Odell Hale

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: August 10, 1908 in Hosston, LA us

Died: June 9, 1980 in El Dorado, AR

Buried: Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado, AR

High School: Hosston HS (Hosston, LA)

Debut: August 1, 1931 (Age 22-356d, 7,247th in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 7, 1941 (Age 33-028d)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Arvel Odell Hale

Nicknames: Bad News

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.8

3701

1071

.289

551

RBI

573

OBP

.352

SLG

.441

OPS

.793

OPS+

101

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 73 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 24 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	72
BOS	1

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	18

Home/Road
Away	50
Home	23

Outs
1	33
2	26
0	14

7 Opps
SLB	15
CHW	15
WSH	11
PHA	11
BOS	8
NYY	7
DET	6

48 Pitchers
Bobo Newsom	4
Elon Hogsett	4
Johnny Marcum	3
Jack Knott	3
George Earnshaw	3
Johnny Broaca	3
Wes Ferrell	3
George Blaeholder	3
Buck Ross	3
George Caster	2
Earl Whitehill	2
Lefty Gomez	2
Ted Lyons	2
Vern Kennedy	2
Wally Hebert	1
Bill Nagel	1
Elden Auker	1
Russ Van Atta	1
Joe Cascarella	1
Eddie Smith	1
Roy Mahaffey	1
Lloyd Brown	1
Frank Gabler	1
Oral Hildebrand	1
Leon Pettit	1
Jack Salveson	1
John Whitehead	1
Phil Gallivan	1
Belve Bean	1
Pat McLaughlin	1
Roxie Lawson	1
Emerson Dickman	1
Chad Kimsey	1
Lefty Stewart	1
Rube Walberg	1
Ed Wells	1
Al Benton	1
Tommy Thomas	1
George Coffman	1
Bump Hadley	1
Carl Doyle	1
Jimmie DeShong	1
General Crowder	1
Sugar Cain	1
Bob Weiland	1
Les Tietje	1
Italo Chelini	1
Tommy Bridges	1

9 Parks
League Pk II (CLE)	22
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	11
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	10
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
GriffithStad (WAS)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	41
9	12
78	6
8	5
89	3

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	14
-2-	7
-23	3
1-3	3
123	2
12-	2
--3	2

119 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	40
1 on	22
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	33

Inning
1	7
2	6
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	9
7	10
8	9
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	24
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	12
+1	5
Tied	19
-1	11
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	3

Ahead	28
Tied	19
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	36
3B	36
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	24
6th	20
3rd	9
2nd	9
7th	5
8th	3
4th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1931-08-09	CLE		DET	Elon Hogsett	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.090	62%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1933-07-10	CLE	@	WSH	Lefty Stewart	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	4	0.099	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1933-07-13	CLE	@	PHA	Sugar Cain	behind 4-5	t 8	2	1--	2	5	4	0.489	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vosmik Scores
4	4	3	1	1933-07-18	CLE	@	BOS	Lloyd Brown	behind 0-1	t 7	1	---	1	5	5	0.184	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	1933-07-31	CLE	@	SLB	Wally Hebert	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	---	1	5	4	0.138	77%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	5	1	1933-08-02	CLE	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	behind 3-4	t 3	2	-2-	2	5	4	0.188	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Averill Scores
7	7	6	2	1933-08-02	CLE	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	ahead 6-4	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	4	0.145	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Averill Scores
8	8	7	1	1933-08-03	CLE	@	SLB	Ed Wells	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	4	0.192	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vosmik Scores
9	9	8	1	1933-08-05 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	behind 3-6	t 9	1	12-	3	6	4	0.349	44%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Averill Scores; J. Vosmik Scores
10	10	9	1	1933-09-02	CLE	@	CHW	Chad Kimsey	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	1--	2	5	4	0.036	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Vosmik Scores
11	11	10	1	1933-09-12	CLE	@	WSH	General Crowder	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.102	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1934-05-01	CLE	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 10-1	t 9	1	--3	2	6	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vosmik Scores
13	13	2	1	1934-05-09	CLE	@	PHA	Johnny Marcum	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	6	4	0.080	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	2	1934-05-09	CLE	@	PHA	Johnny Marcum	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	1	6	4	0.234	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1934-05-27	CLE		PHA	Al Benton	behind 5-6	b 5	1	---	1	5	4	0.143	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1934-05-30 (1)	CLE		CHW	George Earnshaw	behind 0-3	b 4	1	1--	2	5	4	0.171	41%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Vosmik Scores
17	17	6	2	1934-05-30 (1)	CLE		CHW	George Earnshaw	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	4	0.165	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	7	1	1934-06-29	CLE	@	CHW	Les Tietje	tied 0-0	t 11	0	1--	2	5	4	0.331	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Trosky Scores
19	19	8	1	1934-07-15 (2)	CLE		WSH	Tommy Thomas	ahead 2-1	b 1	0	123	4	6	4	0.124	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Averill Scores; J. Vosmik Scores; H. Trosky Scores
20	20	9	1	1934-07-29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	4	0.216	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Rice Scores; J. Vosmik Scores
21	21	10	1	1934-07-29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 0-3	t 7	0	1--	2	5	4	0.158	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Trosky Scores
22	22	11	1	1934-08-07	CLE	@	CHW	George Earnshaw	behind 0-8	t 9	1	---	1	6	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	12	1	1934-08-08	CLE	@	CHW	Phil Gallivan	ahead 9-4	t 9	2	1--	2	6	4	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Holland Scores
24	24	13	1	1934-08-22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Johnny Broaca	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	1-3	3	5	4	0.048	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; S. Rice Scores; H. Trosky Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1935-04-23	CLE		SLB	Bob Weiland	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-23	3	5	5	0.228	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Hughes Scores; E. Averill Scores
26	26	2	1	1935-04-26	CLE		DET	Elden Auker	behind 0-2	b 3	1	12-	3	5	5	0.251	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Vosmik Scores; E. Averill Scores
27	27	3	1	1935-06-12	CLE		PHA	George Caster	tied 4-4	b 6	1	---	1	6	5	0.163	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1935-06-15	CLE		BOS	Wes Ferrell	behind 6-7	b 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.165	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1935-06-19 (2)	CLE		WSH	Belve Bean	ahead 8-4	b 7	2	---	1	6	5	0.020	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
30	30	6	1	1935-06-22	CLE		NYY	Johnny Broaca	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	6	5	0.122	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Vosmik Scores
31	31	7	1	1935-06-28	CLE		CHW	John Whitehead	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	1	6	5	0.075	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1935-07-06	CLE	@	CHW	Vern Kennedy	tied 4-4	t 6	0	1--	2	6	5	0.212	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Trosky Scores
33	33	9	1	1935-07-14 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	Wes Ferrell	behind 1-8	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	5	0.039	7%		Home Run (LF-CF); H. Trosky Scores
34	34	10	1	1935-07-24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	Leon Pettit	ahead 8-6	t 9	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.055	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; H. Trosky Scores
35	35	11	1	1935-08-01	CLE	@	CHW	Jack Salveson	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	---	1	6	5	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	12	1	1935-08-11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	Jack Knott	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	---	1	5	5	0.067	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	13	1	1935-08-17 (2)	CLE		WSH	Bobo Newsom	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.100	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	14	1	1935-09-07 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	Rube Walberg	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	5	0.117	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
39	39	15	1	1935-09-08 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Johnny Broaca	behind 1-4	t 8	1	-23	3	5	5	0.287	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Averill Scores; J. Vosmik Scores
40	40	16	1	1935-09-24	CLE		DET	Roxie Lawson	ahead 12-7	b 8	2	-2-	3	5	5
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1936-04-19	CLE	@	SLB	Jack Knott	ahead 11-2	t 9	2	1--	2	6	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vosmik Scores
42	42	2	1	1936-05-05	CLE	@	WSH	Jimmie DeShong	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	---	1	3	5	0.094	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1936-05-28	CLE		SLB	Jack Knott	behind 2-4	b 7	2	123	4	3	5	0.533	84%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Allen Scores/unER; M. Galatzer Scores/unER; B. Knickerbocker Scores/unER; O. Hale Scores/unER
44	44	4	1	1936-05-31	CLE		CHW	Vern Kennedy	behind 2-4	b 3	2	---	1	3	5	0.096	41%		Home Run (CF-RF)
45	45	5	1	1936-06-10	CLE	@	WSH	Earl Whitehill	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.112	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vosmik Scores
46	46	6	1	1936-06-14	CLE	@	PHA	Buck Ross	behind 1-7	t 7	1	---	1	7	5	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	7	1	1936-07-02 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	Roy Mahaffey	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	2	5	0.164	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hughes Scores
48	48	8	1	1936-07-14	CLE	@	BOS	Wes Ferrell	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.081	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	9	1	1936-07-17	CLE	@	PHA	Carl Doyle	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.121	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	10	1	1936-07-28	CLE		WSH	Earl Whitehill	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.077	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
51	51	11	1	1936-07-30	CLE		WSH	Joe Cascarella	tied 8-8	b 7	0	---	1	2	5	0.169	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	12	1	1936-08-01	CLE		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.131	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	13	1	1936-08-17	CLE	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	behind 2-4	t 5	2	---	1	2	5	0.098	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	14	1	1936-08-18	CLE	@	CHW	Italo Chelini	ahead 5-3	t 4	2	---	1	2	5	0.089	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1937-05-01	CLE	@	SLB	Elon Hogsett	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	1	6	4	0.159	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	2	1	1937-05-27	CLE	@	PHA	George Caster	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	4	0.158	48%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Solters Scores
57	57	3	1	1937-06-20 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	Bobo Newsom	tied 5-5	t 8	1	---	1	6	4	0.242	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	1937-06-29	CLE		SLB	Elon Hogsett	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	1	7	4	0.129	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	5	1	1937-09-09	CLE	@	DET	Pat McLaughlin	ahead 7-5	t 6	1	1--	2	7	5	0.135	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campbell Scores
60	60	6	1	1937-09-17	CLE	@	BOS	Bobo Newsom	tied 1-1	t 7	2	1-3	3	7	5	0.355	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Solters Scores; B. Campbell Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1938-04-24	CLE	@	DET	George Coffman	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	--3	2	3	4	0.086	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campbell Scores
62	62	2	1	1938-05-07	CLE	@	PHA	Buck Ross	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	4	0.092	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	3	1	1938-06-08	CLE	@	BOS	Emerson Dickman	behind 5-6	t 8	1	---	1	3	4	0.222	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	4	1	1938-07-12	CLE	@	WSH	Elon Hogsett	behind 7-8	t 9	2	---	1	3	4	0.347	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	1	1938-07-27	CLE		PHA	Buck Ross	tied 3-3	b 3	0	---	1	3	4	0.103	66%		Home Run
66	66	6	1	1938-08-16	CLE		SLB	Russ Van Atta	ahead 6-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	4	0.053	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	7	1	1938-08-27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	Bump Hadley	tied 0-0	t 5	1	1--	2	8	4	0.207	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Pytlak Scores
68	68	8	1	1938-09-05 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	Frank Gabler	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	---	1	8	4	0.086	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1939-05-30 (1)	CLE		SLB	Johnny Marcum	ahead 5-0	b 7	0	---	1	3	4	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
70	70	2	1	1939-08-04	CLE	@	NYY	Oral Hildebrand	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	---	1	7	4	0.092	66%		Home Run
71	71	3	1	1939-08-06 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	tied 1-1	t 3	2	-23	3	5	4	0.243	75%		Home Run; R. Hemsley Scores; B. Campbell Scores
72	72	4	1	1939-09-17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	Bill Nagel	ahead 15-5	t 8	1	1--	2	4	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Weatherly Scores
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1941-06-07	BOS	@	CHW	Eddie Smith	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.090	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

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