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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
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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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
1964 19 KCA AL 1 2 .333 10.06 5 5 0 1 1 0 17.0 29 21 19 5 11 0 10 0 0 5 91 38 2.353 15.4 2.6 5.8 5.3 0.91
1965 20 KCA AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 39 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1966 21 KCA AL 5 5 .500 2.49 14 14 0 4 2 0 90.1 70 31 25 1 53 2 47 2 0 7 387 137 1.362 7.0 0.1 5.3 4.7 0.89
1967 22 KCA AL 3 8 .273 5.04 29 17 6 0 0 0 103.2 94 67 58 9 68 7 67 3 0 7 467 64 1.563 8.2 0.8 5.9 5.8 0.99
1968 23 OAK AL 16 10 .615 2.45 32 31 0 9 4 0 231.1 179 74 63 9 98 9 143 7 0 17 950 114 1.197 7.0 0.4 3.8 5.6 1.46 AS
1969 24 OAK AL 15 6 .714 2.92 32 32 0 10 3 0 231.1 179 87 75 15 112 5 150 6 1 13 965 118 1.258 7.0 0.6 4.4 5.8 1.34 AS
1970 25 OAK AL 9 8 .529 3.80 29 29 0 4 1 0 156.1 128 77 66 14 100 1 88 8 0 14 688 93 1.458 7.4 0.8 5.8 5.1 0.88
1971 26 OAK AL 10 12 .455 4.29 25 25 0 3 1 0 140.2 147 78 67 13 71 7 69 0 0 6 630 78 1.550 9.4 0.8 4.5 4.4 0.97
1972 27 OAK AL 15 6 .714 2.50 31 30 0 4 2 0 194.1 164 62 54 10 87 2 86 3 0 5 804 114 1.292 7.6 0.5 4.0 4.0 0.99
1973 28 OAK AL 5 12 .294 4.49 30 24 4 3 0 0 150.1 153 86 75 14 67 3 83 2 1 8 658 79 1.463 9.2 0.8 4.0 5.0 1.24
1974 29 OAK AL 1 5 .167 3.81 34 5 7 1 0 1 87.1 85 39 37 4 52 3 52 3 0 4 384 87 1.569 8.8 0.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
1975 30 TOT MLB 2 9 .182 7.22 25 13 2 1 1 0 77.1 101 64 62 7 47 1 44 1 1 5 364 52 1.914 11.8 0.8 5.5 5.1 0.94
1975 30 TOT AL 1 2 .333 7.59 10 3 1 1 1 0 21.1 23 18 18 2 19 1 14 1 0 1 101 49 1.969 9.7 0.8 8.0 5.9 0.74
1975 30 OAK AL 0 2 .000 12.27 7 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 19 15 15 1 11 1 4 1 0 1 59 30 2.727 15.5 0.8 9.0 3.3 0.36
1975 30 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2.61 3 1 1 1 1 0 10.1 4 3 3 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 42 144 1.161 3.5 0.9 7.0 8.7 1.25
1975 30 ATL NL 1 7 .125 7.07 15 10 1 0 0 0 56.0 78 46 44 5 28 0 30 0 1 4 263 53 1.893 12.5 0.8 4.5 4.8 1.07
1976 31 CHW AL 2 2 .500 5.79 8 4 2 0 0 0 28.0 31 21 18 2 20 0 18 1 0 1 133 62 1.821 10.0 0.6 6.4 5.8 0.90
13 Seasons 84 85 .497 3.70 295 229 21 40 15 1 1509.0 1362 708 620 103 788 40 857 36 3 92 6528 89 1.425 8.1 0.6 4.7 5.1 1.09
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .497 3.70 38 30 3 5 2 0 196 177 92 80 13 102 5 111 5 0 12 847 89 1.425 8.1 0.6 4.7 5.1 1.09
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
OAK (12 yrs) 80 76 .513 3.53 269 214 17 39 14 1 1414.2 1249 638 555 95 732 40 799 35 2 87 6090 92 1.400 7.9 0.6 4.7 5.1 1.09
ATL (1 yr) 1 7 .125 7.07 15 10 1 0 0 0 56.0 78 46 44 5 28 0 30 0 1 4 263 53 1.893 12.5 0.8 4.5 4.8 1.07
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.61 3 1 1 1 1 0 10.1 4 3 3 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 42 144 1.161 3.5 0.9 7.0 8.7 1.25
CHW (1 yr) 2 2 .500 5.79 8 4 2 0 0 0 28.0 31 21 18 2 20 0 18 1 0 1 133 62 1.821 10.0 0.6 6.4 5.8 0.90
AL (13 yrs) 83 78 .516 3.57 280 219 20 40 15 1 1453.0 1284 662 576 98 760 40 827 36 2 88 6265 91 1.407 8.0 0.6 4.7 5.1 1.09
NL (1 yr) 1 7 .125 7.07 15 10 1 0 0 0 56.0 78 46 44 5 28 0 30 0 1 4 263 53 1.893 12.5 0.8 4.5 4.8 1.07

Postseason Pitching

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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
1972 27 OAK AL ALCS W DET 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 5 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 48 0.500 3.2 0.0 1.3 3.2 2.50
1972 27 OAK AL WS W CIN 0 1 .000 1.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 5 2 2 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 44 0.971 4.0 0.0 4.8 10.3 2.17
1973 28 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 23 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
1973 28 OAK AL WS W NYM 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 19 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1974 29 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.300 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7
1974 29 OAK AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
3 Seasons (6 Series) 3 1 .750 1.13 10 4 1 1 1 0 39.2 22 7 5 0 13 0 27 0 0 2 150 0.882 5.0 0.0 2.9 6.1 2.08
3 ALCS 2 0 1.000 0.40 4 2 0 1 1 0 22.1 12 3 1 0 4 0 10 0 0 1 82 0.716 4.8 0.0 1.6 4.0 2.50
3 WS 1 1 .500 2.08 6 2 1 0 0 0 17.1 10 4 4 0 9 0 17 0 0 1 68 1.096 5.2 0.0 4.7 8.8 1.89

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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
1964 19 KCA AL 5 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 20 KCA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 21 KCA AL 17 35 31 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 16 .097 .176 .097 .273 -18 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1967 22 KCA AL 33 29 28 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 .286 .310 .321 .632 90 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 23 OAK AL 42 89 78 14 17 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 29 .218 .282 .282 .564 77 22 0 1 4 0 0 1 AS
1969 24 OAK AL 43 90 79 15 21 2 1 5 16 0 0 2 24 .266 .293 .506 .799 125 40 0 1 8 0 0 1 AS
1970 25 OAK AL 37 58 54 8 13 2 0 3 7 1 0 3 18 .241 .281 .444 .725 100 24 1 0 1 0 0 1
1971 26 OAK AL 37 53 50 8 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 24 .160 .192 .260 .452 29 13 1 0 1 0 0 1
1972 27 OAK AL 59 72 66 16 8 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 29 .121 .134 .227 .362 9 15 0 0 5 0 0 1
1973 28 OAK AL 21 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 OAK AL 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 TOT MLB 16 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .077 .077 .154 .231 -38 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 30 TOT AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 OAK AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 30 ATL NL 15 14 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .154 .231 -38 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 323 447 405 76 79 9 2 12 31 6 5 19 158 .195 .235 .316 .551 61 128 2 2 21 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 224 203 38 40 5 1 6 16 3 3 10 79 .195 .235 .316 .551 61 64 1 1 11 0 0
OAK (12 yrs) 308 433 392 76 78 8 2 12 30 6 5 19 158 .199 .240 .321 .561 64 126 2 2 20 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 15 14 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .154 .231 -38 2 0 0 1 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 308 433 392 76 78 8 2 12 30 6 5 19 158 .199 .240 .321 .561 64 126 2 2 20 0 0
NL (1 yr) 15 14 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .154 .231 -38 2 0 0 1 0 0

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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
1972 27 OAK AL ALCS DET W 3 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 1 0 0
1972 27 OAK AL WS CIN W 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 OAK AL WS NYM W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 29 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 29 OAK AL WS LAD W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 14 10 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .222 .333 2 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 5 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 AL--2.451--9th
1969 AL--2.918--10th
1972 AL--2.501--9th

Wins s c a p y
1968 AL--16--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 AL--.615--8th
1969 AL--.714--6th
1972 AL--.714--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--6.964--5th
Career--8.123--152nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 AL--4--9th
1969 AL--3--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL--98--3rd
1969 AL--112--3rd
1970 AL--100--5th
1972 AL--87--5th
Career--788--250th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL--.350--2nd
1969 AL--.584--10th
1972 AL--.463--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 AL--17--1st
1969 AL--13--7th
1970 AL--14--4th
Career--92--107th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--8--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1964 AL--born 1945-05-29--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (900), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (418), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3943), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 7 (1092), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Dick Bosman (943)
  6. Ralph Branca (941)
  7. Carl Morton (940)
  8. Lynn McGlothen (939)
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  9. Vinegar Bend Mizell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 20, 1975: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with cash to the Cleveland Indians for Dick Bosman and Jim Perry.

June 7, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and Roric Harrison. The Cleveland Indians sent Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

June 15, 1976: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox for Pete Varney.

January 26, 1977: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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