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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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-41 / in Starts: 5-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	65 (32-18-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (37-23-12)

Most Driven In
Z Bonura	2
Self	2
J Moore	1
B Seeds	1
J Ripple	1
H Danning	1
F Demaree	1
M Ott	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
B Jurges	1
Z Bonura	1
T Lazzeri	1
J McCarthy	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	326	3 (2)	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	L,3-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1.000			9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	1.00	PH
2	327	6 (2)	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.88	-0.022	2.43	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
3	328	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.13	-0.003	.34	-0.01%	-0.57	PH
4	329	8	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.49	-0.009	1.13	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
5	330	9	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	9	1.60	0.075	3.53	0.10%	0.60	PH
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
6	331	10	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	9	.03	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.37	PH
7	332	11	May 2	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	1.85	-0.047	3.28	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
8	333	17 (5)	May 8	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.08	0.073	2.76	0.11%	0.91	PH
9	334	18	May 9	NYG		CHC	L,7-11	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	3.68	-0.037	8.68	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
10	335	19	May 10	NYG		PIT	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	9	.61	-0.016	1.23	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
11	336	21 (1)	May 12	NYG		PHI	L,6-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.91	-0.049	3.77	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
12	337	22	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	0-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.455	.667	1.121	9						PH
13	338	23	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.600	1.017	8	1.45	-0.038	3.05	-0.05%	-0.11	PH
14	339	25 (1)	May 18	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	3	.18	-0.005	.41	-0.01%	-0.24	C
15	340	28 (2)	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.500	.857	9	.14	-0.004	.24	0.00%	-0.10	PH
16	341	29	May 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.412	.728	5	.38	0.009	.58	0.01%	-0.64	C
17	342	30	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.524	.828	5	.50	0.067	.83	0.07%	0.45	C
18	343	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.500	.792	8	.36	-0.011	.59	-0.01%	-0.58	PH
19	344	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.478	.758	9	.44	-0.010	.65	-0.01%	-0.48	PH
20	345	34 (1)	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.462	.772	3	1.05	0.162	1.08	0.10%	1.11	C
21	346	37 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.303	.433	.736	3	.75	-0.034	1.14	-0.03%	-0.38	C
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
22	347	42 (4)	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.294	.419	.713	9	.51	-0.015	.83	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
23	348	47 (4)	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.314	.419	.734	8	7.85	0.273	6.79	0.14%	1.00	PH
24	349	63 (15)	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	L,2-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.406	.712	9	1.59	-0.036	5.48	-0.08%	-0.48	PH
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
25	350	65 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.394	.691	8	1.82	-0.047	7.07	-0.11%	-0.11	PH
26	351	70 (4)	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.289	.382	.672	7	2.80	-0.079	9.16	-0.16%	-0.52	PH
27	352	71	Jul 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS-8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.279	.342	.621	3	.74	-0.031	2.26	-0.06%	-0.31	C
28	353	72	Jul 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.273	.333	.606	8	3.90	-0.094	12.19	-0.18%	-0.31	PH
29	354	74 (1)	Jul 13	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.267	.325	.592	9	.06	-0.002	.29	-0.01%	-0.78	PH
30	355	76 (1)	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	L,4-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.267	.325	.592	3						C
31	356	77	Jul 16	NYG		STL	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.261	.317	.578	8	2.89	-0.075	8.01	-0.12%	-0.44	PH
32	357	78	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.240	.289	.529	3	.87	-0.087	2.43	-0.15%	-0.67	C
33	358	79	Jul 18	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.313	.590	7	1.42	0.230	3.03	0.30%	1.67	C
34	359	80	Jul 19	NYG		PIT	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.259	.288	.547	7	.42	-0.044	.65	-0.04%	-1.02	C
35	360	81	Jul 20	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.161	.242	.268	.510	7	.43	-0.055	.52	-0.04%	-1.09	C
36	361	82	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.258	.271	.529	6	1.39	-0.060	1.34	-0.04%	-0.04	C
37	362	83	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,7-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.188	.268	.328	.596	6	2.02	0.102	1.57	0.05%	0.98	C
38	363	84	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.280	.343	.623	6	1.10	0.083	.59	0.03%	0.80	C
39	364	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG(13)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.192	.280	.329	.609	6						C
40	365	86	Jul 26	NYG	@	STL	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.271	.316	.586	6	.28	-0.021	.09	0.00%	-0.67	C
41	366	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.281	.316	.597	6	.95	-0.021	.24	0.00%	0.31	C
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
42	367	91 (3)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.313	.590	7	4.02	-0.209	.55	-0.02%	-0.81	PH
43	368	102 (10)	Aug 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.275	.309	.583	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
44	369	104 (1)	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.272	.305	.577	9	.48	-0.013	.06	0.00%	-0.25	PH
45	370	109 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.260	.291	.551	5	.55	-0.054	.03	0.00%	-0.57	C
Sept		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
46	371	121 (11)	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-0	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.268	.299	.567	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
47	372	127 (5)	Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.265	.295	.561	9	1.36	-0.035	.03	0.00%	-0.25	PH
48	373	130 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-8	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.263	.292	.555	9	.34	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
49	374	138 (7)	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-15	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.257	.286	.543	5	.14	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
50	375	139	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.265	.293	.558	9	2.14	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
51	376	149 (9)	Sep 28 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.177	.255	.281	.536	5						C
52	377	150	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.252	.278	.531	9	3.81	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
							11-41		109	97	7	17	1	0	3	11	10	0	16	0	1		1	2	0	0	.175	.252	.278	.531		1.07	-0.210	1.58	-0.45%	-3.87

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