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, 11,150th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1954	21	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	2.76	7	2	4	1	0	0	16.1	15	7	5	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	67	133	2.58	1.224	8.3	0.0	2.8	3.3	1.20
1955			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1956	23	BAL	AL	0	0		1.13	4	1	2	0	0	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	34	361	3.12	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1957	24	BAL	AL	4	10	.286	2.69	35	15	6	2	1	4	140.1	107	48	42	12	39	2	97	5	0	0	560	133	3.13	1.040	6.9	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.49
1958	25	BAL	AL	14	11	.560	2.97	41	25	12	12	3	8	221.1	201	83	73	13	51	6	137	4	1	2	913	121	*2.75*	1.139	8.2	*0.5*	2.1	5.6	*2.69*	AS
1959	26	BAL	AL	10	12	.455	2.93	38	24	9	6	2	1	199.1	163	74	65	18	67	7	88	1	0	2	826	129	3.86	1.154	7.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	1.31	AS
1960	27	SFG	NL	8	13	.381	3.20	43	24	6	6	1	2	202.2	198	80	72	16	72	8	145	2	2	4	873	110	3.22	1.332	8.8	0.7	3.2	6.4	2.01
1961	28	SFG	NL	7	5	.583	3.59	46	14	9	4	1	2	130.1	132	63	52	10	33	6	110	1	0	2	554	106	2.67	1.266	9.1	0.7	2.3	7.6	3.33
1962	29	SFG	NL	19	14	.576	3.53	43	39	1	20	2	0	280.2	*282*	126	110	18	66	1	195	7	0	4	1178	109	2.84	1.240	9.0	0.6	2.1	6.3	2.95
1963	30	SFG	NL	14	10	.583	3.16	36	33	1	10	3	1	222.1	218	90	78	14	70	12	116	7	0	6	951	101	3.29	1.295	8.8	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.66
1964	31	SFG	NL	8	7	.533	5.40	36	8	13	1	0	3	85.0	82	55	51	10	35	6	54	4	0	1	371	66	4.24	1.376	8.7	1.1	3.7	5.7	1.54
1965	32	MLN	NL	10	6	.625	2.18	62	1	42	0	0	19	111.1	87	35	27	10	30	8	78	2	0	6	448	161	3.15	1.051	7.0	0.8	2.4	6.3	2.60
1966	33	TOT	NL	5	5	.500	2.64	61	2	26	0	0	10	112.2	118	38	33	6	41	2	67	6	1	2	487	138	3.31	1.411	9.4	0.5	3.3	5.4	1.63
1966	33	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	2.40	24	0	15	0	0	6	41.1	44	14	11	3	18	1	20	2	0	0	183	155	3.98	1.500	9.6	0.7	3.9	4.4	1.11
1966	33	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	2.78	37	2	11	0	0	4	71.1	74	24	22	3	23	1	47	4	1	2	304	129	2.92	1.360	9.3	0.4	2.9	5.9	2.04
1967	34	PIT	NL	5	6	.455	5.82	27	11	6	1	0	0	86.2	88	58	56	10	41	7	34	3	1	1	381	58	4.78	1.488	9.1	1.0	4.3	3.5	0.83
13 Yrs				105	100	.512	3.29	479	199	137	63	13	50	1817.0	1697	758	665	137	556	66	1133	42	5	30	7643	109	3.25	1.240	8.4	0.7	2.8	5.6	2.04
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.512	3.29	48	20	14	6	1	5	182	170	76	67	14	56	7	114	4	1	3	767	109	3.25	1.240	8.4	0.7	2.8	5.6	2.04

SFG (5 yrs)				56	49	.533	3.55	204	118	30	41	7	8	921.0	912	414	363	68	276	33	620	21	2	17	3927	101	3.14	1.290	8.9	0.7	2.7	6.1	2.25
BAL (5 yrs)				29	34	.460	2.86	125	67	33	21	6	13	585.1	492	213	186	43	168	16	334	10	1	4	2400	128	3.22	1.128	7.6	0.7	2.6	5.1	1.99
PIT (2 yrs)				8	8	.500	4.44	64	13	17	1	0	4	158.0	162	82	78	13	64	8	81	7	2	3	685	78	3.94	1.430	9.2	0.7	3.6	4.6	1.27
ATL (2 yrs)				12	9	.571	2.24	86	1	57	0	0	25	152.2	131	49	38	13	48	9	98	4	0	6	631	159	3.37	1.172	7.7	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.04

NL (8 yrs)				76	66	.535	3.50	354	132	104	42	7	37	1231.2	1205	545	479	94	388	50	799	32	4	26	5243	102	3.27	1.293	8.8	0.7	2.8	5.8	2.06
AL (5 yrs)				29	34	.460	2.86	125	67	33	21	6	13	585.1	492	213	186	43	168	16	334	10	1	4	2400	128	3.22	1.128	7.6	0.7	2.6	5.1	1.99

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