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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-18 / in Starts: 23-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 4

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	215	2	Apr 11	SFG		MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	1	0	1.00	3.06	34	9	9	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.453	2.41	0.62%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	216	7	Apr 16	SFG		LAD	W,19-8	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	15	8	6	4	4	1	1	3.50	3.95	47	14	22	7	0	2	29			1	0	1	41	3	0	0	0	1	1	.59	0.093	1.58	0.15%	-3.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
3	217	11	Apr 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-4		4	3.2	7	6	5	4	2	1	0	4.98	4.69	21	5	3	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.325	2.80	-0.51%	-4.02	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d5
4	218	16	Apr 27	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.1	6	4	4	1	6	2	1	5.14	4.94	27	6	7	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.162	2.21	-0.25%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	219	21	May 1	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	7	1	0	4.38	4.35	34	9	9	0	0	9	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.300	4.03	0.78%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	220	26	May 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	7	3	2	0	6	0	1	3.91	3.81	34	9	11	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	1	0	.67	0.233	2.70	0.57%	1.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
7	221	29	May 10	SFG	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-0)	3	8.2	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.29	3.42	31	7	12	0	0	4	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.332	3.61	1.07%	4.91	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a6
8	222	35	May 17	SFG		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(5-1)	6	9.0	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.83	3.17	33	11	9	0	0	6	78			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.69	0.247	8.94	0.78%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	223	40	May 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-8	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	6.0	4	3	2	2	6	1	0	2.84	3.22	23	6	9	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	1	.80	-0.073	4.89	-0.27%	-0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
10	224	45	May 26	SFG		NYM	W,7-6	GS-3		4	3.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.10	3.08	16	2	3	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.191	4.73	-0.54%	-1.51	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
11	225	50	May 31	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.05	2.92	27	8	8	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.025	2.90	0.08%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	226	53	Jun 2(2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-4	7-7	W(6-3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	2.95	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	0.145	17.42	0.43%	0.92	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out tie
13	227	55	Jun 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	W(7-3)	2	9.0	5	4	3	2	10	1	0	3.02	2.91	34	12	5	0	1	5	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.120	3.88	0.33%	0.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
14	228	60	Jun 10(1)	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	L(7-4)	4	8.1	11	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.32	3.09	37	10	12	0	1	11	35			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.63	-0.541	8.47	-1.69%	-1.28	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
15	229	66	Jun 15	SFG		STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.44	3.20	27	8	9	0	0	6	49			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.126	4.09	-0.37%	-0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
16	230	69	Jun 19	SFG		HOU	L,4-6	GS-3	L(7-6)	3	2.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.62	3.18	15	3	2	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.256	3.88	-0.69%	-2.91	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
17	231	71	Jun 22	SFG		MLN	L,9-11	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	3.17	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.194	10.61	-0.52%	-0.43	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 2
18	232	74	Jun 25	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	5	1	0	1	6	0	1	3.32	3.08	32	8	11	1	3	5	80			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.542	6.35	1.66%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	233	78	Jun 29	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(9-6)	3	12.0	8	3	3	2	12	0	1	3.22	2.92	46	14	10	0	1	7	84			0	0	0	42	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.60	0.726	8.31	2.27%	2.96	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	234	84	Jul 4(2)	SFG		NYM	W,10-3	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	10	3	2	3	5	0	1	3.14	2.91	39	13	7	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	4	0	2	.82	0.221	4.48	0.72%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	235	88	Jul 8	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	CG	L(10-7)	3	9.0	12	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.07	2.90	38	16	17	7	0	0	56			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.29	0.120	11.75	0.66%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	236	90	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.10	2.89	30	11	10	0	1	7	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.066	4.54	-0.20%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
23	237	95	Jul 17	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(11-8)	3	8.1	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.11	2.88	33	10	7	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.66	-0.133	7.95	-0.38%	0.48	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a1
24	238	99	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3		3	2.0	7	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.40	2.88	13	3	2	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.547	8.01	-2.24%	-5.33	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out tie
25	239	103	Jul 25	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-8)	3	6.2	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.32	2.83	28	7	6	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.202	7.59	0.68%	1.52	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a2
26	240	106	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	GS-1	L(12-9)	3	0.2	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.62	2.85	8	4	0	0	0	3	17			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.365	13.10	-2.00%	-4.84	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	241	107	Aug 1	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(12-10)	2	10.0	7	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.57	2.90	41	11	12	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	36	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	0.119	6.99	0.34%	1.97	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
28	242	111	Aug 5	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.45	2.86	34	9	13	2	1	5	76			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.50	0.599	6.39	1.54%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	243	116	Aug 10	SFG		LAD	W,11-2	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.39	2.82	33	13	12	4	0	2	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.158	4.69	0.66%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
30	244	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	4	2	8	1	0	3.46	2.83	29	6	5	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.30	-0.213	8.10	-0.80%	-1.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
31	245	124	Aug 19	SFG	@	MLN	L,8-13	GS-3	L(14-11)	3	2.2	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.63	2.95	14	3	4	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.390	5.32	-1.37%	-3.64	1b start a 2	3b --- 2 out d3
32	246	128	Aug 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-11)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.48	2.92	32	9	11	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.365	4.74	1.09%	4.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
33	247	132	Aug 29	SFG		MLN	L,3-10	GS-3	L(15-12)	4	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.62	2.99	13	4	2	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.269	8.32	-0.98%	-3.01	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d4
34	248	133	Aug 30	SFG		MLN	W,3-2	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.62	3.01	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.68	-0.137	25.07	-0.44%	-0.66	8t 12- 1 out a1	8t 123 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	249	136	Sep 2	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	W(16-12)	2	9.0	11	4	2	0	11	0	0	3.55	2.89	38	5	11	1	0	11	64			0	1	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.136	7.62	0.43%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
36	250	140	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-6	GS-7		3	7.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.60	2.95	30	12	11	4	0	1	51			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.010	16.15	-0.08%	-0.70	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
37	251	144	Sep 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(17-12)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.50	2.94	35	12	13	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.88	0.365	8.33	2.07%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	252	148	Sep 14	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(17-13)	3	7.0	9	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.48	2.87	31	7	5	0	1	9	59			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.97	0.112	8.63	0.60%	1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
39	253	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	W(18-13)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.50	2.89	38	8	12	1	0	10	55			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.122	5.65	0.40%	1.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
40	254	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-3	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	7	3	0	3	6	0	0	3.38	2.87	38	11	11	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.41	0.274	1.61	0.65%	1.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
41	255	159	Sep 27	SFG		STL	L,4-7	GS-5	L(19-14)	3	4.2	10	6	6	0	3	0	0	3.52	2.84	24	5	7	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	2	.89	-0.190	8.75	-1.12%	-1.95	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
42	256	162	Sep 30	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	GS-7		2	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.46	2.83	30	9	10	0	1	5	61			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.281	25.01	2.67%	2.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
43	257	164	Oct 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,7-8	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.0	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	3.53	2.84	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	-0.599	155.68	-15.41%	-4.04	6b 12- 1 out a3	6b --3 1 out d1
							25-18		W-L:19-14,BSv:1	3.1	280.2	282	126	110	66	195	18	7	3.53	2.84	1176	0.97		6%	1%	235	55	9	44%	10	4	1	1091	44	1	2	30	5	21	1.10	1.503	6.97	-8.61%	12.84

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