If you ever saw Oddibe McDowell roaming the Packard Stadium outfield, you’d never guess that he’d be the Sun Devils power hitter. But in 1984, on a team with Barry Bonds, that’s exactly what the 5’9” outfielder was for Coach Jim Brock’s team.

In 1984, Oddibe led ASU in batting average (.405), home runs (23), RBI (74), hits (117), runs scored (101), and slugging percentage (.761). Those numbers were good enough to earn McDowell the Golden Spikes Award, and a spot on the All-American Team.

That same summer, Oddibe was the 12th pick in the MLB Draft—drafted ahead of future Hall of Famers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. He was also a member of the 1984 US Olympic Baseball team, the first Sun Devil to play on an Olympic team.

In 1991, Oddibe McDowell was elected to the Arizona State University Hall of Fame. His number 0 was retired by the baseball program, but legend says that he actually wore the letter “O” (for Oddibe”) on his jersey, making him the only player to have a number and letter retired in his honor.

“I played the game, I enjoyed the game,” McDowell told ASU, “and all of the awards and whatnot that come along with playing the game is something I didn’t think about.”

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Due to the “oh-to-be” pronunciation of McDowell’s first name, ESPN’s Chris Berman referred to him as Oddibe “Young Again” McDowell.