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Billy O'Dell
William Oliver O'Dell

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Clemson

MLB Debut June 20, 1954
Final Game September 12, 1967
Born February 10, 1933 in Whitmire, SC
Died September 12, 2018 (age 85)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1954 21 WAA AL   3   1  .750  20   0   0   2   0   0   15.2   14    67    6    6   0    6   3   0    2   0  0  3.45  
 1955           [Did not play]
 1956           [Did not play]
 1957 24 BOA AL   4   7  .364  51  13   0  10   0   0  134.2   95   542   46   42  10   41   9   1  102   0  0  2.81  
 1958 25 BOA AL  14   8  .636  32  31   5   1   0   3  210.2  226   886   92   84  23   39   6   2  179   4  1  3.59  
 1959 26 BOA AL  13  11  .542  29  29   7   0   0   1  204.0  157   844   86   70  26   78   3   5  106   2  0  3.09  CY-10
 1960 27 KCA AL   8  16  .333  40  34   1   4   0   1  222.1  235   983  125  113  23   80   7   6  152   3  0  4.57  
 1961 28 KCA AL   8   7  .533  42  14   4  15   4   1  142.2  141   605   72   64  17   44   5   5  106   4  0  4.04  
 1962 29 KCA AL  16  15  .516  42  41   5   1   0   0  286.0  294  1221  148  128  29   85   6   4  206   6  0  4.03  CY-11
 1963 30 KCA AL   7  19  .269  39  38   1   1   0   0  243.2  287  1074  125  118  23   80  15   6  131   4  0  4.36  
 1964 31 KCA AL   7   3  .700  45   5   1  10   2   1   90.1   93   383   30   25   6   28   1   2   65   1  0  2.49  
 1965 32 MLN NL   7   7  .500  64   0   0  50  24   0  113.1   98   460   43   42   9   33   8   2   72   8  0  3.34  CY-14
 1966 33 ATN NL   5   2  .714  23   2   0  11   4   0   43.0   47   183   19   18  10   12   0   2   22   0  0  3.77  
         PIN NL   4   3  .571  10   0   0   7   0   0   23.2   22    94    7    6   2    6   2   0    7   0  0  2.28  
         TOT      9   5  .643  33   2   0  18   4   0   66.2   69   277   26   24  12   18   2   2   29   0  0  3.24 
 1967 34 PIN NL   1   2  .333  10   4   0   0   0   0   32.0   34   144   15   14   3   15   0   1   13   1  0  3.94  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 12 Seasons      97 101  .490 447 211  24 112  34   7 1762.0 1743  7486  814  730 181  547  65  36 1163  33  1  3.73
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With KCA      46  60  .434 208 132  12  31   6   3  985.0 1050  4266  500  448  98  317  34  23  660  18  0  4.09
   With BOA      31  26  .544 112  73  12  11   0   4  549.1  478  2272  224  196  59  158  18   8  387   6  1  3.21
   With ATN      12   9  .571  87   2   0  61  28   0  156.1  145   643   62   60  19   45   8   4   94   8  0  3.45
   With PIN       5   5  .500  20   4   0   7   0   0   55.2   56   238   22   20   5   21   2   1   20   1  0  3.23
   With WAA       3   1  .750  20   0   0   2   0   0   15.2   14    67    6    6   0    6   3   0    2   0  0  3.45
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     105 100  .512 479 199  63 137  48  13 1817.0 1697  7643  758  665 137  556  66  42 1133  30  5  3.29
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1954 21 WAA AL  18    7   4.2   0          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000   28   
 1955           [Did not play]
 1956           [Did not play]
 1957 24 BOA AL  25   38   2.5   5  4.15   29   4   0  .138   1    2    1  .500    2    0 1.000  -50   
 1958 25 BOA AL  21   99   4.2   0  5.68   69   7   1  .101   0    9    9 1.000    5    1  .833   41   
 1959 26 BOA AL  30   78   3.4   0  4.55   64  13   2  .203   2    6    4  .667    3    2  .600  -30   
 1960 27 KCA AL  17  124   4.9   0  3.38   68   6   0  .088   0    6    4  .667   11    2  .846   21   
 1961 28 KCA AL  29   74   4.7   9  6.43   40   5   0  .125   0    3    3 1.000    0    1  .000   19   
 1962 29 KCA AL  21  133   4.1   0  4.05   94   7   0  .074   8   11    2  .182    6    3  .667   13   
 1963 30 KCA AL  22  144   5.4   1  4.50   73  13   0  .178   2   12    8  .667   14    7  .667   51   
 1964 31 KCA AL  33   41   4.1   4  3.40   19   0   0  .000   3    4    1  .250    1    0 1.000  -73   
 1965 32 MLN NL  25   41   3.3  28         17   2   0  .118   0    0    0  .000    1    1  .500    4   
 1966 33 ATN NL  17   25   5.3   5  6.00    5   1   0  .200   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000   90   
         PIN NL  24    8   3.0   1          4   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  -64   
         TOT          33   4.5   6          9   1   0  .111   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000
 1967 34 PIN NL  26   18   5.3   0  2.50    5   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  -50   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 12 Seasons          835   4.2  53        487  58   3  .119  16   59   37  .627   43   17  .717    8   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  WAA   87-67   Larry Cupp
 1957  BOA   78-76   Mike Petersen
 1958  BOA   79-75   Mike Petersen
 1959  BOA   83-71   Mike Petersen
 1960  KCA   69-85   Drew Kennedy
 1961  KCA   79-75   Drew Kennedy
 1962  KCA   82-80   Drew Kennedy
 1963  KCA   59-103  Drew Kennedy
 1964  KCA   72-90   Drew Kennedy
 1965  MLN   75-87   James Taglia
 1966  ATN   89-73   James Taglia
 1966  PIN   78-84   Dennis Van Langen
 1967  PIN   86-76   Dennis Van Langen

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