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Odell
Hale		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 10, 1908 in Usa, LA, HOSSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
Gold Glove 1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 22 MON NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1932 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1933 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1934 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1935 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1936 27 MON NL $ 1,042,857   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1937 28 MON NL $ 2,078,571   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1938 29 MON NL $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1939 30 MON NL $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1940 31 MIN AL $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 32 MIN AL $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 33 MIN AL $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1943 34 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1944 35 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1945 36 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1946 37 MIN AL $ 850,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1947 38 MIN AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,270,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 22 AAA   137 555 82 164 37 9 19 91 8 5 60 25 .295 .364 .497 .862 95.6  
1932 23 MON NL 98 306 39 76 14 2 8 48 1 0 24 17 .248 .302 .386 .688 34.1 3.8
    AAA   37 147 30 41 12 1 2 12 1 1 14 8 .279 .342 .415 .757 20.0  
1933 24 MON NL 137 439 46 107 18 3 8 58 0 0 23 43 .244 .280 .353 .633 40.2 2.8
1934 25 MON NL 143 495 69 145 24 6 8 75 1 0 33 34 .293 .333 .414 .747 64.0 9.5
1935 26 MON NL 151 483 58 118 26 3 6 56 1 0 41 40 .244 .302 .348 .650 47.8 4.3
1936 27 MON NL 148 520 69 148 24 1 15 80 0 1 31 47 .285 .322 .421 .743 68.6 10.3
1937 28 MON NL 151 531 64 140 24 3 14 77 0 0 38 45 .264 .312 .399 .711 59.2 7.5
1938 29 MON NL 156 519 62 133 32 8 4 61 1 1 54 44 .256 .326 .372 .698 58.4 7.2
1939 30 MON NL 153 535 65 158 40 7 10 76 5 3 42 54 .295 .345 .452 .798 75.0 15.9
1940 31 MIN AL 153 492 74 134 33 9 12 71 5 1 52 45 .272 .341 .449 .790 71.3 14.3
1941 32 MIN AL 128 416 49 103 26 3 8 53 1 1 37 52 .248 .308 .382 .690 47.1 5.6
1942 33 MIN AL 118 340 43 80 18 7 10 49 2 0 18 34 .235 .270 .418 .688 39.6 3.6
1943 34 MIN AL 75 217 22 43 13 0 1 21 5 0 20 37 .198 .265 .272 .537 14.9 0.0
1944 35 MIN AL 80 145 16 42 10 1 2 17 0 0 6 23 .290 .316 .414 .730 17.1 2.3
1945 36 MIN AL 97 182 20 58 16 2 2 34 1 0 17 25 .319 .373 .462 .835 29.7 5.8
1946 37 MIN AL 109 238 20 61 10 2 3 22 0 0 12 39 .256 .294 .353 .647 21.0 0.7
1947 38 MIN AL 114 320 26 71 6 3 2 32 1 0 20 62 .222 .270 .278 .548 20.6 0.0
16 Years Sim 2011 6178 742 1617 334 60 113 830 24 7 468 641 .262 .312 .390 .702 708.7 93.8
2 Years AAA 174 702 112 205 49 10 21 103 9 6 74 33 .292 .359 .480 .839 115.6  
162 Game Average 497 59 130 26 4 9 66 1 0 37 51 .262 .312 .390 .702 57.1  
Career Highs 156 535 74 158 40 9 15 80 5 3 54 62 .319 .373 .462 .835 75.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4210 493 1073 223 41 74 541 18 4 286 446 .255 .301 .380 .681 475.3
vs LH   1968 249 544 111 19 39 289 6 3 182 195 .276 .336 .412 .748 268.6
Home 1002 3033 371 778 159 34 61 408 16 4 240 317 .257 .310 .392 .702 366.4
Away 1009 3145 371 839 175 26 52 422 8 3 228 324 .267 .315 .389 .703 377.5
RISP   1598 0 429 90 21 35 682 0 0 158 160 .268 .326 .417 .743 220.0
Pinch Hitting   160 19 40 13 1 2 25 2 0 17 20 .250 .326 .381 .707 19.9
Close/Late   643 61 181 32 4 17 82 0 0 49 65 .281 .330 .423 .753 88.0
Mar/Apr 306 935 100 224 42 6 15 115 2 0 83 111 .240 .299 .345 .644 98.9
May 376 1159 136 302 58 11 15 147 7 3 93 123 .261 .315 .368 .683 133.4
June 363 1107 127 280 68 9 18 141 5 0 82 98 .253 .302 .379 .682 126.1
July 312 966 124 271 57 9 22 129 3 0 69 97 .281 .326 .427 .753 130.9
August 343 1053 139 292 55 16 24 173 3 1 76 104 .277 .323 .428 .752 142.3
Sep/Oct 311 958 116 248 54 9 19 125 4 3 65 108 .259 .308 .394 .702 112.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1932 23 MON NL SS 95 92 760.3 126 319 13 65 .972 5.27   4.4
    2B 3 0 4.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.0
1933 24 MON NL SS 135 128 1078.7 157 463 14 80 .978 5.17   6.6
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1934 25 MON NL SS 142 139 1200.7 193 509 17 87 .976 5.26   8.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1935 26 MON NL SS 148 141 1187.3 193 527 19 95 .974 5.46   8.1
    3B 2 2 15.0 1 5 1 1 .857 3.60   0.1
1936 27 MON NL SS 146 144 1259.0 215 564 22 109 .973 5.57   8.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1937 28 MON NL SS 147 144 1253.3 209 535 21 108 .973 5.34   9.5
    3B 1 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1938 29 MON NL SS 152 146 1242.0 200 494 12 88 .983 5.03   5.7
    1B 2 1 11.0 13 0 0 4 1.000 10.64   0.0
1939 30 MON NL SS 149 149 1281.7 222 554 24 103 .970 5.45   8.9
1940 31 MIN AL SS 79 75 648.3 105 278 14 42 .965 5.32   3.9
    2B 72 68 593.7 134 222 7 49 .981 5.40   1.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1941 32 MIN AL SS 121 118 999.0 156 428 13 85 .978 5.26   6.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1942 33 MIN AL SS 91 81 700.3 117 307 15 56 .966 5.45   2.9
    2B 14 10 91.7 30 39 2 8 .972 6.78   0.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1943 34 MIN AL 2B 71 71 549.0 133 236 15 52 .961 6.05   1.2
    SS 2 0 5.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
    1B 3 0 4.3 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.24   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 35 MIN AL 1B 24 17 170.0 207 13 2 23 .991 11.65   0.3
    SS 21 3 48.7 8 29 0 4 1.000 6.84   0.5
    3B 11 2 33.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.1
    2B 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.0
1945 36 MIN AL 1B 16 15 130.0 147 14 1 14 .994 11.15   0.3
    3B 18 15 127.0 10 26 2 1 .947 2.55   0.4
    2B 8 7 65.0 16 27 1 8 .977 5.95   0.2
    SS 11 1 25.0 9 11 1 3 .952 7.20   0.2
1946 37 MIN AL 2B 33 21 187.7 51 95 3 20 .980 7.00   0.8
    1B 21 15 142.3 193 12 2 22 .990 12.96   0.3
    3B 11 11 92.0 6 35 1 5 .976 4.01   0.4
    SS 16 8 79.3 10 34 1 1 .978 4.99   0.4
1947 38 MIN AL 1B 72 66 554.0 760 68 6 77 .993 13.45   1.4
    2B 38 28 242.3 60 117 3 21 .983 6.57   1.5
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00   0.0
  SS 1456 1369 11771.6 1923 5057 186 929 .974 5.34   74.3
  2B 244 206 1749.0 429 744 31 159 .974 6.04   5.3
  1B 140 114 1014.7 1327 107 11 141 .992 12.72   2.2
  3B 53 30 287.7 22 82 5 7 .954 3.25   1.2
Career Totals   1893 1719 14822.9 3701 5990 233 1236 .977 5.88   83.0
Career Highs   154 149 1281.7 821 565 24 109 .993 11.34    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 23 MON NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1933 24 MON NL 17 57 3 14 3 2 1 11 0 0 0 7 .246 .246 .421 .667
1934 25 MON NL 17 63 11 18 4 1 1 10 1 0 2 2 .286 .318 .429 .747
1935 26 MON NL 7 28 2 12 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 .429 .414 .643 1.057
1936 27 MON NL 13 46 8 12 1 0 2 9 0 0 1 4 .261 .271 .413 .684
1937 28 MON NL 7 21 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .095 .208 .238 .446
Career Post-Season Batting 63 216 26 58 10 5 5 37 1 0 5 16 .269 .289 .431 .719
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1939-10-.452
 Games
1938-8-156
1939-9-153
 Total Bases
1939-10-242
 Doubles
1939-3-40
 Triples
1938-5-8
1939-6-7
1940-4-9
1942-8-7
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Montreal in 1931
Had first career hit on 5/16/1932, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1932, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
Drove in 7 runs against New York (G) on 6/16/1934
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1935, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (G) on 10/5/1936
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
8/16/1937: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,270,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 7/28/1939
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 9/13/1939
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1939
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Ed Connolly. Going to MIN: P Clay Bryant, SS Odell Hale)
Injured on 3/15/1941 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5-6 weeks
7/31/1942: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $850,000 per year, for 1 years
7/31/1946: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $750,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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