Blue Moon Odom
Johnny Lee Odom
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 29, 1945 in Macon, GA
High School: Ballard Hudson (Macon, GA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1964
Final Game: August 17, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 KCA AL 19 P 5 5 17.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 2.12 0.80 .960 1.91 0.72
1965 KCA AL 20 P 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .900 1.80 0.80
1966 KCA AL 21 P 14 14 90.1 33 12 20 1 2 .970 3.19 2.29 .952 1.99 0.75
1967 KCA AL 22 P 29 17 104.0 29 9 17 3 2 .897 2.25 0.90 .959 1.96 0.74
1968 OAK AL 23 P 32 31 231.1 55 10 43 2 1 .964 2.06 1.66 .956 1.89 0.73 AS
1969 OAK AL 24 P 32 32 229.1 63 27 32 4 4 .937 2.32 1.84 .952 1.88 0.69 AS
1970 OAK AL 25 P 29 29 156.1 56 22 30 4 2 .929 2.99 1.79 .952 1.86 0.67
1971 OAK AL 26 P 25 25 140.2 40 15 19 6 3 .850 2.18 1.36 .962 1.98 0.77
1972 OAK AL 27 P 31 30 194.1 55 15 33 7 2 .873 2.22 1.55 .955 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 28 P 30 24 150.1 32 8 20 4 3 .875 1.68 0.93 .956 1.86 0.86
1974 OAK AL 29 P 34 5 87.1 28 7 16 5 1 .821 2.37 0.68 .954 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT MLB 30 P 25 13 77.1 23 13 8 2 0 .913 2.44 0.84 .943 1.86 0.78
1975 TOT AL 30 P 10 3 21.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.69 0.40 .940 1.86 0.86
1975 OAK AL 30 P 7 2 11.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 2.45 0.43 .950 1.88 0.86
1975 CLE AL 30 P 3 1 10.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.33 .900 1.83 0.87
1975 ATL NL 30 P 15 10 56.0 18 11 6 1 0 .944 2.73 1.13 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 CHW AL 31 P 8 4 28.0 5 1 2 2 0 .600 0.96 0.38 .960 1.86 0.85
13 Seasons P 295 229 1507.1 425 141 243 41 21 .904 2.29 1.30 .954 1.89 0.76
13 Seasons TOT 295 229 1507.1 425 141 243 41 21 .904 2.29 1.30 .858 1.89 0.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1964 KCA AL 19 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 KCA AL 20 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 21 17 14 17 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1967 KCA AL 22 33 17 33 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1968 OAK AL 23 42 31 42 42 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1969 OAK AL 24 43 32 43 43 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1970 OAK AL 25 37 29 37 37 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1971 OAK AL 26 37 25 37 37 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1972 OAK AL 27 59 30 59 59 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
1973 OAK AL 28 51 0 21 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
1974 OAK AL 29 43 0 12 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1975 ATL NL 30 15 10 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 30 8 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 CLE AL 30 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 31 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 402 193 323 371 295 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 105
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%
1964 KCA AL 19 96 78% 29% 4 75% 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
1965 KCA AL 20 7 71% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 21 403 75% 29% 22 86% 0 12 0 10 20 16 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 67%
1967 KCA AL 22 489 72% 30% 17 88% 0 9 0 8 16 12 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1968 OAK AL 23 1006 75% 34% 46 93% 1 9 0 8 44 38 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1969 OAK AL 24 1013 74% 29% 32 100% 1 25 0 21 32 26 2 4 0 0 4 0 5 2 5 0 2 100%
1970 OAK AL 25 717 73% 29% 37 97% 0 22 1 13 30 21 4 4 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 9 89%
1971 OAK AL 26 659 79% 26% 25 80% 0 15 1 9 19 12 4 6 0 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 7 71%
1972 OAK AL 27 837 79% 30% 36 94% 1 16 1 9 32 24 3 7 0 1 6 1 2 1 1 1 12 92%
1973 OAK AL 28 686 78% 28% 22 95% 0 7 1 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 100%
1974 OAK AL 29 403 73% 26% 18 94% 0 7 1 4 16 9 3 5 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1975 ATL NL 30 286 80% 25% 7 100% 0 11 0 7 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1975 OAK AL 30 63 75% 13% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 CLE AL 30 42 57% 36% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 31 144 73% 23% 6 67% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 6851 75% 29% 274 92% 3 138 5 98 245 181 26 41 0 11 30 11 22 12 19 3 48 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 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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