MLB / Players

Oddibe McDowell

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 165 lb

BornAugust 25, 1962 · Hollywood, FL, USA

MLB debutMay 19, 1985

Final gameAugust 10, 1994

Seasons7 (1985–1994)

Texas Rangers 1985–1988; Atlanta Braves 1989; Cleveland Indians 1989; Atlanta Braves 1990; Texas Rangers 1994

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified batters

145

39.2

578

35.2

519

38.4

87.2

138

40.8

35.2

76.8

37.6

RBI

17.6

45.6

53.6

82.4

7.2

.266

49.6

OBP

.333

SLG

.391

45.6

OPS

.724

47.2

wRC+

105.3

45.6

OPS+

102.7

39.2

wOBA

.335

sWAR

2.2

43.2

of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

95.6

OPS+

94.5

30.5

sWAR

9.6

86.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1985	111	452	406	63	97	14	5	18	42	36	85	25	7	.239	.304	.431	.735	97.6	98.4	.325	1.5
1986	154	643	572	105	152	24	7	18	49	65	112	33	15	.266	.341	.427	.767	106.4	105.9	.342	2.9
1987	128	463	407	65	98	26	4	14	52	51	99	24	2	.241	.324	.428	.751	99.2	97.4	.333	1.7
1988	120	487	437	55	108	19	5	6	37	41	89	33	10	.247	.311	.355	.666	84.7	84.6	.306	1.0
1989	145	578	519	89	138	23	6	10	46	52	73	27	15	.266	.333	.391	.724	105.3	102.7	.335	2.2
1990	113	329	305	47	74	14	0	7	25	21	53	13	2	.243	.295	.357	.652	74.7	74.6	.302	0.1
1994	59	220	183	34	48	5	1	1	15	28	39	14	2	.262	.355	.317	.672	83.5	76.9	.317	0.2

Career totals

830

3,172

2,829

458

715

125

RBI

266

294

550

169

479th-most career SB

.2527

OBP

.3233

SLG

.3952

OPS

.7185

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1985-07-23	CLE @ TEX Gameday	5	3	5	1	1	1	3	0	11
1986-08-17	TEX @ TOR Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9
1987-09-23	TEX @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9
1987-06-23	LAA @ TEX Gameday	4	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1987-06-01	CWS @ TEX Gameday	5	3	3	2	0	1	4	1	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.