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Blue Moon Odom vs. Tommy John

Regular Season: 17 PA , .118/.118/.118, 0 HR, 7 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Pitching Comparison

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	288	231	.555	3.34	760	700	22	162	46	3	4710.1	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	102	2245	98	16	187	19692	6479	111	3.38	1.283	9.1	0.6	2.4	4.3
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	84	85	.497	3.70	295	229	21	40	15	1	1509.0	1362	708	620	103	788	40	857	36	3	92	6528	2271	89	3.90	1.425	8.1	0.6	4.7	5.1

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	6	3	.667	2.65	14	13	1	3	1	0	88.1	82	36	26	6	24	1	48	4	0	4	367	115		2.46	1.200	8.4	0.6	2.4	4.9
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	3	1	.750	1.13	10	4	1	1	1	0	39.2	22	7	5	0	13	0	27	0	0	2	150	37		1.19	0.882	5.0	0.0	2.9	6.1

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Value

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	62.1	21.7
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	295	229	1509.0	2.2	-11.1

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Against

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	6479	18042	3665	699	117	240	154	60.91	20	604	196	96	.265	.315	.367	.682	94	.102	.287	2112	6622	1118	6140	6479
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	295	229	1509.0	2271	5590	1051	172	36	112	40	73.68	16	163	77	40	.244	.339	.343	.681	104	.099	.270	663	1916	311	2186	2271

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	115	335	67	9	0	2	3	40.00	1	11	3	1	.245	.302	.325	.628		.081	.270	32	109	15	110	115
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	10	4	39.2	37	132	21	1	0	3	3	50.00	0	3	1	0	.167	.241	.174	.416		.008	.210	6	23	1	35	37

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Starting & Relieving

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	431	62	52.5	56	15	27	0	100.0	22	60
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	113	49	51.2	75	33	44	3	25.0	21	66

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	8	62	54.8	3	2	67			1	1
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	2	50	68.5	7	0	0	0		1	6

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Ratios

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	11.4	6.4	5.0
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	295	229	1509.0	13.1	12.1	1.1

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	13.1	6.5	6.5
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	10	4	39.2	18.0	8.7	9.3

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Pitch Summary

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1		88
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	295	229	1509.0		126

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	1180	96	718	60.85
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	10	4	39.2	25		14	56.00

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tommy John	4	3	.571	2.65	8	8	0	2	1	0	57.2	58	20	17	3	16	3	40	2	0	4	242	1.283	9.1	0.5	2.5	6.2
2	Blue Moon Odom	3	4	.429	3.50	8	7	1	2	0	0	54.0	49	23	21	4	17	1	44	1	0	3	225	1.222	8.2	0.7	2.8	7.3

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-21 (2)	GS-7, W	6.1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	29	11	29	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	49			-0.1	-0.36			1.07
2	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-09-21 (2)	GS-5, L	4.0	8	6	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	9	19	6	1	1	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	22			-0.4	-3.27			1.23
3	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-15 (2)	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	35	9	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	67			0.2	1.01			0.55
4	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-09-15 (2)	GS-5, L	5.0	8	6	4	2	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	26	13	24	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	2	33			-0.3	-3.78			0.50
5	Tommy John	CHW	1971-07-07	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	25	7	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	64			0.3	2.12			1.29
6	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-07-07	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	28	8	23	6	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	1	2	0	59			0.0	1.12			1.26
7	Tommy John	CHW	1970-04-16	GS-7, L	6.2	10	3	3	0	0	4	0	5	1	0	2	33	17	28	8	2	0	2	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	43			-0.1	-0.26			1.26
8	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1970-04-16	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	9	0	0	1	35	8	32	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	3	78			0.4	3.05			1.36
9	Tommy John	CHW	1969-07-10	GS-4, L	3.1	8	6	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	19	9	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	21			-0.4	-4.00			1.45
10	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1969-07-10	CG, W	9.0	3	2	2	0	2	5	0	8	1	0	0	36	10	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	76			0.0	2.34			0.48
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Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Blue Moon Odom (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Blue Moon Odom (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1968	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	0	0	0
3	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1970	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
5	1971	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.308	.308	.308	.615	2	0	0	0	1

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Blue Moon Odom (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Blue Moon Odom (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-16	CHW	KCA	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-08-16	CHW	KCA	down 3-0	b5	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-SS-1B
3	1968	1968-07-29	CHW	OAK	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Single; J. McNertney to 3B
4	1968	1968-07-29	CHW	OAK	tied 1-1	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. McNertney to 2B
5	1968	1968-07-29	CHW	OAK	tied 2-2	t7	---	2		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-07-29	CHW	OAK	tied 2-2	t10	---	2		Single
7	1969	1969-07-10	CHW	OAK	tied 0-0	b2	---	2		Strikeout
8	1970	1970-04-16	CHW	OAK	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: C-1B
9	1970	1970-04-16	CHW	OAK	tied 1-1	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Knoop to 2B
10	1971	1971-07-07	CHW	OAK	down 1-0	b2	1-3	2		Strikeout
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Blue Moon Odom (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Blue Moon Odom (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1966	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1970	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
5	1971	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.235	0	0	0	0	0

Blue Moon Odom (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Blue Moon Odom (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-16	KCA	CHW	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1966	1966-08-16	KCA	CHW	ahead 0-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1966	1966-08-16	KCA	CHW	ahead 0-3	t7	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1968	1968-07-29	OAK	CHW	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
5	1968	1968-07-29	OAK	CHW	tied 1-1	b4	123	2		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1968	1968-07-29	OAK	CHW	tied 2-2	b6	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
7	1968	1968-07-29	OAK	CHW	tied 2-2	b9	---	0		Strikeout
8	1969	1969-07-10	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	2		Groundout: P-1B
9	1969	1969-07-10	OAK	CHW	ahead 1-2	t4	1-3	1		Single to 2B; D. Duncan to 2B; R. Monday Scores
10	1970	1970-04-16	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	b2	1--	1		Strikeout
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Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Comparison

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Totals

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	900	43	141	13	0	5	54	0	0	33	211	.157	.187	.188	.375	7	169	20	1	93	3	0
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	323	447	405	76	79	9	2	12	31	6	5	19	163	.195	.235	.316	.551	61	128	2	2	21	0	0

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	16	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	1	0	0

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Value

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-113	-1	-4	0
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	323	447	3.2	3.0	3.3	-0.3	-19	2	2	0

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Sabermetric

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	18	175	185	875	33	.198	92	-114	-12.2	.031	4.3		0
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	323	447	23	100	104	354	34	.291	95	-21	-2.4	.121	2.5	54.5	11

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	0	1	1	13	0	.125	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Blue Moon Odom	27-29	1972	1974	16	10	1	1	1	9	1	.250	0			.111	1.8		0

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Win Probability

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-8.9	-11.2	1.3	-102.43	-11.0	-112.93	0.90
2	Blue Moon Odom	19-31	1964	1976	323	447	-1.2	-1.4	0.0	-15.16	-1.7	-14.04	0.93

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Head-to-Head Batting

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tommy John	8	21	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.263	.263	.263	.526	5	1	0	2	0	0
2	Blue Moon Odom	8	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.100	.143	.100	.243	2	0	1	1	0	0

Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Blue Moon Odom: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-21 (2)	*	7	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.021	0.00	0.00%	-0.77			P
2	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-09-21 (2)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.024	0.00	0.00%	-0.20			P
3	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-15 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	-0.005	0.00	0.00%	-0.45			P
4	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-09-15 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P
5	Tommy John	CHW	1971-07-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.067	0.08	0.00%	-0.55			P
6	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1971-07-07	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.037	0.77	-0.02%	-0.29			P
7	Tommy John	CHW	1970-04-16	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.047	1.69	-0.04%	-0.39			P
8	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1970-04-16	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.039	1.14	-0.03%	-0.51			P
9	Tommy John	CHW	1969-07-10	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.011	0.19	0.00%	-0.10			P
10	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	1969-07-10	*	9	9	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.77	0.018	1.72	0.03%	0.61			P
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