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Diomedes Olivo

Diomedes Antonio (Maldonado) Olivo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 22, 1919 in Guayubin, Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: Guayubin (Guayubin, DO)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1960
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals 1960-1963

Final Game: June 12, 1963
Died: February 15, 1977 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Relatives: Brother of Chi-Chi Olivo and Father 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
1956 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1957 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1958 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1959 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1960 41 PIT NL 0 0 2.79 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 8 3 3 1 5 1 10 0 0 0 42 140 1.345 7.4 0.9 4.7 9.3 2.00
1962 43 PIT NL 5 1 .833 2.77 62 1 19 0 0 7 84.1 88 30 26 5 25 7 66 0 0 0 356 143 1.340 9.4 0.5 2.7 7.0 2.64
1963 44 STL NL 0 5 .000 5.40 19 0 7 0 0 0 13.1 16 9 8 1 9 1 9 1 0 1 66 68 1.875 10.8 0.7 6.1 6.1 1.00
3 Yrs 5 6 .455 3.10 85 1 28 0 0 7 107.1 112 42 37 7 39 9 85 1 0 1 464 126 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 7.1 2.18
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .455 3.10 67 1 22 0 0 6 85 89 33 29 6 31 7 67 1 0 1 367 126 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 7.1 2.18
PIT (2 yrs) 5 1 .833 2.78 66 1 21 0 0 7 94.0 96 33 29 6 30 8 76 0 0 0 398 142 1.340 9.2 0.6 2.9 7.3 2.53
STL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 5.40 19 0 7 0 0 0 13.1 16 9 8 1 9 1 9 1 0 1 66 68 1.875 10.8 0.7 6.1 6.1 1.00

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 Awards
1960 41 PIT NL 10.0 4 0 3 2.70 4.48 0.20 -0.19 100.0 4.10 2 0.2 .7 -0.0 0.2 3 .543 .501 $
1962 43 PIT NL 84.1 62 1 30 3.20 4.67 0.06 -0.18 101.2 4.48 11 1.2 1.5 0.2 2.1 22 .519 .507 $
1963 44 STL NL 13.1 19 0 9 6.08 3.96 0.20 -0.17 111.3 4.00 -3 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .481 .498 $
3 Seasons 107.2 85 1 42 3.51 4.56 0.09 -0.18 102.3 4.38 10 1.0 1.5 -0.0 1.9 23 .512 .502 $
PIT (2 yrs) 94.1 66 1 33 3.15 4.65 0.07 -0.18 101.1 4.44 13 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.3 24 .521 .504 $
STL (1 yr) 13.1 19 0 9 6.08 3.96 0.20 -0.17 111.3 4.00 -3 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .481 .498 $

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
1960 41 PIT NL 4 42 37 3 8 1 0 1 0 0 5 10 .216 .310 .324 .634 .269 12 0 0 0 0 1 1
1962 43 PIT NL 62 353 319 30 88 13 2 5 6 0 25 66 .276 .324 .376 .700 .328 120 8 0 8 5 7 7
1963 44 STL NL 19 66 54 9 16 4 1 1 2 1 9 9 .296 .400 .463 .863 .333 25 1 1 1 1 1 3
3 Yrs 85 461 410 42 112 18 3 7 8 1 39 85 .273 .333 .383 .716 .324 157 9 1 9 6 9 11
162 Game Avg. 67 365 324 33 89 14 2 6 6 1 31 67 .273 .333 .383 .716 .324 124 7 1 7 5 7 9
MLB Averages .254 .321 .388 .709 .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
1960 41 PIT NL 1.4 0.1 42 0.5 0.8 -0.3 .95 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.95 2.0 1 0 2
1962 43 PIT NL 11.0 1.1 364 -0.1 6.0 -6.2 .98 0.6 -0.7 4.8 0.5 0.98 8.2 25 19 14
1963 44 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 72 -1.7 1.4 -3.1 1.61 -0.5 -0.5 -4.0 -0.4 1.61 -5.1 9 3 6
3 Yrs 10.2 1.0 478 -1.3 8.2 -9.5 1.07 0.4 -1.6 2.1 0.2 1.07 5.1 35 22 22

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
1962 43 PIT NL 62 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 35 7 0 1 4.0 0.0 4.0
1 Yr 62 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 35 7 0 1 4.0 0.0 4.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 115 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1960 41 PIT NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 .949 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 4 0 7.5
1962 43 PIT NL 62 61 19 5 1 11 7 4 64% 24 11 81 29 36% 8 .977 25 19 14 24 5 32 43 18 27 26 30 20 4.0
1963 44 STL NL 19 19 7 0 5 2 0 2 0% 4 1 25 6 24% 8 1.606 9 3 6 4 3 12 12 7 2 12 5 3 2.1
3 Yrs 85 84 28 5 6 13 7 6 54% 28 12 108 37 34% 1.065 35 22 22 28 9 47 56 28 33 38 39 23 3.7

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%
1960 41 PIT NL 42 36% 2.4% 23.8% 11.9% 4.8% 25% 0.43 62% 7 0 0%
1962 43 PIT NL 356 36% 1.4% 18.7% 7.1% 5.7% 23% 1.12 72% 72 8 11%
1963 44 STL NL 66 39% 1.5% 13.6% 13.6% 9.1% 38% 0.88 68% 13 1 8%
3 Yrs 464 36% 1.5% 18.4% 8.5% 6.1% 25% 1.00 70% 92 9 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 14.3% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.04 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
1960 41 PIT NL 42 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0% 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 43 PIT NL 353 88 5 1 13 4 1 2 3 25 17 3 68% 7 0 1 150 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1963 44 STL NL 66 16 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 60% 3 1 2 28 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
3 Yrs 461 112 7 1 22 5 2 3 4 32 20 5 63% 11 1 3 192 8 1 89% 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3
MLB Averages 51% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1960 41 0 0 2.79 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 8 3 3 1 5 1 10 0 0 0 42 140 1.345 7.4 0.9 4.7 9.3 2.00 140
1961 42 0 0 2.79 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 8 3 3 1 5 1 10 0 0 0 42 140 1.345 7.4 0.9 4.7 9.3 2.00 140
1962 43 5 1 .833 2.78 66 1 21 0 0 7 94.0 96 33 29 6 30 8 76 0 0 0 398 142 1.340 9.2 0.6 2.9 7.3 2.53 142
1963 44 5 6 .455 3.10 85 1 28 0 0 7 107.1 112 42 37 7 39 9 85 1 0 1 464 126 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 7.1 2.18 126

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1960 41 1 0 1.000 2.70 10.0 8 3 3 1 5 11 0 1.300 7.2 4.5 9.9 2.20 0.9 4
1962 43 6 3 .667 2.89 81.0 88 29 26 5 25 63 0 1.395 9.8 2.8 7.0 2.52 0.6 62
1963 44 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 17 10 9 1 10 9 1 2.077 11.8 6.9 6.2 0.90 0.7 19
3 Yrs 7 4 .636 3.29 104.0 113 42 38 7 40 83 1 1.471 9.8 7.2 2.08 0.6 85

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1962 NL  62 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1960 NL  born 1919-01-22 (2nd)
1962 NL  born 1919-01-22 (1st)
1963 NL  born 1919-01-22 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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