George O'Donnell
George Dana O'Donnell
Born: May 27, 1929
Winchester, IL US
Deceased: December 19, 2012
Springfield, IL US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 175
Career: 1949-1961
Major League Statistics
George O'Donnell compiled a career record of 124 wins and 89 losses and a 3.40 ERA in his 530-game pitching career with the Olean Oilers, Mayfield Clothiers, Appleton Papermakers, Waco Pirates, Charleston Rebels, New Orleans Pelicans, Hollywood Stars, Columbus Red Birds, Spokane Indians, Salt Lake City Bees, Columbus Jets and Syracuse Chiefs. He began playing during the 1949 season and last took the field during the 1961 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | KITL | Mayfield Clothiers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.72 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 133.0 | 141 | 83 | 55 | 73 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 1949 | D | NYPL | Olean Oilers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.95 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 53 | 29 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1950 | D | WISL | Appleton Papermakers | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.50 | 39 | 241.0 | 81 | 115 | 67 | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | 22 | 10 | .688 | 3.67 | 34 | 243.0 | 261 | 135 | 99 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 1952 | A | SALL2 | Charleston Rebels | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.77 | 29 | 11 | 117.0 | 114 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 1952 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.64 | 12 | 11 | 92.0 | 84 | 29 | 27 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.61 | 45 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 281.3 | 276 | 124 | 113 | 23 | 86 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1954 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.65 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 57.7 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.41 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 129.3 | 139 | 71 | 49 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1956 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.15 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 | 98 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.92 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 114.0 | 113 | 38 | 37 | 6 | 32 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1957 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 1 | 1 | .500 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 146.0 | 151 | 78 | 69 | 10 | 37 | 14 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 1959 | AAA | PCL | Spokane Indians | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.21 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1959 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake City Bees | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | AAA | PCL | Spokane Indians | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 93 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1961 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 8 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 124 | 89 | .582 | 3.40 | 530 | 91 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 1840.7 | 1729 | 910 | 696 | 70 | 562 | 17 | 361 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | KITL | Mayfield Clothiers | 29 | 56 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .163 | .255 | .184 | .438 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 1949 | D | NYPL | Olean Oilers | 15 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .105 | .261 | .105 | .366 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1950 | D | WISL | Appleton Papermakers | 41 | 93 | 93 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .301 | .505 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 1951 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | 34 | 97 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .216 | .402 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | A | SALL2 | Charleston Rebels | 29 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .028 | .028 | .056 | .083 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | 12 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .270 | .432 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 48 | 110 | 97 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .134 | .184 | .134 | .318 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 1954 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 18 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .176 | .375 | .551 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 59 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .043 | .083 | .087 | .170 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 51 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | 32 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .212 | .235 | .212 | .447 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | 55 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .118 | .162 | .118 | .280 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | PCL | (+) Salt Lake City Bees | 22 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .100 | .158 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | PCL | (+) Spokane Indians | 22 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .100 | .158 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | 29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | AAA | PCL | Spokane Indians | 41 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 521 | 632 | 584 | 29 | 85 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 124 | .146 | .176 | .185 | .361 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | KITL | Mayfield Clothiers | P | 22 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 1.909 |
| 1949 | D | NYPL | Olean Oilers | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 |
| 1950 | D | WISL | Appleton Papermakers | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| 1951 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| 1952 | A | SALL2 | Charleston Rebels | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| 1952 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | P | 45 | 27 | 55 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 1.822 |
| 1954 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | P | 18 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.167 |
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | P | 59 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 5 | .942 | .831 |
| 1956 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | P | 51 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .490 |
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | P | 32 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.531 |
| 1957 | Open | PCL | Hollywood Stars | P | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .700 |
| 1958 | AAA | IL | Columbus Red Birds | P | 55 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .952 | .727 |
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | P | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .724 |
| 1960 | AAA | PCL | Spokane Indians | P | 40 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .650 |
| Totals | 500 | 90 | 286 | 20 | 19 | .949 | .752 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | PONY League | Olean Oilers | SLA | ||
| 1949 | D | Kitty League | Mayfield Clothiers | SLA | ||
| 1950 | D | Wisconsin State League | Appleton Papermakers | SLA | ||
| 1951 | B | Big State League | Waco Pirates | PIT | ||
| 1952 | A | South Atlantic League | Charleston Rebels | PIT | ||
| 1952 | AA | Southern Association | New Orleans Pelicans | PIT | ||
| 1953 | Open | Pacific Coast League | Hollywood Stars | |||
| 1954 | Open | Pacific Coast League | Hollywood Stars | PIT | ||
| 1955 | Open | Pacific Coast League | Hollywood Stars | PIT | ||
| 1956 | Open | Pacific Coast League | Hollywood Stars | PIT | ||
| 1957 | AAA | International League | Columbus Red Birds | PIT | ||
| 1957 | Open | Pacific Coast League | Hollywood Stars | PIT | ||
| 1958 | AAA | International League | Columbus Red Birds | PIT | ||
| 1959 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Spokane Indians | LAN | ||
| 1959 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Salt Lake City Bees | PIT | ||
| 1959 | AAA | International League | Columbus Jets | PIT | ||
| 1960 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Spokane Indians | LAN | ||
| 1961 | AAA | International League | Syracuse Chiefs | MIN |
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