Francisco Oliveras
Francisco Javier (Noa) Oliveras
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
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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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 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 92 1.419 10.3 1.3 2.4 3.9 1.60
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 2 231 132 1.229 7.6 0.8 3.4 6.7 1.95
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 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 91 1.142 8.3 2.2 2.0 3.4 1.70
4 Seasons 11 15 .423 3.71 116 18 30 1 0 5 235.0 221 105 97 36 68 12 130 5 5 4 965 99 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 99 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 4 726 102 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 92 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 4 726 102 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 92 1.419 10.3 1.3 2.4 3.9 1.60

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 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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 116 965 875 105 221 33 4 36 16 15 68 130 .253 .307 .423 .730 .258 370 19 5 8 9 12
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
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
1989 26 MIN AL 12 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 4 .500 1 2 1 0 2 25% 45 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% 47 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 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% 49 73 23 2 1 0 4 1.9 1.9 4.5 65 6 1 0 0 85
4 Seasons 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 73 12 4 2 0 101
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 26 MIN AL 12 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 0.772 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 0.905 7 8 16 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 0.920 21 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 0.790 1 1 7 0 1 8 4 5 6 0 7 0 4.3 22
4 Seasons 116 98 30 8 7 6 5 1 83% 20 12 68 18 26% 0.856 29 19 50 25 16 57 35 63 51 17 53 11 4.6 24

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 26 MIN AL 239 49% 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 58% 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 53% 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 57% 6.2% 9.5% 5.6% 11.7% 51% 0.53 0.95 77% 17% 13.3% 13% 26 6 23%
4 Seasons 965 54% 3.7% 13.5% 7.1% 7.6% 33% 0.49 0.68 74% 21% 9.0% 20% 166 19 11%
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 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 188 687 3.65 425 62% 24% 16% 27% 32% 75% 5% 46% 78% 59% 7% 14 4 25% 47 28 2 30% 6 6 43 2 3
1991 28 SFG NL 316 1255 3.97 795 63% 26% 12% 31% 31% 74% 3% 47% 84% 54% 4% 14 6 20% 64 33 4 50% 6 4 0 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 Seasons 922 3483 3.78 2167 62% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 3% 47% 83% 55% 5% 49 22 18% 165 80 11 39% 17 17 43 2 4
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 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 Seasons 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

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 26 3 4 .429 4.53 12 8 1 1 0 0 55.2 64 28 28 8 15 0 24 1 2 0 239 92 1.419 10.3 1.3 2.4 3.9 1.60 92
1990 27 5 6 .455 3.65 45 10 10 1 0 2 111.0 111 50 45 13 36 6 65 3 3 2 470 107 1.324 9.0 1.1 2.9 5.3 1.81 107
1991 28 11 12 .478 3.74 100 11 27 1 0 5 190.1 180 86 79 25 58 10 113 4 5 4 786 101 1.250 8.5 1.2 2.7 5.3 1.95 101
1992 29 11 15 .423 3.71 116 18 30 1 0 5 235.0 221 105 97 36 68 12 130 5 5 4 965 99 1.230 8.5 1.4 2.6 5.0 1.91 99

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 26 2 3 .400 4.75 53.0 65 31 28 8 15 23 1 1.509 11.0 2.5 3.9 1.53 1.4 12
1990 27 3 2 .600 3.29 52.0 50 21 19 5 22 39 2 1.385 8.7 3.8 6.8 1.77 0.9 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 4.95 40.0 46 24 22 12 11 15 1 1.425 10.4 2.5 3.4 1.36 2.7 16
4 Seasons 10 12 .455 4.42 218.0 234 118 107 38 71 121 5 1.399 9.7 5.0 1.70 1.6 116

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Stan Thomas (990)
  2. Cisco Carlos (988)
  3. Jeremy Hernandez (984)
  4. Newt Kimball (983)
  5. Freddy Schmidt (980)
  6. Kyle McClellan (979)
  7. Dom Zanni (978)
  8. Fred Beene (978)
  9. Jim Johnson (977)
  10. Julio Navarro (977)
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  1. Howie Reed (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gil Heredia (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cisco Carlos (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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