Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John C. Odom (January 6, 1982 - November 5, 2008) was a minor league baseball right-handed pitcher notable for being traded for ten baseball bats. Because of this event he was known to fans as "Bat Man," "Bat Guy" and "Bat Boy." Odom, 6-foot-2, described himself as a "lost youth." He was kicked off of his high school baseball team in Roswell, Georgia. He then played two seasons for the Tallahassee Community College baseball team, going 6-1 with a 2.75 ERA in 2004. In 2003, he was drafted in the 44th round by the San Francisco Giants. He played for the Giants' affiliates Salem Keizer Volcanoes in 2004 & 2006, and the Augusta Greenjackets in 2005.