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Paul
O'Dea		  
Nickname: Lefty
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 3, 1920 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
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
1944 23 BSN NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1945 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
1946 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1947 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1948 27 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1949 28 NYG NL $ 646,429   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1950 29 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   10 10 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1951 30 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8
1952 31 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1953 32 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 7 7
1954 33 OAK AL $ 1,400,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
1955 34 OAK AL $ 1,400,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
1956 35 OAK AL $ 400,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 6
1957 36 OAK AL $ 400,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 6
1958 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   10 10 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 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
1944 23 AAA   95 188 28 66 9 2 6 37 2 4 29 15 .351 .438 .516 .954 38.9  
1945 24 BSN NL 7 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 .571 .500 1.071 2.8 0.7
    AAA   135 496 57 143 12 1 7 57 6 0 61 45 .288 .366 .359 .725 69.2  
1946 25 BSN NL 54 72 9 21 3 0 1 13 0 1 8 12 .292 .358 .375 .733 9.9 1.4
    AAA   29 96 14 30 3 1 0 12 2 2 17 8 .313 .416 .365 .781 15.4  
1947 26 BSN NL 63 87 10 29 4 0 1 13 2 0 15 10 .333 .437 .414 .851 15.7 3.1
1948 27 BSN NL 76 115 12 34 4 1 0 20 0 0 18 17 .296 .388 .348 .736 16.4 2.7
  DET AL 35 56 13 19 2 0 1 10 0 0 7 7 .339 .406 .429 .835 9.9 1.8
  TOT   111 171 25 53 6 1 1 30 0 0 25 24 .310 .394 .374 .768 26.3 4.5
1949 28 DET AL 57 116 23 40 6 2 1 26 1 1 9 9 .345 .389 .457 .846 19.5 3.5
  NYG NL 46 62 7 16 5 0 1 12 0 0 4 5 .258 .299 .387 .686 7.3 1.0
  TOT   103 178 30 56 11 2 2 38 1 1 13 14 .315 .358 .433 .790 26.8 4.4
1950 29 NYG NL 29 58 7 12 2 1 1 8 0 0 11 5 .207 .324 .328 .652 7.2 0.3
    AAA   106 399 65 133 9 0 8 51 4 2 83 47 .333 .448 .416 .864 78.8  
1951 30 NYG NL 150 501 76 156 22 2 6 48 4 4 60 53 .311 .384 .399 .783 74.7 10.5
1952 31 MIN AL 64 81 13 23 1 1 0 12 0 1 10 10 .284 .363 .321 .684 9.0 0.7
  OAK AL 22 45 4 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .289 .347 .333 .680 4.7 0.4
  TOT   86 126 17 36 3 1 0 15 0 1 14 17 .286 .357 .325 .683 13.6 1.1
    AAA   29 101 19 40 4 1 2 14 2 4 16 15 .396 .479 .515 .993 22.0  
1953 32 OAK AL 131 233 16 61 5 1 0 17 1 0 32 24 .262 .350 .292 .641 26.0 2.9
1954 33 OAK AL 106 106 14 28 2 0 2 18 0 0 12 18 .264 .331 .340 .670 13.7 1.8
1955 34 OAK AL 72 110 12 31 1 0 1 13 1 2 15 11 .282 .368 .318 .686 12.7 1.5
1956 35 OAK AL 114 287 41 82 6 0 2 24 3 0 31 49 .286 .354 .328 .682 34.0 3.9
1957 36 OAK AL 116 321 47 119 23 1 0 42 2 0 22 30 .371 .409 .449 .857 51.8 11.4
1958 37 OAK AL 45 93 9 30 5 1 0 15 1 0 3 13 .323 .344 .398 .742 10.3 1.5
    AAA   81 338 36 118 12 2 4 27 3 3 19 59 .349 .384 .432 .816 51.4  
14 Years Sim 1187 2355 315 720 93 10 17 295 15 9 263 281 .306 .373 .375 .749 325.5 49.2
6 Years AAA 475 1618 219 530 49 7 27 198 19 15 225 189 .328 .408 .417 .825 275.6  
162 Game Average 321 42 98 12 1 2 40 2 1 35 38 .306 .373 .375 .749 44.4  
Career Highs 150 501 76 156 23 2 6 48 4 4 60 53 .500 .571 .500 1.071 74.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1720 240 573 78 9 12 240 12 6 199 175 .333 .400 .410 .809 277.6
vs LH   635 75 147 15 1 5 55 3 3 64 106 .231 .301 .282 .583 56.5
Home 589 1071 160 337 49 3 8 138 10 5 126 128 .315 .385 .388 .773 161.0
Away 598 1284 155 383 44 7 9 157 5 4 137 153 .298 .364 .364 .728 173.1
RISP   607 0 189 27 2 4 268 0 0 73 79 .311 .376 .382 .758 90.0
Pinch Hitting   563 81 168 22 1 5 86 0 1 68 67 .298 .372 .368 .740 79.0
Close/Late   395 47 133 16 3 3 57 0 0 49 51 .337 .405 .415 .821 66.0
Mar/Apr 178 297 36 94 10 1 2 35 2 0 34 31 .316 .387 .377 .764 44.1
May 191 360 48 109 14 0 2 44 1 2 46 27 .303 .379 .358 .737 50.5
June 203 455 71 143 16 3 3 54 2 2 54 55 .314 .385 .382 .767 67.6
July 190 357 51 106 17 3 2 65 4 2 46 48 .297 .374 .378 .753 51.9
August 185 386 52 122 15 1 5 41 3 2 31 45 .316 .364 .399 .763 54.6
Sep/Oct 240 500 57 146 21 2 3 56 3 1 52 75 .292 .357 .360 .717 65.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1945 24 BSN NL LF 2 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1946 25 BSN NL RF 10 5 55.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 8 5 47.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
1947 26 BSN NL LF 9 8 67.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 14 6 61.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
1948 27 BSN NL RF 20 7 79.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 10 8 74.2 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 3 23.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL RF 9 3 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 4 35.8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 29 10 117.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.4
      LF 15 12 110.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.0
      CF 4 4 34.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.38   0.0
1949 28 DET AL LF 14 8 90.4 17 0 1 0 .944 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 4 44.8 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 4 37.1 50 6 2 6 .966 13.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL LF 11 6 48.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 23.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 3 19.7 27 3 1 3 .968 13.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 25 14 138.4 26 0 2 0 .929 1.69   0.5
      RF 8 8 68.6 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.0
      1B 7 7 56.8 77 9 3 9 .966 13.63   0.1
      C 1 0 .9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
      3B 1 0 .9 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1950 29 NYG NL CF 6 6 49.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 7 6 46.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 3 30.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
1951 30 NYG NL CF 129 127 1070.3 258 4 2 3 .992 2.20 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 6 4 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 2 17.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 0 0 .000 0  
1952 31 MIN AL LF 13 7 67.6 14 0 2 0 .875 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 7 1 21.4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 1 17.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OAK AL LF 5 3 36.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 1 11.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 9.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 18 10 104.3 22 0 3 0 .880 1.90   0.3
      CF 10 2 33.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
      RF 6 2 26.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.0
1953 32 OAK AL LF 43 11 158.3 27 0 1 0 .964 1.53 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 31 15 145.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 12 10 80.3 23 0 1 0 .958 2.58 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 16.0 20 3 0 2 1.000 12.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 33 OAK AL RF 6 4 35.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 10 3 34.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1955 34 OAK AL LF 21 18 149.3 21 1 2 0 .917 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 9 2 30.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1956 35 OAK AL LF 67 61 525.3 92 5 3 1 .970 1.66 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 8 4 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 1 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 36 OAK AL 1B 61 61 530.7 566 39 8 57 .987 10.26 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 19 14 146.0 32 0 1 0 .970 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 11 3 44.3 6 0 1 0 .857 1.22 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 3 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
1958 37 OAK AL RF 13 6 68.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 6 5 42.0 44 5 0 5 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 4 33.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 3 29.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 251 168 1592.7 305 7 14 1 .957 1.76 0 0 .000 0 5.5
  CF 211 164 1450.7 362 4 3 3 .992 2.27 0 0 .000 0 3.6
  RF 134 69 690.3 154 2 4 0 .975 2.03 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  1B 76 75 645.5 707 56 11 73 .986 10.64 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  3B 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   676 476 4383.9 1530 70 32 78 .980 3.28 0 0 .000 1 11.9
Career Highs   139 133 1126.7 611 39 10 57 1.000 7.82 0 0 .000 1  
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
1949 28 NYG NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1955 34 OAK AL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
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.
Batting Average
1951-8-.311
 Singles
1951-6-126
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1944
Had first career hit on 9/1/1945, off Butch Wensloff (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1946, off Frank Lamanna (BRK)
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1948 (Going to DET: P Butch Wensloff, LF Paul O'dea. Going to BSN: P Joe Dobson, P Glenn Gardner)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: LF Paul O'dea, 3B Eddie Bockman. Going to DET: 2B Eddie Stanky, 1B Gene Hermanski)
Injured on 5/25/1950 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/21/1952 (Going to NYG: P Al Javery. Going to MIN: SS Jim Tabor, LF Paul O'dea, P Paul Calvert, RF Paul Lehner)
Traded from Minnesota to Oakland on 7/31/1952 (Going to OAK: P Harry Byrd, LF Paul O'dea. Going to MIN: SS Lou Klein)
9/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,400,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $400,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 7/25/1957 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1958 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/11/1958 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
 
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