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Billy O'Dell

William Oliver O'Dell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 10, 1933 in Whitmire, SC
High School: Whitmire (Whitmire, SC)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Orioles/Braves/Pirates 1954-1967

Final Game: September 12, 1967
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #410. Rick Aguilera… #411. Nelson Briles… #412. Roy Face… #413. BILLY O'DELL… #414. Cy Falkenberg… #415. Dave Goltz… #416. Francisco Cordero… 

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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
1954 21 BAL AL 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 133 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
1956 23 BAL AL 0 0 1.13 4 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 34 364 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1957 24 BAL AL 4 10 .286 2.69 35 15 6 2 1 4 140.1 107 48 42 12 39 2 97 5 0 0 560 133 1.040 6.9 0.8 2.5 6.2 2.49
1958 25 BAL AL 14 11 .560 2.97 41 25 12 12 3 8 221.1 201 83 73 13 51 6 137 4 1 2 913 121 1.139 8.2 0.5 2.1 5.6 2.69 AS
1959 26 BAL AL 10 12 .455 2.93 38 24 9 6 2 1 199.1 163 74 65 18 67 7 88 1 0 2 826 129 1.154 7.4 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.31 AS
1960 27 SFG NL 8 13 .381 3.20 43 24 6 6 1 2 202.2 198 80 72 16 72 8 145 2 2 4 873 110 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.2 6.4 2.01
1961 28 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.59 46 14 9 4 1 2 130.1 132 63 52 10 33 6 110 1 0 2 554 107 1.266 9.1 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.33
1962 29 SFG NL 19 14 .576 3.53 43 39 1 20 2 0 280.2 282 126 110 18 66 1 195 7 0 4 1178 107 1.240 9.0 0.6 2.1 6.3 2.95
1963 30 SFG NL 14 10 .583 3.16 36 33 1 10 3 1 222.1 218 90 78 14 70 12 116 7 0 6 951 101 1.295 8.8 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.66
1964 31 SFG NL 8 7 .533 5.40 36 8 13 1 0 2 85.0 82 55 51 10 35 6 54 4 0 1 371 66 1.376 8.7 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.54
1965 32 MLN NL 10 6 .625 2.18 62 1 42 0 0 18 111.1 87 35 27 10 30 8 78 2 0 6 448 161 1.051 7.0 0.8 2.4 6.3 2.60
1966 33 TOT NL 5 5 .500 2.64 61 2 26 0 0 10 112.2 118 38 33 6 41 2 67 6 1 2 487 138 1.411 9.4 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.63
1966 33 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.40 24 0 15 0 0 6 41.1 44 14 11 3 18 1 20 2 0 0 183 155 1.500 9.6 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.11
1966 33 PIT NL 3 2 .600 2.78 37 2 11 0 0 4 71.1 74 24 22 3 23 1 47 4 1 2 304 129 1.360 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.9 2.04
1967 34 PIT NL 5 6 .455 5.82 27 11 6 1 0 0 86.2 88 58 56 10 41 7 34 3 1 1 381 58 1.488 9.1 1.0 4.3 3.5 0.83
13 Seasons 105 100 .512 3.29 479 199 137 63 13 48 1817.0 1697 758 665 137 556 66 1133 42 5 30 7643 109 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.6 2.04
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .512 3.29 48 20 14 6 1 5 182 170 76 67 14 56 114 4 1 3 767 109 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.6 2.04
SFG (5 yrs) 56 49 .533 3.55 204 118 30 41 7 7 921.0 912 414 363 68 276 33 620 21 2 17 3927 101 1.290 8.9 0.7 2.7 6.1 2.25
BAL (5 yrs) 29 34 .460 2.86 125 67 33 21 6 13 585.1 492 213 186 43 168 16 334 10 1 4 2400 128 1.128 7.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.99
PIT (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 4.44 64 13 17 1 0 4 158.0 162 82 78 13 64 8 81 7 2 3 685 78 1.430 9.2 0.7 3.6 4.6 1.27
ATL (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 2.24 86 1 57 0 0 24 152.2 131 49 38 13 48 9 98 4 0 6 631 159 1.172 7.7 0.8 2.8 5.8 2.04
NL (8 yrs) NL 76 66 .535 3.50 354 132 104 42 7 35 1231.2 1205 545 479 94 388 50 799 32 4 26 5243 102 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.06
AL (5 yrs) AL 29 34 .460 2.86 125 67 33 21 6 13 585.1 492 213 186 43 168 16 334 10 1 4 2400 128 1.128 7.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.99

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1954 21 BAL AL 16.1 2 7 10 0 .9 3 0.2 $
1956 23 BAL AL 8.0 1 1 5 0 .8 4 0.3 $
1957 24 BAL AL 140.1 15 48 71 4 1.0 23 2.4 $
1958 25 BAL AL 221.1 25 83 117 -1 1.2 34 4.1 $ AS
1959 26 BAL AL 199.1 24 74 111 1 1.0 37 3.9 $ AS
1960 27 SFG NL 202.2 24 80 107 0 1.1 27 3.1 $
1961 28 SFG NL 130.1 14 63 73 2 1.0 10 0.8 $
1962 29 SFG NL 280.2 39 126 156 6 1.1 30 3.4 $
1963 30 SFG NL 222.1 33 90 115 -6 1.1 25 3.1 $
1964 31 SFG NL 85.0 8 55 47 0 1.2 -8 -1.2 $
1965 32 MLN NL 111.1 1 35 57 3 1.3 22 2.1 $
1966 33 ATL NL 41.1 0 14 22 0 1.5 8 0.8 $
1966 33 PIT NL 71.1 2 24 38 1 1.0 14 1.1 $
1967 34 PIT NL 86.2 11 58 45 0 .7 -13 -1.4 $
13 Seasons 1817.0 199 758 974 10 1.1 216 22.7 $
SFG (5 yrs) 921.0 118 414 498 2 1.1 84 9.2 $
BAL (5 yrs) 585.1 67 213 314 4 1.1 101 10.9 $
PIT (2 yrs) 158.0 13 82 83 1 .8 1 -0.3 $
ATL (2 yrs) 152.2 1 49 79 3 1.4 30 2.9 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1962 29 SFG NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.38 3 1 2 0 0 1 12.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 51 1.216 8.8 0.7 2.2 6.6 3.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.38 3 1 2 0 0 1 12.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 51 1.216 8.8 0.7 2.2 6.6 3.00

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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
1954 21 BAL AL 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 23 BAL AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 24 BAL AL 37 40 34 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .147 .171 .147 .318 -9 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1958 25 BAL AL 42 82 72 5 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 6 27 .111 .179 .181 .360 2 13 2 0 4 0 0 1 AS
1959 26 BAL AL 43 66 60 5 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 18 .083 .141 .133 .274 -23 8 1 0 2 0 0 1 AS
1960 27 SFG NL 49 70 56 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 19 .107 .254 .107 .361 6 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1961 28 SFG NL 49 45 39 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .122 .103 .225 -39 4 0 0 4 1 0 1
1962 29 SFG NL 49 106 90 7 12 0 0 0 6 1 1 6 29 .133 .188 .133 .321 -12 12 1 0 10 0 0 1
1963 30 SFG NL 47 87 78 6 16 3 0 0 3 0 2 4 23 .205 .244 .244 .487 42 19 1 0 5 0 0 1
1964 31 SFG NL 50 23 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .043 .000 .043 -87 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 32 MLN NL 62 26 23 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .174 .208 .217 .426 20 5 0 0 2 0 0 1/3
1966 33 TOT NL 63 25 24 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .125 .160 .125 .285 -20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 33 ATL NL 26 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 33 PIT NL 37 17 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .063 .118 .063 .180 -48 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 34 PIT NL 28 29 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .115 .179 .115 .294 -14 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 530 603 528 43 66 6 0 2 19 5 5 38 171 .125 .183 .148 .331 -6 78 5 0 36 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 184 161 13 20 2 0 1 6 2 2 12 52 .125 .183 .148 .331 -6 24 2 0 11 0
SFG (5 yrs) 244 331 285 26 38 3 0 0 11 2 4 23 88 .133 .197 .144 .341 -3 41 2 0 22 1 0
BAL (5 yrs) 133 192 170 13 18 2 0 2 4 3 1 11 56 .106 .160 .153 .313 -11 26 3 0 11 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 65 46 42 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 .095 .156 .095 .251 -27 4 0 0 1 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 88 34 31 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .194 .219 .226 .445 25 7 0 0 2 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 397 411 358 30 48 4 0 0 15 2 4 27 115 .134 .194 .145 .340 -4 52 2 0 25 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 133 192 170 13 18 2 0 2 4 3 1 11 56 .106 .160 .153 .313 -11 26 3 0 11 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 21 BAL AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1956 23 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1957 24 BAL AL 40 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1958 25 BAL AL 82 -10 1 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1959 26 BAL AL 67 -11 -1 0 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1960 27 SFG NL 70 -7 0 1 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1961 28 SFG NL 45 -8 0 0 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1962 29 SFG NL 106 -15 -2 0 0 0 9 3 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1963 30 SFG NL 87 -6 -1 0 0 0 7 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1964 31 SFG NL 23 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1965 32 MLN NL 26 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/3
1966 33 ATL NL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1966 33 PIT NL 17 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1967 34 PIT NL 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
13 Seasons 604 -78 -3 1 0 0 47 18 -15 -2.1 -15 -1.5 -0.6 $
SFG (5 yrs) 331 -41 -3 1 0 0 28 10 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $
BAL (5 yrs) 193 -27 0 0 0 0 15 5 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $
PIT (2 yrs) 46 -7 0 0 0 0 3 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $
ATL (2 yrs) 34 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 29 SFG NL WS NYY L 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0

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 SB CS CS% PO Awards
1954 BAL AL 21 P 7 16.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76 0.71 .960 1.98 1.99
1956 BAL AL 23 P 4 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 1.90
1957 BAL AL 24 P 35 140.1 21 5 14 2 1 .905 1.22 0.54 .963 1.99 2.00
1958 BAL AL 25 P 41 221.1 44 12 32 0 2 1.000 1.79 1.07 .963 1.95 1.93 AS
1959 BAL AL 26 P 38 199.1 54 7 44 3 3 .944 2.30 1.34 .955 2.05 2.03 AS
1960 SFG NL 27 P 43 202.2 39 9 29 1 0 .974 1.69 0.88 .962 2.09 2.08
1961 SFG NL 28 P 46 130.1 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 1.73 0.54 .959 2.18 2.15
1962 SFG NL 29 P 43 280.2 59 15 39 5 0 .915 1.73 1.26 .948 2.07 2.05
1963 SFG NL 30 P 36 222.1 33 5 27 1 0 .970 1.30 0.89 .951 2.06 2.06
1964 SFG NL 31 P 36 85.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 1.59 0.42 .953 2.14 2.13
1965 MLN NL 32 P 62 111.1 25 12 13 0 1 1.000 2.02 0.40 .956 2.08 2.08
1965 MLN NL 32 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00
1966 TOT NL 33 P 61 2 0 112.2 17 7 10 0 2 1.000 1.36 0.28 .947 1.96 1.96 1 5 83% 1
1966 ATL NL 33 P 24 0 0 41.1 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.31 0.25 .947 1.96 1.96 1 2 67% 1
1966 PIT NL 33 P 37 2 0 71.1 11 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.30 .947 1.96 1.96 0 3 100% 0
1967 PIT NL 34 P 27 86.2 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.56 0.56 .960 2.00 2.00
13 Seasons P 479 2 0 1817.0 353 88 252 13 11 .963 1.68 0.71 .956 2.05 2.04 1 5 83% 1
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00
13 Seasons TOT 480 2 0 1817.0 353 88 252 13 11 .963 0 0 1.68 0.71 .956 2.05 2.06 1 5 83% 1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

All-Star Games
1958 *
1959-2 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.1 (5th)
1959 AL  3.9 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 AL  2.97 (5th)
1959 AL  2.93 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  14 (8th)
1962 NL  19 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.139 (4th)
1959 AL  1.154 (5th)
Career  1.240 (240th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  7.360 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  2.074 (2nd)
1962 NL  2.116 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  5.571 (7th)
1960 NL  6.439 (7th)
1962 NL  6.253 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL  62 (5th)
1966 NL  61 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (5th)
1965 NL  18 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1962 NL  280.7 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL  137 (8th)
1962 NL  195 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1962 NL  39 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1958 AL  12 (9th)
1962 NL  20 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1962 NL  2 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  282 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  2.686 (1st)
1962 NL  2.955 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  0.529 (1st)
1962 NL  0.577 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1959 AL  12 (8th)
1962 NL  14 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  110 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (10th)
1963 NL  7 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1962 NL  1,178 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1965 NL  42 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 AL  121 (8th)
1959 AL  129 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (10th)
1958 AL  15 (9th)
1959 AL  19 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  1.5 (10th)
1958 AL  1.6 (10th)
1959 AL  2.0 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  23.02 (9th)
Career  81.47 (222nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.1 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.2 (7th)
1958 AL  2.1 (7th)
1959 AL  1.8 (10th)
1962 NL  3.0 (6th)
Career  9.9 (143rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1959 AL  2.4 (8th)
Career  8.8 (219th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  10 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1965 NL  62 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1959 AL  3 (3rd)
1962 NL  5 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 48 (532), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (658), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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