Steve Olin
Steven Robert Olin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 4, 1965 in Portland, OR
High School: Beaverton (Beaverton, OR)
School: Portland State University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1989
Final Game: October 4, 1992
Died: March 22, 1993 in Little Lake Nellie, FL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1989 23 CLE AL 1 4 .200 3.75 25 0 8 0 0 1 36.0 35 16 15 1 14 2 24 0 0 2 152 106 1.361 8.8 0.3 3.5 6.0 1.71
1990 24 CLE AL 4 4 .500 3.41 50 1 16 0 0 1 92.1 96 41 35 3 26 2 64 6 0 0 394 115 1.321 9.4 0.3 2.5 6.2 2.46
1991 25 CLE AL 3 6 .333 3.36 48 0 32 0 0 17 56.1 61 26 21 2 23 7 38 1 0 0 249 125 1.491 9.7 0.3 3.7 6.1 1.65
1992 26 CLE AL 8 5 .615 2.34 72 0 62 0 0 29 88.1 80 25 23 8 27 6 47 4 1 1 360 169 1.211 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.8 1.74
4 Seasons 16 19 .457 3.10 195 1 118 0 0 48 273.0 272 108 94 14 90 17 173 11 1 3 1155 129 1.326 9.0 0.5 3.0 5.7 1.92
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .457 3.10 68 0 41 0 0 17 95 94 37 33 5 31 6 60 4 0 1 401 129 1.326 9.0 0.5 3.0 5.7 1.92

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 23 CLE AL 25 152 137 16 35 6 1 1 4 1 14 24 .255 .325 .336 .660 .304 46 4 0 1 0 2
1990 24 CLE AL 50 394 355 41 96 13 1 3 9 3 26 64 .270 .329 .338 .667 .321 120 13 6 5 2 2
1991 25 CLE AL 48 249 223 26 61 10 1 2 3 2 23 38 .274 .344 .354 .698 .322 79 9 1 2 0 7
1992 26 CLE AL 72 359 321 25 80 8 1 8 2 4 27 47 .249 .314 .355 .669 .269 114 15 4 5 2 6
4 Seasons 195 1154 1036 108 272 37 4 14 18 10 90 173 .263 .327 .347 .673 .302 359 41 11 13 4 17
162 Game Avg. 68 400 359 37 94 13 1 5 6 3 31 60 .263 .327 .347 .673 .302 125 14 4 5 1 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1990 24 CLE AL 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 59 59 59 32 9 1 0 4.5 4.5 7.0 81 0 1 0 0 81
1 Season 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 59 59 59 32 9 1 0 4.5 4.5 7.0 81 0 1 0 0 81
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1989 23 CLE AL 25 25 8 1 4 1 1 0 100% 2 1 22 4 18% 6 1.101 11 6 8 2 9 14 16 9 14 9 16 8 4.3 23
1990 24 CLE AL 50 49 16 3 4 3 1 2 33% 10 5 59 22 37% 6 0.810 15 11 22 14 6 29 34 15 28 10 31 9 5.2 28
1991 25 CLE AL 48 48 32 3 6 22 17 5 77% 23 0 28 12 43% 9 1.800 29 3 14 32 7 9 16 32 15 7 16 11 3.5 19
1992 26 CLE AL 72 72 62 8 5 36 29 7 81% 36 0 49 11 22% 9 1.978 41 7 20 37 10 25 30 42 22 17 24 22 3.7 17
4 Seasons 195 194 118 15 19 62 48 14 77% 71 6 158 49 31% 1.426 96 27 64 85 32 77 96 98 79 43 87 50 4.1 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 23 CLE AL 152 40% 0.7% 15.8% 9.2% 5.3% 23% 1.67 3.37 74% 24% 2.8% 14% 34 4 12%
1990 24 CLE AL 394 40% 0.8% 16.2% 6.6% 4.3% 18% 1.59 2.82 74% 18% 3.3% 19% 95 13 14%
1991 25 CLE AL 249 46% 0.8% 15.3% 9.2% 5.2% 21% 1.59 2.23 73% 19% 3.2% 13% 62 9 15%
1992 26 CLE AL 360 45% 2.2% 13.1% 7.5% 4.7% 21% 1.12 1.78 75% 20% 7.9% 21% 76 15 20%
4 Seasons 1155 43% 1.2% 15.0% 7.8% 4.8% 20% 1.43 2.33 74% 20% 4.8% 18% 267 41 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 23 CLE AL 137 528 3.85 325 62% 25% 18% 27% 30% 75% 3% 46% 77% 56% 4% 5 3 20% 28 17 1 4% 7 1 15 0 0
1990 24 CLE AL 375 1340 3.57 849 64% 27% 13% 26% 33% 72% 2% 46% 81% 55% 3% 13 9 23% 87 51 9 31% 10 2 19 9 9
1991 25 CLE AL 249 915 3.67 579 63% 28% 12% 27% 32% 72% 7% 45% 83% 59% 8% 20 8 27% 68 36 2 29% 7 6 0 0 0
1992 26 CLE AL 360 1229 3.41 794 65% 27% 12% 25% 35% 73% 5% 47% 83% 62% 5% 18 8 24% 85 49 6 19% 9 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1121 4012 3.58 2547 64% 27% 13% 26% 33% 73% 4% 46% 82% 58% 5% 56 28 24% 268 153 18 23% 33 14 34 9 9
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1989 23 CLE AL 152 35 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 1 3 11% 0 2 0 66 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 24 CLE AL 394 96 23 3 3 0 20 2 1 2 1 37 23 0 62% 4 0 0 165 9 3 75% 9 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0
1991 25 CLE AL 249 61 15 0 2 1 16 1 1 0 2 22 11 4 50% 6 0 1 106 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 26 CLE AL 360 80 32 1 8 0 15 7 1 8 0 19 6 2 32% 3 1 0 149 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
4 Seasons 1155 272 76 4 14 1 54 10 4 10 4 87 41 9 47% 13 3 1 486 18 10 64% 18 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1989 23 1 4 .200 3.75 25 0 8 0 0 1 36.0 35 16 15 1 14 2 24 0 0 2 152 106 1.361 8.8 0.3 3.5 6.0 1.71 106
1990 24 5 8 .385 3.51 75 1 24 0 0 2 128.1 131 57 50 4 40 4 88 6 0 2 546 112 1.332 9.2 0.3 2.8 6.2 2.20 112
1991 25 8 14 .364 3.46 123 1 56 0 0 19 184.2 192 83 71 6 63 11 126 7 0 2 795 116 1.381 9.4 0.3 3.1 6.1 2.00 116
1992 26 16 19 .457 3.10 195 1 118 0 0 48 273.0 272 108 94 14 90 17 173 11 1 3 1155 129 1.326 9.0 0.5 3.0 5.7 1.92 129

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 23 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 36 18 16 1 14 23 0 1.471 9.5 3.7 6.1 1.64 0.3 25
1990 24 5 4 .556 3.93 87.0 100 42 38 3 27 60 6 1.460 10.3 2.8 6.2 2.22 0.3 50
1991 25 3 3 .500 3.44 55.0 61 23 21 2 23 37 1 1.527 10.0 3.8 6.1 1.61 0.3 48
1992 26 6 3 .667 2.74 82.0 83 28 25 8 28 44 4 1.354 9.1 3.1 4.8 1.57 0.9 72
4 Seasons 15 12 .556 3.49 258.0 280 111 100 14 92 164 11 1.442 9.8 5.7 1.78 0.5 195

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1992 AL  72 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1992 AL  29 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1992 AL  62 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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