Odell Jones
Odell Jones
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 13, 1953 in Tulare, CA
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1975
Final Game: September 23, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 22 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1977 24 PIT NL 3 7 .300 5.08 34 15 9 1 0 0 108.0 118 63 61 14 31 2 66 3 2 4 466 78 1.380 9.8 1.2 2.6 5.5 2.13
1978 25 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 2.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 2 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 38 186 1.222 7.0 0.0 4.0 10.0 2.50
1979 26 SEA AL 3 11 .214 6.07 25 19 2 3 0 0 118.2 151 90 80 16 58 8 72 3 0 6 553 73 1.761 11.5 1.2 4.4 5.5 1.24
1981 28 PIT NL 4 5 .444 3.31 13 8 1 0 0 0 54.1 51 23 20 3 23 6 30 0 1 1 232 110 1.362 8.4 0.5 3.8 5.0 1.30
1983 30 TEX AL 3 6 .333 3.09 42 0 33 0 0 10 67.0 56 28 23 4 22 1 50 2 0 1 281 129 1.164 7.5 0.5 3.0 6.7 2.27
1984 31 TEX AL 2 4 .333 3.64 33 0 24 0 0 2 59.1 62 28 24 7 23 3 28 2 0 3 254 114 1.433 9.4 1.1 3.5 4.2 1.22
1986 33 BAL AL 2 2 .500 3.83 21 0 12 0 0 0 49.1 58 22 21 4 23 6 32 0 0 2 219 108 1.642 10.6 0.7 4.2 5.8 1.39
1988 35 MIL AL 5 0 1.000 4.35 28 2 8 0 0 1 80.2 75 47 39 8 29 6 48 1 3 7 339 91 1.289 8.4 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.66
9 Seasons 24 35 .407 4.42 201 45 91 4 0 13 549.1 579 304 270 56 213 32 338 11 6 24 2392 92 1.442 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.59
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .407 4.42 56 12 25 1 0 4 152 160 84 75 15 59 9 93 3 2 7 661 92 1.442 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.59
PIT (4 yrs) 9 12 .429 4.28 52 24 12 1 0 0 174.1 177 89 83 17 58 8 108 3 3 5 746 89 1.348 9.1 0.9 3.0 5.6 1.86
TEX (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.35 75 0 57 0 0 12 126.1 118 56 47 11 45 4 78 4 0 4 535 122 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.6 1.73
SEA (1 yr) 3 11 .214 6.07 25 19 2 3 0 0 118.2 151 90 80 16 58 8 72 3 0 6 553 73 1.761 11.5 1.2 4.4 5.5 1.24
BAL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.83 21 0 12 0 0 0 49.1 58 22 21 4 23 6 32 0 0 2 219 108 1.642 10.6 0.7 4.2 5.8 1.39
MIL (1 yr) 5 0 1.000 4.35 28 2 8 0 0 1 80.2 75 47 39 8 29 6 48 1 3 7 339 91 1.289 8.4 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.66
AL (5 yrs) 15 23 .395 4.49 149 21 79 3 0 13 375.0 402 215 187 39 155 24 230 8 3 19 1646 93 1.485 9.6 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.48
NL (4 yrs) 9 12 .429 4.28 52 24 12 1 0 0 174.1 177 89 83 17 58 8 108 3 3 5 746 89 1.348 9.1 0.9 3.0 5.6 1.86

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 22 PIT NL 2 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 .125 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 PIT NL 34 466 424 63 118 18 6 14 11 3 31 66 .278 .330 .448 .778 .300 190 2 3 5 3 2
1978 25 PIT NL 3 38 34 3 7 3 0 0 2 1 4 10 .206 .289 .294 .584 .292 10 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 SEA AL 25 553 476 90 151 23 4 16 16 7 58 72 .317 .390 .483 .874 .343 230 15 3 10 6 8
1981 28 PIT NL 13 232 204 23 51 12 2 3 4 3 23 30 .250 .325 .373 .697 .279 76 2 0 4 1 6
1983 30 TEX AL 42 281 251 28 56 9 4 4 2 2 22 50 .223 .289 .339 .627 .261 85 1 2 4 2 1
1984 31 TEX AL 33 253 220 28 62 10 1 7 9 4 23 28 .282 .352 .432 .784 .294 95 8 2 6 2 3
1986 33 BAL AL 21 219 190 22 58 9 2 4 8 2 23 32 .305 .373 .437 .810 .342 83 6 0 2 4 6
1988 35 MIL AL 28 339 299 47 75 13 1 8 8 2 29 48 .251 .313 .381 .695 .269 114 7 1 4 6 6
9 Seasons 201 2391 2108 304 579 97 20 56 60 24 213 338 .275 .341 .419 .760 .301 884 41 11 35 24 32
162 Game Avg. 56 661 583 84 160 27 6 15 17 7 59 93 .275 .341 .419 .760 .301 244 11 3 10 7 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 24 PIT NL 34 15 2 6 7 1 1 6 9 .400 1 1 1 0 6 40% 45 76 19 13 4 5 4 3.7 4.8 5.1
1978 25 PIT NL 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 0 0 0 1 5.6 0.0 5.0
1979 26 SEA AL 25 19 3 9 7 0 1 8 11 .421 1 4 3 0 6 32% 40 63 19 27 9 1 11 4.4 3.7 5.1
1981 28 PIT NL 13 8 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 3 38% 50 76 27 7 4 1 3 3.3 3.3 5.6
1988 35 MIL AL 28 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 63 87 38 15 7 0 0 5.8 2.8 6.5 89 1 0 1 0 101
5 Seasons 103 45 10 19 16 3 3 21 24 .467 2 8 4 0 16 36% 45 87 19 62 24 7 19 4.1 3.8 5.3 89 1 0 1 0 101
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 22 PIT NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.015 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1977 24 PIT NL 34 19 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 0 0% 8 0.948 5 3 11 2 2 15 7 12 10 4 10 2 4.9
1978 25 PIT NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.665 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1979 26 SEA AL 25 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 4 1.099 1 2 3 2 0 4 3 3 5 0 5 0 10.7
1981 28 PIT NL 13 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.072 2 1 2 0 2 3 1 4 4 1 4 2 5.6
1983 30 TEX AL 42 42 33 3 6 15 10 5 67% 15 0 38 11 29% 9 1.683 22 7 13 19 8 15 23 19 17 10 17 5 4.8
1984 31 TEX AL 33 33 24 2 4 5 2 3 40% 6 1 21 8 38% 8 1.286 9 7 17 10 4 19 11 22 22 6 23 3 5.4
1986 33 BAL AL 21 21 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 9 38% 8 0.813 5 7 9 1 3 17 13 8 15 6 15 0 7.0
1988 35 MIL AL 28 26 8 4 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 10 42% 5 0.540 1 6 19 2 1 23 15 11 22 2 22 1 7.8 42
9 Seasons 201 156 91 14 16 22 13 9 59% 25 3 124 40 32% 1.054 46 34 76 36 21 99 73 83 98 29 99 13 6.0 42

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 22 PIT NL 10 20% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.40 80% 0 0
1977 24 PIT NL 466 34% 3.0% 14.2% 6.7% 8.2% 32% 0.78 74% 72 2 3%
1978 25 PIT NL 38 37% 0.0% 26.3% 10.5% 7.9% 43% 0.45 63% 6 0 0%
1979 26 SEA AL 553 51% 2.9% 13.0% 10.5% 7.8% 29% 1.07 71% 113 15 13%
1981 28 PIT NL 232 36% 1.3% 12.9% 9.9% 7.3% 33% 1.00 74% 37 2 5%
1983 30 TEX AL 281 40% 1.4% 17.8% 7.8% 6.1% 30% 0.82 71% 51 1 2%
1984 31 TEX AL 254 57% 2.8% 11.1% 9.1% 7.1% 29% 1.06 74% 54 8 15%
1986 33 BAL AL 219 38% 1.8% 14.6% 10.5% 6.9% 26% 0.92 72% 50 6 12%
1988 35 MIL AL 339 42% 2.4% 14.2% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 0.81 0.91 73% 14% 11.6% 50% 62 7 11%
9 Seasons 2392 43% 2.3% 14.1% 8.9% 7.2% 30% 0.81 0.92 73% 14% 11.6% 50% 445 41 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 35 MIL AL 339 1268 3.74 793 63% 25% 13% 28% 33% 75% 5% 47% 82% 55% 6% 20 6 21% 71 40 6 27% 5 8 0 0 0
1 Season 339 1268 3.74 793 63% 25% 13% 28% 33% 75% 5% 47% 82% 55% 6% 20 6 21% 71 40 6 27% 5 8 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 22 PIT NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 PIT NL 466 118 14 0 6 10 4 5 9 22 10 3 45% 2 4 2 171 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1978 25 PIT NL 38 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 1 0 0 14 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 SEA AL 553 151 16 1 11 6 10 11 5 36 25 3 69% 7 6 0 222 16 7 70% 15 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 20 0
1981 28 PIT NL 232 51 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 5 4 1 80% 5 1 0 93 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 0
1983 30 TEX AL 281 56 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 14 8 2 57% 3 1 0 115 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 31 TEX AL 254 62 7 0 8 2 5 2 5 13 8 1 62% 3 3 0 103 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1986 33 BAL AL 219 58 4 0 11 2 2 4 0 19 9 1 47% 0 2 0 98 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1988 35 MIL AL 339 75 11 2 8 0 9 5 3 4 4 29 15 3 52% 5 7 2 119 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
9 Seasons 2392 579 11 2 56 1 55 30 26 29 27 140 79 15 56% 26 24 4 936 60 24 71% 53 22 7 2 0 0 7 1 83 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 22 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1976 23 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1977 24 3 7 .300 4.95 36 15 10 1 0 0 111.0 119 63 61 14 31 2 68 3 2 4 476 80 1.351 9.6 1.1 2.5 5.5 2.19 80
1978 25 5 7 .417 4.72 39 16 11 1 0 0 120.0 126 66 63 14 35 2 78 3 2 4 514 83 1.342 9.5 1.1 2.6 5.9 2.23 83
1979 26 8 18 .308 5.39 64 35 13 4 0 0 238.2 277 156 143 30 93 10 150 6 2 10 1067 77 1.550 10.4 1.1 3.5 5.7 1.61 77
1980 27 8 18 .308 5.39 64 35 13 4 0 0 238.2 277 156 143 30 93 10 150 6 2 10 1067 77 1.550 10.4 1.1 3.5 5.7 1.61 77
1981 28 12 23 .343 5.01 77 43 14 4 0 0 293.0 328 179 163 33 116 16 180 6 3 11 1299 81 1.515 10.1 1.0 3.6 5.5 1.55 81
1982 29 12 23 .343 5.01 77 43 14 4 0 0 293.0 328 179 163 33 116 16 180 6 3 11 1299 81 1.515 10.1 1.0 3.6 5.5 1.55 81
1983 30 15 29 .341 4.65 119 43 47 4 0 10 360.0 384 207 186 37 138 17 230 8 3 12 1580 87 1.450 9.6 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.67 87
1984 31 17 33 .340 4.51 152 43 71 4 0 12 419.1 446 235 210 44 161 20 258 10 3 15 1834 90 1.448 9.6 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.60 90
1985 32 17 33 .340 4.51 152 43 71 4 0 12 419.1 446 235 210 44 161 20 258 10 3 15 1834 90 1.448 9.6 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.60 90
1986 33 19 35 .352 4.44 173 43 83 4 0 12 468.2 504 257 231 48 184 26 290 10 3 17 2053 92 1.468 9.7 0.9 3.5 5.6 1.58 92
1987 34 19 35 .352 4.44 173 43 83 4 0 12 468.2 504 257 231 48 184 26 290 10 3 17 2053 92 1.468 9.7 0.9 3.5 5.6 1.58 92
1988 35 24 35 .407 4.42 201 45 91 4 0 13 549.1 579 304 270 56 213 32 338 11 6 24 2392 92 1.442 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.59 92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 22 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 2
1977 24 4 7 .364 5.28 104.0 119 68 61 14 31 64 3 1.442 10.3 2.7 5.5 2.06 1.2 34
1978 25 1 0 1.000 2.00 9.0 7 2 2 0 4 10 0 1.222 7.0 4.0 10.0 2.50 0.0 3
1979 26 4 8 .333 6.10 115.0 150 87 78 16 58 70 3 1.809 11.7 4.5 5.5 1.21 1.3 25
1981 28 4 4 .500 3.81 78.0 80 37 33 5 36 43 0 1.487 9.2 4.2 5.0 1.19 0.6 13
1983 30 4 3 .571 3.41 66.0 59 28 25 4 23 49 2 1.242 8.0 3.1 6.7 2.13 0.5 42
1984 31 3 3 .500 4.02 56.0 62 28 25 7 23 26 2 1.518 10.0 3.7 4.2 1.13 1.1 33
1986 33 2 3 .400 4.30 46.0 58 24 22 4 23 30 0 1.761 11.3 4.5 5.9 1.30 0.8 21
1988 35 3 5 .375 4.91 77.0 78 47 42 8 30 46 1 1.403 9.1 3.5 5.4 1.53 0.9 28
9 Seasons 25 33 .431 4.68 554.0 613 321 288 58 228 340 11 1.518 10.0 5.5 1.49 0.9 201

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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