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Oddibe McDowell

Oddibe McDowell

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 25, 1962 in Hollywood, FL
Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Miami-Dade College (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1985 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Braves/Indians 1985-1994

Final Game: August 10, 1994 (Age 31)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1085. Orator Shafer… #1086. Taffy Wright… #1087. Chris Young… #1088. ODDIBE MCDOWELL… #1089. Cesar Geronimo… #1090. Gary Pettis… #1091. Eric Soderholm… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1985 22 TEX AL 111 452 406 63 97 14 5 18 42 25 7 36 85 .239 .304 .431 .735 98 175 6 3 5 2 2 8/D RoY-4
1986 23 TEX AL 154 643 572 105 152 24 7 18 49 33 15 65 112 .266 .341 .427 .767 106 244 12 1 3 2 5 *8/D
1987 24 TEX AL 128 463 407 65 98 26 4 14 52 24 2 51 99 .241 .324 .428 .751 98 174 8 0 3 2 0 *8
1988 25 TEX AL 120 487 437 55 108 19 5 6 37 33 10 41 89 .247 .311 .355 .666 85 155 3 2 2 5 2 *8/D
1989 26 TOT MLB 145 578 519 89 138 23 6 10 46 27 15 52 73 .266 .333 .391 .724 104 203 3 1 4 2 3 *87/D
1989 26 CLE AL 69 270 239 33 53 5 2 3 22 12 5 25 36 .222 .296 .297 .593 68 71 3 1 3 2 0 7/D8
1989 26 ATL NL 76 308 280 56 85 18 4 7 24 15 10 27 37 .304 .365 .471 .836 136 132 0 0 1 0 3 8
1990 27 ATL NL 113 329 305 47 74 14 0 7 25 13 2 21 53 .243 .295 .357 .652 76 109 3 2 0 1 0 87/9
1994 31 TEX AL 59 220 183 34 48 5 1 1 15 14 2 28 39 .262 .355 .317 .672 77 58 3 0 6 3 0 89/D
7 Yrs 830 3172 2829 458 715 125 28 74 266 169 53 294 550 .253 .323 .395 .718 95 1118 38 9 23 17 12
162 Game Avg. 162 619 552 89 140 24 5 14 52 33 10 57 107 .253 .323 .395 .718 95 218 7 2 4 3 2
TEX (5 yrs) 572 2265 2005 322 503 88 22 57 195 129 36 221 424 .251 .325 .402 .727 96 806 32 6 19 14 9
ATL (2 yrs) 189 637 585 103 159 32 4 14 49 28 12 48 90 .272 .329 .412 .741 104 241 3 2 1 1 3
CLE (1 yr) 69 270 239 33 53 5 2 3 22 12 5 25 36 .222 .296 .297 .593 68 71 3 1 3 2 0
AL (6 yrs) 641 2535 2244 355 556 93 24 60 217 141 41 246 460 .248 .322 .391 .713 93 877 35 7 22 16 9
NL (2 yrs) 189 637 585 103 159 32 4 14 49 28 12 48 90 .272 .329 .412 .741 104 241 3 2 1 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 22 TEX AL 111 452 -0 3 1 5 0 9 1.0 15 24 2.5 .508 .506 2.0 0.6 20 $60,000 8/D RoY-4
1986 23 TEX AL 154 643 2 3 -1 4 1 9 1.0 22 31 3.1 .506 .506 2.7 0.6 27 $135,000 *8/D
1987 24 TEX AL 128 463 -2 5 -0 -1 1 3 0.4 16 19 1.9 .502 .502 2.0 0.0 20 $200,000 *8
1988 25 TEX AL 120 487 -11 4 2 2 1 -3 -0.2 17 14 1.4 .498 .498 1.1 0.4 12 $250,000 *8/D
1989 26 CLE AL 69 270 -9 0 1 -5 -3 -15 -1.6 10 -6 -0.6 .476 .490 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $375,000 7/D8
1989 26 ATL NL 76 308 12 0 1 -5 1 10 1.1 10 20 2.1 .515 .507 2.6 -0.5 25 8
1990 27 ATL NL 113 329 -9 2 0 -5 1 -12 -1.2 11 -1 -0.2 .489 .492 0.3 -0.4 4 $690,000 87/9
1994 31 TEX AL 59 220 -5 1 1 1 -1 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .496 .499 0.5 0.1 5 89/D
7 Seasons 830 3172 -21 20 4 -4 1 0 0.4 108 108 10.6 .500 .500 11.0 -0.1 112 $1,710,000
TEX (5 yrs) 572 2265 -16 17 1 11 2 16 2.1 78 95 9.4 .503 .502 8.2 1.6 83 $645,000
ATL (2 yrs) 189 637 4 2 1 -10 2 -1 -0.1 20 19 1.9 .499 .500 2.8 -0.9 29 $690,000
CLE (1 yr) 69 270 -9 0 1 -5 -3 -15 -1.6 10 -6 -0.6 .476 .490 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $375,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 TEX AL 22 CF 103 98 91 851.1 298 286 10 2 4 .993 5 7 3.13 2.87 .988 2.91 2.88 RoY-4
1985 TEX AL 22 OF 103 98 91 851.1 293 282 9 2 2 .993 5 7 3.08 2.83 .982 2.44 2.42 RoY-4
1985 TEX AL 22 DH 4 3 RoY-4
1986 TEX AL 23 OF 148 136 129 1221.2 341 325 13 3 3 .991 4 4 2.49 2.28 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 TEX AL 23 CF 147 136 129 1221.2 342 326 13 3 3 .991 4 4 2.50 2.31 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 TEX AL 23 DH 1 0
1987 TEX AL 24 CF 125 105 93 959.0 271 263 5 3 1 .989 -1 -2 2.52 2.14 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 TEX AL 24 OF 125 105 93 959.0 271 263 5 3 1 .989 -1 -2 2.52 2.14 .980 2.31 2.29
1988 TEX AL 25 CF 113 103 92 903.1 273 268 2 3 1 .989 2 3 2.69 2.39 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 TEX AL 25 OF 113 103 92 903.1 272 267 2 3 1 .989 2 3 2.68 2.38 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 TEX AL 25 DH 3 0
1989 TOT MLB 26 OF 132 127 120 1107.2 315 303 7 5 1 .984 -10 -10 2.52 2.35 .981 2.37 2.35
1989 TOT MLB 26 CF 69 67 64 588.0 183 177 2 4 0 .978 -4 -9 2.74 2.59 .985 2.69 2.70
1989 CLE AL 26 OF 64 61 57 529.0 130 124 5 1 1 .992 -5 -11 2.19 2.02 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 CLE AL 26 LF 63 60 56 519.2 128 122 5 1 1 .992 -5 -12 2.20 2.02 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 CLE AL 26 DH 2 0
1989 CLE AL 26 CF 1 1 1 9.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 26 0.96 1.00 .980 2.80 2.80
1989 ATL NL 26 CF 68 66 63 578.2 182 176 2 4 0 .978 -5 -10 2.77 2.62 .985 2.69 2.70
1989 ATL NL 26 OF 68 66 63 578.2 185 179 2 4 0 .978 -5 -10 2.82 2.66 .981 2.32 2.32
1990 ATL NL 27 OF 72 69 57 579.1 140 134 2 4 0 .971 -5 -11 2.11 1.89 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 ATL NL 27 CF 60 57 48 477.0 126 120 2 4 0 .968 -3 -7 2.30 2.03 .984 2.74 2.73
1990 ATL NL 27 LF 12 11 9 97.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -31 1.29 1.17 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 ATL NL 27 RF 1 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .980 2.16 2.20
1994 TEX AL 31 OF 53 44 29 406.1 117 113 2 2 0 .983 1 3 2.55 2.17 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 TEX AL 31 CF 31 20 16 195.2 70 67 1 2 0 .971 0 2 3.13 2.19 .988 2.76 2.74
1994 TEX AL 31 RF 27 24 13 210.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 2.05 1.78 .980 2.20 2.18
1994 TEX AL 31 DH 2 2
7 Seasons OF 746 682 611 6028.2 1749 1687 40 22 8 .987 -4 -1 2.58 2.32 .980 2.39 2.37
7 Seasons CF 648 586 533 5196.0 1563 1507 35 21 9 .987 3 1 2.67 2.38 .986 2.81 2.79
2 Seasons LF 75 71 65 617.0 142 136 5 1 1 .993 -8 -15 2.06 1.88 .977 2.16 2.15
2 Seasons RF 28 25 13 215.2 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 2.04 1.75 .980 2.20 2.18
7 Seasons TOT 746 682 611 6028.2 1749 1687 40 22 8 .987 -4 -1 2.58 2.32 .980 2.39 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL  105 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1986 AL  7 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1986 AL  33 (6th)
1988 AL  33 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1986 AL  15 (5th)
1988 AL  10 (6th)
1989 ML  15 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1987 AL  92.31 (1st)
1994 AL  87.50 (7th)
Career  76.13 (127th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1985 AL  20.9 (10th)
1986 AL  23.3 (6th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  147 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  10 (4th)
1986 AL  13 (1st)
1987 AL  5 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 NL  4 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  4 (4th)
1986 AL  3 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1986 AL  13 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.13 (4th)
Career  2.67 (63rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  .991 (4th)
1987 AL  .989 (4th)
1988 AL  .989 (4th)
Career  .987 (82nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.08 (5th)
Career  2.58 (74th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1815), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (217th), 10.6 career WAR/11.3 7yr-peak WAR/10.9 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198522Texas Rangers$60,0003/3/86 TSN
198623Texas Rangers$135,0001986 USA Today survey
198724Texas Rangers$200,000Proofing corrections
198825Texas Rangers$250,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198926Cleveland Indians$375,0001989 USA Today survey
199027Atlanta Braves$690,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,710,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

Utility Bills

Pay Period Year Consumption (1000 gal) Water Sewer Cust. Acct. Fee Stormwater Tax Misc Past Due Total Credit
1/18 to 2/1620119$35.40$45.61$4.06$0.00$3.54$0.00$0.00$88.61$0.00
2/16 to 3/17201110$40.19$48.74$4.06$21.00$4.02$0.00$0.00$118.01$0.00
3/17 to 4/1820118$30.61$42.48$4.06$0.00$3.06$0.00$0.00$80.21$0.00
4/18 to 5/1720117$25.82$39.35$4.06$0.00$2.58$0.00$0.00$71.81$44.99
5/17 to 6/16201111$44.98$51.87$4.06$0.00$4.49$0.00$0.00$105.40$0.00
6/16 to 7/1520116$21.03$36.22$4.06$0.00$2.10$2.64$105.40$171.45$0.00
7/15 to 8/1620115$18.72$33.09$4.06$0.00$1.87$1.65$0.00$59.39$0.00
8/16 to 9/1620114$16.41$29.96$4.06$21.00$1.64$0.00$0.00$73.07$0.00
9/16 to 10/1720116$21.49$36.84$4.10$0.00$2.15$1.79$71.72$138.09$0.00
10/17 to 11/1520115$19.43$34.04$4.14$0.00$1.94$0.00$0.00$59.55$0.00
11/15 to 12/1620115$19.43$34.04$4.14$0.00$1.94$1.49$59.55$120.59$0.00
12/16 to 1/1920125$19.43$34.04$4.14$0.00$1.94$89.55-$59.55$89.55$59.55
1/19 to 2/1620123$14.65$27.40$4.14$0.00$1.46$0.00-$30.45$17.20$30.45
2/16 to 3/1620125$19.43$34.04$4.14$21.00$1.94$0.00$0.00$80.55$0.00
Utilities may not be complete (especially for players not named Oddibe McDowell) and does not include cable, telephone, electricity, gas or trash pickup.
Source: DeadSpin

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