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Darren Oliver

Darren Christopher Oliver

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Angels/Cardinals/Mets/Rockies/... 1993-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$6.25M (10-11), 1 yr/$4.5M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 16.127, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jay Franklin, previously: Jeff Frye,Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Son of Bob Oliver
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #555. Yovani Gallardo… #556. Ed Seward… #557. Rick Reed… #558. DARREN OLIVER… #559. Steve Trachsel… #560. Dan Plesac… #561. Mike Timlin…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #555. Yovani Gallardo… #556. Ed Seward… #557. Rick Reed… #558. DARREN OLIVER… #559. Steve Trachsel… #560. Dan Plesac… #561. Mike Timlin…

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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
1988	17	TEX-min	Rk	5	1	.833	2.15	12	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	39	16	13	0	18	0	59	2	2	3			1.049	6.5	0.0	3.0	9.8	3.28	RGS · GULF
1989	18	TEX-min	A	8	7	.533	3.16	24	23	0	2	1	0	122.1	86	54	43	4	82	1	108	5	2	15			1.373	6.3	0.3	6.0	7.9	1.32	GST · SALL
1990	19	TEX-min	Rk,A	0	0		3.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	4	3	0	5	0	9	1	1	1			0.875	2.2	0.0	5.6	10.1	1.80	RGS,GST · GULF,SALL
1991	20	TEX-min	A+	0	1	.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	33		1.125	6.8	1.1	3.4	13.5	4.00	CHT · FLOR
1992	21	TEX-min	A+,AA	1	1	.500	1.60	11	5	2	1	1	2	39.1	26	11	7	1	14	2	47	2	0	3	161		1.017	5.9	0.2	3.2	10.8	3.36	CHT,TUL · FLOR,TL
1993	22	TEX-min	AA	7	5	.583	1.96	46	0	25	0	0	6	73.1	51	18	16	1	41	5	77	9	0	9	315		1.255	6.3	0.1	5.0	9.4	1.88	TUL · TL
1993	22	TEX	AL	0	0		2.70	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	14	171	0.900	5.4	2.7	2.7	10.8	4.00
1994	23	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	6	0	4	0	0	1	7.1	1	0	0	0	3	2	6	1	0	0	26		0.545	1.2	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00	OKC · AA
1994	23	TEX	AL	4	0	1.000	3.42	43	0	10	0	0	2	50.0	40	24	19	4	35	4	50	6	2	2	226	143	1.500	7.2	0.7	6.3	9.0	1.43
1995	24	TEX	AL	4	2	.667	4.22	17	7	2	0	0	0	49.0	47	25	23	3	32	1	39	1	0	4	222	116	1.612	8.6	0.6	5.9	7.2	1.22
1996	25	TEX-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	9	2	0	0	47		0.917	6.0	0.8	2.2	6.8	3.00	CHT · FLOR
1996	25	TEX	AL	14	6	.700	4.66	30	30	0	1	1	0	173.2	190	97	90	20	76	3	112	10	1	5	777	113	1.532	9.8	1.0	3.9	5.8	1.47
1997	26	TEX	AL	13	12	.520	4.20	32	32	0	3	1	0	201.1	213	111	94	29	82	3	104	11	0	7	887	114	1.465	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.6	1.27
1998	27	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18		0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00	OKC · PCL
1998	27	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	5.73	29	29	0	2	0	0	160.1	204	115	102	18	66	2	87	10	4	7	749	81	1.684	11.5	1.0	3.7	4.9	1.32
1998	27	TEX	AL	6	7	.462	6.53	19	19	0	2	0	0	103.1	140	84	75	11	43	1	58	10	1	6	493	74	1.771	12.2	1.0	3.7	5.1	1.35
1998	27	STL	NL	4	4	.500	4.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	64	31	27	7	23	1	29	0	3	1	256	100	1.526	10.1	1.1	3.6	4.6	1.26
1999	28	STL	NL	9	9	.500	4.26	30	30	0	2	1	0	196.1	197	96	93	16	74	4	119	11	2	6	842	108	1.380	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.5	1.61
2000	29	TEX-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.19	8	8	0	1	1	0	36.2	32	18	13	2	16	0	33	1	0	1	155		1.309	7.9	0.5	3.9	8.1	2.06	OKC,TUL · PCL,TL
2000	29	TEX	AL	2	9	.182	7.42	21	21	0	0	0	0	108.0	151	95	89	16	42	3	49	4	1	4	501	68	1.787	12.6	1.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
2001	30	TEX-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	8	1	0	0	33		1.125	7.9	1.1	2.2	9.0	4.00	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2001	30	TEX	AL	11	11	.500	6.02	28	28	0	1	0	0	154.0	189	109	103	23	65	0	104	6	2	8	696	78	1.649	11.0	1.3	3.8	6.1	1.60
2002	31	STL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	16	14	1	17	0	9	0	0	2	78		2.125	9.6	0.6	9.6	5.1	0.53	MEM · PCL
2002	31	BOS	AL	4	5	.444	4.66	14	9	0	1	1	0	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	6	0	1	258	98	1.672	10.9	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19
2003	32	COL	NL	13	11	.542	5.04	33	32	0	1	0	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	8	0	0	786	99	1.453	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.44
2004	33	TOT	NL	3	3	.500	5.94	27	10	5	0	0	0	72.2	87	50	48	14	21	1	46	1	0	1	314	70	1.486	10.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	2.19
2004	33	FLA	NL	2	3	.400	6.44	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	0	1	260	64	1.568	11.5	2.0	2.6	5.1	1.94
2004	33	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	54	116	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.4	3.25

2006	35	NYM	NL	4	1	.800	3.44	45	0	10	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	3	0	1	333	127	1.123	7.8	1.4	2.3	6.7	2.86
2007	36	LAA	AL	3	1	.750	3.78	61	0	20	0	0	0	64.1	58	31	27	5	23	2	51	1	1	1	273	120	1.259	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.22
2008	37	LAA	AL	7	1	.875	2.88	54	0	9	0	0	0	72.0	67	24	23	5	16	2	48	4	0	3	291	155	1.153	8.4	0.6	2.0	6.0	3.00
2009	38	LAA	AL	5	1	.833	2.71	63	1	9	0	0	0	73.0	61	22	22	5	22	8	65	5	0	7	293	162	1.137	7.5	0.6	2.7	8.0	2.95
2010	39	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	2.48	64	0	7	0	0	1	61.2	53	20	17	4	15	4	65	2	0	0	244	181	1.103	7.7	0.6	2.2	9.5	4.33
2011	40	TEX	AL	5	5	.500	2.29	61	0	17	0	0	2	51.0	47	17	13	3	11	1	44	1	1	0	215	195	1.137	8.3	0.5	1.9	7.8	4.00
18 Seasons				112	90	.554	4.60	654	229	89	11	4	5	1810.0	1947	1008	926	207	690	44	1167	90	14	57	7921	103	1.457	9.7	1.0	3.4	5.8	1.69
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.554	4.60	50	18	7	1	0	0	139	150	78	71	16	53	3	90	7	1	4	610	103	1.457	9.7	1.0	3.4	5.8	1.69
			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
TEX (10 yrs)				60	54	.526	4.94	317	137	36	7	2	5	955.1	1072	583	524	114	402	21	629	51	8	36	4275	99	1.543	10.1	1.1	3.8	5.9	1.56
LAA (3 yrs)				15	3	.833	3.10	178	1	38	0	0	0	209.1	186	77	72	15	61	12	164	10	1	11	857	144	1.180	8.0	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.69
STL (2 yrs)				13	13	.500	4.26	40	40	0	2	1	0	253.1	261	127	120	23	97	5	148	11	5	7	1098	106	1.413	9.3	0.8	3.4	5.3	1.53
NYM (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.44	45	0	10	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	3	0	1	333	127	1.123	7.8	1.4	2.3	6.7	2.86
COL (1 yr)				13	11	.542	5.04	33	32	0	1	0	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	8	0	0	786	99	1.453	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.44
BOS (1 yr)				4	5	.444	4.66	14	9	0	1	1	0	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	6	0	1	258	98	1.672	10.9	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19
HOU (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	54	116	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.4	3.25
FLA (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.44	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	0	1	260	64	1.568	11.5	2.0	2.6	5.1	1.94

AL (14 yrs)			AL	79	62	.560	4.61	509	147	74	8	3	5	1222.2	1328	690	626	136	490	33	825	67	9	48	5390	104	1.487	9.8	1.0	3.6	6.1	1.68
NL (5 yrs)			NL	33	28	.541	4.60	145	82	15	3	1	0	587.1	619	318	300	71	200	11	342	23	5	9	2531	100	1.394	9.5	1.1	3.1	5.2	1.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1993	22	TEX	AL	3.1	0	1	2	0	.3	1	0.0	$109,000
1994	23	TEX	AL	50.0	0	24	38	-2	1.0	14	0.9	$109,000
1995	24	TEX	AL	49.0	7	25	33	1	.9	8	0.7	$165,000
1996	25	TEX	AL	173.2	30	97	130	2	1.0	33	2.9	$220,000
1997	26	TEX	AL	201.1	32	111	140	3	1.0	29	2.7	$1,075,000
1998	27	TEX	AL	103.1	19	84	69	2	1.0	-15	-1.5	$3,050,000
1998	27	STL	NL	57.0	10	31	34	0	1.2	3	0.3	$
1999	28	STL	NL	196.1	30	96	130	0	1.1	34	3.4	$3,550,000
2000	29	TEX	AL	108.0	21	95	84	-5	1.0	-11	-1.0	$5,000,000
2001	30	TEX	AL	154.0	28	109	114	-5	1.0	5	0.4	$7,000,000
2002	31	BOS	AL	58.0	9	30	36	3	.9	6	0.5	$7,000,000
2003	32	COL	NL	180.1	32	108	117	3	1.0	9	0.8	$350,000
2004	33	FLA	NL	58.2	8	44	36	0	.9	-8	-0.9	$750,000
2004	33	HOU	NL	14.0	2	6	8	0	.5	2	0.1	$

2006	35	NYM	NL	81.0	0	33	47	3	.6	14	0.6	$600,000
2007	36	LAA	AL	64.1	0	31	44	0	.7	13	0.6	$1,500,000
2008	37	LAA	AL	72.0	0	24	47	0	1.0	23	1.7	$2,000,000
2009	38	LAA	AL	73.0	1	22	47	0	1.3	25	2.2	$3,665,000
2010	39	TEX	AL	61.2	0	20	34	-0	1.3	14	1.6	$3,000,000
2011	40	TEX	AL	51.0	0	17	30	1	1.4	13	1.5	$3,250,000
18 Seasons				1810.0	229	1008	1220	6	1.0	212	17.5	$42,393,000
			Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
TEX (10 yrs)				955.1	137	583	674	-3	1.0	91	8.2	$22,978,000
LAA (3 yrs)				209.1	1	77	138	0	1.0	61	4.5	$7,165,000
STL (2 yrs)				253.1	40	127	164	0	1.1	37	3.7	$3,550,000
NYM (1 yr)				81.0	0	33	47	3	.6	14	0.6	$600,000
COL (1 yr)				180.1	32	108	117	3	1.0	9	0.8	$350,000
BOS (1 yr)				58.0	9	30	36	3	.9	6	0.5	$7,000,000
HOU (1 yr)				14.0	2	6	8	0	.5	2	0.1	$
FLA (1 yr)				58.2	8	44	36	0	.9	-8	-0.9	$750,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1996	25	TEX	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	29	1.000	6.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.50

2006	35	NYM	NL	NLDS	W	LAD	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.250	20.3	6.8	0.0	0.0
2006	35	NYM	NL	NLCS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	22	0.667	4.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
2007	36	LAA	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	37	LAA	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2009	38	LAA	AL	ALDS	W	BOS	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7
2009	38	LAA	AL	ALCS	L	NYY	0	0		4.26	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	3	0	4	2	6	0	0	0	27	1.579	8.5	0.0	5.7	8.5	1.50
2010	39	TEX	AL	ALDS	W	TBR	0	1	.000	4.15	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	17	0.923	6.2	0.0	2.1	10.4	5.00
2010	39	TEX	AL	ALCS	W	NYY	0	0		7.71	3	0	1	0	0	1	2.1	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.714	3.9	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
2010	39	TEX	AL	WS	L	SFG	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	13.5
2011	40	TEX	AL	ALDS	W	TBR	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2.250	20.3	0.0	0.0	6.8
2011	40	TEX	AL	ALCS	W	DET	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
2011	40	TEX	AL	WS	L	STL	1	0	1.000	11.57	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	11.6
7 Seasons (13 Series)							2	2	.500	4.32	30	1	4	0	0	1	41.2	34	20	20	3	12	2	31	1	0	1	165	1.104	7.3	0.6	2.6	6.7	2.58
6 ALDS							1	2	.333	4.00	12	1	2	0	0	0	18.0	15	8	8	1	4	0	12	1	0	0	70	1.056	7.5	0.5	2.0	6.0	3.00
1 NLDS							0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.250	20.3	6.8	0.0	0.0
3 ALCS							0	0		3.97	11	0	1	0	0	1	11.1	7	5	5	0	7	2	9	0	0	0	46	1.235	5.6	0.0	5.6	7.1	1.29
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	22	0.667	4.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
2 WS							1	0	1.000	7.20	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	21	1.200	10.8	1.8	0.0	12.6

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1988	17	TEX-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	RGS · GULF
1989	18	TEX-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GST · SALL
1990	19	TEX-min	A,Rk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GST,RGS · SALL,GULF
1991	20	TEX-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHT · FLOR
1992	21	TEX-min	AA,A+	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,CHT · TL,FLOR
1993	22	TEX-min	AA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL · TL
1993	22	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	23	TEX-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1994	23	TEX	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	24	TEX	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	25	TEX-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHT · FLOR
1996	25	TEX	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	26	TEX	AL	32	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	206	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
1998	27	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
1998	27	TOT	MLB	30	30	29	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.103	.133	.172	.306	-21	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	27	TEX	AL	19	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	27	STL	NL	11	24	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.087	.125	.130	.255	-32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	28	STL	NL	35	84	73	7	20	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	23	.274	.303	.329	.631	60	24	1	0	8	0	0	1
2000	29	TEX-min	AA,AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2000	29	TEX	AL	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
2001	30	TEX-min	AA,AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2001	30	TEX	AL	28	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	113	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
2002	31	STL-min	AAA	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200		0	0	0	1	0	0	MEM · PCL
2002	31	BOS	AL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	32	COL	NL	35	73	67	6	17	3	0	1	8	0	0	3	17	.254	.296	.343	.639	57	23	1	1	2	0	0	1
2004	33	TOT	NL	28	25	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.136	.136	.136	.273	-28	3	3	0	3	0	0	1
2004	33	FLA	NL	18	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.158	.158	.158	.316	-16	3	2	0	2	0	0	1
2004	33	HOU	NL	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1

2006	35	NYM	NL	45	16	15	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.188	.200	.388	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	36	LAA	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	37	LAA	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	38	LAA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	39	TEX	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	40	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18 Seasons				604	243	217	17	48	11	0	1	20	0	0	8	74	.221	.259	.286	.544	38	62	5	3	15	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	65	58	5	13	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	20	.221	.259	.286	.544	38	17	1	1	4	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
TEX (10 yrs)				258	20	16	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.250	.333	.375	.708	82	6	0	2	2	0	0
LAA (3 yrs)				178	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				46	108	96	7	22	5	0	0	6	0	0	4	35	.229	.260	.281	.541	38	27	1	0	8	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				45	16	15	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.188	.200	.388	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				35	73	67	6	17	3	0	1	8	0	0	3	17	.254	.296	.343	.639	57	23	1	1	2	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				18	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.158	.158	.158	.316	-16	3	2	0	2	0	0

AL (14 yrs)				450	21	17	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.235	.316	.353	.669	72	6	0	2	2	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				154	222	200	15	44	9	0	1	17	0	0	8	68	.220	.254	.280	.534	35	56	5	1	13	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	26	TEX	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$1,075,000	1
1998	27	TEX	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,050,000	1
1998	27	STL	NL	24	-5	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1999	28	STL	NL	84	-4	0	-1	0	0	10	2	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$3,550,000	1
2000	29	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$5,000,000	1
2001	30	TEX	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$7,000,000	1
2002	31	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$7,000,000	1
2003	32	COL	NL	73	-4	0	-1	0	0	8	2	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$350,000	1
2004	33	FLA	NL	21	-3	-1	1	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$750,000	1
2004	33	HOU	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

2006	35	NYM	NL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$600,000	1

2010	39	TEX	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$3,000,000	1
2011	40	TEX	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$3,250,000	1
11 Seasons				243	-19	-1	0	0	0	27	6	13	1.3	13	1.3	0.0	$34,625,000

TEX (6 yrs)				20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$22,375,000
STL (2 yrs)				108	-9	0	0	0	0	13	3	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$3,550,000
NYM (1 yr)				16	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$600,000
COL (1 yr)				73	-4	0	-1	0	0	8	2	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$350,000
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$7,000,000
HOU (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
FLA (1 yr)				21	-3	-1	1	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$750,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	35	NYM	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2006	35	NYM	NL	NLCS	STL	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	39	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2011	40	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1993	TEX	AL	22	P	2	0	0	3.1	2	0	1	1	0	.500			2.70	0.50	.955	1.89	1.80	1	0	0%	0
1994	TEX	AL	23	P	43	0	0	50.0	19	5	14	0	3	1.000			3.42	0.44	.956	1.73	1.71	3	1	25%	0
1995	TEX	AL	24	P	17	7	0	49.0	12	4	8	0	1	1.000			2.20	0.71	.960	1.78	1.77	7	3	30%	2
1996	TEX	AL	25	P	30	30	1	173.2	28	4	23	1	3	.964			1.40	0.90	.960	1.77	1.76	11	6	35%	2
1997	TEX	AL	26	P	32	32	3	201.1	32	7	23	2	0	.938			1.34	0.94	.955	1.71	1.69	14	10	42%	4
1998	TOT	MLB	27	P	29	29	2	160.1	33	5	27	1	1	.970			1.80	1.10	.959	1.80	1.79	13	13	50%	6
1998	TEX	AL	27	P	19	19	2	103.1	21	5	15	1	0	.952			1.74	1.05	.958	1.78	1.76	7	8	53%	4
1998	STL	NL	27	P	10	10	0	57.0	12	0	12	0	1	1.000			1.89	1.20	.961	1.85	1.84	6	5	45%	2
1999	STL	NL	28	P	30	30	2	196.1	42	7	33	2	1	.952			1.83	1.33	.951	1.72	1.71	13	11	46%	6
2000	TEX	AL	29	P	21	21	0	108.0	22	7	15	0	0	1.000			1.83	1.05	.956	1.62	1.60	6	5	45%	2
2001	TEX	AL	30	P	28	28	1	154.0	33	7	26	0	1	1.000			1.93	1.18	.955	1.75	1.74	12	10	45%	5
2002	BOS	AL	31	P	14	9	1	58.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000			1.24	0.57	.958	1.69	1.67	4	3	43%	1
2003	COL	NL	32	P	33	32	1	180.1	34	6	28	0	3	1.000	-1	-1	1.70	1.03	.957	1.84	1.83	14	6	30%	4
2004	TOT	NL	33	P	27	10	0	72.2	13	2	11	0	0	1.000	2	5	1.61	0.48	.965	1.85	1.82	3	4	57%	0
2004	FLA	NL	33	P	18	8	0	58.2	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	2	7	1.84	0.67	.965	1.84	1.82	3	2	40%	0
2004	HOU	NL	33	P	9	2	0	14.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.64	0.11	.960	1.86	1.82	0	2	100%	0
2006	NYM	NL	35	P	45	0	0	81.0	14	4	10	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.56	0.31	.958	1.72	1.71	3	1	25%	0
2007	LAA	AL	36	P	61	0	0	64.1	14	2	11	1	1	.929	-2	-6	1.82	0.21	.955	1.59	1.59	3	0	0%	0
2008	LAA	AL	37	P	54	0	0	72.0	14	3	11	0	2	1.000	0	0	1.75	0.26	.952	1.60	1.59	5	2	29%	1
2009	LAA	AL	38	P	63	1	0	73.0	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	0	0	1.11	0.14	.953	1.53	1.51	9	3	25%	2
2010	TEX	AL	39	P	64	0	0	61.2	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.61	0.17	.953	1.63	1.61	8	3	27%	3
2011	TEX	AL	40	P	61	0	0	51.0	9	1	6	2	0	.778	-2	-8	1.24	0.11	.949	1.61	1.59	4	2	33%	2
	18 Seasons			P	654	229	11	1810.0	349	70	269	10	17	.971	-3	0	1.69	0.52	.956	1.72	1.66	133	83	38%	40
	18 Seasons			TOT	654	229	11	1810.0	349	70	269	10	17	.971	-3	-5	1.69	0.52	.956	1.72	1.66	133	83	38%	40
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y Active 17.5 (48th)	Wins s c a p y Active 112 (26th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1996 AL .700 (4th) Active .554 (29th)	Games Played s c a p y Active 654 (12th) Career 654 (130th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y Active 1,810.0 (29th)	Strikeouts s c a p y Active 1,167 (37th)	Games Started s c a p y Active 229 (41st)	Complete Games s c a p y Active 11 (35th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1996 AL 1 (6th) 1997 AL 1 (9th) 1999 NL 1 (8th) 2002 AL 1 (9th) Active 4 (35th)	Home Runs s c a p y Active 207 (21st) Career 207 (187th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1997 AL 82 (7th) Active 690 (19th)	Hits s c a p y Active 1,947 (23rd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1999 NL 0.733 (9th) Active 1.029 (47th)	Losses s c a p y 1997 AL 12 (10th) Active 90 (33rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2001 AL 103 (10th) 2003 NL 101 (6th) Active 926 (18th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y Active 57 (23rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1994 AL 6 (10th) 1996 AL 10 (8th) 1997 AL 11 (5th) 1998 AL 10 (9th) 1999 NL 11 (4th) Active 90 (11th) Career 90 (108th)	Batters Faced s c a p y Active 7,921 (26th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y Active 103 (43rd)	Def. Games as P s c a p y Active 654 (12th)
Assists as P s c a p y Active 269 (19th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1994 AL 3.42 (1st) Active 1.69 (15th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y Active .971 (7th) Career .971 (59th)	Oldest s c a p y 2010 AL born 1970-10-06 (7th) 2011 AL born 1970-10-06 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.
July 31, 1998: Traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later and Fernando Tatis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Royce Clayton and Todd Stottlemyre. The Texas Rangers sent Mark Little (August 9, 1998) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
December 12, 2001: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Carl Everett.
July 2, 2002: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
July 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 13, 2002: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
February 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
July 22, 2004: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Florida Marlins.
November 8, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
March 31, 2005: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
April 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 3, 2005: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
May 20, 2005: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
January 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
November 5, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1993	22	Texas Rangers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	23	Texas Rangers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	24	Texas Rangers	$165,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	25	Texas Rangers	$220,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $40,000 earned bonus
1997	26	Texas Rangers	$1,075,000	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $75,000 earned bonus
1998	27	Texas Rangers	$3,050,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,550,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	29	Texas Rangers	$5,000,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	30	Texas Rangers	$7,000,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	31	Boston Red Sox	$7,000,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	32	Colorado Rockies	$350,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	33	Florida Marlins	$750,000	4/7/04 AP

2006	35	New York Mets	$600,000
2007	36	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$1,500,000
2008	37	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$2,000,000
2009	38	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$3,665,000
2010	39	Texas Rangers	$3,000,000
2011	40	Texas Rangers	$3,250,000

2012	41	Toronto Blue Jays	$4,000,000
2013	42	Toronto Blue Jays	*$3,000,000	$3M Team Option, $500k Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$42,393,000	Does not include future salaries

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