Blue Moon Odom

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 178lb (183cm, 80kg)

Born: May 29, 1945 in Macon, GA us

High School: Ballard Hudson HS (Macon, GA)

Debut: September 5, 1964 (Age 19-099d, 12,292nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER

Last Game: August 17, 1976 (Age 31-080d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 9 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Johnny Lee Odom

Nicknames: Blue Moon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

3.70

295

229

1509.0

857

WHIP

1.425

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1964	19	KCA-min	AA,WRk	8	10	.444	4.72	25	25		9	1		164.0	174	106	86	5	104	1	118	2	2	14				1.695	9.5	0.3	5.7	6.5	1.13	BIR,ATH SOUL,FLIL
1964	19	KCA	AL	1	2	.333	10.06	5	5	0	1	1	0	17.0	29	21	19	5	11	0	10	0	0	5	91	39	7.19	2.353	15.4	2.6	5.8	5.3	0.91
1965	20	KCA-min	A	11	14	.440	4.27	29	29		13	1		198.0	207	125	94	16	118	4	184	5	0	30				1.641	9.4	0.7	5.4	8.4	1.56	LEW NORW
1965	20	KCA	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	56	8.52	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1966	21	KCA-min	AA	12	5	.706	3.09	19	19		8	0		140.0	119	56	48	7	61	5	96	8	0	3				1.286	7.7	0.5	3.9	6.2	1.57	MOB SOUL
1966	21	KCA	AL	5	5	.500	2.49	14	14	0	4	2	0	90.1	70	31	25	1	53	2	47	2	0	7	387	137	3.48	1.362	7.0	0.1	5.3	4.7	0.89
1967	22	KCA-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.25	6	6		2	0		40.0	39	17	10	2	22	0	35	0	0	0				1.525	8.8	0.5	5.0	7.9	1.59	VAN PCL
1967	22	KCA	AL	3	8	.273	5.04	29	17	6	0	0	0	103.2	94	67	58	9	68	7	67	3	0	7	467	64	4.43	1.563	8.2	0.8	5.9	5.8	0.99
1968	23	OAK	AL	16	10	.615	2.45	32	31	0	9	4	0	231.1	179	74	63	9	98	9	143	7	0	17	950	113	3.02	1.197	7.0	0.4	3.8	5.6	1.46	AS
1969	24	OAK	AL	15	6	.714	2.92	32	32	0	10	3	0	231.1	179	87	75	15	112	5	150	6	1	13	965	117	3.59	1.258	7.0	0.6	4.4	5.8	1.34	AS
1970	25	OAK	AL	9	8	.529	3.80	29	29	0	4	1	0	156.1	128	77	66	14	100	1	88	8	0	14	688	93	4.75	1.458	7.4	0.8	5.8	5.1	0.88
1971	26	OAK	AL	10	12	.455	4.29	25	25	0	3	1	0	140.2	147	78	67	13	71	7	69	0	0	6	630	78	4.19	1.550	9.4	0.8	4.5	4.4	0.97
1972	27	OAK	AL	15	6	.714	2.50	31	30	0	4	2	0	194.1	164	62	54	10	87	2	86	3	0	5	804	115	3.57	1.292	7.6	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.99
1973	28	OAK	AL	5	12	.294	4.49	30	24	4	3	0	0	150.1	153	86	75	14	67	3	83	2	1	8	658	79	4.05	1.463	9.2	0.8	4.0	5.0	1.24
1974	29	OAK	AL	1	5	.167	3.81	34	5	7	1	0	1	87.1	85	39	37	4	52	3	52	3	0	4	384	88	3.87	1.569	8.8	0.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1975	30	TOT	MLB	2	9	.182	7.22	25	13	2	1	1	0	77.1	101	64	62	7	47	1	44	1	1	5	364	53	4.49	1.914	11.8	0.8	5.5	5.1	0.94
1975	30	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	7.59	10	3	1	1	1	0	21.1	23	18	18	2	19	1	14	1	0	1	101	51	5.31	1.969	9.7	0.8	8.0	5.9	0.74
1975	30	OAK	AL	0	2	.000	12.27	7	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	19	15	15	1	11	1	4	1	0	1	59	31	6.31	2.727	15.5	0.8	9.0	3.3	0.36
1975	30	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	2.61	3	1	1	1	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	42	149	4.23	1.161	3.5	0.9	7.0	8.7	1.25
1975	30	ATL	NL	1	7	.125	7.07	15	10	1	0	0	0	56.0	78	46	44	5	28	0	30	0	1	4	263	54	4.18	1.893	12.5	0.8	4.5	4.8	1.07
1976	31	ATL-CHW-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.32	15	15		5	0	0	95.0	93	48	35	9	53	4	75	0	0	6				1.537	8.8	0.9	5.0	7.1	1.42	RMD,IWA IL,AA
1976	31	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	5.79	8	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	31	21	18	2	20	0	18	1	0	1	133	63	4.53	1.821	10.0	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.90
1977	32	OAK-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.60	6	6		1	0	0	45.0	43	24	18	2	36	1	26	3	0	0				1.756	8.6	0.4	7.2	5.2	0.72	SJO PCL
13 Yrs				84	85	.497	3.70	295	229	21	40	15	1	1509.0	1362	708	620	103	788	40	857	36	3	92	6528	89	3.90	1.425	8.1	0.6	4.7	5.1	1.09
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.497	3.70	38	30	3	5	2	0	196	177	92	80	13	102	5	111	5	0	12	847	89	3.90	1.425	8.1	0.6	4.7	5.1	1.09
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
OAK (12 yrs)				80	76	.513	3.53	269	214	17	39	14	1	1414.2	1249	638	555	95	732	40	799	35	2	87	6090	92	3.87	1.400	7.9	0.6	4.7	5.1	1.09
ATL (1 yr)				1	7	.125	7.07	15	10	1	0	0	0	56.0	78	46	44	5	28	0	30	0	1	4	263	54	4.18	1.893	12.5	0.8	4.5	4.8	1.07
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.61	3	1	1	1	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	42	149	4.23	1.161	3.5	0.9	7.0	8.7	1.25
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.79	8	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	31	21	18	2	20	0	18	1	0	1	133	63	4.53	1.821	10.0	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.90

AL (13 yrs)				83	78	.516	3.57	280	219	20	40	15	1	1453.0	1284	662	576	98	760	40	827	36	2	88	6265	91	3.88	1.407	8.0	0.6	4.7	5.1	1.09
NL (1 yr)				1	7	.125	7.07	15	10	1	0	0	0	56.0	78	46	44	5	28	0	30	0	1	4	263	54	4.18	1.893	12.5	0.8	4.5	4.8	1.07

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