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Ken O'Dea
James Kenneth O'Dea

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut April 21, 1935
Final Game August 6, 1946
Born March 16, 1913 in Lima, NY
Died December 17, 1985 (age 72)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 22 PHA AL   70  203   23   50  10   2   6   33   0   0   24   19  .246  .332  .404  .736    95    82   1   0   4   2   4  
 1936 23 PHA AL   72  186   26   54  11   4   3   24   0   2   36   22  .290  .404  .441  .845   107    82   0   2   0   1   8  
 1937 24 PHA AL   64  228   38   85  14   5   5   29   4   1   18   25  .373  .420  .544  .964   127   124   0   2   0   2   7  
 1938 25 PHA AL   75  270   21   64  15   0   4   29   1   0    7   25  .237  .255  .337  .592    77    91   0   1   0   0  10  
 1939           [Did not play]
 1940 27 NYN NL   14   57    5   15   2   1   0    3   0   0    7   12  .263  .344  .333  .677    91    19   0   0   0   0   2  
 1941 28 BOA AL   24   66   12   11   1   1   3    8   0   0    7   20  .167  .247  .348  .595    76    23   0   0   0   0   2  
 1942 29 SLN NL  110  193   22   43   9   0   3   35   1   0   23   21  .223  .303  .316  .619    89    61   0   4   0   1   5  
 1943 30 SLN NL  104  217   24   59   7   1   2   30   0   0   12   31  .272  .313  .341  .654    93    74   2   2   0   2   9  
 1944 31 SLN NL   79  214   30   48   5   1   8   26   3   2   36   26  .224  .331  .369  .700    97    79   2   4   2   0   8  
 1945 32 SLN NL   95  308   30   66  15   3   5   32   2   0   54   35  .214  .332  .331  .664    93   102   1   3   9   2  12  
 1946 33 SLN NL   36  122    9   27   3   0   3   16   2   1   15   14  .221  .312  .320  .631    91    39   1   0   0   1   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      743 2064  240  522  92  18  42  265  13   6  239  250  .253  .331  .376  .707         776   7  18  15  11  69
 Per 600 PA           529   62  134  24   5  11   68   3   2   61   64                                 199   2   5   4   3  18
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      424 1054  115  243  39   5  21  139   8   3  140  127  .231  .321  .337  .658         355   6  13  11   6  36
   With PHA      281  887  108  253  50  11  18  115   5   3   85   91  .285  .349  .427  .777         379   1   5   4   5  29
   With BOA       24   66   12   11   1   1   3    8   0   0    7   20  .167  .247  .348  .595          23   0   0   0   0   2
   With NY2       14   57    5   15   2   1   0    3   0   0    7   12  .263  .344  .333  .677          19   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      832 2195  262  560 101  20  40  323   3      273  251  .255  .338  .374  .712         821  39           3  50
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1935 22 PHA AL  11   27   4.7  14   6   1  .429   8   25   21  .840   30   20  .600  C    3(+1)e10  -40   
 1936 23 PHA AL   6   33   6.3  16   4   0  .250  10   23   18  .783   41   12  .774  C    3(+1)e8    -1   
 1937 24 PHA AL   7   51   9.1   0   0   0  .000   8   34   31  .912   32   20  .615  C    3(+1)e8   160   
 1938 25 PHA AL   5   20   2.6   0   0   0  .000  14   31   25  .806   31   17  .646  C    2(+2)e12  -61   
 1939           [Did not play]
 1940 27 NYN NL   9    6   4.0   0   0   0  .000   4    6    6 1.000    8    7  .533  C    3(+1)e8    27   
 1941 28 BOA AL   4    5   2.6   3   0   0  .000   0   14   12  .857    6    0 1.000  C    3(0)e1    -77   
 1942 29 SLN NL  21   19   3.3  64  16   3  .250   1   20   17  .850   21    5  .808  C    3(+1)e9   -37   
 1943 30 SLN NL  12   21   3.4  49  11   0  .224   2   22   18  .818    9    6  .600  C    3(+1)e7   -90   
 1944 31 SLN NL  11   26   4.0  14   4   0  .286   6   29   23  .793   21   14  .600  C    3(+1)e7   -17   
 1945 32 SLN NL  20   35   3.7   5   1   0  .200   9   37   28  .757   54   17  .761  C    3(+1)e7   -60   
 1946 33 SLN NL   7   12   3.5   0   0   0  .000   6   24   17  .708   25   11  .694  C    3(+1)e8   132   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          260   4.3 165  42   4  .255  68  265  216  .815  278  129  .683                 -11   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1935 22 PHA AL  C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1936 23 PHA AL  C     54   194    22   10    0   .956    44   402.1   4.83
 1937 24 PHA AL  C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 25 PHA AL  C     75   307    32   14    4   .960    71   633.0   4.82
 1939           [Did not play]
 1940 27 NYN NL  C     14    79     7    4    0   .956    14   123.1   6.28
 1941 28 BOA AL  C     20    72     5    0    0  1.000    18   141.1   4.90
 1942 29 SLN NL  C     39   197    13    1    1   .995    33   316.2   5.97
 1943 30 SLN NL  C     44   247    16    2    1   .992    41   377.2   6.27
 1944 31 SLN NL  C     60   294    26    6    2   .982    59   526.0   5.48
 1945 32 SLN NL  C     89   420    33    9    3   .981    85   762.2   5.35
 1946 33 SLN NL  C     36   186    17    6    1   .971    36   327.2   5.58
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    431  1996   171   52   12   .977   401  3610.2   5.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1941 WS    BOA BRN   W    3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1935  PHA   95-59   David Dick
 1936  PHA   80-74   David Dick
 1937  PHA   78-76   David Dick
 1938  PHA   64-90   David Dick
 1940  NYN   69-85   David Dick
 1941  BOA  101-53   Steve Bivens
 1942  SLN   89-65   Mike Rescigno
 1943  SLN  102-52   Mike Rescigno
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