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Gregg Olson
Greggory William Olson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: October 11, 1966 in Scribner, NE
Schools: Auburn University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1988
Final Game: June 22, 2001
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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
1988 21 BAL AL 1 1 .500 3.27 10 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 10 4 4 1 10 1 9 0 1 0 51 119 1.818 8.2 0.8 8.2 7.4 0.90
1989 22 BAL AL 5 2 .714 1.69 64 0 52 0 0 27 85.0 57 17 16 1 46 10 90 1 3 9 356 223 1.212 6.0 0.1 4.9 9.5 1.96 CYA-6,MVP-12,RoY-1
1990 23 BAL AL 6 5 .545 2.42 64 0 58 0 0 37 74.1 57 20 20 3 31 3 74 3 0 5 305 159 1.184 6.9 0.4 3.8 9.0 2.39 AS
1991 24 BAL AL 4 6 .400 3.18 72 0 62 0 0 31 73.2 74 28 26 1 29 5 72 1 1 8 319 125 1.398 9.0 0.1 3.5 8.8 2.48
1992 25 BAL AL 1 5 .167 2.05 60 0 56 0 0 36 61.1 46 14 14 3 24 0 58 0 0 4 244 194 1.141 6.8 0.4 3.5 8.5 2.42
1993 26 BAL AL 0 2 .000 1.60 50 0 45 0 0 29 45.0 37 9 8 1 18 3 44 0 0 5 188 279 1.222 7.4 0.2 3.6 8.8 2.44
1994 27 ATL NL 0 2 .000 9.20 16 0 6 0 0 1 14.2 19 15 15 1 13 3 10 1 2 0 77 46 2.182 11.7 0.6 8.0 6.1 0.77
1995 28 TOT AL 3 3 .500 4.09 23 0 12 0 0 3 33.0 28 15 15 4 19 2 21 0 0 1 141 116 1.424 7.6 1.1 5.2 5.7 1.11
1995 28 CLE AL 0 0 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 35 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 0.0 0.00
1995 28 KCR AL 3 3 .500 3.26 20 0 10 0 0 3 30.1 23 11 11 3 17 2 21 0 0 1 127 146 1.319 6.8 0.9 5.0 6.2 1.24
1996 29 TOT 4 0 1.000 4.99 52 0 30 0 0 8 52.1 55 30 29 7 35 6 37 1 0 6 243 98 1.720 9.5 1.2 6.0 6.4 1.06
1996 29 DET AL 3 0 1.000 5.02 43 0 28 0 0 8 43.0 43 25 24 6 28 4 29 1 0 5 196 102 1.651 9.0 1.3 5.9 6.1 1.04
1996 29 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 4.82 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 12 5 5 1 7 2 8 0 0 1 47 81 2.036 11.6 1.0 6.8 7.7 1.14
1997 30 TOT AL 4 3 .571 5.58 45 0 18 0 0 1 50.0 58 35 31 3 28 4 34 1 0 1 226 83 1.720 10.4 0.5 5.0 6.1 1.21
1997 30 MIN AL 0 0 18.36 11 0 5 0 0 0 8.1 19 17 17 0 11 1 6 0 0 0 55 25 3.600 20.5 0.0 11.9 6.5 0.55
1997 30 KCR AL 4 3 .571 3.02 34 0 13 0 0 1 41.2 39 18 14 3 17 3 28 1 0 1 171 154 1.344 8.4 0.6 3.7 6.0 1.65
1998 31 ARI NL 3 4 .429 3.01 64 0 49 0 0 30 68.2 56 25 23 4 25 1 55 1 0 2 281 139 1.180 7.3 0.5 3.3 7.2 2.20
1999 32 ARI NL 9 4 .692 3.71 61 0 36 0 0 14 60.2 54 28 25 9 25 2 45 2 0 1 257 124 1.302 8.0 1.3 3.7 6.7 1.80
2000 33 LAD NL 0 1 .000 5.09 13 0 9 0 0 0 17.2 21 11 10 4 7 0 15 1 0 0 81 86 1.585 10.7 2.0 3.6 7.6 2.14
2001 34 LAD NL 0 1 .000 8.03 28 0 10 0 0 0 24.2 26 24 22 4 20 1 24 0 0 1 120 49 1.865 9.5 1.5 7.3 8.8 1.20
14 Seasons 40 39 .506 3.46 622 0 447 0 0 217 672.0 598 275 258 46 330 41 588 12 7 43 2889 122 1.381 8.0 0.6 4.4 7.9 1.78
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .506 3.46 68 0 49 0 0 24 73 65 30 28 5 36 4 64 1 1 5 316 122 1.381 8.0 0.6 4.4 7.9 1.78
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
BAL (6 yrs) 17 21 .447 2.26 320 0 277 0 0 160 350.1 281 92 88 10 158 22 347 5 5 31 1463 175 1.253 7.2 0.3 4.1 8.9 2.20
ARI (2 yrs) 12 8 .600 3.34 125 0 85 0 0 44 129.1 110 53 48 13 50 3 100 3 0 3 538 131 1.237 7.7 0.9 3.5 7.0 2.00
KCR (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.12 54 0 23 0 0 4 72.0 62 29 25 6 34 5 49 1 0 2 298 151 1.333 7.8 0.8 4.3 6.1 1.44
LAD (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.80 41 0 19 0 0 0 42.1 47 35 32 8 27 1 39 1 0 1 201 61 1.748 10.0 1.7 5.7 8.3 1.44
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 18.36 11 0 5 0 0 0 8.1 19 17 17 0 11 1 6 0 0 0 55 25 3.600 20.5 0.0 11.9 6.5 0.55
ATL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 9.20 16 0 6 0 0 1 14.2 19 15 15 1 13 3 10 1 2 0 77 46 2.182 11.7 0.6 8.0 6.1 0.77
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 35 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 0.0 0.00
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.82 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 12 5 5 1 7 2 8 0 0 1 47 81 2.036 11.6 1.0 6.8 7.7 1.14
DET (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 5.02 43 0 28 0 0 8 43.0 43 25 24 6 28 4 29 1 0 5 196 102 1.651 9.0 1.3 5.9 6.1 1.04
AL (9 yrs) 27 27 .500 2.99 431 0 335 0 0 172 476.1 410 167 158 23 233 32 431 7 5 38 2026 140 1.350 7.7 0.4 4.4 8.1 1.85
NL (6 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.60 191 0 112 0 0 45 195.2 188 108 100 23 97 9 157 5 2 5 863 93 1.457 8.6 1.1 4.5 7.2 1.62

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1999 32 ARI NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
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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
1989 22 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-12,RoY-1
1991 24 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 25 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 26 BAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 27 ATL NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 28 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 28 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 29 TOT 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 29 HOU NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 30 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 30 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 31 ARI NL 62 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 518 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 32 ARI NL 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 33 LAD NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 34 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 193 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 252 4 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 252 3 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (6 yrs) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (2 yrs) 121 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 565 4 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 187 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 357 4 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 BAL AL 21 P 10 0 11.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.30 .967 1.80 0.67
1989 BAL AL 22 P 64 0 85.0 18 5 12 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.27 .961 1.87 0.66 CYA-6,MVP-12,RoY-1
1990 BAL AL 23 P 64 0 74.1 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.97 0.13 .950 1.78 0.59 AS
1991 BAL AL 24 P 72 0 73.2 20 6 11 3 0 .850 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.24 .960 1.80 0.58
1992 BAL AL 25 P 60 0 61.1 14 5 9 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.05 0.23 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 BAL AL 26 P 50 0 45.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.18 .956 1.80 0.56
1994 ATL NL 27 P 16 0 14.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.84 0.54
1995 TOT AL 28 P 23 0 33.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.64 0.26 .950 1.77 0.53
1995 CLE AL 28 P 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.69 0.53
1995 KCR AL 28 P 20 0 30.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.78 0.30 .950 1.78 0.53
1996 TOT 29 P 52 0 52.1 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.55 0.17 .956 1.79 0.52
1996 DET AL 29 P 43 0 43.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.26 0.14 .950 1.78 0.52
1996 HOU NL 29 P 9 0 9.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.89 0.33 .967 1.83 0.52
1997 TOT AL 30 P 45 0 50.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.22 .955 1.71 0.49
1997 MIN AL 30 P 11 0 8.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.16 0.18 .950 1.73 0.49
1997 KCR AL 30 P 34 0 41.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 1.73 0.24 .956 1.71 0.49
1998 ARI NL 31 P 64 0 68.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.44 0.17 .964 1.85 0.54
1999 ARI NL 32 P 61 0 60.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.21 .946 1.72 0.48
2000 LAD NL 33 P 13 0 17.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.04 0.31 .950 1.73 0.48
2001 LAD NL 34 P 28 0 24.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 1.09 0.11 .975 1.75 0.46
14 Seasons P 622 0 672.0 130 44 80 6 3 .954 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.20 .956 1.79 0.55
14 Seasons TOT 622 0 672.0 130 44 80 6 3 .954 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.20 .910 1.79 0.55
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1989-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1989-AL-12-9%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1989-AL--6--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL--72--2nd
Career--622--148th

Saves s c a p y
1989 AL--27--8th
1990 AL--37--4th
1991 AL--31--7th
1992 AL--36--4th
1993 AL--29--8th
1998 NL--30--7th
Career--217--33rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1989 AL--52--8th
1990 AL--58--5th
1991 AL--62--2nd
1992 AL--56--5th
1993 AL--45--9th
Career--447--42nd

Youngest s c a p y
1988 AL--born 1966-10-11--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1107), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (310), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  10. John Wyatt (931)
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  7. John Wetteland (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mel Rojas (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1988.

December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

March 24, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 24, 1995: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Cleveland Indians.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 26, 1996: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 26, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

April 26, 1996: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Yuri Sanchez (minors).

August 26, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for . The Houston Astros sent Kevin Gallaher (minors) (August 27, 1996) and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

October 28, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 16, 1997: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

May 25, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 29, 2001: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989Baltimore Orioles$70,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$270,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$505,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$1,450,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$2,300,000
1994Atlanta Braves$1,900,000
1995Cleveland Indians$750,000
1996Detroit Tigers$400,000
1997Minnesota Twins$400,000
Kansas City Royals$210,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$650,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$850,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$1,250,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$1,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,755,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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