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George
O'Donnell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 27, 1929 in Usa, IL, WINCHESTER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 1 1 1 9 9 9 7 7 7
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6
1956 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 8 9 8 6 6 6
1957 28 SEM AL   10 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5
1958 29 SEM AL   10 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5
1959 30 SEM AL   10 1 1 1 8 9 9 6 6 6
1960 31 SEM AL $ 300,000 10 1 1 1 9 9 9 7 7 7
1961 32 SEM AL $ 350,000 10 1 1 1 8 8 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 10 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 28 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 29 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 30 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 32 SEM AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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 25 SEM AL 14 8 .636 33 21 7 0 1 177.7 230 97 10 52 53 4.91 .323 .367 .436 .803 9.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 4 4 1 0 1 54.55 .667 .667 1.167 1.833  
1955 26 SEM AL 6 6 .500 35 11 7 0 0 121.3 137 68 17 34 35 5.04 .288 .335 .467 .802 4.8
1956 27 SEM AL 1 2 .333 20 0 0 0 2 28.3 35 14 7 10 3 4.45 .310 .360 .558 .918 1.6
1957 28 AAA   3 7 .300 29 12 1 0 2 98.7 111 36 12 22 50 3.28 .283 .321 .436 .757  
1958 29 AAA   8 13 .381 25 25 1 1 0 164.3 220 93 10 36 100 5.09 .318 .352 .443 .795  
1959 30 AAA   8 7 .533 21 21 4 1 0 143.3 161 60 19 20 98 3.77 .282 .306 .433 .739  
1960 31 SEM AL 11 18 .379 32 32 19 1 0 262.3 297 132 38 55 89 4.53 .288 .325 .441 .766 9.1
1961 32 SEM AL 3 8 .273 11 11 5 1 0 76.3 94 48 5 16 22 5.66 .300 .335 .425 .760 0.0
    AA   2 1 .667 45 0 0 0 7 38.7 31 8 2 5 32 1.86 .230 .257 .326 .583  
1962 33 AA   5 5 .500 13 13 0 0 0 97.3 85 25 5 20 77 2.31 .229 .269 .302 .570  
5 Years Sim 35 42 .455 131 75 38 2 3 666.0 793 359 77 167 202 4.85 .300 .341 .448 .788 24.8
4 Years AAA 19 27 .413 77 58 6 2 2 407.0 496 193 42 78 249 4.27 .299 .330 .440 .771  
2 Years AA 7 6 .538 58 13 0 0 7 136.0 116 33 7 25 109 2.18 .229 .266 .308 .574  
6 Years Minors 26 33 .441 135 71 6 2 9 543.0 612 226 49 103 358 3.75 .283 .315 .410 .725  
Season Average 7 8 .467 26 15 7 0 0 133.2 158 71 15 33 40 4.85 .300 .341 .448 .788  
Career Highs 14 18 .636 35 32 19 1 2 262.3 297 132 38 55 89 5.66 .323 .367 .558 .918  
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   402 181 36 79 119   .287 .325 .420 .745
vs LH   391 178 41 88 83   .314 .359 .479 .838
Home 16 19 .457 68 36 18 0 1 341.0 398 176 33 85 105 4.65 .293 .334 .426 .761
Away 19 23 .452 63 39 20 2 2 325.0 395 183 44 82 97 5.07 .307 .349 .470 .819
Mar/Apr 6 9 .400 26 16 5 0 0 136.7 172 70 10 39 33 4.61 .323 .369 .447 .815
May 6 6 .500 23 11 7 2 1 95.3 98 47 8 21 30 4.44 .265 .304 .386 .691
June 9 5 .643 22 14 8 0 0 129.3 150 59 14 30 43 4.11 .293 .332 .434 .766
July 7 6 .538 21 12 7 0 1 111.7 136 59 10 26 32 4.76 .304 .342 .427 .770
August 6 7 .462 27 12 6 0 1 113.0 131 57 15 29 36 4.54 .296 .339 .445 .784
Sep/Oct 1 9 .100 12 10 5 0 0 80.0 106 67 20 22 28 7.54 .312 .354 .568 .921
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 25 SEM AL 33 58 1 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .190 .203 .207 .410 2.0 0.0
1955 26 SEM AL 35 28 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .286 .310 .321 .632 3.1 0.1
1956 27 SEM AL 20 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 1.6 0.6
1959 30 AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1960 31 SEM AL 32 84 0 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 46 .107 .107 .131 .238 -1.7 0.0
1961 32 SEM AL 11 23 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .130 .130 .174 .304 0.0 0.0
1962 33 AA   7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
5 Years Sim 131 197 5 34 6 0 0 15 0 0 2 78 .173 .181 .203 .384 5.0 0.7
1 Years AAA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1 Years AA 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
2 Years Minors 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
162 Game Average 243 6 42 7 0 0 18 0 0 2 96 .173 .181 .203 .384 6.2  
Career Highs 35 84 2 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 46 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 3.1  
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   110 1 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 44 .118 .126 .145 .272 -1.8
vs LH   87 4 21 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 34 .241 .250 .276 .526 5.2
Home 68 93 3 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .140 .158 .161 .319 -0.1
Away 63 104 2 21 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 42 .202 .202 .240 .442 3.4
RISP   39 0 11 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 13 .282 .300 .308 .608 3.4
Close/Late   19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
Mar/Apr 16 42 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .143 .143 .190 .333 0.0
May 11 26 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .115 .115 .154 .269 -0.5
June 19 38 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 13 .184 .205 .184 .389 0.9
July 19 37 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .135 .135 .135 .270 -0.6
August 18 27 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .185 .214 .222 .437 0.9
Sep/Oct 12 27 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .296 .296 .370 .667 2.6
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 25 SEM AL P 33 21 177.7 8 30 2 2 .950 1.93    
1955 26 SEM AL P 35 11 121.3 13 16 0 1 1.000 2.15    
1956 27 SEM AL P 20 0 28.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.27    
1960 31 SEM AL P 32 32 262.3 11 56 0 3 1.000 2.30    
1961 32 SEM AL P 11 11 76.3 9 12 2 0 .913 2.48    
Career Totals   131 75 666.0 43 116 4 6 .975 2.15    
Career Highs   35 32 262.3 13 56 2 3 1.000 2.48    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1960-5-18
 Winning Pct
1954-9-.636
 Complete Games
1960-3-19
 Hits Allowed
1960-5-297
 Homeruns Allowed
1960-5-38
 Walks per 9IP
1960-6-1.9
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Ed Heusser (973)
  2. Johnny Werts (962)
  3. Ted Blankenship (961)
  4. Wes Gardner (957)
  5. Alex Ferguson (957)
  6. Jim Suchecki (956)
  7. Tim Burke (956)
  8. Whitey Moore (955)
  9. Fay Thomas (953)
  10. Steve Renko (953)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Seattle in 1954
Earned first career win on 4/7/1954
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/1954, off Ted Gray (MON)
Injured on 4/23/1954 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/6/1959 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Seattle on 11/1/1962
 
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