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Scott Olsen

Scott Matthew Olsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 12, 1984 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Crystal Lake South HS (Crystal Lake, IL)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2005
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Nationals 2005-2010
Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
Final Game: September 17, 2010
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Standard Batting

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
2005 21 FLA NL 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2006 22 FLA NL 32 64 58 3 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 18 .190 .190 .224 .414 8 13 0 0 6 0 0 1 RoY-9
2007 23 FLA NL 33 61 51 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .176 .192 .235 .428 12 12 0 0 9 0 0 1
2008 24 FLA NL 34 73 62 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 28 .129 .169 .129 .298 -20 8 0 0 8 0 0 1
2009 25 WSN NL 11 22 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .133 .278 .133 .411 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
2010 26 WSN NL 17 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
6 Yrs 132 252 213 8 32 5 0 0 15 0 0 7 89 .150 .177 .174 .351 -7 37 0 0 32 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 309 261 10 39 6 0 0 18 0 0 9 109 .150 .177 .174 .351 -7 45 0 0 39 0 0
FLA (4 yrs) 104 202 174 7 28 5 0 0 14 0 0 4 70 .161 .180 .190 .369 -3 33 0 0 24 0 0
WSN (2 yrs) 28 50 39 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .103 .167 .103 .269 -25 4 0 0 8 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 21 FLA NL 5 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
2006 22 FLA NL 32 64 -7 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1 RoY-9
2007 23 FLA NL 33 61 -5 -0 0 0 9 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .512 .503 0.4 0.0 6 $380,000 1
2008 24 FLA NL 34 73 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $405,000 1
2009 25 WSN NL 11 22 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .509 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $2,800,000 1
2010 26 WSN NL 17 28 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
6 Seasons 132 252 -34 0 1 0 37 4 0.4 7 11 0.3 .503 .500 0.3 0.0 11 $3,585,000
FLA (4 yrs) 104 202 -26 0 1 0 30 5 0.5 5 11 0.4 .505 .501 0.4 0.0 11 $785,000
WSN (2 yrs) 28 50 -8 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $2,800,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2005 21 FLA NL 4 4 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .331 .000 .416 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 22 FLA NL 64 53 3 1.5 108 .275 .190 .266 .190 .336 .224 .432 .414 .768 8 .098 -7.9 -0.8 .277 .034 .034
2007 23 FLA NL 61 51 3 1.6 108 .321 .176 .269 .192 .338 .235 .430 .428 .768 12 .106 -6.7 -0.6 .310 .078 .059
2008 24 FLA NL 73 62 2 0.9 109 .235 .129 .268 .169 .340 .129 .428 .298 .769 -20 .041 -11.2 -1.1 .204 .048 .000
2009 25 WSN NL 22 17 1 1.6 106 .250 .133 .265 .278 .338 .133 .420 .411 .758 14 .114 -1.8 -0.2 .385 .200 .000
2010 26 WSN NL 28 26 0 0.0 101 .167 .083 .261 .083 .331 .083 .411 .167 .742 -55 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .091 .000 .000
6 Yrs 252 213 9 1.1 107 .258 .150 .267 .177 .337 .174 .427 .351 .764 -7 .063 -33.8 -3.3 .243 .056 .023
162 Game Avg. 309 261 11 1.1 107 .258 .150 .267 .177 .337 .174 .427 .351 .764 -7 .063 -33.8 -3.3 .243 .056 .023
FLA (4 yrs) 202 170 8 1.3 108 .269 .161 .268 .180 .338 .190 .430 .369 .768 -3 .074 -26.7 -2.6 .253 .052 .029
WSN (2 yrs) 50 43 1 0.6 103 .200 .103 .262 .167 .334 .103 .414 .269 .748 -25 .024 -7.1 -0.7 .200 .077 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2005 21 FLA NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 2.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
2006 22 FLA NL 64 0.0% 28.1% 0.0% 3.1% 18% 3.2 7.3 2.17 2.40 63% 9% 0.0% 17%
2007 23 FLA NL 61 0.0% 37.7% 1.6% 4.9% 33% 23.00 2.2 17.0 0.87 1.80 46% 16% 0.0% 27%
2008 24 FLA NL 73 0.0% 38.4% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 9.33 2.2 20.7 1.43 2.18 47% 14% 0.0% 29%
2009 25 WSN NL 22 0.0% 31.8% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.1 15.0 0.75 4.00 36% 17% 0.0% 0%
2010 26 WSN NL 28 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 1.75 2.20 43% 6% 0.0% 75%
6 Yrs 252 0.0% 35.3% 2.8% 2.0% 16% 12.71 2.4 14.2 1.40 2.23 49% 12% 0.0% 26%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.4 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 21 FLA NL -0.8 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .70 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.62 -0.9 0
2006 22 FLA NL -7.9 -0.8 64 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .95 -0.6 0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.97 -6.8 0
2007 23 FLA NL -6.7 -0.6 61 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .91 -0.5 -0.2 -5.5 -0.5 0.95 -5.8 0
2008 24 FLA NL -11.2 -1.1 73 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 1.02 -1.1 0.2 -10.3 -1.0 0.95 -11.9 0
2009 25 WSN NL -1.8 -0.2 22 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .98 -0.2 0.0 -1.5 -0.1 1.02 -2.0 0
2010 26 WSN NL -5.3 -0.5 28 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 .97 -0.6 -0.1 -7.3 -0.7 1.05 -6.4 0
6 Yrs -33.8 -3.3 252 -2.8 1.9 -4.7 .96 -3.1 0.2 -28.7 -2.8 0.97 -33.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 21 FLA NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 2 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2007 23 FLA NL 3 0 30% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 0 0 9% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 25 WSN NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2010 26 WSN NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 5 0 21% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 21 FLA NL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 64 69% 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 10 0 0% 10 3 30% 52 9 17% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
2007 23 FLA NL 61 77% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 12 0 0% 14 7 50% 38 4 11% 4 3 75% 2 2 100% 0
2008 24 FLA NL 73 75% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 16 0 0% 17 3 18% 47 3 6% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2009 25 WSN NL 22 91% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 5 2 40% 16 1 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2010 26 WSN NL 28 54% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 0 0% 11 1 9% 23 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
6 Yrs 252 73% 32 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 43 32 74% 53 0 0% 58 16 28% 177 17 10% 12 6 50% 9 6 67% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 21 FLA NL 4 11 2.75 8 73% 25% 25% 13% 38% 75% 0% 55% 67% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 64 197 3.08 152 77% 24% 18% 28% 30% 76% 0% 59% 76% 48% 2% 1 0 6% 4 1 2% 1 1 44% 0 0 0
2007 23 FLA NL 61 240 3.93 161 67% 36% 22% 19% 23% 64% 0% 43% 65% 23% 0% 0 0 7% 4 0 7% 4 3 17% 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 73 261 3.58 186 71% 37% 21% 19% 23% 63% 0% 45% 67% 32% 1% 1 0 11% 8 1 3% 2 0 46% 0 0 0
2009 25 WSN NL 22 84 3.82 59 70% 47% 7% 25% 20% 53% 0% 37% 87% 23% 0% 0 0 9% 2 0 5% 1 1 86% 0 0 0
2010 26 WSN NL 28 99 3.54 73 74% 37% 16% 25% 22% 63% 0% 46% 74% 29% 0% 0 0 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 42% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 252 892 3.54 639 72% 34% 19% 22% 24% 66% 0% 47% 71% 33% 1% 2 0 8% 19 2 3% 8 5 40% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 21 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 22 37 68 61 3 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 19 .180 .180 .213 .393 3 13 0 0 7 0 0
2007 23 70 129 112 6 20 5 0 0 11 0 0 1 42 .179 .186 .223 .409 7 25 0 0 16 0 0
2008 24 104 202 174 7 28 5 0 0 14 0 0 4 70 .161 .180 .190 .369 -3 33 0 0 24 0 0
2009 25 115 224 189 8 30 5 0 0 15 0 0 7 77 .159 .189 .185 .374 -1 35 0 0 28 0 0
2010 26 132 252 213 8 32 5 0 0 15 0 0 7 89 .150 .177 .174 .351 -7 37 0 0 32 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 21 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
2006 22 32 63 57 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 18 .175 .175 .211 .386 2 32
2007 23 33 60 50 3 8 3 0 0 3 0 1 23 .160 .176 .220 .396 2 33
2008 24 34 72 61 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 3 28 .115 .156 .115 .271 1 34
2009 25 11 24 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 .188 .350 .188 .538 1 11
2010 26 17 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
6 Yrs 132 251 211 8 28 5 0 0 13 0 8 89 .133 .164 .156 .321 6 132
162 Game Avg. 162 308 259 10 34 6 0 0 16 0 10 109 .133 .164 .156 .321 7 132

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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