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	34-23 / in Starts: 31-16
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 211 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	161 (78-49-34) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 211 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	136 (71-43-22)

Most Driven In
E Slaughter	8
S Musial	6
T Moore	6
Self	5
R Sanders	2
J Brown	1
J Hopp	1
W Kurowski	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
M Marion	4
J Brown	2
F Crespi	2
M Lanier	1
T Moore	1
R Sanders	1
J Hopp	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	485	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	7	1.12	0.245	2.76	0.36%	1.64	C
2	486	4 (2)	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	7	1.80	-0.217	4.86	-0.35%	-1.13	C
3	487	6 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.556	.856	7	.73	0.068	1.70	0.10%	0.23	C
4	488	9 (2)	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	7	1.84	-0.098	5.28	-0.17%	-0.69	C
5	489	12 (2)	Apr 26 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.500	.875	7	.41	0.032	.91	0.04%	0.63	C
6	490	15 (2)	Apr 30	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.529	.929	6	.67	-0.041	1.36	-0.05%	0.15	C
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
7	491	16	May 1	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.440	.727	1.167	6	1.93	0.597	3.89	0.72%	2.47	C
8	492	18 (1)	May 3 (1)	STL		BRO	W,14-10	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.433	.815	1.248	6	1.47	0.414	3.54	0.60%	4.93	C
9	493	21 (2)	May 6	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.441	.767	1.208	6	.73	0.055	1.62	0.07%	0.77	C
10	494	22	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.706	1.127	6	1.03	0.089	2.63	0.14%	0.08	C
11	495	24 (1)	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.410	.686	1.096	8	1.31	-0.032	3.38	-0.05%	-0.09	PH
12	496	25	May 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.372	.615	.987	6	1.44	-0.140	3.45	-0.20%	-1.07	C
13	497	27 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.310	.383	.595	.978	6	.43	0.012	.84	0.02%	-0.08	C
14	498	28	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.392	.587	.979	6	1.17	0.125	2.70	0.17%	0.47	C
15	499	33 (4)	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	GS-8	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.320	.382	.620	1.002	6	.87	0.021	1.75	0.03%	0.40	C
16	500	35 (1)	May 23	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.373	.593	.965	6	.85	0.133	2.30	0.21%	0.87	C
17	501	37 (1)	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.367	.582	.948	9	1.09	-0.027	2.89	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
18	502	40 (2)	May 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.361	.571	.932	7	3.51	-0.144	9.50	-0.23%	-0.56	PH
19	503	43 (2)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.348	.533	.882	4	.29	0.002	.88	0.00%	-0.56	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
20	504	46 (2)	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.279	.343	.525	.868	8						PH
21	505	50 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.329	.500	.829	4	.88	-0.066	2.68	-0.12%	-0.65	C
22	506	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.311	.471	.781	4	1.18	-0.063	3.12	-0.10%	-1.01	C
23	507	52	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			1	0	0	.239	.316	.451	.767	5						C
24	508	57 (4)	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.301	.427	.728	6	1.08	-0.117	6.39	-0.42%	-0.48	C
25	509	59 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.301	.427	.728	5						C
26	510	60	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.224	.298	.421	.719	8	.85	-0.031	4.37	-0.10%	-0.47	PH
27	511	61	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.318	.475	.793	5	1.05	-0.034	2.50	-0.05%	0.63	C
28	512	64 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(15)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.316	.453	.769	5	2.22	-0.140	4.78	-0.18%	-0.44	C
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
29	513	68 (3)	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.323	.449	.773	5	.75	0.100	1.98	0.16%	1.53	C
30	514	69	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.343	.478	.821	5	1.03	0.167	2.91	0.28%	1.24	C
31	515	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.340	.473	.813	9	1.22	-0.031	2.92	-0.04%	-0.10	PH
32	516	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.333	.459	.793	5						C
33	517	72	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.339	.480	.820	5	1.08	0.233	1.96	0.25%	2.12	C
34	518	75 (2)	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.476	.821	5	1.26	-0.009	2.84	-0.01%	0.19	C
35	519	79 (3)	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.336	.463	.799	5	1.56	-0.097	3.35	-0.13%	-0.63	C
36	520	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.268	.333	.455	.789	5	1.44	0.027	3.40	0.04%	0.30	C
37	521	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.320	.436	.756	5	2.26	-0.295	5.25	-0.41%	-1.82	C
38	522	87 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.331	.433	.764	5	1.62	0.119	6.99	0.31%	0.42	C
39	523	90 (2)	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.424	.750	5	1.78	-0.201	4.37	-0.30%	-0.85	C
40	524	93 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.414	.738	7	.82	-0.034	2.39	-0.06%	-0.18	C
41	525	96 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.313	.398	.711	6	.79	-0.136	2.99	-0.31%	-2.27	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	526	99 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.309	.387	.696	6	2.08	-0.114	4.01	-0.13%	-1.04	C
43	527	101 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.308	.379	.686	6	1.89	-0.058	2.44	-0.05%	-0.26	C
44	528	102	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.306	.376	.682	8	2.76	-0.067	3.39	-0.05%	-0.21	PH
45	529	107 (4)	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG(8)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.221	.298	.366	.664	6						C
46	530	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.296	.363	.659	9	1.16	-0.032	2.18	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
47	531	111 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.299	.360	.659	5	.60	0.056	1.23	0.07%	0.52	C
48	532	112	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.291	.348	.639	5	.63	-0.072	1.27	-0.09%	-1.77	C
49	533	122 (9)	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.346	.636	5	.61	-0.081	1.46	-0.12%	-0.50	C
50	534	128 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.221	.294	.350	.644	5						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
51	535	136 (7)	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.293	.347	.641	5	1.69	0.243	6.37	0.55%	1.23	C
52	536	138 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-11	GS-7	3	3	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.305	.371	.675	5	1.25	0.276	7.57	1.00%	2.72	C
53	537	139	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.236	.304	.368	.671	5	.65	0.007	3.32	0.02%	0.23	C
54	538	144 (4)	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.297	.360	.657	5	.78	-0.093	9.38	-0.67%	-0.89	C
55	539	145	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.295	.355	.650	5	1.54	-0.120	20.17	-0.94%	-1.04	C
56	540	148 (2)	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.299	.359	.657	9	6.35	0.216	67.67	1.38%	0.72	PH
57	541	150 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.293	.351	.644	5	.67	-0.065	3.63	-0.21%	-0.86	C
58	542	156 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.297	.359	.656	5	.70	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
							34-23		211	192	22	45	7	1	5	32	17	2	23	0	2		2	5	0	0	.234	.297	.359	.656		1.23	0.590	4.05	0.92%	5.11

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