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Ken O'Dea

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Full Name: James Kenneth O'Dea Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: April 21, 1935
Birthdate: March 16, 1913 Final Game: August 6, 1946
Birthplace: Lima, New York MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: December 17, 1985
Deathplace: Lima, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ken O'Dea (James Kenneth O'Dea) was born on March 16, 1913 in Lima, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1935 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI. O'Dea played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves over the course of his 12 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1935 CHI N 76 202 30 52 6 38 .257 .345 .431 13 2 26 18 1 2 0 0 6
1936 CHI N 80 189 36 58 2 38 .307 .423 .423 10 3 38 18 0 3 0 0 6
1937 CHI N 83 219 31 66 4 32 .301 .370 .434 7 5 24 26 0 4 1 0 1
1938 CHI N 86 247 22 65 3 33 .263 .297 .356 12 1 12 18 0 3 1 0 9
1939 NY N 52 97 7 17 3 11 .175 .252 .278 1 0 10 16 0 2 0 0 2
1940 NY N 48 96 9 23 0 12 .240 .348 .302 4 1 16 15 0 2 0 0 2
1941 NY N 59 89 13 19 3 17 .213 .278 .393 5 1 8 20 0 1 0 0 2
1942 STL N 58 192 22 45 5 32 .234 .297 .359 7 1 17 23 0 2 0 0 5
1943 STL N 71 203 15 57 3 25 .281 .345 .399 11 2 19 25 1 4 0 0 2
1944 STL N 85 265 35 66 6 37 .249 .343 .374 11 2 37 29 1 7 1 0 2
1945 STL N 100 307 36 78 4 43 .254 .359 .365 18 2 50 31 0 5 0 0 7
1946 STL N 22 57 2 7 1 3 .123 .231 .211 2 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 4
1946 BOS N 12 32 4 7 0 2 .219 .375 .219 0 0 8 4 0 1 0 0 2
1946 TOT N 34 89 6 14 1 5 .157 .286 .213 2 0 16 12 0 4 0 0 6
Total 832 2195 262 560 40 323 .255 .338 .374 101 20 273 251 3 39 3 0 50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1935 CHI N C 63 0 0 213 27 9 3 0 6 0 0 0 .964
1936 CHI N C 55 0 0 211 27 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 .979
1937 CHI N C 64 0 0 234 29 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 .985
1938 CHI N C 71 0 0 294 32 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 .970
1939 NY N C 30 0 0 78 11 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 .947
1940 NY N C 31 0 0 89 29 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .992
1941 NY N C 14 0 0 62 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1942 STL N C 49 0 0 247 37 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 .979
1943 STL N C 56 0 0 237 32 3 6 0 4 0 0 0 .989
1944 STL N C 69 0 0 326 34 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 .994
1945 STL N C 91 0 0 321 50 2 14 0 4 0 0 0 .995
1946 STL N C 22 0 0 99 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .991
1946 BOS N C 12 0 0 39 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 TOT N C 34 0 0 138 19 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .994
Total C 627 0 0 2450 336 48 44 0 40 0 0 0 .983

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Pat Malone and cash (October 26, 1934).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Frank Demaree and Billy Jurges to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso (December 6, 1938).
  • Traded by New York Giants with Bill Lohrman, Johnny McCarthy and $50000 to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Johnny Mize (December 11, 1941).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves (July 8, 1946).

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