Lefty O'Doul
1919–1934 · bats L / throws L · ALS, ASG, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, NLS, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
970G
.349AVG
.413OBP
.532SLG
More career statistics
1,140H
113HR
542RBI
36SB
1–1W–L
77.2IP
19K
4.87ERA
1GS
12Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 0 | 43 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 23 | 22 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,659 | 3,658 |
| Batting · RBI | 542 | 543 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 37 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 372 | 387 |
| Pitching · p hr | 2 | 1 |
| Pitching · p r | 71 | 72 |
| Pitching · p w | 49 | 50 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 970 | 3,659 | 3,264 | 624 | 1,140 | 175 | 41 | 113 | 542 | 333 | 122 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1,736 | .349 | .413 | .532 | .945 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77.7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 71 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4.87 | 1.970 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1932-08-04 to 1932-08-24
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1930-07-23 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1930-06-27 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1923-07-07 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 488 | 1835 | 575 | 75 | 311 | 175 | 58 | .352 | .409 | .558 |
| Away | 482 | 1823 | 565 | 38 | 232 | 158 | 64 | .347 | .397 | .505 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 71 | 273 | 64 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | .264 | .322 | .397 |
| May | 174 | 659 | 199 | 18 | 91 | 73 | 27 | .345 | .413 | .525 |
| June | 192 | 700 | 217 | 19 | 99 | 55 | 19 | .344 | .389 | .524 |
| July | 206 | 820 | 274 | 23 | 115 | 74 | 19 | .372 | .424 | .550 |
| August | 176 | 709 | 216 | 29 | 134 | 64 | 26 | .341 | .395 | .540 |
| September | 148 | 487 | 164 | 15 | 75 | 43 | 20 | .376 | .425 | .576 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .900 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 140 | 542 | 158 | 17 | 67 | 45 | 12 | .324 | .375 | .487 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 130 | 519 | 186 | 19 | 87 | 56 | 20 | .409 | .466 | .655 |
| boston-braves | 126 | 505 | 155 | 10 | 54 | 53 | 22 | .349 | .412 | .482 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 126 | 507 | 165 | 18 | 83 | 40 | 17 | .360 | .404 | .570 |
| cincinnati-reds | 124 | 502 | 161 | 12 | 80 | 38 | 7 | .354 | .396 | .521 |
| new-york-giants | 85 | 385 | 115 | 14 | 57 | 29 | 16 | .329 | .374 | .483 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 83 | 334 | 101 | 15 | 57 | 35 | 7 | .344 | .407 | .571 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 80 | 286 | 85 | 8 | 50 | 33 | 13 | .341 | .413 | .546 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  New York Yankees | 19 | 16 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .250 | 5 | 2 |
| 1920 | New York Yankees | 13 | 12 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 3 | 2 |
| 1922 | New York Yankees | 8 | 9 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .333 | 16 | 5 |
| 1923 |  Boston Red Sox | 36 | 35 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .143 | 53 | 10 |
| 1928 |  New York Giants | 114 | 354 | 113 | 8 | 46 | 9 | .319 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 154 | 638 | 254 | 32 | 121 | 2 | .398 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Phillies | 140 | 528 | 202 | 22 | 98 | 3 | .383 | – | – |
| 1931 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 134 | 512 | 172 | 7 | 76 | 5 | .336 | – | – |
| 1932 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 148 | 595 | 219 | 21 | 92 | 12 | .368 | – | – |
| 1933 | Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants | 121 | 388 | 110 | 14 | 56 | 3 | .284 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Giants | 83 | 177 | 56 | 9 | 46 | 2 | .316 | – | – |