What years did Blue Moon Odom play?

Blue Moon Odom played in Major League Baseball from 1964 to 1976.

Was Blue Moon Odom a pitcher?

Yes. Blue Moon Odom pitched in the major leagues, recording 84 wins and 857 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Blue Moon Odom hit?

Blue Moon Odom hit 12 career home runs with 79 hits.

What teams did Blue Moon Odom play for?

Blue Moon Odom played for 4 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1964–1975), the Cleveland Indians (1975), the Atlanta Braves (1975), and the Chicago White Sox (1976).

Did Blue Moon Odom win a Cy Young Award?

No. Blue Moon Odom did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Blue Moon Odom win?

Blue Moon Odom was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Blue Moon Odom's career stats?

In 295 games, Blue Moon Odom went 84-85 with a 3.70 ERA, 857 strikeouts, 1,509.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 79 hits and 12 home runs.

What position did Blue Moon Odom play?

Blue Moon Odom played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Blue Moon Odom and how much did he weigh?

Blue Moon Odom was listed at 6 feet and 178 pounds.

What was Blue Moon Odom's career ERA?

Blue Moon Odom finished with a 3.70 career ERA, going 84-85 with 857 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Blue Moon Odom have?

Blue Moon Odom recorded 857 career strikeouts.

Is Blue Moon Odom in the Hall of Fame?

No. Blue Moon Odom has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Blue Moon Odom make?

Blue Moon Odom was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Blue Moon Odom

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1964-1976)

Blue Moon Odom was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1964 to 1976 for 5 teams, including the Kansas City Athletics, a span of 13 seasons. Across 295 career appearances, he went 84-85 with a 3.70 ERA and 857 strikeouts. He also batted .195 with 12 home runs. Blue Moon Odom was a 2-time All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

W–L 84–85

ERA 3.70

WHIP 1.42

SO 857

Pitcher PIV -15677.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 178 lb
Born: 5/29/1945 in Macon, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 1964-09-05
Last Game: 1976-08-17
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Johnny Lee Odom

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Career Pitching Statistics

Blue Moon Odom — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
84	85	295	229	40	15	1	1509.0	1,362	620	103	788	857	3.70	-15677.6

Career ERA 3.70 vs. league average 3.53 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Blue Moon Odom Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1964	KC1	AL	1	2	5	5	1	1	0	17.0	29	19	11	10	10.06	3.58 (-181%)	-1535.4
1965	KC1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	2	0	9.00	—	0.0
1966	KC1	AL	5	5	14	14	4	2	0	90.1	70	25	53	47	2.49	3.52 (+29%)	83.0
1967	KC1	AL	3	8	29	17	0	0	0	103.2	94	58	68	67	5.04	3.30 (-52%)	-2918.9
1968	OAK	AL	16	10	32	31	9	4	0	231.1	179	63	98	143	2.45	2.98 (+18%)	-197.7
1969	OAK	AL	15	6	32	32	10	3	0	231.1	179	75	112	150	2.92	3.61 (+19%)	168.9
1970	OAK	AL	9	8	29	29	4	1	0	156.1	128	66	100	88	3.80	3.89 (+2%)	-3374.5
1971	OAK	AL	10	12	25	25	3	1	0	140.2	147	67	71	69	4.29	3.47 (-24%)	-2521.5
1972	OAK	AL	15	6	31	30	4	2	0	194.1	164	54	87	86	2.50	3.26 (+23%)	-1497.6
1973	OAK	AL	5	12	30	24	3	0	0	150.1	153	75	67	83	4.49	3.75 (-20%)	-1138.8
1974	OAK	AL	1	5	34	5	1	0	1	87.1	85	37	52	52	3.81	3.63 (-5%)	-534.5
1975	OAK	AL	0	2	7	2	0	0	0	11.0	19	15	11	4	12.27	3.71 (-231%)	-716.0
1975	CLE	AL	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	10.1	4	3	8	10	2.61	3.71 (+30%)	-134.7
1975	ATL	NL	1	7	15	10	0	0	0	56.0	78	44	28	30	7.07	3.71 (-91%)	-652.0
1976	CHA	AL	2	2	8	4	0	0	0	28.0	31	18	20	18	5.79	3.51 (-65%)	-707.9
Career · 15 seasons			84	85	295	229	40	15	1	1,509.0	1,362	620	788	857	3.70	—	-15,678

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Blue Moon Odom — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
402	405	76	79	9	2	12	31	6	19	163	.195	.235	.316	.551	-683

Career AVG .195 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 22.0% below league average.

Career OBP .235 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 25.9% below league average.

Career SLG .316 vs. league average .368 across their career seasons — 14.1% below league average.

Career OPS .551 vs. league average .685 across their career seasons — 19.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Blue Moon Odom Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1964	KC1	AL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	KC1	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	KC1	AL	17	31	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	16	.097	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	KC1	AL	33	28	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	OAK	AL	42	78	14	17	2	0	1	2	0	6	29	.218	.236 (-8%)	.298 (-5%)	.340 (-17%)	.638 (-12%)	-115.7
1969	OAK	AL	43	79	15	21	2	1	5	16	0	2	24	.266	.248 (+7%)	.320 (-9%)	.369 (+37%)	.689 (+16%)	161.9
1970	OAK	AL	37	54	8	13	2	0	3	7	1	3	18	.241	.253 (-5%)	.325 (-14%)	.385 (+15%)	.711 (+2%)	-0.5
1971	OAK	AL	37	50	8	8	0	1	1	1	0	2	24	.160	.249 (-36%)	.316 (-39%)	.365 (-29%)	.682 (-34%)	-268.2
1972	OAK	AL	59	66	16	8	1	0	2	2	4	1	29	.121	.243 (-50%)	.310 (-57%)	.353 (-36%)	.664 (-46%)	-460.6
1973	OAK	AL	51	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	OAK	AL	43	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	OAK	AL	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	ATL	NL	15	13	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	CHA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			402	405	76	79	9	2	12	31	6	19	163	.195	—	—	—	—	-683

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Blue Moon Odom — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
16	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.111

Playoff Batting by Year

Blue Moon Odom — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	2B	SO	AVG
1974	ALCS	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	WS	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	WS	OAK	3	1	0	0	1	.000
1972	ALCS	OAK	3	4	1	1	1	.250
1972	WS	OAK	4	4	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Blue Moon Odom — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	10	4	0	39.2	22	5	13	27	1.13

Playoff Pitching by Year

Blue Moon Odom — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1974	ALCS	OAK	0	0	1	0	3.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
1974	WS	OAK	1	0	2	0	1.1	0	0	1	2	0.00
1973	ALCS	OAK	0	0	1	0	5.0	6	1	2	4	1.80
1973	WS	OAK	0	0	2	0	4.2	5	2	2	2	3.86
1972	ALCS	OAK	2	0	2	2	14.0	5	0	2	5	0.00
1972	WS	OAK	0	1	2	2	11.1	5	2	6	13	1.59

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Blue Moon Odom — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	210	189	38	39	7	15	.206
Away	192	216	38	40	5	16	.185

Pitching — Home / Away

Blue Moon Odom — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	151	807.1	727	312	416	471	3.48
Away	144	700.0	636	310	372	387	3.99

Last 10 Games — Batting

Blue Moon Odom — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1976-08-17	CHW	BOS	L	0
1976-08-08	CHW	KCR	L	0
1976-08-03	CHW	OAK	L	0
1976-07-28	CHW	OAK	W	0
1976-07-24	CHW	MIN	L	0
1976-07-22	CHW	DET	W	0
1976-07-17	CHW	MIL	L	0
1976-07-08	CHW	NYY	L	0
1975-09-27	ATL	CIN	L	1
1975-09-11	ATL	SDP	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Blue Moon Odom — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1976-08-17	CHW	BOS	L	3.1	9	6	6	2	3	1
1976-08-08	CHW	KCR	—	5.2	2	2	2	4	4	0
1976-08-03	CHW	OAK	L	2.2	6	4	4	1	3	0
1976-07-28	CHW	OAK	W	5.0	0	1	0	9	3	0
1976-07-24	CHW	MIN	—	1.2	2	2	0	2	1	0
1976-07-22	CHW	DET	W	6.2	8	3	3	1	3	0
1976-07-17	CHW	MIL	—	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0
1976-07-08	CHW	NYY	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
1975-09-27	ATL	CIN	L	3.0	5	4	4	2	2	1
1975-09-11	ATL	SDP	—	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Blue Moon Odom — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	295	229	141	243	41	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Blue Moon Odom — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1964	KC1	P	5	5	2	2	1	1
1965	KC1	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1966	KC1	P	14	14	12	20	1	2
1967	KC1	P	29	17	9	17	3	2
1968	OAK	P	32	31	10	43	2	1
1969	OAK	P	32	32	27	32	4	4
1970	OAK	P	29	29	22	30	4	2
1971	OAK	P	25	25	15	19	6	3
1972	OAK	P	31	30	15	33	7	2
1973	OAK	P	30	24	8	20	4	3
1974	OAK	P	34	5	7	16	5	1
1975	OAK	P	7	2	1	2	1	0
1975	CLE	P	3	1	1	0	0	0
1975	ATL	P	15	10	11	6	1	0
1976	CHA	P	8	4	1	2	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Blue Moon Odom Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	295
Designated Hitter	12

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Blue Moon Odom: the record in brief

September 5, 1964 and August 17, 1976 bracket Blue Moon Odom's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Odom played for the Kansas City Athletics (1964 through 1967), the Oakland Athletics (1968 through 1975), the Cleveland Indians (1975), the Atlanta Braves (1975), and the Chicago White Sox (1976). At 6-foot-0 and 178 pounds, Odom is listed as a pitcher. Odom threw and hit right-handed, per the bio block. Odom was born on May 29, 1945, in Macon, GA, USA. On the record, Blue Moon Odom was born Johnny Lee Odom.

Odom pitched in 295 games, starting 229, and finished with a 84-85 record and 3.70 ERA. Odom had 857 strikeouts, 40 complete games, and 15 shutouts. Odom's 3.70 ERA was close to the 3.53 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 16 wins of 1968. The strikeout high was 150 in 1969. In 1968, one of the busiest seasons, Odom posted a 2.45 ERA; the league figure that year was 2.98.

Frequently Asked Questions about Blue Moon Odom

What years did Blue Moon Odom play?: Blue Moon Odom played in Major League Baseball from 1964 to 1976.
Was Blue Moon Odom a pitcher?: Yes. Blue Moon Odom pitched in the major leagues, recording 84 wins and 857 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Blue Moon Odom hit?: Blue Moon Odom hit 12 career home runs with 79 hits.
What teams did Blue Moon Odom play for?: Blue Moon Odom played for 4 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1964–1975), the Cleveland Indians (1975), the Atlanta Braves (1975), and the Chicago White Sox (1976).
Did Blue Moon Odom win a Cy Young Award?: No. Blue Moon Odom did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Blue Moon Odom win?: Blue Moon Odom was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Blue Moon Odom's career stats?: In 295 games, Blue Moon Odom went 84-85 with a 3.70 ERA, 857 strikeouts, 1,509.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 79 hits and 12 home runs.
What position did Blue Moon Odom play?: Blue Moon Odom played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Blue Moon Odom and how much did he weigh?: Blue Moon Odom was listed at 6 feet and 178 pounds.
What was Blue Moon Odom's career ERA?: Blue Moon Odom finished with a 3.70 career ERA, going 84-85 with 857 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Blue Moon Odom have?: Blue Moon Odom recorded 857 career strikeouts.
Is Blue Moon Odom in the Hall of Fame?: No. Blue Moon Odom has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Blue Moon Odom make?: Blue Moon Odom was selected to 2 All-Star Games.