Blue Moon Odom
1964–1976 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Athletics
391G
.196AVG
.235OBP
.317SLG
More career statistics
79H
12HR
31RBI
5SB
84–85W–L
1,509.0IP
857K
3.70ERA
229GS
1SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 391 | 402 |
| Batting · At bats | 404 | 405 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 163 | 162 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 446 | 447 |
| Batting · Runs | 71 | 76 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 5 | 6 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,528 | 6,531 |
| Pitching · p er | 620 | 622 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,362 | 1,363 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,527 | 4,522 |
| Pitching · p k | 857 | 858 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 391 | 446 | 404 | 71 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 19 | 163 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 128 | .196 | .235 | .317 | .552 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,509.0 | 295 | 229 | 40 | 84 | 85 | 1 | 1,362 | 708 | 620 | 103 | 788 | 857 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 1.425 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1970-08-17 to 1970-09-10
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1968-08-28 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1967-04-16 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1968-07-29 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 210 | 211 | 39 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 69 | .206 | .227 | .354 |
| Away | 192 | 236 | 40 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 93 | .185 | .212 | .282 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .256 | .244 | .256 |
| May | 64 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | .229 | .250 | .375 |
| June | 73 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 35 | .123 | .152 | .205 |
| July | 58 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 27 | .183 | .184 | .324 |
| August | 89 | 106 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 34 | .261 | .292 | .413 |
| September | 79 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 34 | .150 | .198 | .300 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | .115 | .119 | .192 |
| california-angels | 45 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 | .232 | .258 | .357 |
| minnesota-twins | 42 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .079 | .075 | .079 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | .188 | .231 | .354 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | .290 | .265 | .484 |
| kansas-city-royals | 32 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .207 | .346 |
| new-york-yankees | 31 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .067 | .125 | .067 |
| baltimore-orioles | 30 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .321 | .375 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Kansas City Athletics | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 10 |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1966 | Kansas City Athletics | 17 | 31 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .097 | 90 | 47 |
| 1967 | Kansas City Athletics | 33 | 28 | 8 | – | – | – | .286 | 104 | 68 |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 42 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 2 | – | .218 | 231 | 143 |
| 1969 | Athletics | 43 | 79 | 21 | 5 | 16 | – | .266 | 229 | 150 |
| 1970 | Athletics | 37 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .241 | 156 | 88 |
| 1971 | Athletics | 37 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | .160 | 140 | 69 |
| 1972 | Athletics | 59 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .121 | 194 | 86 |
| 1973 | Athletics | 51 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | 150 | 83 |
| 1974 | Athletics | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 52 |
| 1975 | Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Athletics | 26 | 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 77 | 44 |
| 1976 |  Chicago White Sox | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 18 |