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Greg Olson
Gregory William Olson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Minnesota

Debut June 27, 1989
  vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1993
Born September 6, 1960 in Marshall, MN

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 28 MIN AL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  176    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 29 ATL NL 100  298   36   78  12  1   7   36   1  1  30  51  .262  .332  .379   92  113   1   1   4   2   8 AS
 1991 30 ATL NL 133  411   46   99  25  0   6   44   1  1  44  48  .241  .316  .345   82  142   2   4   3   3  13
 1992 31 ATL NL  95  302   27   72  14  2   3   27   2  1  34  31  .238  .316  .328   78   99   1   2   4   1   8
 1993 32 ATL NL  83  262   23   59  10  0   4   24   1  0  29  27  .225  .304  .309   65   81   2   1   0   1  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      414 1275  132  309  61  3  20  131   5  3 137 157  .242  .317  .342   80  436   6   8  11   7  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        499   52  121  24  1   8   51   2  1  54  61  .242  .317  .342   80  171   2   3   4   3  16
 Career High    133  411   46   99  25  2   7   44   2  1  44  51  .262  .332  .379   92  142   2   4   4   3  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 28 MIN AL    2    1    1  26.7    99| .500  .268| .500  .334| .500  .396|1.000  .730| 176  .965   0.2   0.0   0%
 1990 29 ATL NL  332  231   37   4.3   102| .262  .270| .332  .337| .379  .406| .711  .743|  92  .489  -3.5  -0.4  50%
 1991 30 ATL NL  464  332   45   3.6    98| .241  .264| .316  .333| .345  .396| .661  .729|  82  .436  -9.1  -0.9  50%
 1992 31 ATL NL  340  242   32   3.6    98| .238  .267| .316  .333| .328  .393| .644  .726|  78  .434  -8.7  -0.9  66%
 1993 32 ATL NL  295  217   24   3.0   104| .225  .272| .304  .338| .309  .415| .613  .752|  65  .305 -13.2  -1.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1433 1023  139   3.6   100| .242  .268| .317  .335| .342  .401| .659  .736|  80  .424 -34.3  -3.5  62%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 28 MIN AL C 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 5.20 7.20 6.30 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 1990 29 ATL NL C 97 501 43 7 3 .987 .987 5.61 5.44 6.81 6.65 78 719.3 2 28 75 23 AS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 AS 1991 30 ATL NL C 127 721 48 4 7 .995 .988 6.06 5.59 6.85 6.78 113 1010.3 5 47 95 37 1992 31 ATL NL C 94 522 43 1 8 .998 .991 6.01 5.68 6.74 6.67 85 754.7 4 25 70 45 1993 32 ATL NL C 81 445 35 6 6 .988 .989 5.93 5.75 6.74 6.74 73 641.0 6 22 56 23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 29 ATL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1989 28 MIN AL C 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 5.20 7.20 6.30 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 1990 29 ATL NL C 97 501 43 7 3 .987 .987 5.61 5.44 6.81 6.65 78 719.3 2 28 75 23 1991 30 ATL NL C 127 721 48 4 7 .995 .988 6.06 5.59 6.85 6.78 113 1010.3 5 47 95 37 1992 31 ATL NL C 94 522 43 1 8 .998 .991 6.01 5.68 6.74 6.67 85 754.7 4 25 70 45 1993 32 ATL NL C 81 445 35 6 6 .988 .989 5.93 5.75 6.74 6.74 73 641.0 6 22 56 23
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 402 2193 169 18 24 .992 .989 5.88 5.60 6.79 6.71 349 3130.3 17 122 297 128 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 403 2193 169 18 24 .992 .989 5.86 5.60 6.79 6.71 349 3131
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   7  24   3   8  1  0  1   4   4   3  .333  .429  .500   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   7  27   3   6  2  0  0   1   5   4  .222  .344  .296   1  0   0   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   2   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .500  .667   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  27   3   9  2  0  1   4   4   4  .333  .438  .519   1  0   0   0   1 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  16  54   6  15  4  0  1   5   9   8  .278  .391  .407   2  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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   ATL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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 *

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (994) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

December 6, 1993: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

December 20, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992Atlanta Braves$350,000
1993Atlanta Braves$925,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,275,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Greg Olson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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