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, 7,859th 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

9.1

2195

560

.255

262

RBI

323

OBP

.338

SLG

.374

OPS

.712

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1932	19	STL-min	D,AA	133	483	483		162	35	9	6						.335	.335	.482	.818		233						KEK,CLB · MSVL,AA
1933	20	STL-min	A	117	428	428		115	28	9	1						.269	.269	.383	.652		164						HSN · TL
1934	21	STL-min	AA	111	374	374		99	19	2	4						.265	.265	.358	.623		134						CLB · AA
1935	22	CHC	NL	76	232	202	30	52	13	2	6	38	0	1	26	18	.257	.345	.431	.776	106	87	6	1	2	2	2H
1936	23	CHC	NL	80	230	189	36	58	10	3	2	38	0	2	38	18	.307	.423	.423	.846	127	80	6	0	3	4	2H
1937	24	CHC	NL	83	247	219	31	66	7	5	4	32	1	1	24	26	.301	.370	.434	.804	114	95	1	0	4	1	2H
1938	25	CHC	NL	86	263	247	22	65	12	1	3	33	1	0	12	18	.263	.297	.356	.654	77	88	9	0	3	2	2H
1939	26	NYG	NL	52	109	97	7	17	1	0	3	11	0	0	10	16	.175	.252	.278	.531	42	27	2	0	2	0	2H
1940	27	NYG	NL	48	115	96	9	23	4	1	0	12	0	0	16	15	.240	.348	.302	.650	80	29	2	0	2	1	2H
1941	28	NYG	NL	59	98	89	13	19	5	1	3	17	0	0	8	20	.213	.278	.393	.672	86	35	2	0	1	0	H2
1942	29	STL	NL	58	211	192	22	45	7	1	5	32	0	0	17	23	.234	.297	.359	.656	85	69	5	0	2	2	2/H
1943	30	STL	NL	71	227	203	15	57	11	2	3	25	0	0	19	25	.281	.345	.399	.744	109	81	2	1	4	1	2H
1944	31	STL	NL	85	310	265	35	66	11	2	6	37	1	0	37	29	.249	.343	.374	.717	99	99	2	1	7	6	2H
1945	32	STL	NL	100	362	307	36	78	18	2	4	43	0	2	50	31	.254	.359	.365	.723	99	112	7	0	5	14	2H	AS
1946	33	TOT	NL	34	109	89	6	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	16	12	.157	.286	.213	.499	41	19	6	0	4	2	2
1946	33	STL	NL	22	68	57	2	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	8	8	.123	.231	.211	.441	24	12	4	0	3	1	2
1946	33	BSN	NL	12	41	32	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	4	.219	.375	.219	.594	70	7	2	0	1	1	2
12 Yrs				832	2513	2195	262	560	101	20	40	323	3	6	273	251	.255	.338	.374	.712	95	821	50	3	39	35
162 Game Avg.				162	489	427	51	109	20	4	8	63	1	1	53	49	.255	.338	.374	.712	95	160	10	1	8	7

STL (5 yrs)				336	1178	1024	110	253	49	7	19	140	1	2	131	116	.247	.334	.364	.698	94	373	20	2	21	24
CHC (4 yrs)				325	972	857	119	241	42	11	15	141	2	4	100	80	.281	.357	.408	.765	105	350	22	1	12	9
NYG (3 yrs)				159	322	282	29	59	10	2	6	40	0	0	34	51	.209	.294	.323	.617	69	91	6	0	5	1
BSN (1 yr)				12	41	32	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	4	.219	.375	.219	.594	70	7	2	0	1	1

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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