Lefty O'Doul
Lefty O'Doul
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
First Game: April 29, 1919; Final Game: September 30, 1934
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Minor League Manager of the Year (1945)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1932)
Lefty O'Doul
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1919 NY A 19 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 .250 .294 .250 -0.1 1919 NY A
1920 NY A 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .250 -0.1 1920 NY A
1922 NY A 8 9 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 0.0 1922 NY A
1923 BOS A 36 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 .143 .189 .143 0.0 1923 BOS A
1928 NY N 114 354 67 113 19 4 8 46 30 8 0 6 9 .319 .372 .463 -0.5 1928 NY N
1929 PHI N 154 638 152 254 35 6 32 122 76 19 4 13 2 .398 .465 .622 4.5 1929 PHI N
1930 PHI N 140 528 122 202 37 7 22 97 63 21 5 10 3 .383 .453 .604 2.1 1930 PHI N
1931 BRO N 134 512 85 172 32 11 7 75 48 16 3 1 5 .336 .396 .482 1.6 1931 BRO N
1932 BRO N 148 595 120 219 32 8 21 90 50 20 7 5 11 .368 .423 .555 4.0 1932 BRO N
1933 BRO N 43 159 14 40 5 1 5 21 15 6 1 0 3 2 .252 .320 .390 -0.3 1933 BRO N
1933 NY N 78 229 31 70 9 1 9 35 29 17 2 1 7 1 .306 .388 .472 0.9 1933 NY N
1933 TOT N 121 388 45 110 14 2 14 56 44 23 3 1 10 3 .284 .361 .438 0.6 1933 TOT N
1934 NY N 83 177 27 56 4 3 9 46 18 7 1 1 0 2 .316 .383 .525 0.5 1934 NY N
Total NL 894 3192 618 1126 173 41 113 532 329 114 23 37 10i 35 .353 .417 .539 12.8 Total NL
Total AL 76 72 6 14 2 0 0 10 4 8 0 2 1 0i .194 .237 .222 -0.2 Total AL
Total 970 3264 624 1140 175 41 113 542 333 122 23 39 10i 36 0i .349 .413 .532 12.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record 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 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 Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1919 NY A 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 27 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 -0.1 1919 NY A
1920 NY A 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.2 4 17 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.91 0.0 1920 NY A
1922 NY A 6 0 0 0 6 0 16 24 80 0 13 6 12 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.38 0.0 1922 NY A
1923 BOS A 23 1 0 0 17 0 53 69 248 2 50 32 31 10 8 0 4 0 1 1 5.43 -0.7 1923 BOS A
Total 34 1 0 0 26 0 77.2 104 372 2 71 42 49 19 8 2 5 0 1 1 4.87 -0.8 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1919 NY A P 3 0 1 1 0 .500
1919 NY A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1920 NY A P 2 0 0 0 0 -
1920 NY A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1922 NY A P 6 1 4 0 0 1.000
1923 BOS A P 23 2 21 1 0 .958
1923 BOS A OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1928 NY N OF 94 149 4 6 0 .962 94 0 0
1929 PHI N OF 154 320 14 10 5 .971 139 0 15
1930 PHI N OF 131 262 3 13 1 .953 131 0 0
1931 BRO N OF 132 285 4 14 0 .954 132 0 0
1932 BRO N OF 148 317 4 7 0 .979 148 0 0
1933 BRO N OF 41 88 1 5 0 .947 41 0 0
1933 NY N OF 63 109 4 3 0 .974 32 0 31
1933 TOT N LF -
1933 TOT N OF 104 197 5 8 0 .962 73 0 31
1934 NY N OF 38 60 1 2 0 .968 27 0 11
Total OF 804 1591 35 60 6 .964 744 1 59
Total P 34 3 26 2 0 .935
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions 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 ).
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