Blue Moon Odom

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Full Name: Johnny Lee Odom	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/178	First Game: September 5, 1964
Birthdate: May 29, 1945	Final Game: August 17, 1976
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on May 29, 1945 in Macon, Georgia, Blue Moon Odom (Johnny Lee Odom) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Odom broke into the bigs on September 5, 1964 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 2.49 ERA in 90.1 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Blue Moon Odom's best season was 1968, when he posted a 2.45 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 143 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	KC	A	5	5	1	2	1.06	10	21	19	1	1	0	17	29	5	11	0	5	0
1965	KC	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	14	14	5	5	2.49	47	31	25	4	2	0	90.1	70	1	53	2	7	2
1967	KC	A	29	17	3	8	5.04	67	67	58	0	0	0	103.2	94	9	68	7	7	3
1968	OAK	A	32	31	16	10	2.45	143	74	63	9	4	0	231.1	179	9	98	9	17	7
1969	OAK	A	32	32	15	6	2.92	150	87	75	10	3	0	231.1	179	15	112	5	13	6
1970	OAK	A	29	29	9	8	3.80	88	77	66	4	1	0	156.1	128	14	100	1	14	8
1971	OAK	A	25	25	10	12	4.29	69	78	67	3	1	0	140.2	147	13	71	7	6	0
1972	OAK	A	31	30	15	6	2.50	86	62	54	4	2	0	194.1	164	10	87	2	5	3
1973	OAK	A	30	24	5	12	4.49	83	86	75	3	0	0	150.1	153	14	67	3	8	2
1974	OAK	A	34	5	1	5	3.81	52	39	37	1	0	1	87.1	85	4	52	3	4	3
1975	OAK	A	7	2	0	2	12.27	4	15	15	0	0	0	11	19	1	11	1	1	1
1975	CLE	A	3	1	1	0	2.61	10	3	3	1	1	0	10.1	4	1	8	0	0	0
1975	ATL	N	15	10	1	7	7.07	30	46	44	0	0	0	56	78	5	28	0	4	0
1975	Total		25	13	2	9	7.22	44	64	62	1	1	0	77.1	101	7	47	1	5	1
1975	TOT	A	10	3	1	2	7.59	14	18	18	1	1	0	21.1	23	2	19	1	1	1
1976	CHI	A	8	4	2	2	5.79	18	21	18	0	0	0	28	31	2	20	0	1	1
Total	NL		15	10	1	7	7.07	30	46	44	0	0	0	56	78	5	28	0	4	0
Total	AL		280	219	83	78	3.57	827	662	576	40	15	1	1453	1284	98	760	40	88	36
Total			295	229	84	85	3.70	857	708	620	40	15	1	1509	1362	103	788	40	92	36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	KC	A	P	5	5	17	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.800
1965	KC	A	P	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	KC	A	P	14	14	90.1	12	20	1	2	0	3	4	0	1	.970
1967	KC	A	P	29	17	104	9	17	3	2	0	3	9	1	1	.897
1968	OAK	A	P	32	31	231.1	10	43	2	1	0	5	20	11	3	.964
1969	OAK	A	P	32	32	229.1	27	32	4	4	0	6	15	5	2	.937
1970	OAK	A	P	29	29	156.1	22	30	4	2	0	4	7	2	1	.929
1971	OAK	A	P	25	25	140.2	15	19	6	3	0	3	12	3	1	.850
1972	OAK	A	P	31	30	194.1	15	33	7	2	0	4	8	5	4	.873
1973	OAK	A	DH	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	OAK	A	P	30	24	150.1	8	20	4	3	0	1	8	6	0	.875
1974	OAK	A	P	34	5	87.1	7	16	5	1	0	0	6	4	2	.821
1974	OAK	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	OAK	A	P	7	2	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.750
1975	CLE	A	P	3	1	10.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1975	ATL	N	P	15	10	56	11	6	1	0	0	0	14	2	1	.944
1975	Total		P	25	13	77.1	13	8	2	0	0	1	14	2	2	.913
1975	TOT	A	P	10	3	21.1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.800
1976	CHI	A	P	8	4	28	1	2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	.600
Total			DH	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	295	229	1507.1	141	243	41	21	0	31	112	40	17	.904

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1964	KC	A	5	5	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	17	31	1	3	0	2	.097	.176	.097	0	0	3	16	0	1	0	0	0
1967	KC	A	33	28	4	8	0	0	.286	.310	.321	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0
1968	OAK	A	42	78	14	17	1	2	.218	.282	.282	2	0	6	29	1	4	0	0	0
1969	OAK	A	43	79	15	21	5	16	.266	.293	.506	2	1	2	24	1	8	0	0	0
1970	OAK	A	37	54	8	13	3	7	.241	.281	.444	2	0	3	18	0	1	1	0	1
1971	OAK	A	37	50	8	8	1	1	.160	.192	.260	0	1	2	24	0	1	0	0	1
1972	OAK	A	59	66	16	8	2	2	.121	.134	.227	1	0	1	29	0	5	4	0	0
1973	OAK	A	51	1	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1974	OAK	A	43	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	OAK	A	8	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CLE	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	ATL	N	15	13	0	1	0	1	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1975	Total		26	13	1	1	0	1	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1975	TOT	A	11	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		15	13	0	1	0	1	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		387	392	76	78	12	30	.199	.240	.321	8	2	19	158	2	20	6	0	2
Total			402	405	76	79	12	31	.195	.235	.316	9	2	19	163	2	21	6	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1964).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with cash to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dick Bosman and Jim Perry (May 20, 1975).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Roric Harrison (June 7, 1975); Atlanta Braves received Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Pete Varney (June 15, 1976).
Released by Chicago White Sox (January 26, 1977).

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