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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 4

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	88	2	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.54	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
2	89	4	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	7-8	W(1-0)	1	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	1.64	7	2	1	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.113	3.42	-0.13%	-0.11	7t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
3	90	7	Apr 19(1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	GS-6		2	5.2	6	4	4	4	0	1	0	4.00	4.99	26	8	10	0	4	4	37			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.215	2.99	-0.32%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
4	91	11	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	6-6		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.66	4.92	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.063	1.70	-0.09%	-0.93	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 12- 2 out d3
5	92	13	Apr 26(1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-5		2	5.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.30	4.52	22	10	6	2	0	4	45			0	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	1	0	.89	-0.028	2.64	-0.05%	0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	93	19	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9		6	8.1	5	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.52	4.85	30	10	9	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.076	3.37	0.14%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
7	94	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.0	5	4	3	3	5	2	0	3.60	5.14	30	9	8	0	3	5	55			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.034	2.93	-0.07%	-0.69	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d4
8	95	28	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	8.0	9	2	1	3	3	1	0	3.08	5.02	34	11	12	0	3	5	58			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.113	4.16	0.22%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	96	34	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.80	4.65	29	7	10	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.292	4.92	0.71%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
10	97	38	May 24(1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.1	11	8	8	1	2	3	0	3.86	5.13	30	5	11	0	0	11	20			0	0	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.192	2.83	-0.39%	-4.94	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d8
11	98	40	May 26	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	9-9		1	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.03	5.13	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.112	3.55	-0.22%	-0.98	9t --- 0 out a3	9t 12- 0 out a3
12	99	43	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	2-GF(8)	L(2-4)	2	7.0	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	4.01	4.91	31	12	6	2	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.107	2.95	-0.22%	0.27	2b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	100	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	6.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.20	4.80	27	8	9	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.124	3.71	-0.34%	-1.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
14	101	53	Jun 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	GS-4		5	4.0	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	4.21	4.58	17	4	4	0	1	6	43			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.147	4.78	-0.38%	-1.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
15	102	58	Jun 14(2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(2-6)	4	10.0	6	3	2	2	6	0	0	3.91	4.24	40	18	8	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	38	1	1	1	1	0	3	1.55	-0.116	6.19	-0.28%	1.73	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
16	103	62	Jun 19(1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(3-6)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.71	4.23	32	12	16	3	3	2	71			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	.67	0.137	2.16	0.26%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	104	69	Jun 26(1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	GS-9	W(4-6)	6	8.1	10	7	7	3	2	3	0	4.05	4.54	39	6	18	0	4	10	34			1	0	0	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	.56	0.117	2.38	0.30%	-2.62	1b start a 2	9b --- 1 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	105	76	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	3-GF	W(5-6)	6	6.1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.79	4.32	21	8	7	0	2	1		3	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.137	1.01	0.25%	3.59	3t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 5
19	106	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	4.28	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.030	1.34	0.06%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
20	107	85	Jul 14(1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	L(5-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.54	4.18	36	9	16	0	4	3	73			0	0	0	31	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.47	0.227	4.20	0.39%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	108	91	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.43	4.18	21	6	9	2	3	2	66			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.243	2.09	0.34%	1.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	109	96	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-10		5	9.1	5	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.32	4.22	38	17	10	2	1	5	68			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	3	1.61	-0.049	2.92	-0.05%	1.45	1b start a 1	10b -23 1 out tie
23	110	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-3	L(6-8)	4	2.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.53	4.26	16	5	3	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.41	-0.285	1.60	-0.19%	-2.90	1b start a 1	3b 12- 2 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	111	105	Aug 2(1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	4.23	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.191	1.94	0.09%	0.47	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
25	112	106	Aug 2(2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	9-GF	L(6-9)	-1	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.70	4.32	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	-0.368	3.28	-0.23%	-2.78	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 3
26	113	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	GS-8		3	8.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.55	4.29	33	17	6	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	.98	0.277	.63	0.11%	2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	114	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	8-8		5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.55	4.32	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	-0.144	.77	-0.02%	-0.85	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t 123 0 out a2
28	115	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	7-GF	L(6-10)	1	3.0	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	3.48	4.31	14	5	4	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.36	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.75	7t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 4
29	116	118	Aug 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	W(7-10)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.35	4.34	34	6	16	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.363	.02	0.01%	2.87	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
30	117	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	4.33	4	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.013	.01	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
31	118	124	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-6		2	5.0	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.40	4.27	21	8	6	0	0	4	44			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out a3
32	119	126	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-8		2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	4.27	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	-0.335	.01	0.00%	-1.35	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-3 0 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	120	130	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-10)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.27	4.15	37	12	11	2	4	7	76			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.79	0.302	.00	0.00%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	121	135	Sep 7(1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-10)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.10	4.05	32	7	12	1	1	4	82			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.330	.00	0.00%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
35	122	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	GS-7	L(9-11)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.13	4.00	30	11	8	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.089	.00	0.00%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
36	123	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-12)	7	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.06	4.02	27	14	6	0	3	5	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	2	.78	0.208	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
37	124	152	Sep 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	4.01	7	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
38	125	155	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(10-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	0	2.93	3.86	34	13	6	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.340	.00	0.00%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							17-20		W-L:10-12,Sv:1	3.5	199.1	163	74	65	67	88	18	1	2.93	3.86	826	1.06		4%	7%	144	57	10	10%	2	4	1	741	27	11	8	13	4	20	1.03	0.852	2.21	-0.11%	20.66

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