'''John C. Odom''' (January 6, 1982 – November 5, 2008) was a [[minor league baseball]] right-handed [[pitcher]] notable for being traded for ten [[baseball bat]]s while playing in the independent [[Golden Baseball League]] in May 2008. Before his stint in the Golden Baseball League, Odom played baseball at [[Tallahassee Community College]] and in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants.
Because of the trade, Odom was known to fans as "Bat Man", "Bat Guy" and "Bat Boy."<ref name="salon">{{cite web |last=Walker|first=Ben|date=March 3, 2009-03-03| url=http://www.salonfoxnews.com/wiresprinter_friendly_wires/ap2009Mar03/us/2009/03/03/D96MPF700_bbo_death_of_a_bat_man/index0,4675,BBODeathofaBatMan,00.html | title=A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats |work=[[Fox accessdateNews]] |archiveurl=2009http://archive.is/2017.05.23-03-04043533/http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2009Mar03/0,4675,BBODeathofaBatMan,00.html |archivedate=May 23, 2017 |deadurl=no| accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> Odom left baseball three weeks after the trade, and he died of an accidental drug overdose a few months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadspin.com/5163870/the-sad-demise-of-john-odom-the-player-traded-for-bats |title=The Sad Demise Of John Odom, The Player Traded For Bats |last=Chandler |first=Rick |date=March 3, 2009 |work=[[Deadspin]] |access-date=April 21, 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170421035833/http://deadspin.com/5163870/the-sad-demise-of-john-odom-the-player-traded-for-bats |archivedate=April 21, 2017 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>