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Gregg Olson
Greggory William Olson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 206 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut September 2, 1988
  vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game June 22, 2001
Born October 11, 1966 in Scribner, NE

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 21 BAL AL   1   1  10   0   0   0   4  0   11.0   10    4    4   1   10    9   0   0    51   1   1  3.27  3.90  119 1.818
 1989 22 BAL AL   5   2  64   0   0   0  52 27   85.0   57   17   16   1   46   90   1   9   356  10   3  1.69  3.78  223 1.212 MVP-12,CYA-6,RoY-1
 1990 23 BAL AL   6   5  64   0   0   0  58 37   74.3   57   20   20   3   31   74   3   5   305   3   0  2.42  3.84  159 1.184 AS
 1991 24 BAL AL   4   6  72   0   0   0  62 31   73.7   74   28   26   1   29   72   1   8   319   5   1  3.18  3.98  125 1.398
 1992 25 BAL AL   1   5  60   0   0   0  56 36   61.3   46   14   14   3   24   58   0   4   244   0   0  2.05  3.99  194 1.141
 1993 26 BAL AL   0   2  50   0   0   0  45 29   45.0   37    9    8   1   18   44   0   5   188   3   0  1.60  4.47  279 1.222
 1994 27 ATL NL   0   2  16   0   0   0   6  1   14.7   19   15   15   1   13   10   1   0    77   3   2  9.20  4.22   46 2.182
 1995 28 TOT AL   3   3  23   0   0   0  12  3   33.0   28   15   15   4   19   21   0   1   141   2   0  4.09  4.76  116 1.424
         CLE AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    2.7    5    4    4   1    2    0   0   0    14   0   0 13.50  4.67   35 2.625
         KCR AL   3   3  20   0   0   0  10  3   30.3   23   11   11   3   17   21   0   1   127   2   0  3.26  4.77  146 1.319
 1996 29 TOT      4   0  52   0   0   0  30  8   52.3   55   30   29   7   35   37   1   6   243   6   0  4.99  4.88   98 1.720
         DET AL   3   0  43   0   0   0  28  8   43.0   43   25   24   6   28   29   1   5   196   4   0  5.02  5.10  102 1.651
         HOU NL   1   0   9   0   0   0   2  0    9.3   12    5    5   1    7    8   0   1    47   2   0  4.82  3.89   81 2.036
 1997 30 TOT AL   4   3  45   0   0   0  18  1   50.0   58   35   31   3   28   34   1   1   226   4   0  5.58  4.66   83 1.720
         MIN AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   5  0    8.3   19   17   17   0   11    6   0   0    55   1   0 18.36  4.62   25 3.600
         KCR AL   4   3  34   0   0   0  13  1   41.7   39   18   14   3   17   28   1   1   171   3   0  3.02  4.66  154 1.344
 1998 31 ARI NL   3   4  64   0   0   0  49 30   68.7   56   25   23   4   25   55   1   2   281   1   0  3.01  4.19  139 1.180
 1999 32 ARI NL   9   4  61   0   0   0  36 14   60.7   54   28   25   9   25   45   2   1   257   2   0  3.71  4.61  124 1.302
 2000 33 LAD NL   0   1  13   0   0   0   9  0   17.7   21   11   10   4    7   15   1   0    81   0   0  5.09  4.36   86 1.585
 2001 34 LAD NL   0   1  28   0   0   0  10  0   24.7   26   24   22   4   20   24   0   1   120   1   0  8.03  3.97   49 1.865
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Years            39       0       0    217         598       258      330       12  43  2889  41   7  3.46  4.22  122 1.381
 WL%= .506       40     622       0     447     672.0       275       46       588
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  68   0   0   0  48 23   73.3   65   30   28   5   36   64   1   4   315   4   0  3.46  4.22  122 1.381
 Career High      9   6  72   0   0   0  62 37   85.0   74   35   31   9   46   90   3   9   356  10   3  1.60  4.88  279 1.141
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 26 BAL AL  50    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1994 27 ATL NL  16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 31 ARI NL  62    2    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 2.000  518    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 32 ARI NL  59    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     618    4    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   1   3  .250  .400 1.000  252    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .250  .400 1.000  252    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     72    2    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   1   1                           4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 26 BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .271| .000  .343| .000  .415| .000  .758|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1994 27 ATL NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .277| .000  .344| .000  .433| .000  .777|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1998 31 ARI NL    2    1    2  53.7   107| .500  .269| .500  .340|2.000  .424|2.500  .764| 518  .988   1.1   0.1   0%
 1999 32 ARI NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .352|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons        5    3    2  17.9   109| .250  .272| .400  .344|1.000  .424|1.400  .768| 252  .913   0.9   0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 21 BAL AL P 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.67 2.45 1.80 0 11.0 1989 22 BAL AL P 64 5 12 1 0 .944 .960 0.27 0.66 1.80 1.87 0 85.0 1990 23 BAL AL P 64 4 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.12 0.59 0.97 1.78 0 74.3 AS 1991 24 BAL AL P 72 6 11 3 0 .850 .955 0.24 0.58 2.08 1.80 0 73.7 1992 25 BAL AL P 60 5 9 0 2 1.000 .952 0.23 0.56 2.06 1.72 0 61.3 1993 26 BAL AL P 50 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.56 1.80 1.80 0 45.0 1994 27 ATL NL P 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.84 0 14.7 1995 28 TOT AL P 23 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.53 1.64 1.77 0 33.0 CLE AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 KCR AL P 20 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.53 1.78 1.78 0 30.3 1996 29 TOT P 52 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.52 1.55 1.79 0 52.3 DET AL P 43 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.52 1.26 1.78 0 43.0 HOU NL P 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 0.52 2.90 1.84 0 9.3 1997 30 TOT AL P 45 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.22 0.49 1.80 1.71 0 50.0 MIN AL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.49 2.17 1.73 0 8.3 KCR AL P 34 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.24 0.49 1.73 1.71 0 41.7 1998 31 ARI NL P 64 4 7 0 0 1.000 .965 0.17 0.54 1.44 1.85 0 68.7 1999 32 ARI NL P 61 4 9 0 0 1.000 .949 0.21 0.48 1.93 1.72 0 60.7 2000 33 LAD NL P 13 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.48 2.03 1.73 0 17.7 2001 34 LAD NL P 28 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.11 0.46 1.09 1.75 0 24.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 21 BAL AL P 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.67 2.45 1.80 0 11.0 1989 22 BAL AL P 64 5 12 1 0 .944 .960 0.27 0.66 1.80 1.87 0 85.0 1990 23 BAL AL P 64 4 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.12 0.59 0.97 1.78 0 74.3 1991 24 BAL AL P 72 6 11 3 0 .850 .955 0.24 0.58 2.08 1.80 0 73.7 1992 25 BAL AL P 60 5 9 0 2 1.000 .952 0.23 0.56 2.06 1.72 0 61.3 1993 26 BAL AL P 50 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.56 1.80 1.80 0 45.0 1994 27 ATL NL P 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.84 0 14.7 1995 28 TOT AL P 23 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.53 1.64 1.77 0 33.0 CLE AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 KCR AL P 20 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.53 1.78 1.78 0 30.3 1996 29 TOT P 52 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.52 1.55 1.79 0 52.3 DET AL P 43 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.52 1.26 1.78 0 43.0 HOU NL P 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 0.52 2.90 1.84 0 9.3 1997 30 TOT AL P 45 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.22 0.49 1.80 1.71 0 50.0 MIN AL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.49 2.17 1.73 0 8.3 KCR AL P 34 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.24 0.49 1.73 1.71 0 41.7 1998 31 ARI NL P 64 4 7 0 0 1.000 .965 0.17 0.54 1.44 1.85 0 68.7 1999 32 ARI NL P 61 4 9 0 0 1.000 .949 0.21 0.48 1.93 1.72 0 60.7 2000 33 LAD NL P 13 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.48 2.03 1.73 0 17.7 2001 34 LAD NL P 28 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.11 0.46 1.09 1.75 0 24.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 622 44 80 6 3 .954 .956 0.20 0.55 1.66 1.79 0 672.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 622 44 80 6 3 .954 .956 0.20 0.55 1.66 1.79 0 672
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1990   BAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1990

Awards
1989-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1989-AL-12-0.09
Car-909-0.09 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1989-AL-6-0.02
Car-233-0.02 shares

Games
1991 AL-72-2

Saves
1989 AL-27-8
1990 AL-37-4
1991 AL-31-7
1992 AL-36-4
1993 AL-29-8
1998 NL-30-7
Car-217-33

Games Finished
1989 AL-52-8
1990 AL-58-5
1991 AL-62-2
1992 AL-56-5
1993 AL-45-9
Car-447-42

Youngest Player
1988 AL-21-5

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (982) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 42.0 (309) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1988.

December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

March 24, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 24, 1995: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Cleveland Indians.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 26, 1996: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 26, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

April 26, 1996: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Yuri Sanchez (minors).

August 26, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for players to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Kevin Gallaher (minors) (August 27, 1996) and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

October 28, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 16, 1997: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

May 25, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 29, 2001: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Baltimore Orioles$70,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$270,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$505,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$1,450,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$2,300,000
1994Atlanta Braves$1,900,000
1995Cleveland Indians$750,000
1996Detroit Tigers$400,000
1997Minnesota Twins$400,000
Kansas City Royals$210,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$650,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$850,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$1,250,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$1,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,755,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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