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Steve Olin

Steven Robert Olin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 4, 1965 in Portland, OR
High School: Beaverton HS (Beaverton, OR)
School: Portland State University (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1989
Team: Indians 1989-1992

Final Game: October 4, 1992
Died: March 22, 1993 in Little Lake Nellie, FL
Buried: Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, OR
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
1987	21	CLE-min	Rk	4	4	.500	2.35	26	0	25	7	57.1	42	21	15	0	17	5	75	1	0	4			1.029	6.6	0.0	2.7	11.8	4.41	BRL · APPY
1988	22	CLE-min	A	8	2	.800	2.34	62	0	45	23	96.0	75	30	25	1	29	3	93	4	2	4			1.083	7.0	0.1	2.7	8.7	3.21	KIN,WLO · CARL,MIDW
1989	23	CLE-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.22	42	0	38	24	50.1	34	18	18	6	15	3	46	3	0	0			0.974	6.1	1.1	2.7	8.2	3.07	CSP · PCL
1989	23	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	3.75	25	0	8	1	36.0	35	16	15	1	14	2	24	0	0	2	152	107	1.361	8.8	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.71
1990	24	CLE-min	AAA	3	1	.750	0.66	14	0	8	2	27.1	18	9	2	0	15	2	30	1	0	0			1.207	5.9	0.0	4.9	9.9	2.00	CSP · PCL
1990	24	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	3.41	50	1	16	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-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.47	22	0	16	6	44.1	45	25	22	1	10	5	36	6	2	2	190		1.241	9.1	0.2	2.0	7.3	3.60	CSP · PCL
1991	25	CLE	AL	3	6	.333	3.36	48	0	32	17	56.1	61	26	21	2	23	7	38	1	0	0	249	126	1.491	9.7	0.3	3.7	6.1	1.65
1992	26	CLE	AL	8	5	.615	2.34	72	0	62	29	88.1	80	25	23	8	27	6	47	4	1	1	360	168	1.211	8.2	0.8	2.8	4.8	1.74
4 Yrs				16	19	.457	3.10	195	1	118	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	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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1989	23	CLE	AL	36.0	25	0	16	4.00	4.44	-0.01	-0.34	100.3	4.12	0	0.0	1.3	-0.1	0.3	4	.501	.500	$68,000
1990	24	CLE	AL	92.1	50	1	41	4.00	4.34	0.10	-0.30	100.7	3.98	0	0.1	1.2	-0.2	0.7	10	.501	.500	$116,000
1991	25	CLE	AL	56.1	48	0	26	4.15	4.59	-0.08	-0.35	101.7	4.39	1	0.2	1.8	-0.1	0.6	8	.503	.501	$175,000
1992	26	CLE	AL	88.1	72	0	25	2.55	4.32	0.10	-0.34	98.6	3.83	13	1.4	1.9	0.4	2.6	22	.519	.508	$300,000
4 Seasons				273.0	195	1	108	3.56	4.40	0.05	-0.33	100.2	4.03	15	1.6	1.6	0.0	4.2	44	.508	.502	$659,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	0
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	4
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	6
1992	26	CLE	AL	72	360	321	25	80	8	1	8	2	4	27	47	.249	.314	.355	.669	.269	114	15	4	5	2	6	3
4 Yrs				195	1155	1036	108	272	37	4	14	18	10	90	173	.263	.327	.347	.673	.302	359	41	11	13	4	17	13
162 Game Avg.				68	401	359	37	94	13	1	5	6	3	31	60	.263	.327	.347	.673	.302	125	14	4	5	1	6	5
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.381	.703	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1989	23	CLE	AL	1.4	0.1	159	-0.2	2.7	-3.0	1.07	0.1	-0.3	2.7	0.3	1.07	2.0	11	4	10
1990	24	CLE	AL	4.4	0.4	407	0.7	5.5	-4.8	.79	0.5	0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.79	5.5	15	11	22
1991	25	CLE	AL	3.9	0.4	255	0.5	7.6	-7.1	1.76	0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.76	0.1	29	3	14
1992	26	CLE	AL	16.0	1.7	368	2.9	12.8	-9.8	1.92	0.9	0.7	20.4	2.1	1.92	10.3	39	8	19
4 Yrs				25.7	2.6	1189	3.9	28.6	-24.8	1.38	1.6	1.3	22.1	2.3	1.38	17.9	94	26	65

Starting Pitching*

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%	59.0	59	59	32	9	1	0	4.5	4.5	7.0	81	0	1	0	0	81
1 Yr				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													.500						53%	51	103	-14					4.2	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	1.065	11	4	10	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	.785	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	1.762	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	1.917	39	8	19	37	10	25	30	42	22	17	24	22	3.7	17
4 Yrs				195	194	118	15	19	62	48	14	77%	71	6	158	49	31%		1.385	94	26	65	85	32	77	96	98	79	43	87	50	4.1	21

Ratio Pitching*

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	60%	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	60%	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	54%	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	55%	2.2%	13.1%	7.5%	4.7%	21%	1.12	1.78	74%	20%	7.9%	21%	76	15	20%
4 Yrs				1155	57%	1.2%	15.0%	7.8%	4.8%	20%	1.43	2.33	74%	20%	4.8%	18%	267	41	15%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	5.9%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	377	1344	3.56	851	64%	27%	13%	26%	33%	72%	2%	45%	81%	55%	3%	13	9	23%	87	51	9	31%	10	2	17	9	9
1991	25	CLE	AL	250	920	3.68	581	63%	28%	12%	28%	32%	72%	8%	45%	83%	58%	8%	20	8	27%	68	36	2	29%	7	6	-1	0	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	361	1232	3.41	795	65%	27%	12%	25%	35%	73%	5%	47%	83%	62%	5%	18	8	24%	85	49	6	19%	9	5	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1125	4024	3.58	2552	64%	27%	13%	26%	33%	73%	4%	46%	82%	58%	5%	56	28	24%	268	153	18	23%	33	14	30	9	9
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	1	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 Yrs				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	1	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	1	36.0	35	16	15	1	14	2	24	0	0	2	152	107	1.361	8.8	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.71	107
1990	24	5	8	.385	3.51	75	1	24	2	128.1	131	57	50	4	40	4	88	6	0	2	546	113	1.332	9.2	0.3	2.8	6.2	2.20	113
1991	25	8	14	.364	3.46	123	1	56	19	184.2	192	83	71	6	63	11	126	7	0	2	795	117	1.381	9.4	0.3	3.1	6.1	2.00	117
1992	26	16	19	.457	3.10	195	1	118	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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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	4	5	.444	4.03	87.0	101	43	39	3	27	60	6	1.471	10.4	2.8	6.2	2.22	0.3	50
1991	25	3	3	.500	3.67	54.0	62	24	22	2	23	37	1	1.574	10.3	3.8	6.2	1.61	0.3	48
1992	26	6	3	.667	2.74	82.0	83	28	25	8	28	43	4	1.354	9.1	3.1	4.7	1.54	0.9	72
4 Yrs		14	13	.519	3.57	257.0	282	113	102	14	92	163	11	1.455	9.9		5.7	1.77	0.5	195

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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