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Lefty O'Doul

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Full name Francis Joseph O'Doul
Born March 4, 1897, San Francisco, California
Died December 7, 1969, San Francisco, California
Buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California (Section I)
First Game: April 29, 1919; Final Game: September 30, 1934
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1945)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1932)
Ejections: 1920 (2), 1922 (1), 1931 (4). Total: 7
SABR Biography

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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1919 NY A Daily Splits 19 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .294 .250 0.0 1919 NY A 1920 NY A Daily Splits 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .231 .250 0.0 1920 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 8 9 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .444 0.0 1922 NY A 1923 BOS A Daily Splits 36 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .189 .143 0.2 1923 BOS A 1928 NY N Daily Splits 114 354 67 113 19 4 8 46 30 0 8 0 6 0 7 4 9 4 .319 .372 .463 -0.7 1928 NY N 1929 PHI N Daily Splits 154 638 152 254 35 6 32 122 76 1 19 4 13 0 13 12 2 6 .398 .465 .622 4.6 1929 PHI N 1930 PHI N Daily Splits 140 528 122 202 37 7 22 97 63 2 21 5 10 0 12 10 3 1 .383 .453 .604 2.2 1930 PHI N 1931 BRO N Daily Splits 134 512 85 172 32 11 7 75 48 4 16 3 1 0 8 6 5 11 .336 .396 .482 1.8 1931 BRO N 1932 BRO N Daily Splits 148 595 120 219 32 8 21 90 50 6 20 7 5 0 15 12 11 11 .368 .423 .555 4.0 1932 BRO N 1933 BRO N Daily Splits 43 159 14 40 5 1 5 21 15 3 6 1 0 0 4 3 2 4 .252 .320 .390 -0.4 1933 BRO N 1933 NY N Daily Splits 78 229 31 70 9 1 9 35 29 2 17 2 1 0 2 7 1 3 .306 .388 .472 0.9 1933 NY N 1933 TOT N 121 388 45 110 14 2 14 56 44 5 23 3 1 0 6 10 3 7 .284 .361 .438 0.5 1933 TOT N 1934 NY N Daily Splits 83 177 27 56 4 3 9 46 18 3 7 1 1 0 4 0 2 3 .316 .383 .525 0.4 1934 NY N Total NL ( 7 Years) 894 3192 618 1126 173 41 113 532 329 21 114 23 37 0 65 54 35 43 .353 .417 .539 12.8 Total NL Total AL ( 4 Years) 76 72 6 14 2 0 0 9 4 0 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 .194 .237 .222 0.2 Total AL Total (11 Years) Splits 970 3264 624 1140 175 41 113 541 333 21 122 23 39 0 66 55 36 43 .349 .413 .532 13.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 NY N Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1933 NY N

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 NL

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1919 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 28 0 6 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.60 - -0.1 1919 NY A 1920 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.2 4 17 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.91 - 0.0 1920 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 6 0 0 0 6 0 16 24 80 0 13 6 12 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3.38 - 0.0 1922 NY A 1923 BOS A Daily Splits 23 1 0 0 18 0 53 69 248 1 50 32 31 0 10 8 0 4 0 9 3 1 10 1 1 5.43 6.00 -0.7 1923 BOS A Total ( 4 Years) Splits 34 1 0 0 27 0 77.2 104 373 1 71 42 49 0 19 9 2 5 0 14 4 3 14 1 1 4.87 6.00 -0.8 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1919 NY A Daily Splits P 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 1919 NY A RF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1919 NY A OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1920 NY A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1920 NY A CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1920 NY A OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 1922 NY A Daily Splits P 6 0 0 16 1 4 0 1 0 0 6 1 1 1.000 1923 BOS A Daily Splits P 23 1 0 53 2 21 1 0 0 2 9 6 1 .958 1923 BOS A RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1923 BOS A OF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1928 NY N Daily Splits OF 94 83 77 756.2 149 4 6 0 0 .962 94 0 0 1928 NY N LF 94 83 77 756.2 147 3 6 0 0 .962 1929 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 154 148 1334.1 320 14 10 5 0 .971 138 0 16 1929 PHI N LF 138 138 132 1190.1 284 13 8 5 0 .974 1929 PHI N RF 16 16 16 144 38 2 1 0 0 .976 1930 PHI N Daily Splits OF 131 124 123 1095 262 3 13 1 0 .953 131 0 0 1930 PHI N LF 131 124 123 1095 263 3 13 1 0 .953 1931 BRO N Daily Splits OF 132 131 127 1143 285 4 14 0 0 .954 132 0 0 1931 BRO N LF 132 131 127 1143 284 4 14 0 0 .954 1932 BRO N Daily Splits OF 148 148 145 1317.2 317 4 7 0 0 .979 148 0 0 1932 BRO N LF 148 148 145 1317.2 310 4 7 0 0 .978 1933 BRO N Daily Splits OF 41 40 40 364 88 1 5 0 0 .947 41 0 0 1933 BRO N LF 41 40 40 364 91 1 5 0 0 .948 1933 NY N Daily Splits OF 63 57 40 496.2 109 4 3 0 0 .974 32 0 31 1933 NY N LF 32 28 24 258.1 53 2 2 0 0 .965 1933 NY N RF 31 29 16 238.1 53 2 1 0 0 .982 1933 TOT N LF 73 68 64 622.1 144 3 7 0 0 .955 1933 TOT N OF 104 97 80 860.2 197 5 8 0 0 .962 73 0 31 1934 NY N Daily Splits OF 38 36 29 316 60 1 2 0 0 .968 27 0 11 1934 NY N LF 27 26 21 228 47 1 2 0 0 .960 1934 NY N RF 11 10 8 88 15 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (10 Years) Splits OF 804 773 729 6829.1 1591 35 60 6 0 .964 743 1 60 Total ( 7 Years) LF 743 718 689 6353 1479 31 57 6 0 .964 Total ( 5 Years) RF 60 55 40 474.1 107 4 2 0 0 .982 Total ( 4 Years) P 34 1 0 77.2 3 26 2 1 0 2 17 8 2 .935 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 1-1920 BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Bench jockeying 8- 8-1920 BOX NY A Brick Owens Bench jockeying 5- 3-1922 BOX NY A Frank Wilson Bench jockeying 6-27-1931(2) BOX BRO N Bob Clarke Call at 1B 7-18-1931 BOX BRO N Ted McGrew Call at HP 7-25-1931(2) BOX BRO N Charles Donnelly Call at 1B 9-16-1931 BOX BRO N Cy Pfirman Call at 2B

Transaction Information

Selected by New York Yankees from Salt Lake City (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 21, 1918).

Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox (September 29, 1922) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell, $50000 and a player to be named later to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Joe Dugan and Elmer Smith (July 23, 1922).

Selected by New York Giants from San Francisco (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1927).

Traded by New York Giants with cash to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Freddy Leach (October 29, 1928).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Fresco Thompson to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee and cash (October 14, 1930).

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Watty Clark to New York Giants in exchange for Sam Leslie (June 16, 1933).

Released by New York Giants (February 16, 1935).

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