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Oddibe McDowell
Oddibe McDowell

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut May 19, 1985
  vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game August 10, 1994
Born August 25, 1962 in Hollywood, FL

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 22 TEX AL 111  406   63   97  14  5  18   42  25  7  36  85  .239  .304  .431   98  175   5   2   2   3   6 RoY-4
 1986 23 TEX AL 154  572  105  152  24  7  18   49  33 15  65 112  .266  .341  .427  106  244   3   2   5   1  12
 1987 24 TEX AL 128  407   65   98  26  4  14   52  24  2  51  99  .241  .324  .428   98  174   3   2   0   0   8
 1988 25 TEX AL 120  437   55  108  19  5   6   37  33 10  41  89  .247  .311  .355   85  155   2   5   2   2   3
 1989 26 TOT    145  519   89  138  23  6  10   46  27 15  52  73  .266  .333  .391  104  203   4   2   3   1   3
         CLE AL  69  239   33   53   5  2   3   22  12  5  25  36  .222  .296  .297   68   71   3   2   0   1   3
         ATL NL  76  280   56   85  18  4   7   24  15 10  27  37  .304  .365  .471  136  132   1   0   3   0   0
 1990 27 ATL NL 113  305   47   74  14  0   7   25  13  2  21  53  .243  .295  .357   76  109   0   1   0   2   3
 1994 31 TEX AL  59  183   34   48   5  1   1   15  14  2  28  39  .262  .355  .317   76   58   6   3   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      830 2829  458  715 125 28  74  266 169 53 294 550  .253  .323  .395   95 1118  23  17  12   9  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   89  140  24  5  14   52  33 10  57 107  .253  .323  .395   95  218   4   3   2   2   7
 Career High    154  572  105  152  26  7  18   52  33 15  65 112  .266  .355  .431  106  244   6   5   5   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 22 TEX AL  452  329   55   4.5   100| .239  .262| .304  .328| .431  .407| .735  .736|  98  .488  -2.6  -0.3  78%
 1986 23 TEX AL  643  452   83   4.9   102| .266  .264| .341  .332| .427  .412| .768  .744| 106  .523   4.3   0.4  68%
 1987 24 TEX AL  463  324   61   5.0   106| .241  .265| .324  .333| .428  .425| .752  .759|  98  .505  -1.3  -0.1  92%
 1988 25 TEX AL  487  349   53   4.1    96| .247  .262| .311  .327| .355  .394| .666  .721|  85  .463  -8.8  -0.9  76%
 1989 26 TOT     578  405   72   4.8    93| .266  .259| .333  .325| .391  .383| .724  .709| 104  .560   2.4   0.2  64%
         CLE AL  270  199   23   3.1    94| .222  .262| .296  .327| .297  .385| .593  .712|  68  .350 -10.5  -1.1  70%
         ATL NL  308  206   49   6.4    92| .304  .256| .365  .324| .471  .381| .836  .705| 136  .699  12.9   1.3  60%
 1990 27 ATL NL  329  237   34   3.8   102| .243  .270| .295  .337| .357  .406| .652  .743|  76  .439 -11.2  -1.1  86%
 1994 31 TEX AL  220  149   25   4.5   111| .262  .273| .355  .345| .317  .434| .672  .779|  76  .421  -5.6  -0.5  87%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3172 2245  383   4.6   100| .253  .264| .323  .331| .395  .406| .718  .737|  95  .498 -22.9  -2.3  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 22 TEX AL CF 103 286 10 2 4 .993 .988 2.87 2.56 3.13 2.91 98 851.3 DH 4 1986 23 TEX AL CF 147 326 13 3 3 .991 .986 2.31 2.47 2.50 2.83 136 1221.7 DH 1 1987 24 TEX AL CF 126 263 5 3 1 .989 .986 2.13 2.34 2.52 2.70 106 959.0 1988 25 TEX AL CF 113 268 2 3 1 .989 .985 2.39 2.52 2.69 2.91 103 903.3 DH 3 1989 26 TOT OF 132 303 7 5 1 .984 .981 2.35 2.04 2.52 2.37 127 1107.7 TOT CF 69 177 2 4 0 .978 .985 2.59 2.33 2.74 2.69 67 588.0 CLE AL OF 64 124 5 1 1 .992 .980 2.02 2.12 2.19 2.42 61 529.0 LF 63 122 5 1 1 .992 .977 2.02 1.83 2.20 2.16 60 519.7 DH 2 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 0.97 2.81 1 9.3 ATL NL CF 68 176 2 4 0 .978 .985 2.62 2.33 2.77 2.69 66 578.7 1990 27 ATL NL OF 72 134 2 4 0 .971 .981 1.89 2.01 2.11 2.39 69 579.3 CF 60 120 2 4 0 .968 .984 2.03 2.35 2.30 2.74 57 477.0 LF 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.17 1.71 1.29 2.19 11 97.3 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.80 2.16 1 5.0 1994 31 TEX AL OF 53 113 2 2 0 .983 .982 2.17 2.09 2.55 2.37 44 406.3 CF 31 67 1 2 0 .971 .988 2.19 2.44 3.13 2.76 20 195.7 RF 27 47 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.78 1.88 2.05 2.20 24 210.7 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 22 TEX AL CF 103 286 10 2 4 .993 .988 2.87 2.56 3.13 2.91 98 851.3 1986 23 TEX AL CF 147 326 13 3 3 .991 .986 2.31 2.47 2.50 2.83 136 1221.7 1987 24 TEX AL CF 126 263 5 3 1 .989 .986 2.13 2.34 2.52 2.70 106 959.0 1988 25 TEX AL CF 113 268 2 3 1 .989 .985 2.39 2.52 2.69 2.91 103 903.3 1989 26 TOT CF 69 177 2 4 0 .978 .985 2.59 2.33 2.74 2.69 67 588.0 CLE AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 0.97 2.81 1 9.3 ATL NL CF 68 176 2 4 0 .978 .985 2.62 2.33 2.77 2.69 66 578.7 1990 27 ATL NL CF 60 120 2 4 0 .968 .984 2.03 2.35 2.30 2.74 57 477.0 1994 31 TEX AL CF 31 67 1 2 0 .971 .988 2.19 2.44 3.13 2.76 20 195.7 1985 22 TEX AL DH 4 1986 23 TEX AL DH 1 1988 25 TEX AL DH 3 1989 26 CLE AL DH 2 1994 31 TEX AL DH 2 1989 26 CLE AL LF 63 122 5 1 1 .992 .977 2.02 1.83 2.20 2.16 60 519.7 1990 27 ATL NL LF 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.17 1.71 1.29 2.19 11 97.3 1985 22 TEX AL OF 103 282 9 2 2 .993 .982 2.83 2.10 3.08 2.44 98 851.3 1986 23 TEX AL OF 148 325 13 3 3 .991 .980 2.28 2.06 2.49 2.39 136 1221.7 1987 24 TEX AL OF 125 263 5 3 1 .989 .980 2.14 2.00 2.52 2.31 106 959.0 1988 25 TEX AL OF 113 267 2 3 1 .989 .979 2.38 2.14 2.68 2.47 103 903.3 1989 26 TOT OF 132 303 7 5 1 .984 .981 2.35 2.04 2.52 2.37 127 1107.7 CLE AL OF 64 124 5 1 1 .992 .980 2.02 2.12 2.19 2.42 61 529.0 ATL NL OF 68 179 2 4 0 .978 .981 2.66 1.96 2.81 2.32 66 578.7 1990 27 ATL NL OF 72 134 2 4 0 .971 .981 1.89 2.01 2.11 2.39 69 579.3 1994 31 TEX AL OF 53 113 2 2 0 .983 .982 2.17 2.09 2.55 2.37 44 406.3 1990 27 ATL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.80 2.16 1 5.0 1994 31 TEX AL RF 27 47 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.78 1.88 2.05 2.20 24 210.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 746 1687 40 22 8 .987 .981 2.32 2.06 2.58 2.39 683 6028.7 75 649 28# CF* 649 1507 35 21 9 .987 .986 2.38 2.44 2.67 2.81 587 5196.0 LF* 75 136 5 1 1 .993 .977 1.88 1.81 2.06 2.16 71 617.0 RF* 28 48 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.75 1.88 2.04 2.20 25 215.7 DH 12 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 746 1687 40 22 8 .987 .981 2.32 2.06 2.58 2.39 683 6029
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Runs
1986 AL-105-8

Triples
1986 AL-7-5

Stolen Bases
1986 AL-33-6
1988 AL-33-7

Caught Stealing
1986 AL-15-5
1988 AL-10-6

Power/Speed Number
1985 AL-20.9-10
1986 AL-23.3-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 12, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.

December 6, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jerry Browne and Pete O'Brien to the Cleveland Indians for Julio Franco.

July 2, 1989: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Dion James.

March 28, 1991: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 17, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 28, 1991: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

May 14, 1992: Released by the California Angels.

July 13, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 21, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Texas Rangers$60,000
1986Texas Rangers$135,000
1988Texas Rangers$250,000
1989Cleveland Indians$375,000
1990Atlanta Braves$690,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,510,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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