Billy O'Dell | Major Leaguer 1954-1967

Full Name: William Oliver O'Dell
Born: February 10,1932 in Whitmire, South Carolina
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Bats: Both Throws: Left
High School: Newberry (Newberry,SC)
College: Clemson University

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Transactions: [Jun 8,1954] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent (bonus baby) by Orioles. [Nov 30,1959] - Traded by Orioles with Billy Loes to Giants for Roger McCardell, Gordon Jones and Jackie Brandt. [Feb 1,1965] - Traded by Giants to Braves for Ed Bailey. [Jun 15,1966] - Traded by Braves to Pirates for Don Schwall. [Oct 3,1967] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1954	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	1	1	2.76	7	2	1	0	4	0	16.1	15	7	5	0	5	6	0	0	8.27	0.00	2.76	3.31	1.22	--
1956	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	0	0	1.13	4	1	0	0	2	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	6	0	0	6.75	0.00	6.75	6.75	1.50	--
1957	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	4	10	2.69	35	15	2	1	6	4	140.1	107	48	42	12	39	97	0	0	6.86	0.77	2.50	6.22	1.04	47%
1958	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	14	11	2.97	41	25	12	3	12	8	221.1	201	83	73	13	51	137	2	1	8.17	0.53	2.07	5.57	1.14	45%
1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	10	12	2.93	38	24	6	2	9	1	199.1	163	74	65	18	67	88	2	0	7.36	0.81	3.03	3.97	1.15	49%
1960	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	8	13	3.20	43	24	6	1	6	2	202.2	198	80	72	16	72	145	4	2	8.79	0.71	3.20	6.44	1.33	52%
1961	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	7	5	3.59	46	14	4	1	9	2	130.1	132	63	52	10	33	110	2	0	9.12	0.69	2.28	7.60	1.27	45%
1962	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	19	14	3.53	43	39	20	2	1	0	280.2	282	126	110	18	66	195	4	0	9.04	0.58	2.12	6.25	1.24	45%
1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	14	10	3.16	36	33	10	3	1	1	222.1	218	90	78	14	70	116	6	0	8.82	0.57	2.83	4.70	1.30	46%
1964	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	8	7	5.40	36	8	1	0	13	2	85.0	82	55	51	10	35	54	1	0	8.68	1.06	3.71	5.72	1.38	52%
1965	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	10	6	2.18	62	1	0	0	42	18	111.1	87	35	27	10	30	78	6	0	7.03	0.81	2.43	6.31	1.05	51%
1966	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	2	3	2.40	24	0	0	0	15	6	41.1	44	14	11	3	18	20	0	0	9.58	0.65	3.92	4.36	1.50	44%
	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	3	2	2.78	37	2	0	0	11	4	71.1	74	24	22	3	23	47	2	1	9.34	0.38	2.90	5.93	1.36	57%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	5	6	5.82	27	11	1	0	6	0	86.2	88	58	56	10	41	34	1	1	9.14	1.04	4.26	3.53	1.49	49%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						105	100	3.29	479	199	63	13	137	48	1,817.0	1697	758	665	137	556	1133	30	5	8.41	0.68	2.75	5.61	1.24	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1954	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	p		7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1956	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	p		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1957	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	p	9	37	34	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	5	0	0	.147	.171	.147	318	63%
1958	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	p	9	42	72	5	8	2	0	1	1	2	0	6	27	0	0	4	0	2	.111	.179	.181	360	59%
1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	9	43	60	5	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	18	0	0	2	0	1	.083	.141	.133	274	50%
1960	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	p	9	49	56	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	19	0	0	3	0	0	.107	.254	.107	361	48%
1961	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	p	9	49	39	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	4	1	0	.103	.122	.103	225	58%
1962	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	p	9	49	90	7	12	0	0	0	6	1	1	6	29	0	0	10	0	1	.133	.188	.133	321	63%
1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	p	9	47	78	6	16	3	0	0	3	0	2	4	23	0	0	5	0	1	.205	.244	.244	488	59%
1964	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	p	9	50	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.043	.000	043	75%
1965	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	p	9	62	23	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	2	0	0	.174	.208	.217	425	42%
1966	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	p	9	26	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	100%
	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p	9	37	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	181	87%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p	9	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	0	0	.115	.179	.115	294	75%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								530	528	43	66	6	0	2	19	5	5	38	171	0		36	1	5	.125	.183	.148	331	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1962	SF Giants	NL	30		Ws	0	1	4.38	3		0			1	12.1	12		6		3	9			8.76	---	2.19	6.57	1.22	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	4.38	3		0			1	12.1	12		6		3	9			8.76	---	2.19	6.57	1.22	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1962	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	Ws	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1954	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	P	7		16.1	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.76

1956	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	P	4		8	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1957	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	P	35		140.1	5	14	2	21	1	-	-	-	.905	1.22

1958	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	P	41		221.1	12	32	0	44	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.79

1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	38		199.1	7	44	3	54	3	-	-	-	.944	2.30

1960	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	P	43		202.2	9	29	1	39	0	-	-	-	.974	1.69

1961	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	P	46		130.1	8	17	0	25	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.73

1962	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	P	43		280.2	15	39	5	59	0	-	-	-	.915	1.73

1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	P	36		222.1	5	27	1	33	0	-	-	-	.970	1.30

1964	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	P	36		85	5	10	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	1.59

1965	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	P	62		111.1	12	13	0	25	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.02
1965	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	1B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1966	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	P	24		41.1	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.31
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	37		71.1	6	5	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.39

1967	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	27		86.2	3	12	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.56

Awards

[1958] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1959] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1958-1959)

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