Scott Olsen
Scott Matthew Olsen
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: January 12, 1984 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Crystal Lake South (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
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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
2005 21 FLA NL 1 1 .500 3.98 5 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 21 13 9 5 10 0 21 0 0 1 91 100 1.525 9.3 2.2 4.4 9.3 2.10
2006 22 FLA NL 12 10 .545 4.04 31 31 0 0 0 0 180.2 160 94 81 23 75 1 166 7 0 8 761 107 1.301 8.0 1.1 3.7 8.3 2.21 RoY-9
2007 23 FLA NL 10 15 .400 5.81 33 33 0 0 0 0 176.2 226 134 114 29 85 4 133 1 0 8 826 75 1.760 11.5 1.5 4.3 6.8 1.56
2008 24 FLA NL 8 11 .421 4.20 33 33 0 0 0 0 201.2 195 106 94 30 69 13 113 3 0 5 855 103 1.309 8.7 1.3 3.1 5.0 1.64
2009 25 WSN NL 2 4 .333 6.03 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.2 83 45 42 11 25 2 42 0 0 2 289 70 1.723 11.9 1.6 3.6 6.0 1.68
5 Seasons 33 41 .446 4.77 113 112 0 0 0 0 642.0 685 392 340 98 264 20 475 11 0 24 2822 90 1.478 9.6 1.4 3.7 6.7 1.80
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .446 4.77 34 34 0 0 0 0 194 207 118 103 30 80 6 144 3 0 7 853 90 1.478 9.6 1.4 3.7 6.7 1.80
FLA (4 yrs) 31 37 .456 4.63 102 101 0 0 0 0 579.1 602 347 298 87 239 18 433 11 0 22 2533 93 1.452 9.4 1.4 3.7 6.7 1.81
WSN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 6.03 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.2 83 45 42 11 25 2 42 0 0 2 289 70 1.723 11.9 1.6 3.6 6.0 1.68

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
2005 21 FLA NL 5 91 81 13 21 2 0 5 2 2 10 21 .259 .341 .469 .810 .291 38 1 0 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 31 761 670 94 160 28 9 23 8 8 75 166 .239 .321 .410 .731 .284 275 14 7 7 2 1
2007 23 FLA NL 33 826 718 134 226 45 2 29 10 6 85 133 .315 .384 .504 .888 .349 362 17 1 14 8 4
2008 24 FLA NL 33 855 772 106 195 48 2 30 8 7 69 113 .253 .315 .437 .751 .261 337 14 3 7 4 13
2009 25 WSN NL 11 289 259 45 83 18 6 11 5 4 25 42 .320 .379 .564 .943 .348 146 5 0 4 1 2
5 Seasons 113 2822 2500 392 685 141 19 98 33 27 264 475 .274 .344 .463 .807 .302 1158 51 11 32 15 20
162 Game Avg. 34 853 756 118 207 43 6 30 10 8 80 144 .274 .344 .463 .807 .302 350 15 3 10 5 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 21 FLA NL 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 1 25% 50 61 27 6 3 1 2 3.8 4.0 4.8 85 1 2 1 0 108
2006 22 FLA NL 31 31 12 10 9 1 3 16 15 .516 3 5 0 0 18 58% 52 80 20 19 9 0 18 4.5 4.7 5.8 93 5 15 11 0 115
2007 23 FLA NL 33 33 10 15 8 5 2 17 16 .515 1 7 0 0 11 33% 42 77 10 30 6 0 14 4.7 4.3 5.4 93 4 17 12 0 119
2008 24 FLA NL 33 33 8 11 14 1 2 15 18 .455 3 6 0 0 17 52% 50 84 13 16 7 0 13 4.8 4.3 6.1 94 2 22 7 2 121
2009 25 WSN NL 11 11 2 4 5 1 1 3 8 .273 1 3 0 0 4 36% 41 64 10 4 0 0 7 5.0 4.4 5.7 95 1 7 3 0 116
5 Seasons 113 112 33 41 38 9 8 52 60 .464 9 21 0 0 51 46% 47 84 10 75 25 1 54 4.7 4.4 5.7 93 13 63 34 2 121
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2005 21 FLA NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.911 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 22
1 Season 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.911 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 22

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%
2005 21 FLA NL 91 79% 5.5% 23.1% 11.0% 7.7% 33% 0.61 0.65 60% 17% 14.7% 6% 10 1 10%
2006 22 FLA NL 761 78% 3.0% 21.8% 9.9% 7.9% 38% 0.83 1.11 63% 18% 9.4% 11% 144 14 10%
2007 23 FLA NL 826 81% 3.5% 16.1% 10.3% 9.2% 34% 0.62 0.80 68% 24% 9.0% 12% 174 17 10%
2008 24 FLA NL 855 82% 3.5% 13.2% 8.1% 9.4% 41% 0.60 0.73 74% 19% 8.4% 13% 144 14 10%
2009 25 WSN NL 289 79% 3.8% 14.5% 8.7% 12.1% 42% 0.59 0.83 72% 23% 8.9% 9% 44 5 11%
5 Seasons 2822 80% 3.5% 16.8% 9.4% 9.1% 38% 0.66 0.84 69% 20% 9.1% 11% 516 51 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2005 21 FLA NL 91 360 3.96 228 63% 25% 21% 28% 26% 75% 0% 48% 73% 57% 4% 4 2 27% 25 15 1 24% 3 2 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 761 2879 3.78 1775 62% 28% 18% 25% 29% 72% 0% 45% 75% 56% 6% 43 29 24% 179 104 7 16% 36 13 0 0 0
2007 23 FLA NL 826 3060 3.70 1903 62% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 1% 46% 79% 58% 5% 45 24 20% 165 108 15 25% 20 18 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 855 3098 3.62 2021 65% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 5% 49% 79% 59% 6% 48 19 26% 221 148 18 20% 29 16 0 0 0
2009 25 WSN NL 289 1042 3.61 674 65% 26% 16% 25% 33% 74% 2% 48% 79% 63% 5% 15 5 23% 67 42 5 19% 10 8 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2822 10439 3.70 6601 63% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 2% 47% 78% 58% 5% 155 79 23% 657 417 46 20% 98 57 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2005 21 FLA NL 91 21 3 1 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 50% 2 1 0 26 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
2006 22 FLA NL 761 160 14 2 23 0 15 19 4 9 14 34 14 13 41% 5 8 3 248 8 8 50% 5 7 3 1 0 0 3 3 17 0
2007 23 FLA NL 826 226 30 4 29 1 17 24 5 15 14 44 24 7 55% 15 8 5 333 10 6 63% 7 5 3 1 0 0 4 2 26 0
2008 24 FLA NL 855 195 18 6 30 0 14 27 3 12 18 33 19 1 58% 12 5 0 308 8 7 53% 6 3 2 4 0 0 6 3 13 0
2009 25 WSN NL 289 83 4 0 11 0 6 7 4 5 6 14 4 2 29% 4 2 1 98 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 5 0
5 Seasons 2822 685 69 13 98 1 53 80 18 43 55 127 62 23 49% 38 24 9 1013 33 27 55% 24 20 9 7 0 0 18 12 62 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2005 21 1 1 .500 3.98 5 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 21 13 9 5 10 0 21 0 0 1 91 100 1.525 9.3 2.2 4.4 9.3 2.10 100
2006 22 13 11 .542 4.03 36 35 0 0 0 0 201.0 181 107 90 28 85 1 187 7 0 9 852 106 1.323 8.1 1.3 3.8 8.4 2.20 106
2007 23 23 26 .469 4.86 69 68 0 0 0 0 377.2 407 241 204 57 170 5 320 8 0 17 1678 89 1.528 9.7 1.4 4.1 7.6 1.88 89
2008 24 31 37 .456 4.63 102 101 0 0 0 0 579.1 602 347 298 87 239 18 433 11 0 22 2533 93 1.452 9.4 1.4 3.7 6.7 1.81 93
2009 25 33 41 .446 4.77 113 112 0 0 0 0 642.0 685 392 340 98 264 20 475 11 0 24 2822 90 1.478 9.6 1.4 3.7 6.7 1.80 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 21 1 1 .500 4.74 19.0 23 11 10 5 11 20 0 1.789 10.9 5.2 9.5 1.82 2.4 5
2006 22 9 10 .474 4.03 174.0 158 87 78 23 74 160 7 1.333 8.2 3.8 8.3 2.16 1.2 31
2007 23 6 13 .316 5.67 173.0 223 121 109 29 84 130 1 1.775 11.6 4.4 6.8 1.55 1.5 33
2008 24 10 11 .476 4.18 196.0 194 101 91 30 69 110 3 1.342 8.9 3.2 5.1 1.59 1.4 33
2009 25 2 4 .333 6.05 61.0 82 46 41 11 25 41 0 1.754 12.1 3.7 6.0 1.64 1.6 11
5 Seasons 28 39 .418 4.75 623.0 680 366 329 98 263 461 11 1.514 9.8 6.7 1.75 1.4 113

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--7.971--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--8.269--7th

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL--33--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL--29--6th
2008 NL--30--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 NL--85--5th

Hits s c a p y
2007 NL--226--7th

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL--15--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 NL--114--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL--8--10th
2007 NL--8--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jose Mercedes (970)
  2. Fausto Carmona (967)
  3. Mike Mason (964)
  4. Chris Codiroli (963)
  5. Dave Fleming (963)
  6. Edwin Jackson (962)
  7. Paul Wagner (961)
  8. John Farrell (961)
  9. Tiny Osborne (960)
  10. Horacio Ramirez (960)
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  1. Neal Heaton (974)
  2. Fausto Carmona (967)
  3. Wade Blasingame (966)
  4. Randy Lerch (965)
  5. Dave Fleming (963)
  6. Joe Kennedy (962)
  7. Edwin Jackson (962)
  8. Fred Heimach (962)
  9. Jose Rosado (959)
  10. Vern Law (959)
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  3. Frank Viola (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Neal Heaton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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