Bio
- Debut
- 1954
Bio
- Debut
- 1954
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 479
- W
- 105
- L
- 100
- ERA
- 3.29
- IP
- 1817.0
- K
- 1,133
- BB
- 556
- WHIP
- 1.24
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | BAL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2.76 | 16.1 | 6 | 5 | 1.22 |
| 1956 | BAL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 1957 | BAL | 35 | 4 | 10 | 2.69 | 140.1 | 97 | 39 | 1.04 |
| 1958 | BAL | 41 | 14 | 11 | 2.97 | 221.1 | 137 | 51 | 1.14 |
| 1959 | BAL | 38 | 10 | 12 | 2.93 | 199.1 | 88 | 67 | 1.15 |
| 1960 | SF | 43 | 8 | 13 | 3.20 | 202.2 | 145 | 72 | 1.33 |
| 1961 | SF | 46 | 7 | 5 | 3.59 | 130.1 | 110 | 33 | 1.27 |
| 1962 | SF | 43 | 19 | 14 | 3.53 | 280.2 | 195 | 66 | 1.24 |
| 1963 | SF | 36 | 14 | 10 | 3.16 | 222.1 | 116 | 70 | 1.30 |
| 1964 | SF | 36 | 8 | 7 | 5.40 | 85.0 | 54 | 35 | 1.38 |
| 1965 | ATL | 62 | 10 | 6 | 2.18 | 111.1 | 78 | 30 | 1.05 |
| 1966 |  ATL/PIT | 61 | 5 | 5 | 2.64 | 112.2 | 67 | 41 | 1.41 |
| 1967 | PIT | 27 | 5 | 6 | 5.82 | 86.2 | 34 | 41 | 1.49 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 4.50
- IP
- 12.0
- K
- 9
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.25
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 63
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 5.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | BAL | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | BAL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | SF | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | SF | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | SF | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | SF | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | ATL/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Billy O'dell's career stats?
Billy O'dell played 13 seasons for the Orioles, the Giants, the Braves and the Pirates. He had 105 wins and 1,133 strikeouts with a 3.29 ERA over 1,817.0 innings. His best season was 1962: 19 wins, a 3.53 ERA and 195 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1954 to 1967
Billy O'dell finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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