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Johnny Lee Odom
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: May 29, 1945, Macon, GA
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent, June 1, 1964
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1964-1967; Oakland Athletics 1968-1975; Cleveland Indians 1975; Atlanta Braves 1975; Chicago White Sox 1976
World Series Appearances: Oakland Athletics 1972-1974
Blue Moon Odom spent a dozen years pitching for the Athletics, earning two trips to the All-Star Game and winning three consecutive World Series rings with the team between 1972 and 1974. Odom's two best seasons came during the franchises's first two years in Oakland. In 1968, he was 16-10 with a 2.45 ERA and pitched two scoreless innings in the All-Star Game. In 1969, he was 15-6 with a 2.92 ERA. Odom was stellar in three postseasons for the Athletics, going 3-1 in 10 games with a 1.13 ERA in 39 2/3 innings pitched. In his final season, while pitching with the White Sox, Odom threw a combined no-hitter against the Athletics with reliever Francisco Barrios. Lifetime, Odom was 84-85 with a 3.70 ERA in 295 games pitched.
Blue Moon Odom spent a dozen years pitching for the Athletics, earning two trips to the All-Star Game and winning three consecutive World Series rings with the team between 1972 and 1974. Odom's two best seasons came during the franchises's first two years in Oakland. In 1968, he was 16-10 with a 2.45 ERA and pitched two scoreless innings in the All-Star Game. In 1969, he was 15-6 with a 2.92 ERA. Odom was stellar in three postseasons for the Athletics, going 3-1 in 10 games with a 1.13 ERA in 39 2/3 innings pitched. In his final season, while pitching with the White Sox, Odom threw a combined no-hitter against the Athletics with reliever Francisco Barrios. Lifetime, Odom was 84-85 with a 3.70 ERA in 295 games pitched.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #204
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Athletics Team Set / Accuracy Index -2
1969 Season
As mentioned above, this was one of Odom's finest seasons for the surging Athletics. He made 32 starts and was the ace of the staff that also included Catfish Hunter (#235) and Chuck Dobson (#397). Odom did not have a very good experience at the All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. Entering the game in the third inning, Odom retired just one batter and allowed a two-run home run to Willie McCovey (#440), a two-run double to Felix Millan (#210) and a final RBI-double to the opposing pitcher, Steve Carlton (#255).
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #526
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11): 1965, 1967-1976
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2022 Topps Spotlight 70 II by Andy Friedman #15
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 67 in the Beckett online database as of 11/28/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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| 2022 Topps Spotlight 70 II by Andy Friedman #15 |
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 127th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me (surprisingly) less than a dollar.
Odom wore #13 throughout his career, and you can see his number peaking through on the front of his A's vest. Similar to most Athletics' cards, Topps opted to black out the "KC" on Odom's cap, given the team's move to Oakland in 1968. The back of the card highlights his fantastic 1968 season, and mentions his near no-hitter against the Orioles on June 7th. Odom retired Boog Powell (#15) and Brooks Robinson (#550) for the first two outs of the ninth, but then Davey Johnson (#203) singled to right to end the no-hit bid. I'm not counting it as a reprint, but artist Andy Friedman painted his version of this card for the 2022 Topps Spotlight 70 II set.
Accuracy Index: It's another -2 for an A's player - accurate uniform (+5), but a logo less hat (-3).
1969 Season
As mentioned above, this was one of Odom's finest seasons for the surging Athletics. He made 32 starts and was the ace of the staff that also included Catfish Hunter (#235) and Chuck Dobson (#397). Odom did not have a very good experience at the All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. Entering the game in the third inning, Odom retired just one batter and allowed a two-run home run to Willie McCovey (#440), a two-run double to Felix Millan (#210) and a final RBI-double to the opposing pitcher, Steve Carlton (#255).
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #526
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11): 1965, 1967-1976
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2022 Topps Spotlight 70 II by Andy Friedman #15
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 67 in the Beckett online database as of 11/28/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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