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Billy
O'Dell		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 10, 1932 in Usa, SC, WHITMIRE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1955 23 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1956 24 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1957 25 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1958 26 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1959 27 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1960 28 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 3
1962 30 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 7 4 3 3
1963 31 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 7 4 3 3
1964 32 BSN NL $ 310,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1965 33 BSN NL $ 310,000 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 26 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 27 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 28 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 32 BSN NL $ 310,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 33 BSN NL $ 310,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1954 22 BRK NL 13 13 .500 33 33 12 0 0 249.0 246 128 35 100 132 4.63 .258 .327 .417 .744 12.8
    AAA   3 2 .600 7 7 1 1 0 52.0 46 21 7 17 32 3.63 .240 .301 .411 .713  
1955 23 BRK NL 11 17 .393 36 36 13 0 0 262.3 289 151 31 104 134 5.18 .283 .349 .447 .796 5.0
1956 24 BRK NL 10 9 .526 70 13 3 0 5 148.0 164 102 27 79 64 6.20 .282 .368 .462 .831 0.7
1957 25 BRK NL 3 3 .500 49 1 0 0 2 60.3 62 31 8 26 29 4.62 .266 .337 .433 .771 3.3
1958 26 BRK NL 2 3 .400 53 0 0 0 5 62.0 66 27 11 23 32 3.92 .265 .333 .446 .779 4.0
1959 27 BRK NL 7 10 .412 45 20 3 0 3 162.0 176 95 41 57 103 5.28 .273 .336 .519 .855 0.7
1960 28 BRK NL 13 4 .765 87 3 1 0 5 118.7 112 66 19 41 72 5.01 .246 .308 .425 .733 6.7
1962 30 BSN NL 0 4 .000 23 0 0 0 3 29.0 33 14 5 9 18 4.34 .280 .331 .458 .788 1.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 42 0 0 0 4 38.7 30 9 4 5 39 2.10 .213 .240 .333 .573  
1963 31 BSN NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 10 5 3 5 7 6.14 .333 .417 .667 1.083 0.0
    AAA   5 2 .714 32 2 0 0 1 44.3 34 15 5 17 36 3.05 .213 .288 .331 .619  
1964 32 AAA   3 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 2 37.0 41 19 7 8 26 4.62 .277 .314 .466 .780  
1965 33 AAA   2 3 .400 66 0 0 0 6 49.3 57 23 8 25 39 4.20 .298 .380 .503 .882  
9 Years Sim 59 63 .484 403 106 32 0 23 1098.7 1158 619 180 444 591 5.07 .270 .339 .452 .791 34.2
5 Years AAA 15 9 .625 175 9 1 1 13 221.3 208 87 31 72 172 3.54 .250 .310 .413 .723  
Season Average 6 7 .462 44 11 3 0 2 122.1 128 68 20 49 65 5.07 .270 .339 .452 .791  
Career Highs 13 17 .765 87 36 13 0 5 262.3 289 151 41 104 134 6.20 .333 .417 .667 1.083  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   844 467 136 311 361   .285 .353 .483 .836
vs LH   314 152 44 133 230   .236 .305 .384 .689
Home 32 26 .552 208 54 12 0 13 587.0 619 326 96 243 313 5.00 .269 .339 .443 .782
Away 27 37 .422 195 52 20 0 10 511.6 539 293 84 201 278 5.15 .271 .338 .463 .800
Mar/Apr 8 9 .471 64 18 7 0 3 175.6 168 96 25 71 75 4.92 .251 .323 .410 .733
May 7 9 .438 57 12 2 0 2 128.3 143 82 20 65 70 5.75 .287 .369 .466 .835
June 9 11 .450 64 18 6 0 7 176.3 170 88 27 69 99 4.49 .250 .320 .432 .751
July 9 14 .391 57 21 6 0 2 199.3 220 118 42 61 108 5.33 .279 .331 .486 .817
August 17 11 .607 82 21 6 0 7 238.0 260 123 35 94 150 4.65 .279 .345 .449 .794
Sep/Oct 9 9 .500 79 16 5 0 2 181.0 197 112 31 84 89 5.57 .273 .349 .466 .815
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 22 BRK NL 33 83 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 31 .096 .128 .108 .236 -1.3 0.0
1955 23 BRK NL 36 94 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 36 .053 .073 .085 .158 -4.5 0.0
1956 24 BRK NL 70 29 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .103 .133 .138 .271 -0.9 0.0
1957 25 BRK NL 49 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.0 0.2
1958 26 BRK NL 53 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.5
1959 27 BRK NL 45 46 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .130 .167 .130 .297 -0.1 0.0
1960 28 BRK NL 87 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .182 .000 .182 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 373 271 12 27 3 0 1 14 0 0 10 100 .100 .132 .122 .253 -4.6 0.7
162 Game Average 117 5 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 43 .100 .132 .122 .253 -2.0  
Career Highs 87 94 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 36 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   168 8 21 1 0 1 9 0 0 7 54 .125 .160 .149 .309 -0.1
vs LH   103 4 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 46 .058 .085 .078 .163 -4.9
Home 189 136 6 17 2 0 1 13 0 0 3 48 .125 .144 .162 .306 -0.5
Away 184 135 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 52 .074 .120 .081 .201 -4.4
RISP   68 0 8 2 0 1 14 0 0 5 22 .118 .178 .191 .369 1.3
Close/Late   17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259 0.0
Mar/Apr 44 47 1 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 18 .085 .104 .170 .274 -0.6
May 27 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .138 .167 .138 .305 -0.1
June 37 46 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .130 .149 .130 .279 -0.5
July 32 52 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 .077 .111 .096 .207 -1.7
August 57 58 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .138 .167 .155 .322 0.1
Sep/Oct 39 39 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .026 .095 .026 .121 -2.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 22 BRK NL P 33 33 249.0 15 45 0 2 1.000 2.17    
1955 23 BRK NL P 36 36 262.3 11 54 0 3 1.000 2.23    
1956 24 BRK NL P 70 13 148.0 7 28 0 1 1.000 2.13    
1957 25 BRK NL P 49 1 60.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1958 26 BRK NL P 53 0 62.0 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.76    
1959 27 BRK NL P 45 20 162.0 13 25 0 3 1.000 2.11    
1960 28 BRK NL P 87 3 118.7 3 22 1 1 .962 1.90    
1962 30 BSN NL P 23 0 29.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1963 31 BSN NL P 7 0 7.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46    
Career Totals   403 106 1098.7 61 200 1 11 .996 2.14    
Career Highs   87 36 262.3 15 54 1 3 1.000 2.76    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1955-5-17
 Winning Pct
1960-4-.765
 Games Pitched
1956-8-70
1960-2-87
 Complete Games
1954-10-12
1955-7-13
 Hits Allowed
1955-7-289
 Homeruns Allowed
1954-8-35
1959-5-41
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1954
Had first career hit on 4/8/1954, off Russ Kemmerer (MON)
Earned first career win on 4/8/1954
Injured on 9/30/1954 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1955, off Ray Narleski (BOS)
Injured on 4/25/1955 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/1955 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/6/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
7/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $310,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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