Greg Olson
Gregory William Olson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 6, 1960 in Marshall, MN
High School: Edina (Edina, MN)
School: University of Minnesota
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1989
Final Game: September 30, 1993
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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
1989 28 MIN AL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1990 29 ATL NL 100 332 298 36 78 12 1 7 36 1 1 30 51 .262 .332 .379 .712 92 113 8 2 1 1 4 2/5 AS
1991 30 ATL NL 133 464 411 46 99 25 0 6 44 1 1 44 48 .241 .316 .345 .662 82 142 13 3 2 4 3 *2
1992 31 ATL NL 95 340 302 27 72 14 2 3 27 2 1 34 31 .238 .316 .328 .643 78 99 8 1 1 2 4 2
1993 32 ATL NL 83 295 262 23 59 10 0 4 24 1 0 29 27 .225 .304 .309 .613 65 81 11 1 2 1 0 2
5 Seasons 414 1433 1275 132 309 61 3 20 131 5 3 137 157 .242 .317 .342 .659 80 436 40 7 6 8 11
162 Game Avg. 162 561 499 52 121 24 1 8 51 2 1 54 61 .242 .317 .342 .659 80 171 16 3 2 3 4
ATL (4 yrs) 411 1431 1273 132 308 61 3 20 131 5 3 137 157 .242 .317 .342 .659 80 435 40 7 6 8 11
MIN (1 yr) 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 411 1431 1273 132 308 61 3 20 131 5 3 137 157 .242 .317 .342 .659 80 435 40 7 6 8 11
AL (1 yr) 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1989 28 MIN AL 2 1 1 26.7 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .334 .500 .396 1.000 .730 176 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1990 29 ATL NL 332 231 37 4.3 102 .295 .262 .270 .332 .337 .379 .406 .712 .743 92 .490 -3.5 -0.4 .633 .218 .117 1.8
1991 30 ATL NL 464 332 45 3.6 98 .258 .241 .264 .316 .333 .345 .396 .662 .729 82 .436 -9.1 -0.9 .580 .212 .105 1.7
1992 31 ATL NL 340 242 32 3.6 98 .256 .238 .267 .316 .333 .328 .393 .643 .726 78 .434 -8.7 -0.9 .565 .205 .089 2.4
1993 32 ATL NL 295 217 24 3.0 104 .237 .225 .272 .304 .338 .309 .415 .613 .752 65 .305 -13.2 -1.3 .523 .198 .084 1.6
5 Seasons 1433 1023 139 3.6 100 .261 .242 .268 .317 .335 .342 .401 .659 .736 80 .424 -34.3 -3.5 .577 .209 .100 8.0
162 Game Avg. 561 400 54 3.6 100 .261 .242 .268 .317 .335 .342 .401 .659 .736 80 .424 -34.3 -3.5 .577 .209 .100 3
ATL (4 yrs) 1431 1022 138 3.6 100 .261 .242 .268 .317 .335 .342 .401 .659 .736 80 .421 -34.5 -3.5 .576 .209 .100 8.0
MIN (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .334 .500 .396 1.000 .730 176 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
NL (4 yrs) 1431 1022 138 3.6 100 .261 .242 .268 .317 .335 .342 .401 .659 .736 80 .421 -34.5 -3.5 .576 .209 .100 8.0
AL (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .334 .500 .396 1.000 .730 176 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 30 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 7 28 24 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 0 4 3 .333 .429 .500 .929 12 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 ATL NL WS MIN L 7 32 27 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 .222 .344 .296 .640 8 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 16 64 54 6 15 4 0 1 5 2 0 9 8 .278 .391 .407 .798 22 0 1 0 0 0
2 NLCS 9 32 27 3 9 2 0 1 4 1 0 4 4 .333 .438 .519 .956 14 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 7 32 27 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 .222 .344 .296 .640 8 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 ATL NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1989 28 MIN AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
1990 29 ATL NL 332 2.1% 15.4% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 1.70 5.8 42.6 8.3 0.77 1.12 73% 24% 5.9% 16%
1991 30 ATL NL 464 1.3% 10.3% 9.5% 6.7% 31% 1.09 8.6 68.5 9.3 0.93 1.29 78% 21% 3.8% 16%
1992 31 ATL NL 340 0.9% 9.1% 10.0% 5.6% 26% 0.91 9.7 100.7 11.2 0.91 1.03 79% 18% 2.5% 16%
1993 32 ATL NL 295 1.4% 9.2% 9.8% 4.8% 24% 0.93 9.7 65.5 10.9 0.98 1.24 79% 21% 4.3% 21%
5 Seasons 1433 1.4% 11.0% 9.6% 5.9% 27% 1.15 8.1 63.8 9.7 0.90 1.18 77% 21% 4.1% 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1989 28 MIN AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 ATL NL 8 0 28% 139 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 38% 19 15 4 8 4 4 15 6 8
1991 30 ATL NL 8 0 29% 185 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 28% 26 22 4 4 4 0 24 12 11
1992 31 ATL NL 3 0 23% 121 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 42% 18 15 3 2 1 1 13 1 10
1993 32 ATL NL 7 0 22% 113 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 40% 17 10 7 2 2 0 6 1 3
5 Seasons 26 0 26% 559 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 21 36% 80 62 18 16 11 5 58 20 32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1989 28 MIN AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 ATL NL 332 52% 78 7 0 9 1 0 2 1.36 7 1 12 2 5 4 3 0 1 1 100% 60 8 13% 31 10 32% 214 35 16% 15 11 73% 18 7 39% 0
1991 30 ATL NL 464 24% 99 35 0 7 2 0 0 1.88 6 0 8 4 2 6 0 0 2 2 100% 72 13 18% 30 10 33% 260 42 16% 19 9 47% 23 9 39% 0
1992 31 ATL NL 340 37% 72 24 2 1 0 0 0 2.27 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 33% 53 8 15% 29 11 38% 208 25 12% 22 9 41% 30 10 33% 0
1993 32 ATL NL 295 35% 59 8 1 3 0 0 0 0.82 4 0 3 1 3 3 1 0 3 2 67% 53 11 21% 25 7 28% 172 22 13% 12 5 42% 15 5 33% 0
5 Seasons 1433 36% 309 74 3 20 3 0 2 1.51 20 1 29 9 11 13 7 0 9 6 67% 238 40 17% 115 38 33% 855 124 15% 68 34 50% 86 31 36% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 28 MIN AL 2 5 2.50 3 60% 33% 0% 0% 67% 67% 0% 40% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 ATL NL 249 912 3.66 547 60% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 1% 42% 84% 30% 6% 16 0 18% 44 21 12% 29 20 50% 83 0 1
1991 30 ATL NL 464 1596 3.44 937 59% 27% 9% 24% 39% 73% 2% 43% 87% 29% 6% 26 1 18% 83 38 10% 48 26 44% 0 0 0
1992 31 ATL NL 340 1220 3.59 683 56% 32% 9% 19% 40% 68% 3% 38% 87% 21% 7% 24 1 19% 64 31 11% 38 20 52% 0 0 0
1993 32 ATL NL 295 1089 3.69 637 58% 31% 8% 24% 37% 69% 0% 41% 88% 23% 6% 18 1 17% 51 25 8% 25 13 56% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1350 4822 3.57 2807 58% 30% 9% 23% 38% 70% 1% 41% 87% 26% 6% 84 3 18% 243 115 10% 140 79 49% 83 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1989 28 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 103 334 300 36 79 12 1 7 36 1 1 30 51 .263 .333 .380 .713 93 114 8 2 1 1 4
1991 30 236 798 711 82 178 37 1 13 80 2 2 74 99 .250 .323 .360 .683 87 256 21 5 3 5 7
1992 31 331 1138 1013 109 250 51 3 16 107 4 3 108 130 .247 .321 .350 .671 84 355 29 6 4 7 11
1993 32 414 1433 1275 132 309 61 3 20 131 5 3 137 157 .242 .317 .342 .659 80 436 40 7 6 8 11

Neutralized Batting

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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
1989 28 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
1990 29 100 331 298 36 78 12 1 7 36 1 30 51 .262 .332 .379 .712 37 100
1991 30 133 462 411 46 99 25 0 6 44 1 44 48 .241 .316 .345 .662 45 133
1992 31 95 345 306 29 76 15 2 3 29 2 36 31 .248 .328 .340 .667 34 95
1993 32 83 290 260 22 57 10 0 4 23 1 28 27 .219 .297 .304 .600 23 83
5 Seasons 414 1430 1277 133 310 62 3 20 132 5 138 157 .243 .318 .343 .661 140 414
162 Game Avg. 162 560 500 52 121 24 1 8 52 2 54 61 .243 .318 .343 .661 55 414

* 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

All-Star Games
1990 *

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1009), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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