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Scott Olsen

Scott Matthew Olsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Nationals 2005-2010
Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
Final Game: September 17, 2010 vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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
2002	18	FLA-min	Rk	2	3	.400	2.96	13	11	0	0	0	0	51.2	39	18	17	0	17	0	50	5	2	5	215		1.084	6.8	0.0	3.0	8.7	2.94	JUM · GULF
2003	19	FLA-min	A	7	9	.438	2.81	25	24	1	0	0	0	128.1	101	51	40	4	59	0	129	7	0	7	534		1.247	7.1	0.3	4.1	9.0	2.19	GBO · SALL
2004	20	FLA-min	A+	7	6	.538	2.97	25	25	0	1	1	0	136.1	127	57	45	8	53	0	158	4	0	7	571		1.320	8.4	0.5	3.5	10.4	2.98	JUP · FLOR
2005	21	FLA-min	AA	6	4	.600	3.92	14	14	0	1	1	0	80.1	75	38	35	7	27	0	94	3	0	6	337		1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	10.5	3.48	CAR · SOUL
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	102	1.525	9.3	2.2	4.4	9.3	2.10
2006	22	FLA-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	25		1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	7.1	1.67	ABQ · PCL
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	104	1.309	8.7	1.3	3.1	5.0	1.64
2009	25	WSN-min	AAA,A+	1	0	1.000	4.60	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	22	9	8	2	6	1	13	0	0	1	73		1.787	12.6	1.1	3.4	7.5	2.17	SYR,POT · IL,CARL
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	71	1.723	11.9	1.6	3.6	6.0	1.68
2010	26	WSN-min	AAA,Rk,A+,A	0	0		3.98	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	10	9	1	2	0	15	1	0	2	84		1.033	8.4	0.4	0.9	6.6	7.50	SYR,NAT,POT,HGR · IL,GULF,CARL,SALL
2010	26	WSN	NL	4	8	.333	5.56	17	15	0	0	0	0	81.0	93	54	50	10	27	4	53	2	0	0	357	73	1.481	10.3	1.1	3.0	5.9	1.96
6 Seasons				37	49	.430	4.85	130	127	0	0	0	0	723.0	778	446	390	108	291	24	528	13	0	24	3179	88	1.479	9.7	1.3	3.6	6.6	1.81
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.430	4.85	34	34	0	0	0	0	191	206	118	103	29	77	6	140	3	0	6	841	88	1.479	9.7	1.3	3.6	6.6	1.81

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	94	1.452	9.4	1.4	3.7	6.7	1.81
WSN (2 yrs)				6	12	.333	5.76	28	26	0	0	0	0	143.2	176	99	92	21	52	6	95	2	0	2	646	72	1.587	11.0	1.3	3.3	6.0	1.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2005	21	FLA	NL	20.1	4	13	12	-1	.9	-1	-0.1	$
2006	22	FLA	NL	180.2	31	94	111	-1	1.1	17	1.8	$	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	176.2	33	134	112	-7	.9	-22	-2.1	$380,000
2008	24	FLA	NL	201.2	33	106	119	-1	1.0	13	1.3	$405,000
2009	25	WSN	NL	62.2	11	45	39	-2	1.0	-6	-0.6	$2,800,000
2010	26	WSN	NL	81.0	15	54	48	-1	1.0	-6	-0.6	$
6 Seasons				723.0	127	446	441	-13	1.0	-5	-0.3	$3,585,000

FLA (4 yrs)				579.1	101	347	354	-10	1.0	7	0.9	$785,000
WSN (2 yrs)				143.2	26	99	87	-3	1.0	-12	-1.2	$2,800,000

Standard Batting

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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
2002	18	FLA-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JUM · GULF
2003	19	FLA-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	GBO · SALL
2004	20	FLA-min	A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JUP · FLOR
2005	21	FLA-min	AA	14	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CAR · SOUL
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-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ABQ · PCL
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-min	AAA,A+	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,POT · IL,CARL
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-min	AAA,A,Rk,A+	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,HGR,NAT,POT · IL,SALL,GULF,CARL
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2005	21	FLA	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
2006	22	FLA	NL	64	-8	0	1	0	0	7	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	61	-7	0	1	0	0	6	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$380,000	1
2008	24	FLA	NL	73	-11	0	-1	0	0	7	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$405,000	1
2009	25	WSN	NL	22	-2	-0	-0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,800,000	1
2010	26	WSN	NL	28	-5	0	-0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				252	-34	-0	0	0	0	25	8	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$3,585,000

FLA (4 yrs)				202	-27	0	1	0	0	20	6	0	-0.1	0	-0.0	-0.1	$785,000
WSN (2 yrs)				50	-7	-0	-1	0	0	5	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,800,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	FLA	NL	21	P	5	20.1	4	0	3	1	0	.750	0	0	1.33	0.60	.960	1.73	1.72
2006	FLA	NL	22	P	31	180.2	29	4	24	1	2	.966	3	3	1.39	0.90	.958	1.72	1.71	RoY-9
2007	FLA	NL	23	P	33	176.2	24	3	21	0	0	1.000	-4	-5	1.22	0.73	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	FLA	NL	24	P	33	201.2	31	6	23	2	0	.935	4	4	1.29	0.88	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	WSN	NL	25	P	11	62.2	8	0	7	1	0	.875	0	0	1.01	0.64	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	WSN	NL	26	P	17	81.0	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	0	0	0.89	0.47	.954	1.73	1.72
	6 Seasons			P	130	723.0	104	14	85	5	3	.952	3	0	1.23	0.76	.959	1.72	1.70
	6 Seasons			TOT	130	723.0	104	14	85	5	3	.952	3	4	1.23	0.76	.959	1.72	1.70

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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)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2007 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2002.
November 10, 2008: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Josh Willingham to the Washington Nationals for Jake Smolinski (minors), P.J. Dean (minors) and Emilio Bonifacio.
December 12, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
November 5, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May 14, 2011: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
January 25, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	23	Florida Marlins	$380,000
2008	24	Florida Marlins	$405,000
2009	25	Washington Nationals	$2,800,000

2011	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$450,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,035,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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