Darren Oliver
Darren Christopher Oliver
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 6, 1970 in Kansas City, MO
High School: Rio Linda (Rio Linda, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1993
Relatives: Son of Bob Oliver
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1993 TEX AL 22 P 2 0 3.1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.70 0.50 1.000 1.89 0.55
1994 TEX AL 23 P 43 0 50.0 19 5 14 0 3 1.000 3.42 0.44 .953 1.73 0.52
1995 TEX AL 24 P 17 7 49.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.20 0.71 .958 1.78 0.53
1996 TEX AL 25 P 30 30 173.2 28 4 23 1 3 .964 1.40 0.90 .961 1.77 0.52
1997 TEX AL 26 P 32 32 201.1 32 7 23 2 0 .938 1.34 0.94 .956 1.71 0.49
1998 TOT MLB 27 P 29 29 160.1 33 5 27 1 1 .970 1.80 1.10 .958 1.80 0.51
1998 TEX AL 27 P 19 19 103.1 21 5 15 1 0 .952 1.74 1.05 .957 1.78 0.50
1998 STL NL 27 P 10 10 57.0 12 0 12 0 1 1.000 1.89 1.20 .958 1.85 0.54
1999 STL NL 28 P 30 30 196.1 42 7 33 2 1 .952 1.83 1.33 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 TEX AL 29 P 21 21 108.0 22 7 15 0 0 1.000 1.83 1.05 .955 1.62 0.46
2001 TEX AL 30 P 28 28 154.0 33 7 26 0 1 1.000 1.93 1.18 .952 1.75 0.49
2002 BOS AL 31 P 14 9 58.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.57 .950 1.69 0.48
2003 COL NL 32 P 33 32 180.1 35 7 28 0 3 1.000 1.75 1.06 .954 1.85 0.48
2004 TOT NL 33 P 27 10 72.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.48 .969 1.85 0.47
2004 FLA NL 33 P 18 8 58.2 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.84 0.67 .967 1.84 0.47
2004 HOU NL 33 P 9 2 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.11 1.000 1.86 0.47
2006 NYM NL 35 P 45 0 81.0 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.31 .957 1.72 0.43
2007 LAA AL 36 P 61 0 64.1 14 2 11 1 1 .929 1.82 0.21 .957 1.59 0.42
2008 LAA AL 37 P 54 0 72.0 14 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.75 0.26 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 LAA AL 38 P 63 1 73.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.14 .956 1.53 0.40
16 Seasons P 529 229 1697.1 330 68 254 8 17 .976 1.71 0.61 .955 1.73 0.46
16 Seasons TOT 529 229 1697.1 330 68 254 8 17 .976 1.71 0.61 .931 1.73 0.46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1993 TEX AL 22 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 23 43 0 1 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 24 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 25 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 26 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 27 19 2 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 STL NL 27 11 10 11 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 STL NL 28 35 29 34 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 TEX AL 29 21 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 30 28 3 3 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 31 14 0 2 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 COL NL 32 35 31 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 FLA NL 33 18 8 15 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 HOU NL 33 10 2 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 NYM NL 35 45 0 43 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 LAA AL 36 61 0 5 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 LAA AL 37 54 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 LAA AL 38 63 1 5 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 538 88 169 529 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1993 TEX AL 22 15 67% 27% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 23 236 61% 33% 14 100% 0 5 1 4 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 100%
1995 TEX AL 24 233 69% 24% 9 89% 1 5 1 2 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1996 TEX AL 25 805 75% 31% 25 80% 1 4 0 3 23 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 0%
1997 TEX AL 26 919 79% 30% 26 77% 1 7 1 6 23 14 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1998 TEX AL 27 516 78% 31% 15 80% 0 5 2 2 14 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 40%
1998 STL NL 27 271 81% 43% 8 100% 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1999 STL NL 28 873 77% 33% 31 94% 0 7 3 4 33 23 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 13 92%
2000 TEX AL 29 517 82% 29% 14 100% 0 7 1 6 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2001 TEX AL 30 723 76% 28% 24 96% 0 7 2 5 26 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
2002 BOS AL 31 269 76% 32% 6 83% 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2003 COL NL 32 809 81% 35% 26 100% 1 6 2 4 28 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 100%
2004 FLA NL 33 263 81% 32% 13 92% 0 1 1 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2004 HOU NL 33 56 70% 23% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYM NL 35 339 75% 35% 14 86% 0 4 1 2 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 LAA AL 36 280 73% 33% 15 73% 0 2 0 2 11 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
2008 LAA AL 37 301 77% 34% 10 100% 0 3 0 1 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
2009 LAA AL 38 308 70% 28% 7 71% 0 2 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
16 Seasons 7733 77% 32% 259 89% 4 67 16 42 253 171 20 8 0 4 4 8 17 8 12 5 51 86%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 89% 83%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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