Billy O'Dell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: February 10, 1933 in Whitmire, SC us

Died: September 12, 2018 in Newberry, SC

Buried: Newberry Memorial Gardens, Newberry, SC

High School: Newberry HS (Newberry, SC)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: June 20, 1954 (Age 21-130d, 11,143rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1967 (Age 34-214d)
vs. CIN 1.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: William Oliver O'Dell

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.8

105

100

ERA

3.29

479

199

1817.0

1133

WHIP

1.240

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-22 / in Starts: 12-11
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 67 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	31 (18-10-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 67 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (21-13-6)

Most Driven In
B Gardner	1
Self	1
J Ginsberg	0

Most Driven In By
B Klaus	3
Self	1
B Boyd	1
W Tasby	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	91	2 (1)	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5						P
2	92	4 (1)	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					2						P
3	93	7 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.39	-0.040	3.40	-0.06%	-0.34	P
4	94	11 (3)	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
5	95	13 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.45	-0.012	1.33	-0.02%	-0.10	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	96	19 (5)	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.92	-0.143	5.95	-0.27%	-0.93	P
7	97	23 (3)	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.09	0.001	3.90	0.00%	-0.02	P
8	98	28 (4)	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.91	-0.045	2.94	-0.09%	-0.32	P
9	99	34 (5)	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.455	.705	9	.70	0.191	2.85	0.47%	1.66	P
10	100	38 (3)	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.286	.417	.702	9	.62	-0.024	2.09	-0.05%	-0.32	P
11	101	40 (1)	May 26	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.417	.702	3						P
12	102	43 (2)	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	2-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.357	.607	9	1.30	-0.071	4.52	-0.15%	-0.56	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	103	48 (4)	Jun 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.313	.535	9	.93	-0.046	4.20	-0.13%	-0.38	P
14	104	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.313	.535	9						PR
15	105	53 (3)	Jun 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.294	.505	9	.37	-0.009	1.59	-0.02%	-0.10	P
16	106	58 (4)	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.300	.527	9	1.86	-0.107	7.45	-0.26%	-0.48	P
17	107	62 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.250	.442	9	.90	-0.101	2.88	-0.20%	-1.12	P
18	108	68 (5)	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.192	.250	.442	2	2.75	0.033	13.52	0.10%	0.09	PR
19	109	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.107	.167	.214	.381	9	.32	0.007	1.37	0.02%	-1.37	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	110	76 (6)	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	3-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.233	.421	9	.05	0.000	.14	0.00%	0.07	P
21	111	82 (5)	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.233	.421	1						P
22	112	85 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.226	.454	9	1.22	0.072	3.47	0.12%	0.40	P
23	113	91 (5)	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.216	.212	.428	9	.56	-0.028	1.30	-0.04%	-0.32	P
24	114	96 (4)	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.195	.189	.384	9	.98	-0.115	1.78	-0.13%	-1.00	P
25	115	102 (5)	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.184	.375	9	.99	-0.026	1.12	-0.02%	-0.24	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	116	105 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.190	.184	.375	9						P
27	117	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.190	.184	.375	9						P
28	118	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.190	.184	.375	9						PR
29	119	110 (2)	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.175	.357	9	.70	-0.035	.46	-0.01%	-0.25	P
30	120	113 (2)	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.175	.357	9						P
31	121	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.175	.357	9						P
32	122	118 (3)	Aug 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.170	.163	.333	9	.24	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.30	P
33	123	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.170	.163	.333	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	124	121 (1)	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.170	.163	.333	9						P
35	125	123 (1)	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.170	.163	.333	4						PR
36	126	124	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.163	.156	.319	9	.40	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
37	127	126 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.089	.163	.156	.319	3						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	128	130 (3)	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.146	.300	9	.46	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-1.11	P
39	129	135 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.077	.143	.135	.277	9	.41	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.76	P
40	130	142 (6)	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.138	.130	.268	9	.78	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
41	131	150 (7)	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.089	.150	.143	.293	9	.92	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
42	132	152 (1)	Sep 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.089	.150	.143	.293	9						P
43	133	155 (2)	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.141	.133	.274	9	1.27	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
							20-22		67	60	5	5	0	0	1	2	4	0	18	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	.083	.141	.133	.274		.89	-0.757	2.29	-0.72%	-8.02

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