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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: 9-18 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 6

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	453	9	Apr 25	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	4-GF	W(1-0)	99	5.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.35	18	8	6	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.229	.96	0.23%	2.33	4t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 4
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
2	454	13	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.1	4	3	3	7	1	1	0	2.13	4.99	29	10	7	0	2	4	52			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	.76	0.077	1.84	0.11%	1.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a6
3	455	18	May 6	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.44	5.16	23	8	7	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.025	2.25	-0.04%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a1
4	456	23	May 12	PIT		ATL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	7.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.16	4.92	27	11	7	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.294	2.89	0.46%	1.19	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
5	457	29	May 18	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(4-0)	5	7.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	1	3.31	5.08	31	11	5	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.52	-0.112	3.59	-0.16%	-0.41	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
6	458	34	May 23	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-8	GS-5	L(4-1)	4	4.0	6	7	7	5	1	0	0	4.66	5.16	23	4	7	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	18	3	1	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.388	1.96	-0.52%	-4.83	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d3
7	459	40	May 30(2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS-8		6	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.30	4.58	29	8	8	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.251	2.01	0.34%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 12- 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
8	460	44	Jun 3	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	7.0	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	4.59	4.72	29	7	9	1	1	8	44			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	.47	-0.273	1.07	-0.38%	-2.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
9	461	49	Jun 9	PIT		PHI	W,16-1	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.05	4.41	35	9	16	1	6	8	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.087	.59	0.11%	2.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
10	462	54	Jun 14	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GS-2	L(5-3)	4	1.0	4	6	6	3	1	1	0	4.87	4.70	10	1	1	0	0	4	19			0	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.390	2.17	-0.50%	-5.04	1t start tie	2t -23 0 out d4
11	463	57	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-4	L(5-4)	1	3.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.15	4.63	18	5	6	1	1	6	32			0	0	0	15	2	2	1	0	2	0	.69	-0.231	1.16	-0.23%	-2.48	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d4
12	464	62	Jun 21	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS-1	L(5-5)	4	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.68	4.63	5	0	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.274	2.89	-0.32%	-2.90	1t start tie	1t -23 1 out d2
13	465	67	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.60	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.08	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
14	466	80	Jul 13	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	6-9	H(1)	15	2.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.64	4.58	12	3	4	0	1	2		3	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.013	1.29	-0.01%	-0.49	6b 123 2 out a2	9b 123 1 out a5
15	467	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.61	4.54	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.026	1.07	0.02%	0.45	8b 1-3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
16	468	86	Jul 18(2)	PIT		SFG	L,2-3	7-7	BL(5-6)	1	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.71	4.69	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.431	1.00	-0.25%	-1.80	7t 1-- 2 out a1	7t 3 out d1
17	469	88	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	7-8		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.68	4.60	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.004	.11	0.00%	-0.15	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
18	470	91	Jul 23(1)	PIT		HOU	L,5-8	4-5		2	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.77	4.76	11	3	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.060	.29	-0.03%	-1.15	4t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d5
19	471	94	Jul 25	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-3	6-7		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.67	4.80	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.36	0.007	.25	0.00%	-0.01	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 12- 1 out d2
20	472	97	Jul 28	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-9	2-6		2	5.0	5	5	3	3	2	0	0	5.65	4.72	24	6	8	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	1	1	.09	-0.069	.05	-0.02%	-2.95	2b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d8
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
21	473	102	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.58	4.67	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
22	474	113	Aug 12	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.51	4.68	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
23	475	125	Aug 22	PIT		CHC	L,1-8	4-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.38	4.68	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.85	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
24	476	127	Aug 25(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	7-7		2	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.44	4.82	5	1	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.02	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-3 2 out d2
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
25	477	144	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,0-6	9-GF		14	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.42	4.78	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.33	9t --3 2 out d6	9t end d 6
26	478	145	Sep 10	PIT		STL	W,8-7	5-5		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.77	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.72	5t 12- 1 out d1	5t -23 2 out d3
27	479	147	Sep 12	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-15	4-5		1	1.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	5.82	4.78	13	3	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	.08	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-3.47	4b --- 0 out d6	5b 12- 2 out d9
							9-18		W-L:5-6,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.5	86.2	88	58	56	41	34	10	3	5.82	4.78	381	1.06		4%	6%	87	43	10	40%	0	0	0	332	17	5	7	11	4	1	.68	-1.572	1.44	-1.20%	-18.85

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