Lefty
O'Doul
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 4, 1897 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1925   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 PIT NL   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1920 23 PIT NL   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1921 24 PIT NL   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1922 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1923 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1924 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1925 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1926 29 PIT NL $ 1,800,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1927 30 PIT NL $ 1,800,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1928 31 PIT NL $ 1,800,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1929 32 PIT NL $ 3,280,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,280,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 PIT NL     9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1920 23 PIT NL     9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1921 24 PIT NL     9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1922 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1923 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1924 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1925 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1926 29 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1927 30 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1928 31 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1929 32 PIT NL $ 3,280,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,280,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1928 31 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.2
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.2
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .500 .000 .500
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 22 AAA   120 448 64 151 35 0 9 64 2 0 73 32 .337 .430 .475 .905 88.3  
1920 23 AAA   129 510 86 189 31 0 24 93 1 0 86 33 .371 .461 .573 1.034 122.5  
1921 24 AAA   114 458 104 192 39 1 25 105 1 1 53 25 .419 .479 .672 1.152 121.0  
1922 25 PIT NL 146 584 96 201 39 3 12 108 3 1 32 30 .344 .375 .483 .858 93.5 16.5
1923 26 PIT NL 120 452 72 164 34 5 8 79 2 1 40 17 .363 .412 .513 .925 84.5 15.8
1925 28 PIT NL 134 482 59 151 23 3 6 65 0 0 49 24 .313 .376 .411 .787 73.7 11.4
1926 29 PIT NL 147 574 61 163 24 4 4 67 1 0 45 26 .284 .335 .361 .696 67.4 11.8
1927 30 PIT NL 147 549 53 171 26 0 7 71 1 0 25 20 .311 .340 .397 .737 66.4 11.2
1928 31 PIT NL 138 499 63 146 17 1 11 67 0 0 35 21 .293 .340 .397 .737 68.5 12.9
1929 32 PIT NL 132 426 65 133 24 2 7 68 0 0 32 14 .312 .358 .427 .785 59.3 10.4
7 Years Sim 964 3566 469 1129 187 18 55 525 7 2 258 152 .317 .361 .425 .787 513.3 90.1
3 Years AAA 363 1416 254 532 105 1 58 262 4 1 212 90 .376 .456 .574 1.030 331.8  
162 Game Average 599 78 189 31 3 9 88 1 0 43 25 .317 .361 .425 .787 86.3  
Career Highs 147 584 96 201 39 5 12 108 3 1 49 30 .363 .412 .513 .925 93.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2706 360 855 144 15 44 370 4 2 208 113 .316 .363 .429 .792 401.7
vs LH   860 109 274 43 3 11 155 3 0 50 39 .319 .355 .414 .769 119.7
Home 478 1742 226 553 97 10 17 242 4 2 129 61 .317 .365 .414 .779 249.0
Away 486 1824 243 576 90 8 38 283 3 0 129 91 .316 .358 .436 .795 272.4
RISP   945 0 330 55 3 16 443 0 0 83 47 .349 .390 .465 .854 162.9
Pinch Hitting   78 10 29 5 0 1 16 0 0 9 4 .372 .437 .474 .911 14.9
Close/Late   376 22 119 18 0 4 46 0 0 29 15 .316 .363 .396 .760 52.4
Mar/Apr 93 368 53 115 18 4 6 44 0 1 23 11 .313 .348 .432 .781 52.5
May 192 709 103 218 35 6 8 90 5 0 67 37 .307 .368 .408 .776 104.0
June 173 663 86 208 37 1 9 98 0 1 53 28 .314 .361 .413 .775 95.2
July 191 695 90 225 29 3 21 117 1 0 36 20 .324 .358 .465 .823 107.5
August 173 610 73 191 34 2 8 94 1 0 49 31 .313 .363 .415 .778 88.2
Sep/Oct 142 521 64 172 34 2 3 82 0 0 30 25 .330 .363 .420 .783 74.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1922 25 PIT NL LF 107 106 909.0 181 2 10 1 .948 1.81   3.5
    RF 37 34 302.7 62 2 1 1 .985 1.90    
1923 26 PIT NL RF 115 115 979.7 210 4 9 2 .960 1.97   3.6
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1925 28 PIT NL RF 127 126 1082.3 240 10 7 2 .973 2.08   2.1
    LF 4 0 10.0 3 0 1 0 .750 2.70    
1926 29 PIT NL RF 142 138 1224.0 249 8 15 1 .945 1.89   2.9
1927 30 PIT NL LF 127 122 1050.3 210 7 11 2 .952 1.86   2.1
    RF 18 17 152.7 34 2 2 0 .947 2.12    
1928 31 PIT NL LF 118 108 964.7 189 4 11 2 .946 1.80   2.0
    RF 6 5 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1929 32 PIT NL RF 76 71 624.0 160 1 7 0 .958 2.32   2.1
    LF 42 24 241.7 45 3 1 1 .980 1.79    
  RF 521 506 4411.3 964 27 41 6 .960 2.02   10.6
  LF 400 360 3180.7 629 16 34 6 .950 1.83   7.5
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   922 866 7593.0 1593 43 75 12 .956 1.94   18.2
Career Highs   145 140 1224.0 249 10 15 2 .969 2.17    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1922-5-.344
1923-1-.360*
1925-10-.313
1927-9-.311
CAR-16-.317
On-Base Pct
1923-4-.408*
Slugging Pct
1923-7-.509*
OPS
1923-5-.917*
Games
1926-7-147
At-Bats
1922-6-584
1926-3-574
Hits
1922-3-201
1926-10-163
1927-5-171
Total Bases
1922-7-282
Singles
1922-4-147
1925-10-119
1926-5-131
1927-4-138
1928-10-117
Doubles
1922-5-39
1923-6-34
RBIs
1922-6-108
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Frank Welch (950)
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  3. Freddy Leach (929)
  4. Alejandro Oms (921)
  5. Ed Delahanty (919)
  6. Tommy Griffith (917)
  7. Heinie Manush (916)
  8. Ray Blades (912)
  9. Bill Terry (909)
  10. Bob Fothergill (907)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1919
Injured on 6/22/1921 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/18/1921 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/12/1922, off Jose Mendez (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1922, off Joe Wood (SLN)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1922, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1922, hitting .432 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 7/7/1922
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/12/1922
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/15/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 6/25/1923, hitting .567 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1923, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/25/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1923, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 8/30/1923 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
9/24/1928: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,280,000 per year, for 2 years