Heinie Odom

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.

"Heinie" was a popular nickname for German baseball players in the early part of the 20th century. Odom was one of 22 major league Heinies in the first half of the century. Others include: Heinie Beckendorf 1909-1910, Heinie Berger 1907-1910, Heinie Elder 1913-1913, Heinie Groh 1912-1927, Heinie Heitmuller 1909-1910, Heinie Heltzel 1943-1944, Heinie Jantzen 1912-1912, Heinie Kappel 1887-1889, Heinie Manush 1923-1939 - the only Hall of Fame "Heinie", Heinie Meine 1922-1934, Heinie Mueller 1920-1935, Heinie Mueller 1938-1941, Heinie Peitz 1892-1913, Heinie Reitz 1893-1899, Heinie Sand 1923-1928, Heinie Scheer 1922-1923, Heinie Schuble 1927-1936, Heinie Smith 1897-1903, Heinie Stafford 1916-1916, Heinie Wagner 1902-1918 and Heinie Zimmerman 1907-1919.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference