Billy O'Dell
William Oliver O'Dell
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 10, 1932 in Whitmire, SC
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Final Game: September 12, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 BAL AL 22 P 7 2 16.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76 0.71 .960 1.98 0.93
1956 BAL AL 24 P 4 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 0.82
1957 BAL AL 25 P 35 15 140.1 21 5 14 2 1 .905 1.22 0.54 .967 1.99 0.86
1958 BAL AL 26 P 41 25 221.1 44 12 32 0 2 1.000 1.79 1.07 .961 1.95 0.82 AS
1959 BAL AL 27 P 38 24 199.1 54 7 44 3 3 .944 2.30 1.34 .956 2.05 0.85 AS
1960 SFG NL 28 P 43 24 202.2 39 9 29 1 0 .974 1.69 0.88 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 SFG NL 29 P 46 14 130.1 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 1.73 0.54 .956 2.18 0.88
1962 SFG NL 30 P 43 39 280.2 59 15 39 5 0 .915 1.73 1.26 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 SFG NL 31 P 36 33 222.1 33 5 27 1 0 .970 1.30 0.89 .952 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 32 P 36 8 85.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 1.59 0.42 .956 2.14 0.84
1965 MLN NL 33 P 62 1 111.1 25 12 13 0 1 1.000 2.02 0.40 .952 2.08 0.81
1965 MLN NL 33 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.60
1966 TOT NL 34 P 61 2 112.2 17 7 10 0 2 1.000 1.36 0.28 .947 1.96 0.74
1966 ATL NL 34 P 24 0 41.1 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.31 0.25 .950 1.96 0.74
1966 PIT NL 34 P 37 2 71.1 11 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.30 .945 1.96 0.74
1967 PIT NL 35 P 27 11 86.2 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.56 0.56 .960 2.00 0.78
13 Seasons P 479 199 1817.0 353 88 252 13 11 .963 1.68 0.71 .956 2.05 0.83
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.60
13 Seasons TOT 480 199 1817.0 353 88 252 13 11 .963 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.68 0.71 .919 2.05 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 BAL AL 22 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 24 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 25 37 15 37 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1958 BAL AL 26 42 25 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 BAL AL 27 43 24 43 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1960 SFG NL 28 49 24 49 49 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1961 SFG NL 29 49 14 49 49 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1962 SFG NL 30 49 39 49 49 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1963 SFG NL 31 47 33 47 47 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1964 SFG NL 32 50 8 50 50 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
1965 MLN NL 33 62 1 62 62 62 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 34 37 2 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 34 26 0 26 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 PIT NL 35 28 11 28 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 530 199 530 530 479 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 22 68 84% 24% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 BAL AL 24 34 65% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 25 570 75% 18% 16 88% 2 6 0 4 12 8 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1958 BAL AL 26 925 79% 25% 39 92% 1 11 0 6 33 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 100%
1959 BAL AL 27 838 81% 30% 50 94% 0 9 0 4 43 35 5 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 11 82%
1960 SFG NL 28 886 75% 24% 36 94% 2 10 1 5 30 25 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1961 SFG NL 29 561 74% 24% 21 90% 1 8 1 5 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1962 SFG NL 30 1197 78% 26% 46 91% 2 14 4 8 39 30 3 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 82%
1963 SFG NL 31 972 80% 26% 34 85% 0 5 1 3 28 25 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1964 SFG NL 32 376 75% 35% 13 77% 0 6 1 3 8 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1965 MLN NL 33 435 75% 26% 19 95% 0 12 3 7 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1966 PIT NL 34 311 77% 25% 7 86% 0 5 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1966 ATL NL 34 183 78% 27% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1967 PIT NL 35 353 80% 29% 15 100% 0 4 1 2 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
13 Seasons 7709 78% 26% 305 91% 8 91 12 51 252 198 24 13 2 10 1 8 11 6 11 0 63 81%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 MLN NL 33 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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