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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-28 / in Starts: 33-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 227 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	145 (75-45-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 227 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	145 (75-47-22)

Most Driven In
S Musial	4
H Walker	4
L Klein	4
R Sanders	3
Self	2
D Garms	1
J Hopp	1
M Marion	1

Most Driven In By
R Sanders	4
D Garms	2
Self	2
H Brecheen	1
H Walker	1
W Kurowski	1
J Hopp	1
L Klein	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 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	543	3 (2)	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	1.81	0.113	4.27	0.16%	1.12	C
2	544	6 (2)	Apr 28	STL		CHC	L,0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9						PH
3	545	7	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	5	1.64	0.232	4.30	0.36%	1.69	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
4	546	8	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.583	.615	.750	1.365	5	.47	0.036	1.37	0.06%	0.47	C
5	547	10 (1)	May 2 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.563	.588	.750	1.338	5	.38	0.113	.97	0.18%	1.38	C
6	548	11	May 4	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	1			0	0	0	.474	.545	.632	1.177	5						C
7	549	12	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.577	.682	1.259	5	1.19	0.147	3.49	0.26%	0.89	C
8	550	13	May 6	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.462	.533	.615	1.149	5	1.10	-0.012	3.10	-0.02%	-0.78	C
9	551	15 (1)	May 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.414	.500	.552	1.052	5	1.25	-0.072	3.78	-0.13%	-0.74	C
10	552	16	May 13	STL	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.424	.500	.545	1.045	5	1.27	-0.028	4.00	-0.05%	0.19	C
11	553	18 (1)	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.432	.500	.595	1.095	4	1.49	0.152	4.73	0.29%	0.49	C
12	554	19	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-11	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.489	.595	1.085	4	1.46	0.069	4.98	0.14%	0.34	C
13	555	21 (1)	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.451	.543	.994	4	2.01	-0.213	7.97	-0.51%	-1.02	C
14	556	23 (1)	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.383	.442	.532	.974	5	1.59	-0.039	6.36	-0.09%	-0.40	PH
15	557	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.434	.521	.955	9	.67	-0.016	2.88	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
16	558	25	May 22 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.377	.431	.509	.940	4	.59	0.084	1.89	0.16%	0.76	C
17	559	28 (2)	May 23 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	0			1	0	0	.386	.444	.526	.971	4						C
18	560	30 (1)	May 27	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.377	.433	.508	.941	4	1.47	-0.028	6.40	-0.07%	0.19	C
19	561	32 (1)	May 29	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.354	.417	.477	.894	4	1.70	-0.062	7.44	-0.16%	-0.76	C
20	562	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.408	.464	.872	4	2.22	-0.206	9.80	-0.55%	-0.88	C
21	563	36 (1)	May 31 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.329	.388	.438	.826	4	2.18	-0.186	13.49	-0.69%	-1.47	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	564	37	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,11-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.383	.432	.815	9	4.69	-0.115	27.76	-0.41%	-0.74	PH
23	565	40 (2)	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.376	.462	.838	5	.40	-0.016	1.87	-0.04%	1.32	C
24	566	42 (1)	Jun 6	STL		PHI	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.379	.463	.842	5	1.39	0.079	6.47	0.22%	0.75	C
25	567	44 (1)	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.378	.470	.848	5	.52	0.016	2.48	0.05%	0.17	C
26	568	45	Jun 12	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.366	.453	.819	5	.92	-0.065	4.53	-0.19%	-0.66	C
27	569	47 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.367	.444	.812	5	1.83	0.023	9.10	0.07%	0.10	C
28	570	51 (3)	Jun 17	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.363	.430	.793	5	.76	-0.026	4.60	-0.09%	-0.40	C
29	571	54 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.298	.359	.426	.785	9						PH
30	572	55	Jun 20 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.362	.427	.789	5	.85	0.016	4.34	0.05%	0.11	C
31	573	58 (2)	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.367	.424	.791	5	.77	0.094	4.26	0.31%	0.68	C
32	574	59	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.357	.412	.769	5	.48	-0.036	2.36	-0.11%	-0.71	C
33	575	62 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.286	.348	.400	.748	5						C
34	576	64 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.342	.393	.734	5	.09	-0.005	.39	-0.01%	-0.30	PH 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
35	577	70 (5)	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.273	.333	.382	.715	5	1.42	-0.005	8.23	-0.02%	-0.16	C
36	578	76 (5)	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.339	.396	.735	8	1.17	0.076	6.24	0.24%	1.09	PH
37	579	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.336	.393	.729	9	1.61	-0.040	9.44	-0.14%	-0.41	PH
38	580	78	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.383	.716	5	.78	0.021	4.81	0.08%	0.08	C
39	581	83 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.333	.383	.716	4						C
40	582	91 (7)	Jul 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.338	.387	.725	4	1.16	0.025	2.86	0.04%	0.07	C
41	583	92	Jul 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.336	.383	.719	8	.29	-0.007	.65	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
42	584	93	Jul 29	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.338	.384	.722	4	.71	0.078	1.69	0.11%	1.62	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
43	585	96 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.338	.384	.722	4						C
44	586	97	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.350	.395	.745	4	1.07	0.118	2.02	0.13%	0.88	C
45	587	101 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.295	.355	.395	.750	9						PH
46	588	102	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.288	.352	.386	.738	4						C
47	589	103	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.349	.383	.733	9	.88	-0.021	.41	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
48	590	105 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.290	.351	.399	.750	4	.68	0.258	.16	0.04%	2.94	C
49	591	108 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.340	.385	.724	4	1.66	-0.200	.37	-0.03%	-1.20	C
50	592	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.344	.389	.733	9	.24	0.010	.11	0.00%	0.40	PH
51	593	113 (3)	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.335	.378	.714	4	1.19	-0.110	.71	-0.04%	-1.38	C
52	594	115 (1)	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.376	.709	8	4.06	-0.108	1.72	-0.03%	-0.32	PH
53	595	117 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.337	.375	.712	4	.79	0.018	.31	0.00%	0.30	C
54	596	120 (2)	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.335	.372	.707	5	1.81	-0.143	.48	-0.02%	-0.63	C
55	597	121	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.333	.369	.703	8	1.96	-0.047	.61	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
56	598	123 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.365	.698	5	1.06	-0.032	.60	-0.01%	-0.34	C
57	599	125 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.331	.358	.689	4	1.21	-0.002	.27	0.00%	-0.24	C
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
58	600	130 (4)	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.262	.328	.354	.681	4	1.73	-0.081	.04	0.00%	-0.87	C
59	601	132 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.332	.357	.689	4	1.07	-0.004	.01	0.00%	0.19	C
60	602	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.335	.360	.696	4	.96	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
61	603	136 (2)	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.339	.369	.708	4	.96	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
62	604	141 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.337	.383	.720	4						C
63	605	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.335	.377	.712	4						C
64	606	143	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.338	.386	.724	9	1.10	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.67	PH
65	607	145 (1)	Sep 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.342	.405	.747	9	.46	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.88	PH
66	608	149 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.345	.413	.757	4						C
67	609	150	Sep 27	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.352	.414	.766	4	.87	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
68	610	151	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	13-13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.355	.417	.772	9	1.58	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.91	PH
69	611	152	Sep 28 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.291	.353	.413	.767	4	.99	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.03	C
70	612	155 (2)	Oct 1	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.347	.405	.752	4	.96	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
71	613	157 (1)	Oct 3	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.345	.399	.744	3	1.02	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
							40-28		227	203	15	57	11	2	3	25	19	0	25	1	4		6	2	0	0	.281	.345	.399	.744		1.19	-0.161	3.20	-0.53%	4.99

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