Blue Moon Odom | Major Leaguer 1964-1976

Full Name: Johnny Lee Odom
Born: May 29,1945 in Macon, Georgia
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1964] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Athletics. [May 20,1975] - Traded by Athletics with Cash to Indians for Jim Perry and Dick Bosman. [Jun 7,1975] - Traded by Indians with Rob Belloir to Braves for Roric Harrison. [Jun 15,1976] - Traded by Braves to White Sox for Pete Varney. [Jan 26,1977] - Released by White Sox.

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%
1964	Birmingham	Sou	19	Kca	AA	6	5	4.14	16						100.0	102	54	46		52	69			9.18	---	4.68	6.21	1.54	--
	KC A's	AL	19	Kca	MLB	1	2	10.06	5	5	1	1	0	0	17.0	29	21	19	5	11	10	5	0	15.35	2.65	5.82	5.29	2.35	67%
1965	Lewiston	Nwest	20	Kca	A-	11	14	4.27	29						198.0	207	125	94		118	184			9.41	---	5.36	8.36	1.64	--
	KC A's	AL	20	Kca	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	4.00	71%
1966	Mobile	Sou	21	Kca	AA	12	5	3.09	19						140.0	119	56	48		61	96			7.65	---	3.92	6.17	1.29	--
	KC A's	AL	21	Kca	MLB	5	5	2.49	14	14	4	2	0	0	90.1	70	31	25	1	53	47	7	0	6.97	0.10	5.28	4.68	1.36	55%
1967	Vancouver	PCL	22	Kca	AAA	3	2	2.25	6						40.0	39	17	10		22	35			8.78	---	4.95	7.88	1.53	--
	KC A's	AL	22	Kca	MLB	3	8	5.04	29	17	0	0	6	0	103.2	94	67	58	9	68	67	7	0	8.16	0.78	5.90	5.82	1.56	67%
1968	Oakland	AL	23	Oak	MLB	16	10	2.45	32	31	9	4	0	0	231.1	179	74	63	9	98	143	17	0	6.96	0.35	3.81	5.56	1.20	61%
1969	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	15	6	2.92	32	32	10	3	0	0	231.1	179	87	75	15	112	150	13	1	6.96	0.58	4.36	5.84	1.26	58%
1970	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	9	8	3.80	29	29	4	1	0	0	156.1	128	77	66	14	100	88	14	0	7.37	0.81	5.76	5.07	1.46	54%
1971	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	10	12	4.29	25	25	3	1	0	0	140.2	147	78	67	13	71	69	6	0	9.41	0.83	4.54	4.41	1.55	53%
1972	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	15	6	2.50	31	30	4	2	0	0	194.1	164	62	54	10	87	86	5	0	7.60	0.46	4.03	3.98	1.29	51%
1973	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	5	12	4.49	30	24	3	0	4	0	150.1	153	86	75	14	67	83	8	1	9.16	0.84	4.01	4.97	1.46	57%
1974	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	1	5	3.81	34	5	1	0	7	1	87.1	85	39	37	4	52	52	4	0	8.76	0.41	5.36	5.36	1.57	64%
1975	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	1	7	7.07	15	10	0	0	1	0	56.0	78	46	44	5	28	30	4	1	12.54	0.80	4.50	4.82	1.89	59%
	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	1	0	2.61	3	1	1	1	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	1	8	10	0	0	3.48	0.87	6.97	8.71	1.16	76%
	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	0	2	12.27	7	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	19	15	15	1	11	4	1	0	15.55	0.82	9.00	3.27	2.73	62%
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	2	2	5.79	8	4	0	0	2	0	28.0	31	21	18	2	20	18	1	0	9.96	0.64	6.43	5.79	1.82	61%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						84	85	3.70	295	229	40	15	21	1	1,509.0	1362	708	620	103	788	857	92	3	8.12	0.61	4.70	5.11	1.42	58%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						32	26	3.73	70						478.0	467	252	198		253	384			8.79	---	4.76	7.23	1.51	--

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%
1964	KC A's	AL	19	Kca	MLB	p	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	29%
1965	KC A's	AL	20	Kca	MLB	p	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1966	KC A's	AL	21	Kca	MLB	p	9	17	31	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	16	0	0	1	0	0	.097	.176	.097	273	62%
1967	KC A's	AL	22	Kca	MLB	p	9	33	28	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.321	631	57%
1968	Oakland	AL	23	Oak	MLB	p	9	42	78	14	17	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	29	1	0	4	0	0	.218	.282	.282	564	64%
1969	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	p	9	43	79	15	21	2	1	5	16	0	0	2	24	1	0	8	0	0	.266	.293	.506	799	60%
1970	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	p	9	37	54	8	13	2	0	3	7	1	0	3	18	0	0	1	0	1	.241	.281	.444	725	59%
1971	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	p	9	37	50	8	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	24	0	0	1	0	1	.160	.192	.260	452	70%
1972	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	p	9	59	66	16	8	1	0	2	2	4	2	1	29	0	0	5	0	0	.121	.134	.227	361	60%
1973	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	p	0	51	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1974	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	p	0	43	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	p	9	15	13	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.154	231	83%
	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	p	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								402	405	76	79	9	2	12	31	6	5	19	163	2	0	21	0	2	.195	.235	.316	551	62%

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%
1972	Oakland	AL	27		Ch	2	0	0.00	2		1			0	14.0	5		0		2	5			3.21	---	1.29	3.21	0.50	--
	Oakland	AL	27		Ws	0	1	1.32	2		0			0	13.2	5		2		6	13			3.29	---	3.95	8.57	0.81	--
1973	Oakland	AL	28		Ch	0	0	1.80	1		0			0	5.0	6		1		2	4			10.80	---	3.60	7.20	1.60	--
	Oakland	AL	28		Ws	0	0	3.86	2		0			0	4.2	5		2		2	2			9.66	---	3.86	3.86	1.50	--
1974	Oakland	AL	29		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	3.1	1		0		0	1			2.70	---	0.00	2.70	0.30	--
	Oakland	AL	29		Ws	1	0	0.00	2		0			0	1.1	0		0		1	2			0.00	---	6.77	13.53	0.75	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						3	1	1.07	10		1			0	42.0	22		5		13	27			4.71	---	2.79	5.79	0.83	--

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%
1972	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	Ch	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750	--
	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	Ws	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1973	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	Ws	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1974	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						16	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	333	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1964	KC A's	AL	19	Kca	MLB	P	5		17	2	2	1	5	1	-	-	-	.800	2.12

1965	KC A's	AL	20	Kca	MLB	P	1		1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00

1966	KC A's	AL	21	Kca	MLB	P	14		90.1	12	20	1	33	2	-	-	-	.970	3.19

1967	KC A's	AL	22	Kca	MLB	P	29		103.2	9	17	3	29	2	-	-	-	.897	2.26

1968	Oakland	AL	23	Oak	MLB	P	32		231.1	10	43	2	55	1	-	-	-	.964	2.06

1969	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	P	32		231.1	27	32	4	63	4	-	-	-	.937	2.30

1970	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	P	29		156.1	22	30	4	56	2	-	-	-	.929	2.99

1971	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	P	25		140.2	15	19	6	40	3	-	-	-	.850	2.18

1972	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	P	31		194.1	15	33	7	55	2	-	-	-	.873	2.22

1973	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	P	30		150.1	8	20	4	32	3	-	-	-	.875	1.68

1974	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	P	34		87.1	7	16	5	28	1	-	-	-	.821	2.37

1975	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	P	15		56	11	6	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	2.73
1975	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	3		10.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.87
1975	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	P	7		11	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	2.45

1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	P	8		28	1	2	2	5	0	-	-	-	.600	.96

Awards

[1968] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1969] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Oakland Athletics in 1972-1974.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1968-1969)

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