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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: 22-14 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	258	3	Apr 11	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.81	31	10	10	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.274	2.41	0.41%	2.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	259	7	Apr 17	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	9	1	1	3	3	0	0	0.53	2.30	36	9	12	2	3	9	60			3	0	0	33	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.06	0.235	3.02	0.40%	2.36	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	260	12	Apr 21(2)	SFG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.04	2.17	32	12	9	1	3	6	70			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.404	3.51	0.69%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	261	16	Apr 25	SFG		STL	W,8-4	GS-4		3	3.2	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	1.52	2.78	21	6	4	0	1	8	36			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.009	3.18	0.02%	-0.61	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out a3
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	262	24	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,17-4	GS-6	W(3-0)	8	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	2.27	2.90	25	4	9	1	2	6	46			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.014	1.78	-0.02%	-1.46	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a10
6	263	29	May 9	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	0	2.01	2.70	37	10	10	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.15	0.038	4.62	0.09%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	264	35	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	GS-7	W(5-0)	6	6.0	8	5	5	1	5	3	0	2.66	3.31	27	7	6	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.103	3.37	-0.26%	-2.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
8	265	40	May 21	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	1	2.56	3.03	36	7	12	1	4	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.79	0.267	7.67	0.69%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	266	43	May 25	SFG		LAD	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-0)	3	7.2	6	2	2	1	3	0	1	2.54	2.97	31	11	14	4	0	1	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.127	6.13	0.42%	1.16	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
10	267	47	May 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(8-0)	4	6.1	6	4	4	5	2	0	1	2.81	3.12	31	11	6	1	0	6	42			0	1	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.11	0.134	5.41	0.39%	-0.07	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a3
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
11	268	51	Jun 4	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-1)	4	5.2	9	6	4	4	4	0	0	3.06	3.12	31	9	5	0	1	9	31			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	2	.76	-0.273	4.12	-0.89%	-2.71	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
12	269	56	Jun 8	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-8	L(8-2)	3	7.2	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.00	3.20	32	10	13	3	3	5	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.44	-0.131	5.41	-0.30%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out d1
13	270	61	Jun 13	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(9-2)	4	10.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.78	3.10	36	8	13	0	3	6	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	0.516	6.13	1.43%	3.20	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
14	271	66	Jun 17	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	GS-7	L(9-3)	3	7.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.77	3.04	31	7	18	6	0	0	55			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.009	5.38	0.03%	0.94	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	272	70	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.55	3.00	31	11	11	0	2	2	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.601	4.93	1.60%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	273	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	5	5	2	1	3	1	2	2.59	3.11	24	5	7	1	1	5	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.376	5.13	-1.22%	-2.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
17	274	78	Jul 1	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	7.0	11	4	4	1	0	2	0	2.74	3.31	31	10	10	0	2	10	38			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.199	3.67	-0.57%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	275	82	Jul 5	SFG		STL	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.1	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.81	3.31	27	6	9	0	0	8	49			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.198	5.73	-0.49%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
19	276	86	Jul 10	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS-5	L(10-5)	4	4.1	6	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.92	3.27	23	6	6	0	2	5	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.72	-0.378	6.98	-0.92%	-2.73	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d2
20	277	91	Jul 15(2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.96	3.34	30	10	8	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.062	1.89	-0.08%	-0.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	278	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-5	GS-4		5	3.2	6	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.01	3.32	19	3	5	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.115	1.20	-0.07%	-1.66	1b start a 2	4b 12- 2 out a2
22	279	102	Jul 26	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.05	3.31	20	5	6	0	1	5	42			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.214	2.63	-0.24%	-1.32	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
23	280	106	Jul 30	SFG		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.88	3.21	37	10	10	1	0	10	70			2	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.298	3.38	0.70%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
24	281	110	Aug 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	10	1	1	2	6	1	1	2.80	3.23	35	7	9	0	1	10	62			1	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	0.254	6.26	0.62%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
25	282	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.23	3	2	1	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.045	2.76	0.12%	0.42	1b start a 2	1b 3 out a2
26	283	128	Aug 24	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-5		13	4.1	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.87	3.27	19	4	7	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.254	2.42	-0.35%	-1.73	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
27	284	132	Aug 28	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.87	3.26	35	13	12	0	1	5	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.174	2.71	0.28%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Sept				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
28	285	136	Sep 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-8		3	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.91	3.23	29	9	13	5	0	2	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.006	4.70	0.01%	0.37	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
29	286	142	Sep 6	SFG		LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(12-7)	4	7.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.99	3.36	31	13	12	2	0	1	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.194	.15	-0.02%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	287	145	Sep 10	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-2	L(12-8)	3	1.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	1	3.06	3.38	11	0	1	0	0	5	36			0	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.201	.06	-0.01%	-1.98	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d2
31	288	146	Sep 11	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	5-6		0	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.03	3.38	10	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.85	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d3
32	289	150	Sep 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,13-5	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	8	5	3	1	3	0	0	3.03	3.33	37	16	9	0	1	8	57			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	2	.71	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
33	290	153	Sep 18	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-6	7-8	L(13-9)	2	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.15	3.35	7	1	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-3.11	7b -2- 2 out tie	8b 12- 1 out d3
34	291	155	Sep 21	SFG		NYM	L,4-5	GS-4	L(13-10)	2	3.2	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.31	3.34	20	4	5	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-3.65	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d5
35	292	159	Sep 26	SFG		PHI	W,10-0	SHO	W(14-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.17	3.28	31	8	16	0	0	2	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.15	0.078	.00	0.00%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
36	293	162	Sep 29	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	3.29	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.22	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
							22-14		W-L:14-10,Sv:1	3.6	222.1	218	90	78	70	116	14	7	3.16	3.29	952	0.89		5%	5%	188	54	2	50%	9	4	0	863	33	4	12	16	1	16	1.07	0.155	3.63	2.44%	1.73

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