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	22-12 / in Starts: 18-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	69 (36-20-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	70 (36-23-11)

Most Driven In
T Holmes	1
W Kurowski	1
E Slaughter	1
J Hopp	1
B Adams	0
S Musial	0
D Sisler	0

Most Driven In By
C Ryan	2
T Moore	1
J Sain	1
B Lee	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	799	5 (4)	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,7-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0					8						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
2	800	15 (9)	May 5 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	7						C
3	801	17 (1)	May 7	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	7	.48	-0.046	1.73	-0.10%	-1.08	C
4	802	19 (1)	May 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.500	.773	7	1.98	-0.104	7.96	-0.25%	-0.94	C
5	803	21 (1)	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG(11)	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.357	.651	7	2.12	-0.121	7.76	-0.27%	-0.83	C
6	804	22	May 15	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.286	.294	.580	7	.89	-0.061	3.50	-0.15%	-0.58	C
7	805	23	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,9-8	GS-10	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.308	.333	.641	7	.95	0.201	3.72	0.47%	0.58	C
8	806	26 (2)	May 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.267	.280	.547	7	.61	-0.059	2.20	-0.13%	-0.68	C
9	807	27	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.138	.265	.276	.541	7	1.40	-0.132	5.41	-0.31%	-1.18	C
10	808	28	May 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.256	.265	.521	7	.10	-0.010	.39	-0.02%	-0.71	C
11	809	30 (1)	May 24	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.233	.237	.469	7	1.22	-0.113	5.48	-0.31%	-1.05	C
12	810	32 (1)	May 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.213	.214	.427	7	1.17	-0.086	5.24	-0.23%	-1.12	C
13	811	37 (4)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.213	.214	.427	8						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
14	812	39 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.208	.209	.418	8	10.75	-0.263	46.74	-0.69%	-0.74	C
15	813	41 (1)	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.130	.231	.239	.470	7	.44	0.111	1.62	0.25%	0.58	C
16	814	45 (3)	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.120	.214	.220	.434	7	.29	-0.029	.92	-0.06%	-1.35	C
17	815	48 (2)	Jun 10	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.115	.220	.212	.432	7	2.14	0.010	10.65	0.03%	-0.17	C
18	816	49	Jun 11	STL		BRO	W,9-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.217	.208	.424	8	.09	-0.002	.51	-0.01%	-0.22	C
19	817	50	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,7-10	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.111	.226	.204	.430	7	1.79	-0.068	10.51	-0.24%	-0.68	C
20	818	53 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.219	.196	.415	7	.86	-0.029	3.47	-0.07%	-0.39	C
21	819	58 (4)	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	4-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.123	.231	.211	.441	8	.46	0.017	3.18	0.07%	0.12	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
22	820	66 (7)	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,4-5	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.231	.211	.441	7						C
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves
23	821	77	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.250	.207	.457	6	.79	0.015	.24	0.00%	0.07	C
24	822	78	Jul 13 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.278	.230	.507	6	.68	0.081	.22	0.02%	1.15	C
25	823	80 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.154	.276	.231	.507	6						C
26	824	82 (1)	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.276	.231	.507	6						C
27	825	84 (1)	Jul 18	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.295	.231	.526	5	1.26	0.065	.89	0.03%	0.69	C
28	826	85	Jul 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.147	.293	.221	.513	5	1.04	-0.134	1.01	-0.08%	-0.61	C
29	827	86	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.153	.291	.222	.513	5	2.65	-0.214	3.48	-0.17%	-1.56	C
30	828	89 (2)	Jul 24	BSN		CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.300	.227	.527	5	1.26	-0.066	.33	-0.01%	-0.18	C
31	829	93 (3)	Jul 29	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.301	.231	.532	5	.54	-0.005	.07	0.00%	0.01	C
32	830	94	Jul 31	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.160	.299	.222	.521	5	1.29	-0.031	.15	0.00%	0.14	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
33	831	96 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.165	.297	.224	.521	5						C
34	832	99 (2)	Aug 6	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.286	.213	.499	6	1.06	-0.103	.21	-0.01%	-0.63	C
							22-12		109	89	6	14	2	0	1	5	16	2	12	0	4		1	6	0	0	.157	.286	.213	.499		1.21	-1.176	3.68	-2.22%	-11.37

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