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Billy O'Dell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: February 10, 1933 in Whitmire, SC us

Died: September 12, 2018 in Newberry, SC

Buried: Newberry Memorial Gardens, Newberry, SC

High School: Newberry HS (Newberry, SC)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: June 20, 1954 (Age 21-130d, 11,143rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1967 (Age 34-214d)
vs. CIN 1.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: William Oliver O'Dell

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.8

105

100

ERA

3.29

479

199

1817.0

1133

WHIP

1.240

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	SFG		PIT	W,2-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 13	SFG		PIT	W,6-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 15	SFG		PHI	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	6	Apr 16	SFG		PHI	W,5-2	GF	1	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
5	10 (3)	Apr 23 (1)	SFG		STL	W,2-1		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	11	Apr 23 (2)	SFG		STL	L,4-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (5)	May 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	18	May 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-4		26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
9	24 (5)	May 12	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	29 (4)	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	30	May 19	SFG		LAD	L,7-8	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	32 (1)	May 21	SFG		LAD	L,2-3		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	33	May 22	SFG	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	34	May 23	SFG	@	STL	L,4-12	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	36 (1)	May 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42 (5)	May 31	SFG		STL	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	48 (3)	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	L,9-13	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50 (1)	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	53 (2)	Jun 11	SFG		PIT	L,4-8		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	54	Jun 12	SFG		LAD	W,7-4		23	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	59 (4)	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	64 (4)	Jun 23	SFG	@	STL	L,5-10	GS	31	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	70 (5)	Jun 28	SFG	@	PHI	T,7-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	71	Jun 29 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	75 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,19-3	GF	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	83 (5)	Jul 9 (1)	SFG		STL	L,3-6	GS	23	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	85 (1)	Jul 13	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	89 (3)	Jul 17	SFG		PHI	L,7-10	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	94 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS	9	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	98 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-5		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	108 (9)	Aug 9	SFG		CHC	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	115 (6)	Aug 18	SFG		LAD	W,2-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	122 (6)	Aug 25	SFG	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	18	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
36	127 (4)	Aug 31	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-6		14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	128	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	131 (2)	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	132	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	133	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	135 (1)	Sep 9	SFG		LAD	W,9-6		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	143 (7)	Sep 17	SFG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	147 (3)	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	149 (1)	Sep 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	151 (1)	Sep 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	33	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	154 (2)	Oct 1 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
							46gm		130.1	8	17	0	25	1