.343	.612		46						SFR · PCL
1936	39	SFR	AA	54	53	53		12	2	2	0						.226	.226	.340	.566		18						SFR · PCL
1937	40	SFR	AA	44	44	44		17	6	0	0						.386	.386	.523	.909		23						SFR · PCL
1938	41	SFR	AA	30	27	27		7	1	0	3						.259	.259	.630	.889		17						SFR · PCL
1939	42	SFR	AA	25	35	35		14	1	0	0						.400	.400	.429	.829		15						SFR · PCL
1940	43	SFR	AA	14	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308		2						SFR · PCL
1944	47	SFR	AA	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000		0						SFR · PCL
1945	48	SFG-min	AA	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000		0						SFR · PCL
1956	59	BAL-min	Opn	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000		3	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
11 Yrs				970	3658	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		3	8
BRO (3 yrs)				325	1394	1266	219	431	69	20	33	186	18		113	42	.340	.399	.505	.904	145	639		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	1338	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	3580	3192	618	1126	173	41	113	532	35		329	114	.353	.417	.539	.956	145	1720		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

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Lefty O'Doul

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Postseason Batting

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Player Value--Pitching

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