Joseph Odom

Joseph Caleb Odom (born January 9, 1992) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays.

Joseph Odom
Catcher
Born: (1992-01-09) January 9, 1992
Birmingham, Alabama
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 28, 2020, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
April 7, 2021, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
Batting average.122
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Teams

Career

Odom attended Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. He played for the school's baseball team as a catcher, serving as a defensive replacement. He did not begin to start for Vestavia Hills until he lost weight in his junior year. He graduated from Vestavia Hills in 2010, and enrolled at Huntingdon College, where played college baseball for the Huntingdon Hawks. In 2013, he had a .369 batting average and led all of NCAA Division III with 14 home runs.[1]

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves selected Odom in the 13th round of the 2013 MLB draft.[2] After he signed with Atlanta, he played in Minor League Baseball at the Rookie-level, before receiving a promotion to the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2014. He spent the 2015 season with the Carolina Mudcats of the Carolina League in 2015, and was invited by the Braves to spring training as a non-roster player in 2016.[1]

Seattle Mariners

The Mariners selected Odom from the Braves in the minor league portion of the 2017 Rule 5 draft.[3] The Mariners promoted Odom to the MLB for the first time on July 28, 2020. He made his MLB debut that night.[4] Odom was outrighted off of the 40-man roster on October 19, 2020.[5]

Tampa Bay Rays

On December 16, 2020, Odom signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.[6] On April 3, 2021, Odom was selected to the 40-man roster to take the roster spot of Ryan Sherriff, who had been placed on the restricted list.[7] On April 9, Odom was designated for assignment after Hunter Strickland was added to the roster. In his time with Tampa, he registered two hitless at-bats.[8] On April 12, Odom was outrighted to the alternate training site.[9] On October 16, 2021, Odom elected free agency.[10]

Seattle Mariners (second stint)

On March 28, 2022, Odom signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization.[11] Odom played in 62 games for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, batting .231/.328/.447 with 10 home runs, 25 RBI, and 2 stolen bases. He was released by Seattle on August 17.

On March 19, 2023, Odom announced his retirement from professional baseball via Instagram.[12]

References
  1. Parmley, Kyle (February 23, 2016). "Odom has only hard work to thank". Vestavia Voice. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. "Huntingdon's Joseph Odom drafted by Atlanta Braves in 13th round". al. June 9, 2013.
  3. "Mariners select Yankees minor league first baseman Mike Ford in Rule 5 draft". The Seattle Times. December 14, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. "Mariners call-up catcher Joe Odom from the taxi squad and put him in the starting lineup". The Seattle Times. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. "Mariners Outright Four Players".
  6. "Minor MLB Transactions: 12/16/20".
  7. "Rays Place Ryan Sherriff on Restricted List, Select Joseph Odom".
  8. "Rays Select Hunter Strickland, Place Pete Fairbanks on IL".
  9. "Minor MLB Transactions: 4/12/21".
  10. "Players Recently Electing Free Agency". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  11. "Joseph Odom Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_MmMcADXs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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