Oddibe McDowell

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: August 25, 1962 in Hollywood, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the New York Yankees in the 1st round (9th) of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1982 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st) of the 1983 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: May 19, 1985 (Age 22-267d, 15,022nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1994 (Age 31-350d)
vs. SEA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Oddibe McDowell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.6

2829

715

.253

458

RBI

266

169

OBP

.323

SLG

.395

OPS

.719

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 74 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

12 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 32 go ahead

3 Tms
TEX	57
ATL	14
CLE	3

Platoon
vs RHP	64
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	35

Outs
0	37
2	19
1	18

21 Opps
MIN	11
NYY	7
CLE	6
TOR	6
SDP	5
SEA	5
OAK	4
BOS	4
CHW	4
CAL	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
DET	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
SFG	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

59 Pitchers
Bert Blyleven	5
Jim Clancy	3
Joel Davis	2
Richard Dotson	2
Calvin Schiraldi	2
Mike Morgan	2
Bruce Hurst	2
Doug Drabek	2
Mike Boddicker	2
Joe Niekro	2
Dave Stieb	2
Jeff Reardon	1
Ron Darling	1
Stew Cliburn	1
Alfonso Pulido	1
Keith Atherton	1
Mark Portugal	1
Tim Leary	1
Roy Lee Jackson	1
Phil Niekro	1
Tim Lollar	1
Jerry Reed	1
Tom Waddell	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Eric Plunk	1
Marty Bystrom	1
Greg Harris	1
Jack Morris	1
Greg Swindell	1
Andy Benes	1
Steve Crawford	1
Dan Quisenberry	1
Gene Nelson	1
Scott Nielsen	1
Mike Armstrong	1
Danny Darwin	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Rick Mahler	1
Ed Whitson	1
John Cerutti	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Bob Long	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
David Cone	1
Ken Schrom	1
Urbano Lugo	1
Steve Fireovid	1
Bill Wilkinson	1
Frank Viola	1
Moose Haas	1
Willie Fraser	1
Mike Campbell	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Tim Belcher	1
Mike Smithson	1
Storm Davis	1
Scott Garrelts	1
Bob James	1

21 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	27
Metrodome (MIN)	7
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	6
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	5
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	41
89	5
8	4
7	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	51
3	6
1	5
4	4
2	3
7+	3
6	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	68
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	55
1--	8
-2-	3
1-3	3
12-	2
--3	2
123	1

100 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	55
1 on	13
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	13
2	8
3	11
4	3
5	8
6	7
7	9
8	4
9	8
Extra	3

1-3	32
4-6	18
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	8
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	29
-1	5
-2	2
-3	8
-4..	11

Ahead	19
Tied	29
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	51
0-0	5
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-0	3
2-1	3
1-1	3
2-0	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	66
PH	4
LF	3
DH	1

OrderPos
1st	54
7th	11
8th	4
6th	2
4th	1
9th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-06-08	TEX	@	OAK	Keith Atherton	behind 3-6	t 9	2	1--		2	1	8	0.024	3%		Home Run; W. Tolleson Scores
2	2	2	1	1985-06-11	TEX	@	CAL	Stew Cliburn	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.123	82%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1985-06-26	TEX	@	SEA	Bob Long	tied 2-2	t 6	1	-2-		2	8	PH	0.234	76%		Home Run; D. Slaught Scores
4	4	4	1	1985-07-10	TEX	@	CLE	Jerry Reed	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---		1	1	8	0.054	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1985-07-11	TEX	@	NYY	Mike Armstrong	behind 6-11	t 9	1	---		1	1	8	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1985-07-22	TEX		CLE	Vern Ruhle	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---		1	1	8	0.258	87%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1985-07-23	TEX		CLE	Tom Waddell	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	---		1	1	8	0.018	99%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1985-07-24	TEX		CLE	Bert Blyleven	behind 3-7	b 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.056	13%		Home Run
9	9	9	1	1985-07-27	TEX		NYY	Phil Niekro	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.101	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run
10	10	10	1	1985-07-28	TEX		NYY	Marty Bystrom	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.097	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
11	11	11	1	1985-07-30	TEX	@	MIL	Moose Haas	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--		2	1	8	0.168	78%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Tolleson Scores
12	12	12	1	1985-08-04	TEX	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---		1	1	8	0.145	59%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1985-08-23	TEX	@	KCR	Dan Quisenberry	tied 3-3	t 9	2	---		1	8	8	0.412	81%		Home Run
14	14	14	1	1985-08-31	TEX		KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---		1	1	8	0.107	88%		Home Run
15	15	15	1	1985-09-02	TEX		BOS	Tim Lollar	behind 0-7	b 3	1	-2-		2	1	8	0.045	10%		Home Run; W. Tolleson Scores
16	16	16	1	1985-09-03	TEX		BOS	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-4	b 3	1	---		1	1	8	0.068	21%		Home Run
17	17	17	1	1985-09-05	TEX		CHW	Joel Davis	behind 3-10	b 7	1	---		1	1	8	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	18	1	1985-09-25	TEX		MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---		1	4	DH	0.097	29%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1986-04-11	TEX		BAL	Storm Davis	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---		1	1	8	0.098	26%		Home Run
20	20	2	1	1986-04-14	TEX	@	MIL	Tim Leary	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---		1	1	8	0.061	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	3	1	1986-04-29	TEX		CLE	Ken Schrom	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.117	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	1986-05-11 (1)	TEX		NYY	Joe Niekro	tied 3-3	b 5	0	1--		2	1	8	0.197	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line); S. Fletcher Scores
23	23	5	1	1986-05-16	TEX	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	6	1	1986-05-27	TEX		CHW	Richard Dotson	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.112	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	7	1	1986-06-04	TEX	@	CHW	Bob James	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---		1	1	8	0.051	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	8	1	1986-06-07 (1)	TEX		SEA	Mike Morgan	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.096	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	9	1	1986-06-11	TEX	@	MIN	Roy Lee Jackson	tied 2-2	t 16	0	12-		3	6	8	0.267	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Ward Scores; R. Sierra Scores
28	28	10	1	1986-06-19	TEX		OAK	Eric Plunk	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---		1	1	8	0.060	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	11	1	1986-06-26	TEX	@	SEA	Steve Fireovid	ahead 7-3	t 4	0	---		1	1	8	0.044	92%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	12	1	1986-07-07	TEX		NYY	Scott Nielsen	behind 1-7	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.039	11%		Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	13	1	1986-07-08	TEX		NYY	Alfonso Pulido	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	--3		2	1	8	0.048	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Fletcher Scores
32	32	14	1	1986-08-03	TEX	@	MIL	Danny Darwin	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.095	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run
33	33	15	1	1986-08-17	TEX	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---		1	1	8	0.070	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	16	2	1986-08-17	TEX	@	TOR	John Cerutti	tied 6-6	t 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.188	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	17	1	1986-09-01	TEX	@	BOS	Steve Crawford	behind 2-6	t 9	2	---		1	8	PH	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	18	1	1986-09-16	TEX	@	OAK	Joaquín Andújar	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1987-04-06	TEX	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.094	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run
38	38	2	1	1987-05-02	TEX	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	8	0.094	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1987-06-01	TEX		CHW	Joel Davis	behind 7-9	b 12	1	123		4	7	8	0.657	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); P. Incaviglia Scores; P. O'Brien Scores; L. Parrish Scores
40	40	4	1	1987-06-05	TEX	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---		1	7	8	0.064	83%		Home Run
41	41	5	1	1987-06-06	TEX	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	8	8	0.101	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1987-06-13	TEX		OAK	Gene Nelson	behind 5-8	b 6	1	12-		3	7	8	0.318	54%		Home Run (LF-CF); P. Incaviglia Scores; P. O'Brien Scores
43	43	7	1	1987-06-23	TEX		CAL	Willie Fraser	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	7	8	0.106	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
44	44	8	1	1987-06-28	TEX		MIN	Mike Smithson	tied 2-2	b 4	2	1--		2	7	8	0.222	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Incaviglia Scores
45	45	9	1	1987-07-01	TEX		SEA	Bill Wilkinson	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---		1	7	8	0.045	94%		Home Run
46	46	10	1	1987-07-07	TEX	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 1-6	t 8	1	---		1	7	8	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	11	1	1987-08-08	TEX	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	1--		2	7	8	0.054	98%		Home Run; L. Parrish Scores
48	48	12	1	1987-09-22	TEX	@	MIN	Joe Niekro	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---		1	6	8	0.088	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	13	1	1987-09-23	TEX	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	8	0.105	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	14	2	1987-09-23	TEX	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	8	0.109	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1988-04-06	TEX		CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	0.095	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
52	52	2	1	1988-04-30	TEX	@	NYY	Richard Dotson	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.085	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	3	1	1988-05-22 (1)	TEX		MIN	Mark Portugal	behind 4-15	b 9	1	---	7,(3-2) FBBBCFX	1	1	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	4	1	1988-08-26	TEX		TOR	Mike Flanagan	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	1	8	0.072	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
55	55	5	1	1988-09-17	TEX	@	CAL	Urbano Lugo	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	0.021	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	6	1	1988-09-25	TEX		SEA	Mike Campbell	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1989-04-28	CLE	@	MIN	Juan Berenguer	tied 6-6	t 7	0	1-3	7,(3-2) FBBBFFX	3	1	7	0.184	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Allanson Scores; F. Fermín Scores
58	58	2	1	1989-05-22	CLE	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	7	0.150	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); L. Aguayo Scores
59	59	3	1	1989-06-20	CLE		MIN	Jeff Reardon	behind 2-7	b 9	1	1--	4,(2-1) .BBCX	2	7	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Snyder Scores
60	60	4	1	1989-08-02	ATL		SDP	Greg Harris	behind 4-8	b 7	1	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	1	8	0.084	16%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Benedict Scores
61	61	5	1	1989-08-11 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	Andy Benes	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.130	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	6	1	1989-08-26	ATL	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
63	63	7	1	1989-08-29	ATL	@	PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 0-3	t 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.173	33%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Glavine Scores
64	64	8	2	1989-08-29	ATL	@	PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 2-5	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.072	16%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
65	65	9	1	1989-09-04	ATL		SDP	Ed Whitson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.107	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	10	1	1989-09-27	ATL	@	HOU	Jim Clancy	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	9	PH	0.356	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1990-04-15	ATL		CIN	Rick Mahler	behind 1-2	b 5	2	1-3	6,(1-2) FSFBFX	3	1	8	0.381	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Presley Scores; T. Glavine Scores
68	68	2	1	1990-04-30	ATL		NYM	David Cone	behind 0-1	b 3	1	-2-	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	1	8	0.196	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Lemke Scores
69	69	3	1	1990-05-01	ATL		NYM	Ron Darling	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.100	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
70	70	4	1	1990-06-01	ATL	@	SDP	Calvin Schiraldi	ahead 9-3	t 2	2	1-3	4,(2-1) .BFBX	3	1	8	0.046	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Blauser Scores/unER; J. Smoltz Scores/unER; O. McDowell Scores/Team unER
71	71	5	1	1990-06-11	ATL		SFG	Scott Garrelts	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.185	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
72	72	6	1	1990-07-30	ATL	@	SDP	Calvin Schiraldi	tied 3-3	t 11	0	---	7,(3-2) BFBFFBX	1	1	8	0.344	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
73	73	7	1	1990-09-05	ATL	@	LAD	Mike Morgan	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1994-07-03	TEX		DET	Tim Belcher	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	0.105	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)

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MIN	11
NYY	7
CLE	6
TOR	6
SDP	5
SEA	5
OAK	4
BOS	4
CHW	4
CAL	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
DET	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
SFG	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

MIN	11
NYY	7
CLE	6
TOR	6
SDP	5
SEA	5
OAK	4
BOS	4
CHW	4
CAL	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
DET	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
SFG	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

MIN	11
NYY	7
CLE	6
TOR	6
SDP	5
SEA	5
OAK	4
BOS	4
CHW	4
CAL	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
DET	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
SFG	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
HOU	1