Lefty O'Doul

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Full Name: Francis Joseph O'Doul	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 29, 1919
Birthdate: March 4, 1897	Final Game: September 30, 1934
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: December 7, 1969
Deathplace: San Francisco, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Lefty O'Doul (Francis Joseph O'Doul) was born on March 4, 1897 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 29, 1919 for the New York Yankees. In 1928, his rookie year, he hit .319 with 8 home runs and 46 RBI. O'Doul played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Robins and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Lefty O'Doul's best season was 1929, when he slugged 32 home runs, hit for a .398 average and knocked in 122 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1919	NY	A	19	16	2	4	0	1	.250	.294	.250	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
1920	NY	A	13	12	2	2	0	1	.167	.231	.250	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1922	NY	A	8	9	0	3	0	4	.333	.333	.444	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1923	BOS	A	36	35	2	5	0	4	.143	.189	.143	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
1928	NY	N	114	354	67	113	8	46	.319	.372	.463	19	4	30	8	0	6	9	0	0
1929	PHI	N	154	638	152	254	32	122	.398	.465	.622	35	6	76	19	4	13	2	0	0
1930	PHI	N	140	528	122	202	22	97	.383	.453	.604	37	7	63	21	5	10	3	0	0
1931	BRO	N	134	512	85	172	7	75	.336	.396	.482	32	11	48	16	3	1	5	0	0
1932	BRO	N	148	595	120	219	21	90	.368	.423	.555	32	8	50	20	7	5	11	0	0
1933	NY	N	78	229	31	70	9	35	.306	.388	.472	9	1	29	17	2	1	1	0	7
1933	BRO	N	43	159	14	40	5	21	.252	.320	.390	5	1	15	6	1	0	2	0	3
1933	TOT	N	121	388	45	110	14	56	.284	.361	.438	14	2	44	23	3	1	3	0	10
1934	NY	N	83	177	27	56	9	46	.316	.383	.525	4	3	18	7	1	1	2	0	0
Total	NL		894	3192	618	1126	113	532	.353	.417	.539	173	41	329	114	23	37	35	0	10
Total	AL		76	72	6	14	0	10	.194	.237	.222	2	0	4	8	0	2	1	0	0
Total			970	3264	624	1140	113	542	.349	.413	.532	175	41	333	122	23	39	36	0	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1919	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1919	NY	A	P	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1920	NY	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1920	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1922	NY	A	P	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	2	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1923	BOS	A	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	NY	N	OF	94	0	0	149	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1929	PHI	N	OF	154	0	0	320	14	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1930	PHI	N	OF	131	0	0	262	3	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1931	BRO	N	OF	132	0	0	285	4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1932	BRO	N	OF	148	0	0	317	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1933	NY	N	OF	63	0	0	109	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1933	BRO	N	OF	41	0	0	88	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1933	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1933	TOT	N	OF	104	0	0	197	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1934	NY	N	OF	38	0	0	60	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			P	34	0	0	3	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.935
Total			OF	804	0	0	1591	35	60	6	0	0	0	0	0	.964

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1919	NY	A	3	0	0	0	3.60	2	6	2	0	0	0	5	7	0	4	0	0	0
1920	NY	A	2	0	0	0	4.91	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	2	0	0	1
1922	NY	A	6	0	0	0	3.38	5	13	6	0	0	0	16	24	0	12	0	2	0
1923	BOS	A	23	1	1	1	5.43	10	50	32	0	0	0	53	69	2	31	0	0	4
Total			34	1	1	1	4.87	19	71	42	0	0	0	77.2	104	2	49	0	2	5

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees with Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell and $50000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Joe Dugan and Elmer Smith (July 23, 1922).
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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