Chi-Chi Olivo

Federico Emilio (Maldonado) Olivo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 18, 1928 in Guayubin, Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: Guayubin (Guayubin, DO)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1961
Team: Braves 1961-1966

Final Game: October 1, 1966
Died: February 3, 1977 in Guayubin, Monte Cristi, D.R.
Relatives: Brother of Diomedes Olivo and Uncle of Gil Rondon
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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
1955	27	ATL-min	B,AAA	7	7	.500	4.00	32	12		0	0		117.0	98	58	52	9	41	1	16	2	0	1			1.188	7.5	0.7	3.2	1.2	0.39	EVN,TOL · IIIL,AA
1956	28	ATL-min	AA	11	8	.579	3.18	40	15		7	0		153.0	146	66	54	14	43	8	79	0	0	2			1.235	8.6	0.8	2.5	4.6	1.84	AUS · TL
1957	29	ATL-min	A	16	12	.571	3.36	41	27					209.0	199	101	78	15	60								1.239	8.6	0.6	2.6			JCK · SALL
1958	30	ATL-min	A,AA	15	12	.556	2.64	38	22					181.0	176	68	53	11	43								1.210	8.8	0.5	2.1			JCK,AUS · SALL,TL
1959	31	ATL-min	A,AA	6	8	.429	3.34	34	15		6	2		116.0	102	52	43	8	31	3	68	0	0	3			1.147	7.9	0.6	2.4	5.3	2.19	JCK,AUS · SALL,TL
1960	32	ATL-min	AAA,AA	7	5	.583	2.48	34	0					69.0	56	25	19	2	22				0				1.130	7.3	0.3	2.9			LOU,AUS · AA,TL
1961	33	ATL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.66	42	8					152.0	139	53	45	19	31								1.118	8.2	1.1	1.8			LOU · AA
1961	33	MLN	NL	0	0		18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	12	25	4.000	13.5	4.5	22.5	4.5	0.20

1962	34	ATL-min	AAA	13	11	.542	3.21	40	22		13	5		202.0	196	77	72	8	51	3	151	1	0	5			1.223	8.7	0.4	2.3	6.7	2.96	LOU · AA
1963	35	ATL-min	AAA	14	13	.519	4.29	44	26					233.0	279	137	111	21	67		165						1.485	10.8	0.8	2.6	6.4	2.46	DEN · PCL
1964	36	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	9	0	1.000	1.75	29	1		1	1		67.0	48	17	13	4	24	9	46	1	0	2			1.075	6.4	0.5	3.2	6.2	1.92	TTO · IL
1964	36	MLN	NL	2	1	.667	3.75	38	0	12	0	0	5	60.0	55	25	25	7	21	5	45	0	0	2	251	95	1.267	8.3	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.14
1965	37	ATL-min	AAA	9	2	.818	1.74	49	0		0	0		88.0	67	19	17	5	24	7	74	1	0	6			1.034	6.9	0.5	2.5	7.6	3.08	ATA · IL
1965	37	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	1.38	8	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	12	2	2	1	5	2	11	0	0	1	54	262	1.308	8.3	0.7	3.5	7.6	2.20
1966	38	ATL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	1.73	25	0		0	0		52.0	30	11	10	2	18	6	42	0	0	3			0.923	5.2	0.3	3.1	7.3	2.33	RMD · IL
1966	38	ATL	NL	5	4	.556	4.23	47	0	16	0	0	7	66.0	59	34	31	4	19	5	41	1	0	4	275	88	1.182	8.0	0.5	2.6	5.6	2.16
1967	39	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.59	9	0		0	0		17.0	13	3	3	1	4	1	23	0	0	1			1.000	6.9	0.5	2.1	12.2	5.75	SYR · IL
4 Yrs				7	6	.538	3.96	96	0	32	0	0	12	141.0	129	65	62	13	50	13	98	1	0	7	592	92	1.270	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.96
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.538	3.96	68	0	23	0	0	9	100	91	46	44	9	35	9	69	1	0	5	419	92	1.270	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.96

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
1961	33	MLN	NL	2.0	3	0	4	18.00	4.59	0.30	-0.19	100.9	4.14	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.403	.498	$

1964	36	MLN	NL	60.0	38	0	25	3.75	4.05	-0.08	-0.17	99.2	3.93	1	0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.502	.500	$
1965	37	MLN	NL	13.1	8	0	2	1.35	4.07	0.19	-0.17	95.9	3.56	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	0.4	5	.548	.502	$
1966	38	ATL	NL	66.0	47	0	34	4.64	4.08	-0.07	-0.17	101.4	4.05	-5	-0.6	1.3	-0.2	-0.1	3	.488	.496	$
4 Seasons				141.1	96	0	65	4.14	4.08	-0.05	-0.17	100.0	3.95	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.4	0.6	12	.496	.499	$

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
1961	33	MLN	NL	3	13	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	.429	.667	1.000	1.667	.400	7	0	0	1	0	1	0

1964	36	MLN	NL	38	251	223	25	55	8	2	7	4	2	21	45	.247	.309	.395	.704	.277	88	3	0	5	2	5	2
1965	37	MLN	NL	8	54	45	2	12	1	1	1	2	0	5	11	.267	.327	.400	.727	.314	18	1	0	2	2	2	1
1966	38	ATL	NL	47	243	246	34	59	9	2	4	5	1	19	41	.240	.293	.341	.634	.268	84	3	1	5	4	5	5
4 Yrs				96	561	521	65	129	19	5	13	11	3	50	98	.248	.310	.378	.688	.278	197	7	1	13	8	13	8
162 Game Avg.				68	397	369	46	91	13	4	9	8	2	35	69	.248	.310	.378	.688	.278	140	5	1	9	6	9	6
MLB Averages																.251	.316	.381	.697	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	33	MLN	NL	-3.0	-0.3	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.58	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.58	-2.6	0	0	3

1964	36	MLN	NL	0.3	0.0	259	0.5	3.3	-2.7	.76	0.8	-0.2	1.1	0.1	0.76	2.6	9	4	24
1965	37	MLN	NL	3.4	0.4	57	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.48	0.0	0.1	5.1	0.6	0.48	0.8	1	0	5
1966	38	ATL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	255	0.1	4.8	-4.7	1.17	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.17	1.1	17	7	18
4 Yrs				-2.6	-0.2	584	0.5	8.4	-8.0	.91	0.6	-0.1	3.7	0.4	0.91	1.9	27	11	50

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
1961	33	MLN	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	8	.585	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	2.0

1964	36	MLN	NL	38	38	12	2	1	8	5	3	63%	10	2	30	11	37%	8	.763	9	4	24	12	0	26	17	21	22	9	24	15	4.7
1965	37	MLN	NL	8	8	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	7	.480	1	0	5	0	1	7	2	6	6	1	6	0	5.0
1966	38	ATL	NL	47	47	16	5	4	9	7	4	78%	10	1	55	20	36%	7	1.171	17	7	18	10	6	27	27	16	21	15	19	15	4.2
4 Yrs				96	96	32	7	6	17	12	7	71%	20	3	91	34	37%		.908	27	11	50	22	7	63	47	45	49	27	49	31	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	33	MLN	NL	13	69%	7.7%	7.7%	38.5%	15.4%	67%	3.00	38%	6	0	0%

1964	36	MLN	NL	251	64%	2.8%	17.9%	8.4%	6.8%	31%	1.30	69%	28	3	11%
1965	37	MLN	NL	54	59%	1.9%	20.4%	9.3%	5.6%	25%	0.87	65%	10	1	10%
1966	38	ATL	NL	275	53%	1.7%	16.9%	7.8%	6.2%	25%	0.90	84%	57	3	5%
4 Yrs				593	59%	2.3%	17.5%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.07	75%	101	7	7%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.1%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.08	73%			10%

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
1961	33	MLN	NL	13	3			1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	36	MLN	NL	251	55			7	0	9	3	4	4	3	13	3	3	23%	2	2	0	82	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1965	37	MLN	NL	54	12			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	7	2	2	29%	1	1	0	19	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1966	38	ATL	NL	243	59			4	0	17	3	1	3	1	31	17	4	55%	5	4	2	99	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	32
4 Yrs				561	129			13	0	31	7	6	8	5	53	23	9	43%	8	7	2	208	11	3	79%	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	32
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1961	33	0	0		18.00	3	1	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	12	25	4.000	13.5	4.5	22.5	4.5	0.20	25
1962	34	0	0		18.00	3	1	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	12	25	4.000	13.5	4.5	22.5	4.5	0.20	25
1963	35	0	0		18.00	3	1	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	12	25	4.000	13.5	4.5	22.5	4.5	0.20	25
1964	36	2	1	.667	4.21	41	13	5	62.0	58	29	29	8	26	6	46	0	2	263	85	1.355	8.4	1.2	3.8	6.7	1.77	85
1965	37	2	2	.500	3.72	49	16	5	75.0	70	31	31	9	31	8	57	0	3	317	97	1.347	8.4	1.1	3.7	6.8	1.84	97
1966	38	7	6	.538	3.96	96	32	12	141.0	129	65	62	13	50	13	98	1	7	592	92	1.270	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.96	92

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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
1961	33	0	0		22.50	2.0	3	6	5	1	5	1	0	4.000	13.5	22.5	4.5	0.20	4.5	3

1964	36	3	3	.500	4.26	57.0	57	30	27	7	22	43	0	1.386	9.0	3.5	6.8	1.95	1.1	38
1965	37	1	0	1.000	1.50	12.0	12	2	2	1	5	10	0	1.417	9.0	3.8	7.5	2.00	0.8	8
1966	38	3	4	.429	4.64	64.0	61	37	33	4	20	40	1	1.266	8.6	2.8	5.6	2.00	0.6	47
4 Yrs		7	7	.500	4.47	135.0	133	75	67	13	52	94	1	1.370	8.9		6.3	1.81	0.9	96

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