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| Full name James Cecil Odom |
| Born July 21, 1916, Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| Died January 18, 1989, Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| Buried at McCall Cemetery, Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| Umpired First Game: April 12, 1965; Umpired Final Game: October 2, 1974 |
| Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190 |
| Ejections: 1965 (2), 1966 (3), 1967 (3), 1968 (2), 1969 (2), 1970 (3), 1971 (2), 1972 (7), 1973 (6), 1974 (12). Total: 42 |
| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1965 AL Daily 149 34 39 38 38 0 0 1966 AL Daily 161 41 42 36 42 0 0 1967 AL Daily 162 41 38 38 45 0 0 1968 AL Daily 161 36 38 38 49 0 0 1969 AL Daily 158 39 40 41 39 0 0 1970 AL Daily 165 39 43 43 41 0 0 1971 AL Daily 164 42 41 41 40 0 0 1972 AL Daily 153 39 38 37 39 0 0 1973 AL Daily 166 42 43 40 41 0 0 1974 AL Daily 158 40 40 38 40 0 0 Total (10 Years) 1597 393 402 390 414 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1970 AL Daily 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1973 AL Daily 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 Total ( 2 Years) 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1971 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1968 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 5-31-1965(2) BOX CAL A Del Rice Call at 1B 5-31-1965(2) BOX CAL A Bill Rigney Call at 1B 6-15-1966(2) BOX CAL A Bill Rigney Call at 3B 7-19-1966 BOX CLE A Birdie Tebbetts Check swing 8-15-1966 BOX CAL A Bill Rigney Check swing 5-20-1967 BOX CHI A Dennis Higgins Intentional HBP 5-20-1967 BOX CHI A Eddie Stanky Intentional HBP 7-28-1967 BOX WAS A Fred Valentine Called third strike 6- 2-1968(2) BOX MIN A Cal Ermer Balk reversal 6- 2-1968(2) BOX MIN A Rich Reese Balk reversal (threw towel) 6-24-1969 BOX MIN A Billy Martin Balls and strikes 9-17-1969 BOX CLE A Jose Cardenal Check swing 4-26-1970 BOX BAL A Frank Robinson Called third strike 5-13-1970 BOX KC A Charlie Metro Balls and strikes 6-20-1970 BOX MIL A Dave Bristol Batter interference non-call 4-24-1971 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Balls and strikes 8-10-1971(1) BOX OAK A Dick Williams Fair/foul call (Reversed 5-25-1972 BOX KC A Bob Lemon Obstruction call 5-29-1972(1) BOX TEX A Don Mincher Called third strike 7-29-1972 BOX MIL A Del Crandall Check swing Date Team Ejected Reason 8-22-1972 BOX DET A Ike Brown Fighting 8-22-1972 BOX OAK A Angel Mangual Fighting 8-22-1972 BOX DET A Bill Slayback Fighting 9-30-1972 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Check swing 4-25-1973 BOX CLE A Ken Aspromonte Interference non-call 6-12-1973 BOX BOS A Eddie Kasko Called third strike 6-17-1973(1) BOX NY A Ralph Houk Check swing 8-25-1973 BOX NY A Roy White Catch/trap call 8-31-1973 BOX TEX A Jeff Burroughs Called third strike 8-31-1973 BOX TEX A Whitey Herzog Called third strike 5-15-1974 BOX DET A Ralph Houk Balls and strikes 5-15-1974 BOX NY A Bill Virdon Balls and strikes 6- 1-1974 BOX MIN A Frank Quilici Call at 1B 6- 7-1974 BOX BOS A Carlton Fisk Call at HP 6- 7-1974 BOX BOS A Darrell Johnson Call at HP 6- 7-1974 BOX BOS A Bill Lee Call at HP 7-25-1974 BOX KC A Jack McKeon Call at 1B 8- 9-1974 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balk call 8-27-1974(1) BOX KC A George Brett Fair/foul call (Reversed) 8-27-1974(1) BOX CLE A Ken Aspromonte Interference non-call Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 2-1974(2) BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Call at 1B 9- 4-1974 BOX BOS A Cecil Cooper Called third strike
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