Ken O'dea stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1935
Bio
- Debut
- 1935
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 832
- AB
- 2,195
- R
- 262
- H
- 560
- HR
- 40
- RBI
- 323
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .255
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | CHC | 76 | 202 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 38 | 0 | .257 |
| 1936 | CHC | 80 | 189 | 36 | 58 | 2 | 38 | 0 | .307 |
| 1937 | CHC | 83 | 219 | 31 | 66 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .301 |
| 1938 | CHC | 86 | 247 | 22 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 1 | .263 |
| 1939 | SF | 52 | 97 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .175 |
| 1940 | SF | 48 | 96 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .240 |
| 1941 | SF | 59 | 89 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .213 |
| 1942 | STL | 58 | 192 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 32 | 0 | .234 |
| 1943 | STL | 71 | 203 | 15 | 57 | 3 | 25 | 0 | .281 |
| 1944 | STL | 85 | 265 | 35 | 66 | 6 | 37 | 1 | .249 |
| 1945 | STL | 100 | 307 | 36 | 78 | 4 | 43 | 0 | .254 |
| 1946 |  STL/ATL | 34 | 89 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .157 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- AB
- 13
- R
- 1
- H
- 6
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 6
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .462
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,510
- TB
- 821
- XBH
- 161
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | CHC | 231 | 87 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 230 | 80 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 247 | 95 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 262 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | SF | 109 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | SF | 114 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | SF | 98 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 211 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 227 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 310 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 362 | 112 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL/ATL | 109 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.3
- RC
- 303.3
- RC/27
- 4.90
- ISOP
- .119
- SECA
- .245
- BB/K
- 1.09
- AB/HR
- 54.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | CHC | 0.9 | 32 | 5.7 | .173 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 33.7 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 1.6 | 37.5 | 7.5 | .116 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 94.5 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 1.5 | 37 | 6.4 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 54.8 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 0.0 | 27.2 | 4 | .093 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 82.3 | 0 |
| 1939 | SF | -0.6 | 7 | 2.3 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 0 |
| 1940 | SF | 0.3 | 11.9 | 4.3 | .063 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | SF | 0.2 | 10.2 | 3.9 | .180 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 29.7 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 0.4 | 21.7 | 3.9 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 38.4 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 1.3 | 29.6 | 5.3 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 67.7 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 1.3 | 37.8 | 5 | .125 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 44.2 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 1.8 | 45.2 | 5.2 | .111 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 76.8 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL/ATL | -0.4 | 6.5 | 2.2 | .056 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 89 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ken O'dea's career stats?
Ken O'dea played 12 seasons for the Cubs, the Giants and the Cardinals. He was a career .255 hitter with 560 hits, 40 home runs and 323 RBI. His best season was 1936: a .307 batting average, 2 home runs and 38 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1935 to 1946
Championships ×3
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals