Greg Olson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: September 6, 1960 in Marshall, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Edina HS (Edina, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: June 27, 1989 (Age 28-294d, 15,631st in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1993 (Age 33-024d)
vs. HOU 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Gregory William Olson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

1275

309

.242

132

RBI

131

OBP

.317

SLG

.342

OPS

.659

OPS+

Summary of 20 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 4 go ahead

1 Tm
ATL	20

Platoon
vs LHP	11
vs RHP	9

Home/Road
Home	13
Away	7

Outs
1	11
0	8
2	1

11 Opps
PIT	4
PHI	3
STL	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
MON	2
NYM	1
COL	1
SFG	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

20 Pitchers
Pete Harnisch	1
Tim Belcher	1
Bob Kipper	1
Terry Mulholland	1
David West	1
Danny Jackson	1
Ken Hill	1
Dennis Cook	1
Jeff Fassero	1
Doug Drabek	1
John Wetteland	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Scott Service	1
Norm Charlton	1
Randy Kramer	1
Neal Heaton	1
Kevin Rogers	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Juan Agosto	1
Steve Wilson	1

6 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	13
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	12
78	6
8	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	7
3	4
6	2
4	2
5	2
Unk	1
1	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	18
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	4
12-	3
123	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

36 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	10
1 on	5
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	10

Inning
2	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	2
8	2
9	3

1-3	4
4-6	9
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	2
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	1

Ahead	11
Tied	2
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
1-2	3
1-1	3
3-2	2
0-1	2
Unk	1
0-0	1
3-1	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	20

OrderPos
7th	9
8th	7
9th	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-05-08	ATL	@	CHC	Steve Wilson	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---	8,(2-2) BCBFFFFX	1	8	2	0.114	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1990-05-17	ATL		PIT	Neal Heaton	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) F1B1X	2	8	2	0.183	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Thomas Scores
3	3	3	2	1990-05-17	ATL		PIT	Randy Kramer	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	2	0.045	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Murphy Scores/unER; A. Thomas Scores
4	4	4	1	1990-05-25	ATL	@	PHI	Dennis Cook	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.117	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
5	5	5	1	1990-06-12 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	Danny Jackson	behind 0-3	t 2	0	123	4,(1-2) SSBX	4	8	2	0.221	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Murphy Scores; D. Justice Scores; J. Blauser Scores
6	6	6	1	1990-06-27	ATL		LAD	Tim Belcher	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---		1	7	2	0.111	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1990-08-28	ATL		PIT	Bob Kipper	ahead 6-0	b 7	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Justice Scores; T. Gregg Scores/unER
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1991-05-08	ATL		STL	Ken Hill	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	7	2	0.051	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); G. Olson Scores
9	9	2	1	1991-06-09	ATL		MON	Jeff Fassero	ahead 6-3	b 7	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BSBCBX	2	7	2	0.036	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Blauser Scores; G. Olson Scores
10	10	3	1	1991-06-20	ATL		NYM	Dwight Gooden	behind 2-6	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.068	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Olson Scores
11	11	4	1	1991-07-13	ATL		STL	Juan Agosto	ahead 8-4	b 6	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	8	2	0.027	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Hunter Scores; G. Olson Scores
12	12	5	1	1991-07-29 (1)	ATL		PIT	Doug Drabek	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	0.109	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Olson Scores
13	13	6	1	1991-08-10	ATL		HOU	Pete Harnisch	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) BFFFX	1	8	2	0.094	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Olson Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1992-05-23	ATL	@	MON	John Wetteland	behind 5-7	t 9	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	6	2	0.049	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Olson Scores
15	15	2	1	1992-06-28	ATL	@	CIN	Norm Charlton	behind 4-6	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.051	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Olson Scores
16	16	3	1	1992-07-11	ATL	@	CHC	Jeff Robinson	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.092	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Olson Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1993-04-18	ATL	@	SFG	Kevin Rogers	ahead 8-6	t 4	1	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	7	2	0.156	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Justice Scores; S. Bream Scores
18	18	2	1	1993-07-01	ATL		COL	Scott Service	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.085	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); S. Bream Scores
19	19	3	1	1993-08-03	ATL		PHI	Terry Mulholland	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	0.181	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Justice Scores
20	20	4	1	1993-08-04	ATL		PHI	David West	behind 6-8	b 8	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBCX	3	9	2	0.688	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Justice Scores; M. Lemke Scores