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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	9 (1)	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	10	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	14	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
7	16 (1)	May 4	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
8	17	May 5	CHC		PHI	W,21-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	19 (1)	May 7	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	21 (1)	May 10	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	22	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	33 (10)	May 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	36 (2)	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	39	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	42 (2)	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	43	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	46 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	10	1	1	12	0
20	48 (1)	Jun 9	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	49	Jun 12 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
22	51 (1)	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	57 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	63 (5)	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	65 (1)	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
28	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	69 (1)	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	70	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
31	72 (1)	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	73	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-14	GS	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	74	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
34	77 (2)	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	79 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	83 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
37	84	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	88 (3)	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
39	91 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	19	4.1	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	97 (5)	Aug 7 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	98	Aug 7 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
42	105 (6)	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,4-8	GF	41	8.1	5	1	1	7	0
43	106	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
44	107	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
45	108	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	109	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	110	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
48	111	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	115 (3)	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	116	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	118 (1)	Aug 26	CHC		BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	119	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
53	120	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	122 (1)	Aug 30	CHC		BSN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	123	Aug 31	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	124	Sep 1	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	125	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	126	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	127	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
60	129 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	132 (2)	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	133	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
63	134	Sep 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	138 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	7.0	7	1	1	9	1
65	140 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	26	5.0	3	0	1	4	0
66	142 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	143	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	144	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	150 (5)	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,10-1	GF	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
70	151	Sep 30	CHC	@	STL	T,7-7	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	153 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	GF	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	154	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
							71gm		550.0	294	32	10	336	3