Francisco Oliveras

Francisco Javier (Noa) Oliveras

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 31, 1963 in Santurce, P.R.
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1989
Teams (by GP): Giants/Twins 1989-1992

Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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
1981	18	BAL-min	A,AA	6	7	.462	4.06	23	19	3	4	0	0	124.0	126	65	56	10	55	3	90	6	1	3			1.460	9.1	0.7	4.0	6.5	1.64	MIA,CHR · FLOR,SOUL
1982	19	BAL-min	AA	10	9	.526	3.55	24	24	0	10	2	0	162.1	132	71	64	17	64	2	97	6	1	10			1.207	7.3	0.9	3.5	5.4	1.52	CHR · SOUL
1983	20	BAL-min	AA	8	14	.364	4.64	25	25	0	5	2	0	151.1	173	94	78	23	73	3	89	3	2	5			1.626	10.3	1.4	4.3	5.3	1.22	CHR · SOUL
1984	21	BAL-min	AA,AAA	4	10	.286	5.52	31	13	8	2	0	0	115.2	126	82	71	14	58	3	91	5	0	11			1.591	9.8	1.1	4.5	7.1	1.57	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1985	22	BAL-SDP-min	AA,A	8	2	.800	4.93	22	14	2	2	0	0	91.1	93	63	50	5	43	0	69	3	0	8			1.489	9.2	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.60	CHR,BMT,DYB · SOUL,TL,FLOR
1986	23	BAL-min	AA	12	9	.571	4.18	33	25	3	5	1	0	194.0	185	112	90	27	71	1	127	5	1	7			1.320	8.6	1.3	3.3	5.9	1.79	CHR · SOUL
1987	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	9	3	.750	3.76	29	14	7	3	1	2	127.0	130	57	53	12	28	0	85	5	1	5			1.244	9.2	0.9	2.0	6.0	3.04	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1988	25	MIN-min	AAA,AA	14	11	.560	4.43	28	28	0	4	0	0	176.2	178	93	87	18	61	0	137	3	8	0			1.353	9.1	0.9	3.1	7.0	2.25	POR,ORL · PCL,SOUL
1989	26	MIN-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.98	17	13	2	3	1	0	97.2	108	54	54	11	24	1	54	1	2	2			1.352	10.0	1.0	2.2	5.0	2.25	POR · PCL
1989	26	MIN	AL	3	4	.429	4.53	12	8	1	1	0	0	55.2	64	28	28	8	15	0	24	1	2	0	239	93	1.419	10.3	1.3	2.4	3.9	1.60
1990	27	MIN-SFG-min	AAA,A+	3	4	.429	2.88	12	7	1	1	0	1	65.2	48	25	21	2	23	0	59	3	1	1			1.081	6.6	0.3	3.2	8.1	2.57	POR,SJO · PCL,CALL
1990	27	SFG	NL	2	2	.500	2.77	33	2	9	0	0	2	55.1	47	22	17	5	21	6	41	2	1	2	231	133	1.229	7.6	0.8	3.4	6.7	1.95
1991	28	SFG-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.45	3	3	0	1	1	0	18.1	18	5	5	1	7	0	12	1	2	1	79		1.364	8.8	0.5	3.4	5.9	1.71	PHX · PCL
1991	28	SFG	NL	6	6	.500	3.86	55	1	17	0	0	3	79.1	69	36	34	12	22	4	48	1	2	2	316	93	1.147	7.8	1.4	2.5	5.4	2.18
1992	29	SFG-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.38	22	5	4	1	0	0	61.1	51	24	23	4	21	2	26	1	3	3	250		1.174	7.5	0.6	3.1	3.8	1.24	PHX · PCL
1992	29	SFG	NL	0	3	.000	3.63	16	7	3	0	0	0	44.2	41	19	18	11	10	2	17	1	0	0	179	93	1.142	8.3	2.2	2.0	3.4	1.70
1993	30	TEX-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.68	44	7	12	0	0	2	123.2	146	81	78	16	52	6	77	5	2	7	550		1.601	10.6	1.2	3.8	5.6	1.48	OKC · AA
4 Yrs				11	15	.423	3.71	116	18	30	1	0	5	235.0	221	105	97	36	68	12	130	5	5	4	965	100	1.230	8.5	1.4	2.6	5.0	1.91
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.423	3.71	59	9	15	1	0	3	119	112	53	49	18	35	6	66	3	3	2	490	100	1.230	8.5	1.4	2.6	5.0	1.91

SFG (3 yrs)				8	11	.421	3.46	104	10	29	0	0	5	179.1	157	77	69	28	53	12	106	4	3	4	726	103	1.171	7.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	2.00
MIN (1 yr)				3	4	.429	4.53	12	8	1	1	0	0	55.2	64	28	28	8	15	0	24	1	2	0	239	93	1.419	10.3	1.3	2.4	3.9	1.60

NL (3 yrs)				8	11	.421	3.46	104	10	29	0	0	5	179.1	157	77	69	28	53	12	106	4	3	4	726	103	1.171	7.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	2.00
AL (1 yr)				3	4	.429	4.53	12	8	1	1	0	0	55.2	64	28	28	8	15	0	24	1	2	0	239	93	1.419	10.3	1.3	2.4	3.9	1.60

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	26	MIN	AL	55.2	12	8	28	4.53	4.35	-0.14	0.01	108.5	4.89	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.6	8	.518	.501	$
1990	27	SFG	NL	55.1	33	2	22	3.58	4.15	-0.17	-0.23	95.5	3.89	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.4	7	.503	.501	$110,000
1991	28	SFG	NL	79.1	55	1	36	4.08	4.18	0.09	-0.29	97.2	3.69	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.1	3	.492	.497	$
1992	29	SFG	NL	44.2	16	7	19	3.83	3.82	0.05	0.01	96.0	3.63	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.2	3	.491	.499	$
4 Seasons				235.0	116	18	105	4.02	4.14	-0.03	-0.15	99.2	4.01	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.3	1.3	21	.498	.500	$110,000

SFG (3 yrs)				179.1	104	10	77	3.86	4.08	0.00	-0.20	96.4	3.74	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.2	0.7	13	.495	.499	$110,000
MIN (1 yr)				55.2	12	8	28	4.53	4.35	-0.14	0.01	108.5	4.89	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.6	8	.518	.501	$

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	26	MIN	AL	12	239	222	28	64	11	0	8	5	1	15	24	.288	.335	.446	.781	.293	99	4	1	0	1	0	1
1990	27	SFG	NL	33	231	204	22	47	5	3	5	6	2	21	41	.230	.304	.358	.662	.261	73	3	2	1	3	6	3
1991	28	SFG	NL	55	316	285	36	69	7	1	12	5	9	22	48	.242	.296	.400	.696	.250	114	6	1	5	3	4	3
1992	29	SFG	NL	16	179	164	19	41	10	0	11	0	3	10	17	.250	.294	.512	.806	.217	84	6	1	2	2	2	2
4 Yrs				116	965	875	105	221	33	4	36	16	15	68	130	.253	.307	.423	.730	.258	370	19	5	8	9	12	9
162 Game Avg.				59	490	444	53	112	17	2	18	8	8	35	66	.253	.307	.423	.730	.258	188	10	3	4	5	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	26	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	247	-0.4	3.2	-3.6	.76	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.76	-1.4	0	1	3
1990	27	SFG	NL	4.4	0.5	244	0.8	3.7	-2.8	.86	0.4	0.6	4.6	0.5	0.86	3.5	7	7	17
1991	28	SFG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	333	-0.4	5.0	-5.4	.87	-0.0	-0.4	1.0	0.1	0.87	-2.0	20	9	24
1992	29	SFG	NL	-1.1	-0.1	181	-0.1	2.6	-2.7	.78	-0.6	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.78	-4.0	1	1	7
4 Yrs				1.2	0.1	1005	-0.0	14.4	-14.4	.82	-0.4	0.3	6.6	0.7	0.82	-3.9	28	18	51

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
1989	26	MIN	AL	12	8	3	3	2	1	0	4	4	.500	1	2	1	0	2	25%	44.5	68	26	11	4	1	1	5.6	2.5	5.0	83	3	3	2	0	101
1990	27	SFG	NL	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	46.5	55	38	7	1	0	0	4.5	0.0	4.8	67	2	0	0	0	67
1991	28	SFG	NL	55	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	52.0	52	52	12	3	1	0	3.0	3.6	5.0	73	1	0	0	0	73
1992	29	SFG	NL	16	7	0	3	4	0	0	1	6	.143	0	1	0	0	2	29%	48.6	73	23	2	1	0	4	1.9	1.9	4.5	65	6	1	0	0	85
4 Yrs				116	18	3	8	7	1	0	6	12	.333	1	4	1	0	4	22%	47	73	23	32	9	2	5	3.8	2.1	4.8	74	12	4	2	0	101
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	26	MIN	AL	12	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	1	.761	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	2	4	0	4	0	12.0	58
1990	27	SFG	NL	33	31	9	2	1	2	2	0	100%	4	2	24	6	25%	6	.859	7	7	17	6	7	18	13	18	17	6	17	2	4.4	24
1991	28	SFG	NL	55	54	17	6	5	4	3	1	75%	16	10	31	7	23%	8	.874	20	9	24	19	8	27	16	38	24	11	25	9	4.1	22
1992	29	SFG	NL	16	9	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	3	30%	7	.776	1	1	7	0	1	8	4	5	6	0	7	0	4.3	22
4 Yrs				116	98	30	8	7	6	5	1	83%	20	12	68	18	26%		.824	28	18	51	25	16	57	35	63	51	17	53	11	4.6	24

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	26	MIN	AL	239	51%	3.4%	10.0%	6.3%	8.0%	30%	0.54	0.60	80%	26%	7.6%	17%	47	4	9%
1990	27	SFG	NL	231	42%	2.2%	17.8%	9.1%	5.6%	28%	0.41	0.51	70%	21%	5.8%	26%	40	3	8%
1991	28	SFG	NL	316	47%	3.8%	15.2%	7.0%	6.3%	29%	0.48	0.74	72%	19%	9.7%	23%	53	6	11%
1992	29	SFG	NL	179	43%	6.2%	9.5%	5.6%	11.7%	51%	0.53	0.95	77%	17%	13.3%	13%	26	6	23%
4 Yrs				965	46%	3.7%	13.5%	7.1%	7.6%	33%	0.49	0.68	74%	21%	9.0%	20%	166	19	11%
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	26	MIN	AL	239	894	3.74	548	61%	25%	11%	28%	36%	75%	0%	46%	85%	57%	4%	9	5	14%	34	10	1	33%	4	4	0	0	1
1990	27	SFG	NL	189	688	3.64	426	62%	24%	16%	27%	32%	75%	5%	46%	78%	59%	7%	14	4	25%	47	28	2	30%	6	6	42	2	3
1991	28	SFG	NL	319	1263	3.96	796	63%	26%	12%	31%	31%	74%	3%	47%	83%	54%	4%	14	6	20%	64	33	4	50%	6	4	-3	0	0
1992	29	SFG	NL	179	647	3.61	399	62%	22%	12%	29%	38%	78%	3%	48%	85%	49%	7%	12	7	11%	20	9	4	29%	1	3	0	0	0
4 Yrs				926	3492	3.77	2169	62%	25%	12%	29%	34%	75%	3%	47%	83%	55%	5%	49	22	18%	165	80	11	39%	17	17	39	2	4
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	26	MIN	AL	239	64	7	0	8	0	4	2	6	6	2	7	4	1	57%	1	0	0	98	5	1	83%	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
1990	27	SFG	NL	231	47	4	0	5	1	12	2	3	3	2	16	5	4	31%	3	2	0	84	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0
1991	28	SFG	NL	316	69	31	0	12	0	7	7	5	2	10	16	8	2	50%	3	2	0	103	5	9	36%	5	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
1992	29	SFG	NL	179	41	14	2	11	0	5	4	7	8	3	5	2	0	40%	2	0	1	54	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				965	221	56	2	36	1	28	15	21	19	17	44	19	7	43%	9	4	1	339	16	15	52%	15	15	0	0	1	0	4	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	26	3	4	.429	4.53	12	8	1	1	0	55.2	64	28	28	8	15	0	24	1	2	0	239	93	1.419	10.3	1.3	2.4	3.9	1.60	93
1990	27	5	6	.455	3.65	45	10	10	1	2	111.0	111	50	45	13	36	6	65	3	3	2	470	108	1.324	9.0	1.1	2.9	5.3	1.81	108
1991	28	11	12	.478	3.74	100	11	27	1	5	190.1	180	86	79	25	58	10	113	4	5	4	786	102	1.250	8.5	1.2	2.7	5.3	1.95	102
1992	29	11	15	.423	3.71	116	18	30	1	5	235.0	221	105	97	36	68	12	130	5	5	4	965	100	1.230	8.5	1.4	2.6	5.0	1.91	100

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	26	2	3	.400	4.92	53.0	65	32	29	8	15	23	1	1.509	11.0	2.5	3.9	1.53	1.4	12
1990	27	3	2	.600	3.23	53.0	49	21	19	5	22	39	2	1.340	8.3	3.7	6.6	1.77	0.8	33
1991	28	3	5	.375	4.68	73.0	73	42	38	13	23	44	1	1.315	9.0	2.8	5.4	1.91	1.6	55
1992	29	2	2	.500	4.61	41.0	45	23	21	12	11	15	1	1.366	9.9	2.4	3.3	1.36	2.6	16
4 Yrs		10	12	.455	4.38	220.0	232	118	107	38	71	121	5	1.377	9.5		5.0	1.70	1.6	116

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