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Greg Olson

Gregory William Olson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 6, 1960 in Marshall, MN
High School: Edina HS (Edina, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1989
Teams (by GP): Braves/Twins 1989-1993

Final Game: September 30, 1993
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All-Star

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
1982	21	NYM-min	A	32	107	91	10	24	1	0	0	5	1	1	12	5	.264	.362	.275	.637		25		2	2	0	1		LBG · CARL
1983	22	NYM-min	A	107	383	318	56	73	7	0	0	22	0	1	54	36	.230	.337	.252	.588		80		1	3	7	0		LBG · CARL
1984	23	NYM-min	AA	74	272	234	27	55	9	0	0	22	1	1	30	16	.235	.322	.274	.596		64		1	5	2	5		JAC · TL
1985	24	NYM-min	AA	69	240	211	21	57	7	0	1	32	1	3	23	20	.270	.342	.318	.659		67		1	3	2	1		JAC · TL
1986	25	NYM-min	AA,AAA	83	293	251	39	57	6	1	2	23	1	0	35	23	.227	.322	.283	.605		71		1	4	2	0		JAC,TID · TL,IL
1987	26	NYM-min	AAA	47	138	120	15	34	8	1	2	15	0	0	14	13	.283	.353	.417	.770		50		0	2	2	1		TID · IL
1988	27	NYM-min	AAA	115	397	344	39	92	19	1	6	48	0	0	42	42	.267	.348	.381	.729		131		4	1	6	2		TID · IL
1989	28	MIN-min	AAA	79	303	247	38	58	8	2	6	38	3	2	45	27	.235	.353	.356	.710		88		3	3	5	2		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
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 Yrs				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

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
1989	28	MIN	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1990	29	ATL	NL	100	332	0	-1	-0	-5	4	-1	-0.0	9	8	0.9	.499	.499	1.3	0.1	13	$100,000	2/5	AS
1991	30	ATL	NL	133	464	-7	-2	-1	-6	6	-9	-1.0	13	4	0.3	.492	.494	0.9	0.1	9	$	*2
1992	31	ATL	NL	95	340	-9	-1	-1	5	5	-1	-0.1	10	8	0.9	.499	.499	0.2	1.2	4	$350,000	2
1993	32	ATL	NL	83	295	-9	-2	-2	-3	4	-12	-1.2	8	-4	-0.4	.485	.492	-0.2	0.2	-1	$925,000	2
5 Seasons				414	1433	-24	-6	-4	-9	20	-23	-2.2	40	16	1.7	.494	.497	2.2	1.5	25	$1,375,000

ATL (4 yrs)				411	1431	-25	-6	-4	-9	20	-24	-2.3	40	16	1.7	.494	.496	2.2	1.5	25	$1,375,000
MIN (1 yr)				3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1989	28	MIN	AL	2	1	1	26.7	99	.500	.500	.268	.500	.334	.500	.396	1.000	.730	176	.966	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	-8.6	-0.9	.565	.205	.089	2.4
1993	32	ATL	NL	295	217	24	3.0	104	.237	.225	.271	.304	.336	.309	.413	.613	.749	65	.305	-12.8	-1.3	.523	.198	.084	1.6
5 Yrs				1433	1023	139	3.6	100	.261	.242	.268	.317	.335	.342	.401	.659	.736	80	.424	-33.9	-3.4	.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	-33.9	-3.4	.577	.209	.100	3

ATL (4 yrs)				1431	1022	138	3.6	100	.261	.242	.268	.317	.335	.342	.401	.659	.736	80	.421	-34.0	-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	-34.0	-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

Postseason Gamelog

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 Yrs (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

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*

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 Yrs				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					2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.74	6.0	43.1	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.1%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	28	MIN	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.04	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.80	0.1		0
1990	29	ATL	NL	-3.5	-0.4	338	1.1	6.4	-5.3	.99	0.7	0.5	6.7	0.7	0.98	3.3	1.40	9
1991	30	ATL	NL	-9.1	-0.9	468	0.5	7.7	-7.2	.94	-0.2	0.7	2.2	0.2	0.93	-3.5	1.84	7
1992	31	ATL	NL	-8.6	-0.9	344	-0.5	4.8	-5.3	.93	-0.7	0.2	-8.6	-0.9	0.95	-6.1	2.17	1
1993	32	ATL	NL	-13.2	-1.3	299	-0.9	4.6	-5.5	.98	-1.1	0.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.92	-11.6	0.76	3
5 Yrs				-34.2	-3.5	1451	0.2	23.5	-23.3	.96	-1.4	1.6	-10.1	-1.0	0.94	-17.8	1.50	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	28	MIN	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	29	ATL	NL	8	28%	139	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	2	6	38%	19	15	4	8	4	4	15	6	8
1991	30	ATL	NL	8	29%	185	1	1	50%	1	0	1	0	4	8	28%	26	22	4	4	4	0	24	12	11
1992	31	ATL	NL	3	23%	121	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	6	4	42%	18	15	3	2	1	1	13	1	10
1993	32	ATL	NL	7	22%	113	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	5	3	40%	17	10	7	2	2	0	6	1	3
5 Yrs				26	26%	559	5	3	63%	5	2	1	1	17	21	36%	80	62	18	16	11	5	58	20	32

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
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	1.40	7	1	12	2	5	4	3	0	1	1	100%	60	8	13%	31	10	32%	214	35	16%	15	11	73%	21	10	48%	0
1991	30	ATL	NL	464	24%	99	35	0	7	2	0	0	1.84	6	0	8	4	2	6	0	0	2	2	100%	72	13	18%	30	10	33%	260	42	16%	19	9	47%	11	5	45%	0
1992	31	ATL	NL	340	37%	72	24	2	1	0	0	0	2.17	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	0	3	1	33%	53	8	15%	29	11	38%	208	25	12%	22	9	41%	13	5	38%	0
1993	32	ATL	NL	295	35%	59	8	1	3	0	0	0	0.76	4	0	3	1	3	3	1	0	3	2	67%	53	11	21%	25	7	28%	172	22	13%	12	5	42%	10	3	30%	0
5 Yrs				1433	36%	309	74	3	20	3	0	2	1.50	20	1	29	9	11	13	7	0	9	6	67%	238	40	17%	115	38	33%	855	124	15%	68	34	50%	55	23	42%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

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
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	252	920	3.65	552	60%	29%	11%	25%	34%	71%	1%	42%	84%	30%	6%	16	0	17%	44	21	12%	29	20	50%	80	0	1
1991	30	ATL	NL	468	1606	3.43	939	58%	27%	9%	24%	39%	73%	2%	43%	87%	28%	6%	26	1	18%	84	38	10%	48	26	44%	-4	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	296	1093	3.69	639	58%	31%	8%	24%	37%	69%	0%	40%	88%	23%	6%	18	1	17%	51	25	8%	25	13	56%	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				1358	4844	3.57	2816	58%	30%	9%	23%	38%	70%	1%	41%	87%	26%	6%	84	3	18%	244	115	10%	140	79	49%	75	0	1
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
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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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	28	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	3
1990	29	100	332	298	36	78	12	1	7	36	1	30	51	.262	.332	.379	.712	37	100
1991	30	133	464	411	46	99	25	0	6	44	1	44	48	.241	.316	.345	.662	45	133
1992	31	95	343	304	29	74	14	2	3	29	2	35	31	.243	.322	.332	.654	33	95
1993	32	83	294	261	23	58	10	0	4	24	1	29	27	.222	.301	.307	.608	24	83
5 Yrs		414	1436	1277	134	311	61	3	20	133	5	138	157	.244	.319	.343	.662	140	414
162 Game Avg.		162	562	500	52	122	24	1	8	52	2	54	61	.244	.319	.343	.662	55	414

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1990 *

All-Star Games
1990 *

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 13 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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