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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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 16	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5	Apr 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (3)	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	16 (4)	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	17	Apr 29	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	20 (2)	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,9-8		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	21	May 4	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	22	May 5	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	24 (1)	May 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-3		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	25	May 8	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	26	May 9	ATL		CIN	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30 (3)	May 12	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	40 (9)	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	GF	8	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
16	42 (1)	May 25	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	43	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	45 (1)	May 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	47 (1)	May 31	ATL		LAD	L,2-6		12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	53 (5)	Jun 5	ATL		STL	W,14-4	GF	16	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	55 (1)	Jun 8	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	60 (4)	Jun 13 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	61	Jun 13 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	63 (1)	Jun 15	ATL		NYM	L,4-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Pittsburgh Pirates
25	63	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-11		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	64	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67 (2)	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8		12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	71 (3)	Jun 29	PIT		HOU	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	76 (4)	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-9		18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	78 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	81 (2)	Jul 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	83 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,9-2	GF	7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	85 (1)	Jul 10	PIT		NYM	W,9-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	88 (2)	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	92 (3)	Jul 20	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-5		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	93	Jul 21	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-4		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	94	Jul 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	96 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	HOU	W,11-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	98 (1)	Jul 26	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	99	Jul 27	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	100	Jul 29	PIT		PHI	W,5-3		22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	103 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,5-6		11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	108 (4)	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-4		12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	110 (1)	Aug 7	PIT		CIN	L,7-9		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	112 (1)	Aug 10	PIT		NYM	W,10-4	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	113	Aug 11	PIT		NYM	W,7-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	114	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,14-11		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	119 (4)	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYM	L,5-9	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	124 (4)	Aug 23	PIT		PHI	L,4-5		22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
50	130 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	GS	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	133 (2)	Aug 31	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	137 (3)	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	W,8-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	141 (3)	Sep 7	PIT		ATL	L,3-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	146 (4)	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5		7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	147	Sep 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155 (6)	Sep 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	156	Sep 25	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-6		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	157	Sep 26	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
60	158	Sep 28 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	16	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	160 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,4-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							61gm		112.2	7	10	0	17	2