Ken O'Dea
1935–1946 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
832G
.255AVG
.338OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
560H
40HR
323RBI
3SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 251 | 252 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,510 | 2,513 |
| Batting · Walks | 273 | 276 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 832 | 2,510 | 2,195 | 262 | 560 | 101 | 20 | 40 | 323 | 273 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 821 | .255 | .338 | .374 | .712 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1936-06-10 to 1936-06-22
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1942-05-03 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1935-06-12 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1936-06-13 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 402 | 1190 | 273 | 25 | 169 | 140 | 127 | .264 | .347 | .406 |
| Away | 430 | 1323 | 287 | 15 | 154 | 136 | 125 | .247 | .320 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 134 | 34 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 13 | .301 | .396 | .425 |
| May | 149 | 452 | 105 | 8 | 59 | 45 | 41 | .264 | .332 | .408 |
| June | 159 | 473 | 116 | 8 | 70 | 53 | 45 | .283 | .357 | .429 |
| July | 171 | 549 | 119 | 10 | 70 | 58 | 58 | .247 | .322 | .353 |
| August | 164 | 487 | 105 | 6 | 64 | 54 | 47 | .246 | .326 | .335 |
| September | 133 | 385 | 76 | 5 | 43 | 46 | 41 | .227 | .317 | .337 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .161 | .182 | .290 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 128 | 338 | 76 | 3 | 38 | 35 | 38 | .252 | .328 | .362 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 125 | 419 | 95 | 6 | 66 | 44 | 44 | .257 | .332 | .376 |
| cincinnati-reds | 120 | 353 | 83 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 35 | .263 | .320 | .381 |
| boston-braves | 119 | 366 | 86 | 6 | 42 | 50 | 23 | .277 | .372 | .412 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 112 | 316 | 70 | 8 | 52 | 34 | 42 | .256 | .329 | .403 |
| new-york-giants | 84 | 293 | 66 | 5 | 38 | 36 | 27 | .264 | .348 | .388 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 74 | 205 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 19 | .192 | .278 | .231 |
| chicago-cubs | 70 | 223 | 49 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 24 | .254 | .332 | .394 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Chicago Cubs | 76 | 203 | 52 | 6 | 38 | – | .256 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago Cubs | 80 | 188 | 58 | 2 | 36 | – | .309 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago Cubs | 83 | 219 | 66 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .301 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago Cubs | 86 | 247 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1939 |  New York Giants | 52 | 97 | 17 | 3 | 11 | – | .175 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Giants | 48 | 96 | 23 | – | 13 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Giants | 59 | 89 | 19 | 3 | 17 | – | .213 | – | – |
| 1942 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 192 | 45 | 5 | 32 | – | .234 | – | – |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 203 | 57 | 3 | 25 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 265 | 66 | 6 | 38 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 307 | 78 | 4 | 43 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – | .157 | – | – |