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Odell Hale
Arvel Odell Hale (Bad News)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 1, 1931
Final Game September 7, 1941
Born August 10, 1908 in Hosston, LA
Died June 9, 1980 in ElDorado, AR

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 22 CLE AL  25   92   14   26   2  4   1    5   2  0   8   8  .283  .340  .424   95   39   2           0    
 1933 24 CLE AL  98  351   49   97  19  8  10   64   2  3  30  37  .276  .333  .462  105  162   5           0    
 1934 25 CLE AL 143  563   82  170  44  6  13  101   8 12  48  50  .302  .357  .471  112  265   5           0    
 1935 26 CLE AL 150  589   80  179  37 11  16  101  15 13  52  55  .304  .361  .486  115  286   6           1    
 1936 27 CLE AL 153  620  126  196  50 13  14   87   8  5  64  43  .316  .380  .506  114  314   9           0    
 1937 28 CLE AL 154  561   74  150  32  4   6   82   9  6  56  41  .267  .335  .371   79  208   8           1    
 1938 29 CLE AL 130  496   69  138  32  2   8   69   8  1  44  39  .278  .338  .399   86  198  18           1    
 1939 30 CLE AL 108  253   36   79  16  2   4   48   4  5  25  18  .312  .374  .439  110  111   8           0   9
 1940 31 CLE AL  48   50    3   11   3  1   0    6   0  0   5   7  .220  .291  .320   60   16   0           0   1
 1941 32 TOT     53  126   18   25   5  0   1   10   1  0  21  17  .198  .313  .262   60   33   4           0   1
         BOS AL  12   24    5    5   2  0   1    1   0  0   3   4  .208  .296  .417   85   10   1           0   1
         NYG NL  41  102   13   20   3  0   0    9   1     18  13  .196  .317  .225   53   23   3           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1062 3701  551 1071 240 51  73  573  57 45 353 315  .289  .352  .441  101 1632  65   0   0   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565   84  163  37  8  11   87   9  7  54  48  .289  .352  .441  101  249  10   0   0   0   2
 Career High    154  620  126  196  50 13  16  101  15 13  64  55  .316  .380  .506  115  314  18   0   0   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 22 CLE AL  102   68   14   5.5   113| .283  .294| .340  .362| .424  .420| .764  .782|  95  .552  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1933 24 CLE AL  386  262   53   5.4   110| .276  .287| .333  .359| .462  .413| .795  .772| 105  .561   0.2   0.0  40%
 1934 25 CLE AL  616  410   91   5.9   112| .302  .288| .357  .362| .471  .415| .828  .777| 112  .574   8.6   0.8  40%
 1935 26 CLE AL  648  429  100   6.2   113| .304  .290| .361  .363| .486  .419| .847  .782| 115  .597  11.2   1.1  53%
 1936 27 CLE AL  693  438  119   7.2   124| .316  .302| .380  .379| .506  .444| .886  .823| 114  .619  12.4   1.1  61%
 1937 28 CLE AL  626  425   69   4.3   115| .267  .287| .335  .362| .371  .428| .706  .790|  79  .409 -17.7  -1.6  60%
 1938 29 CLE AL  559  377   68   4.7   116| .278  .288| .338  .366| .399  .429| .737  .795|  86  .452 -11.3  -1.0  88%
 1939 30 CLE AL  286  196   40   5.4   111| .312  .283| .374  .357| .439  .418| .813  .775| 110  .530   4.1   0.4  44%
 1940 31 CLE AL   55   40    5   3.3   108| .220  .276| .291  .348| .320  .418| .611  .766|  60  .324  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1941 32 TOT     151  106   10   2.5    98| .198  .270| .313  .342| .262  .384| .575  .726|  60  .278  -6.3  -0.7 100%
         BOS AL   28   21    3   3.8   108| .208  .278| .296  .355| .417  .410| .713  .764|  85  .403  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         NYG NL  123   85    7   2.2    96| .196  .268| .317  .339| .225  .378| .542  .717|  53  .240  -5.7  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4122 2751  569   5.5   115| .289  .289| .352  .364| .441  .424| .793  .787| 101  .533  -2.9  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 22 CLE AL 3B 15 20 25 4 1 .918 .943 3.00 2.89 2B 10 14 26 7 3 .851 .964 4.00 5.48 SS 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.80 1933 24 CLE AL 2B 73 213 259 23 45 .954 .971 6.47 5.63 3B 21 24 28 6 2 .897 .954 2.48 2.73 1934 25 CLE AL 2B 137 408 480 41 107 .956 .969 6.48 5.67 3B 5 4 8 0 1 1.000 .945 2.40 2.96 1935 26 CLE AL 3B 149 160 312 31 17 .938 .947 3.17 2.94 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.60 1936 27 CLE AL 3B 148 169 323 28 26 .946 .946 3.32 3.02 2B 3 3 15 0 2 1.000 .973 6.00 5.57 1937 28 CLE AL 3B 90 96 199 11 24 .964 .946 3.28 3.07 2B 64 180 207 11 37 .972 .972 6.05 5.28 1938 29 CLE AL 2B 127 304 343 25 72 .963 .967 5.09 5.32 1939 30 CLE AL 2B 73 141 146 10 31 .966 .965 3.93 5.14 3B 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 3.05 1940 31 CLE AL 3B 3 2 5 3 0 .700 .933 2.33 3.13 1941 32 TOT 2B 30 91 72 7 16 .959 .962 5.43 5.25 BOS AL 3B 6 8 4 2 0 .857 .945 2.00 3.18 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 5.20 NYG NL 2B 29 89 72 6 16 .964 .962 5.55 5.25
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 22 CLE AL 2B 10 14 26 7 3 .851 .964 4.00 5.48 1933 24 CLE AL 2B 73 213 259 23 45 .954 .971 6.47 5.63 1934 25 CLE AL 2B 137 408 480 41 107 .956 .969 6.48 5.67 1935 26 CLE AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.60 1936 27 CLE AL 2B 3 3 15 0 2 1.000 .973 6.00 5.57 1937 28 CLE AL 2B 64 180 207 11 37 .972 .972 6.05 5.28 1938 29 CLE AL 2B 127 304 343 25 72 .963 .967 5.09 5.32 1939 30 CLE AL 2B 73 141 146 10 31 .966 .965 3.93 5.14 1941 32 TOT 2B 30 91 72 7 16 .959 .962 5.43 5.25 BOS AL 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 5.20 NYG NL 2B 29 89 72 6 16 .964 .962 5.55 5.25 1931 22 CLE AL 3B 15 20 25 4 1 .918 .943 3.00 2.89 1933 24 CLE AL 3B 21 24 28 6 2 .897 .954 2.48 2.73 1934 25 CLE AL 3B 5 4 8 0 1 1.000 .945 2.40 2.96 1935 26 CLE AL 3B 149 160 312 31 17 .938 .947 3.17 2.94 1936 27 CLE AL 3B 148 169 323 28 26 .946 .946 3.32 3.02 1937 28 CLE AL 3B 90 96 199 11 24 .964 .946 3.28 3.07 1939 30 CLE AL 3B 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 3.05 1940 31 CLE AL 3B 3 2 5 3 0 .700 .933 2.33 3.13 1941 32 BOS AL 3B 6 8 4 2 0 .857 .945 2.00 3.18 1931 22 CLE AL SS 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 518 1354 1549 124 313 .959 .968 5.60 5.43 3B 439 484 905 86 71 .942 .947 3.16 2.99 SS 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 958 1838 2454 211 384 .953 .961 4.48 4.31
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1935 AL-150-9
1936 AL-153-9
1937 AL-154-7

At Bats
1936 AL-620-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1936 AL-693-9

Runs
1936 AL-126-8

Hits
1935 AL-179-9

Total Bases
1935 AL-286-10
1936 AL-314-7

Doubles
1934 AL-44-5
1935 AL-37-6
1936 AL-50-3

Triples
1935 AL-11-8
1936 AL-13-5

RBI
1934 AL-101-10
1935 AL-101-10

Strikeouts
1935 AL-55-10

Stolen Bases
1935 AL-15-6

Runs Created
1935 AL-100-10

Extra-Base Hits
1934 AL-63-10
1935 AL-64-8
1936 AL-77-7

Sac. Hits
1938 AL-18-2

Caught Stealing
1934 AL-12-3
1935 AL-13-1

Power/Speed Number
1935 AL-15.5-2

Outs
1935 AL-429-9
1936 AL-438-9

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (812) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.2 (484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.0 (705) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 12, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Dobson and Frankie Pytlak to the Boston Red Sox for Gene Desautels, Jim Bagby, and Gee Walker.

June 19, 1941: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.

September 9, 1941: Purchased by the Milwaukee (American Association) from the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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