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.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
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
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
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
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).