Heinie Odom

American baseball player
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican baseball player
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAthlete Baseball player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 October 1900
Death31 August 1970 (aged 69 years)
The details

Biography

Herman Boyd "Heinie" Odom (October 13, 1900 – August 31, 1970) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played a single game with the New York Yankees in 1925. He was born and died in Rusk, Texas. He was born Herman Boyd, and later changed his name.
After attending the University of Texas, Odom played his only major league game with the Yankees on April 22, 1925. He hit a single in his one and only at bat and finished with a perfect 1.000 batting average. In the field, he had one putout and no errors, for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

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