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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1989 MIN AL 28 C 3 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 1.33 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 1 0 0%
1990 ATL NL 29 C 97 78 719.1 551 501 43 7 3 .987 -5.0 -8.3 -5 6.81 5.61 .987 6.65 5.44 2 28 75 23 23% AS
1990 ATL NL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS
1991 ATL NL 30 C 127 113 1010.1 773 721 48 4 7 .995 -6.0 -7.1 -6 6.85 6.06 .988 6.78 5.59 5 47 95 37 28%
1992 ATL NL 31 C 94 85 754.2 566 522 43 1 8 .998 5.0 8.0 5 6.74 6.01 .991 6.67 5.68 4 25 70 45 39%
1993 ATL NL 32 C 81 73 641.0 486 445 35 6 6 .988 -3.0 -5.6 -3 6.74 5.93 .989 6.74 5.75 6 22 56 23 29%
5 Seasons C 402 349 3130.1 2380 2193 169 18 24 .992 -9.0 -3.5 -9 6.79 5.88 .989 6.71 5.60 17 122 297 128 30%
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
5 Seasons TOT 403 349 3131.1 2380 2193 169 18 24 .992 -9.0 -3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -9 6.79 5.86 .981 6.71 5.60 17 122 297 128 30%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 MIN AL 28 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 ATL NL 29 100 78 100 97 0 97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 ATL NL 30 133 113 133 127 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 ATL NL 31 95 85 95 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 ATL NL 32 83 73 83 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Seasons 414 349 414 402 0 402 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 MIN AL 28 23 1.80 1.80 2 100% 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 ATL NL 29 3282 4.33 5.04 38 95% 0 0 507 25 2 6 474 40 11 0 0 9 7 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 9 100%
1991 ATL NL 30 4361 3.30 3.71 33 91% 0 0 721 16 5 9 690 48 13 1 1 10 4 0 1 3 0 7 1 1 3 13 92%
1992 ATL NL 31 3299 3.47 3.80 24 100% 0 0 522 13 3 9 497 43 11 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 1 5 100%
1993 ATL NL 32 2770 2.92 3.23 22 91% 0 0 446 11 1 7 427 35 8 1 1 7 6 0 2 4 0 6 1 1 4 6 100%
5 Seasons 13735 3.50 3.94 119 94% 0 0 2200 67 11 31 2090 166 43 3 2 32 18 0 5 13 0 24 2 3 8 33 97%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.31 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 MIN AL 28 0 0 10 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.36
1990 ATL NL 29 2 28 1205 75 23 17 23% 56 17 19 4 0 2 0 0 130 27 1.44 1.41
1991 ATL NL 30 5 47 1445 95 37 21 28% 82 33 13 3 0 1 0 0 172 42 1.18 1.31
1992 ATL NL 31 4 25 1116 70 45 25 39% 58 39 11 5 1 1 0 0 124 49 1.26 1.37
1993 ATL NL 32 6 22 958 56 23 14 29% 46 19 10 3 0 1 0 0 101 26 1.53 1.27
5 Seasons 17 122 4734 297 128 77 30% 243 108 53 15 1 5 0 0 528 144 1.33 1.34
MLB Averages 33% 1.31 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 ATL NL 29 7 43% 86% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 43% 86% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 86% 68%

* 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.

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