Billy O'Dell

William Oliver O'Dell (1933–2018), known as Digger O'Dell, was a pitcher who appeared in thirteen Major League seasons between 1954 and 1967. A Whitmire, South Carolina native, O'Dell attended Clemson University, where he posted a 0.79 ERA in 1954 — still a school record for starting pitchers — earned first-team All-ACC and second-team All-American honors, and helped lead the team to its first ACC championship. He also threw a no-hitter against South Carolina that year. Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a bonus baby, he went directly to the majors without minor league time, missing only the 1955 season for military service.