Blue Moon Odom

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 178lb (183cm, 80kg)

Born: May 29, 1945 in Macon, GA us

High School: Ballard Hudson HS (Macon, GA)

Last Game: August 17, 1976 (Age 31-080d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 9 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Johnny Lee Odom

Nicknames: Blue Moon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

3.70

295

229

1509.0

857

WHIP

1.425

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1964	19	-3.4	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	KCA	6	5	.545	4.14	4.86	16	16		5	1		100.0	102	54	46	2	52	1	69	1	2	9		1.540	9.2	0.2	4.7	6.2	1.33
1964	19	-8.2	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	1	2	.333	10.06	11.12	5	5	0	1	1	0	17.0	29	21	19	5	11	0	10	0	0	5	91	2.353	15.4	2.6	5.8	5.3	0.91
1964	19	-1.6	Athletics	FLIL	WRk	KCA	2	5	.286	5.63	7.31	9	9		4	0		64.0	72	52	40	3	52	0	49	1	0	5		1.938	10.1	0.4	7.3	6.9	0.94
1965	20	-1.7	Lewiston	NORW	A	KCA	11	14	.440	4.27	5.68	29	29		13	1		198.0	207	125	94	16	118	4	184	5	0	30		1.641	9.4	0.7	5.4	8.4	1.56
1965	20	-7.1	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1966	21	-2.3	Mobile	SOUL	AA	KCA	12	5	.706	3.09	3.60	19	19		8	0		140.0	119	56	48	7	61	5	96	8	0	3		1.286	7.7	0.5	3.9	6.2	1.57
1966	21	-6.0	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	5	5	.500	2.49	3.09	14	14	0	4	2	0	90.1	70	31	25	1	53	2	47	2	0	7	387	1.362	7.0	0.1	5.3	4.7	0.89
1967	22	-3.5	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	KCA	3	2	.600	2.25	3.83	6	6		2	0		40.0	39	17	10	2	22	0	35	0	0	0		1.525	8.8	0.5	5.0	7.9	1.59
1967	22	-4.9	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	3	8	.273	5.04	5.82	29	17	6	0	0	0	103.2	94	67	58	9	68	7	67	3	0	7	467	1.563	8.2	0.8	5.9	5.8	0.99
1968	23	-4.0	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	16	10	.615	2.45	2.88	32	31	0	9	4	0	231.1	179	74	63	9	98	9	143	7	0	17	950	1.197	7.0	0.4	3.8	5.6	1.46
1969	24	-3.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	15	6	.714	2.92	3.38	32	32	0	10	3	0	231.1	179	87	75	15	112	5	150	6	1	13	965	1.258	7.0	0.6	4.4	5.8	1.34
1970	25	-2.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	9	8	.529	3.80	4.43	29	29	0	4	1	0	156.1	128	77	66	14	100	1	88	8	0	14	688	1.458	7.4	0.8	5.8	5.1	0.88
1971	26	-0.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	10	12	.455	4.29	4.99	25	25	0	3	1	0	140.2	147	78	67	13	71	7	69	0	0	6	630	1.550	9.4	0.8	4.5	4.4	0.97
1972	27	-0.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	15	6	.714	2.50	2.87	31	30	0	4	2	0	194.1	164	62	54	10	87	2	86	3	0	5	804	1.292	7.6	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.99
1973	28	0.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	5	12	.294	4.49	5.15	30	24	4	3	0	0	150.1	153	86	75	14	67	3	83	2	1	8	658	1.463	9.2	0.8	4.0	5.0	1.24
1974	29	0.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	5	.167	3.81	4.02	34	5	7	1	0	1	87.1	85	39	37	4	52	3	52	3	0	4	384	1.569	8.8	0.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1975	30		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ATL	2	9	.182	7.22	7.45	25	13	2	1	1	0	77.1	101	64	62	7	47	1	44	1	1	5	364	1.914	11.8	0.8	5.5	5.1	0.94
1975	30	2.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	7	.125	7.07	7.39	15	10	1	0	0	0	56.0	78	46	44	5	28	0	30	0	1	4	263	1.893	12.5	0.8	4.5	4.8	1.07
1975	30	1.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	2	.000	12.27	12.27	7	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	19	15	15	1	11	1	4	1	0	1	59	2.727	15.5	0.8	9.0	3.3	0.36
1975	30	1.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	0	1.000	2.61	2.61	3	1	1	1	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	42	1.161	3.5	0.9	7.0	8.7	1.25
1976	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	CHW	7	3	.700	3.32	4.55	15	15		5	0	0	95.0	93	48	35	9	53	4	75	0	0	6		1.537	8.8	0.9	5.0	7.1	1.42
1976	31	6.7	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	4	3	.571	3.53	5.11	12	12		4	0	0	74.0	72	42	29	6	42	4	57	0	0	3		1.541	8.8	0.7	5.1	6.9	1.36
1976	31	6.4	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	3	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	3	3		1	0	0	21.0	21	6	6	3	11	0	18	0	0	3		1.524	9.0	1.3	4.7	7.7	1.64
1976	31	3.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	5.79	6.75	8	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	31	21	18	2	20	0	18	1	0	1	133	1.821	10.0	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.90
1977	32	7.3	San Jose	PCL	AAA	OAK	2	2	.500	3.60	4.80	6	6		1	0	0	45.0	43	24	18	2	36	1	26	3	0	0		1.756	8.6	0.4	7.2	5.2	0.72
1977	32	4.5	Mexico City Tigers	MEX	AAA		4	1	.800	2.73	3.27	5	5		3	2	0	33.0	28	12	10	2	15	0	19	2	0	2		1.303	7.6	0.5	4.1	5.2	1.27
1978	33		2 Teams	MEX	AAA		5	7				14	14		6	0	0	98.0	97	53	45	6	47	4	45	3	0	7
1978	33	5.0	Mexico City Tigers	MEX	AAA							12
1978	33	5.0	Tabasco	MEX	AAA							2
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		84	85	.497	3.70	4.22	295	229	21	40	15	1	1509.0	1362	708	620	103	788	40	857	36	3	92	6528	1.425	8.1	0.6	4.7	5.1	1.09
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		41	31	.569	3.66	4.72	91	91		34	2	0	618.0	603	324	251	38	342	15	485	17	2	48		1.529	8.8	0.6	5.0	7.1	1.42
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		4	1				19	5		3	2	0	33.0	28	12	10	2	15	0	19	2	0	2
Other (1 season)					Other		2	5	.286	5.63	7.31	9	9		4	0		64.0	72	52	40	3	52	0	49	1	0	5		1.938	10.1	0.4	7.3	6.9	0.94
All Levels (15 Seasons)							131	122				414	334	21	81	19	1	2224.0	2065	1096	921	146	1197	55	1410	56	5	147	6528

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		12	7	.632	3.15	4.45	27	27		8	0	0	180.0	175	89	63	13	111	5	136	3	0	6		1.589	8.8	0.7	5.6	6.8	1.23
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		18	10	.643	3.53	4.13	35	35		13	1		240.0	221	110	94	9	113	6	165	9	2	12		1.392	8.3	0.3	4.2	6.2	1.46
A (1 season)					Minors		11	14	.440	4.27	5.68	29	29		13	1		198.0	207	125	94	16	118	4	184	5	0	30		1.641	9.4	0.7	5.4	8.4	1.56