Tim Olson

Timothy Lane Olson

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 1, 1978 in Grand Forks, ND
High School: St. Mary's Central HS (Bismarck, ND)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2004
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Rockies 2004-2005

Final Game: June 19, 2005
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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
2000	21	ARI-min	A	68	285	261	37	57	14	2	2	26	15	3	15	49	.218	.281	.310	.591		81	5	8	0	1	0		SBN · MIDW
2001	22	ARI-min	A+,AA	107	443	406	65	122	25	4	8	56	17	13	25	85	.300	.354	.441	.795		179	8	9	2	1	0		LNR,ELP · CALL,TL
2002	23	ARI-min	AA	126	490	433	61	118	24	2	10	64	9	11	27	91	.273	.337	.406	.744		176	13	19	4	7	1		ELP · TL
2003	24	ARI-min	AAA,AA	129	501	453	64	115	24	0	8	48	11	4	36	96	.254	.315	.360	.675		163	15	6	3	3	2		TUC,ELP · PCL,TL
2004	25	ARI-min	AAA	37	167	147	32	44	11	0	7	25	5	1	16	28	.299	.373	.517	.891		76	2	2	1	1	0		TUC · PCL
2004	25	ARI	NL	48	114	97	8	18	7	0	2	5	1	0	16	18	.186	.301	.320	.620	58	31	4	0	1	0	0	56/879
2005	26	COL-min	AAA	89	364	322	53	96	26	2	12	51	9	7	28	70	.298	.359	.503	.862		162	9	5	5	4	2		CSP · PCL
2005	26	COL	NL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	/D
2006	27	TOR-TEX-min	AA,AAA	61	226	207	21	50	11	0	6	19	6	2	17	52	.242	.298	.382	.679		79	5	0	1	1	1		MAN,OKC · EL,PCL
2007	28	COL-min	AAA,AA	31	70	68	6	19	1	1	2	11	1	0	2	15	.279	.300	.412	.712		28	1	0	0	0	0		CSP,TUL · PCL,TL
2 Yrs				51	117	99	8	18	7	0	2	5	1	0	17	20	.182	.302	.313	.615	57	31	4	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	372	314	25	57	22	0	6	16	3	0	54	64	.182	.302	.313	.615	57	98	13	0	3	0	0

ARI (1 yr)				48	114	97	8	18	7	0	2	5	1	0	16	18	.186	.301	.320	.620	58	31	4	0	1	0	0
COL (1 yr)				3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-6	0	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
2004	25	ARI	NL	48	114	-6	0	-1	-1	1	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	56/879
2005	26	COL	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/D
2 Seasons				51	117	-7	0	-1	-1	1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.4	.485	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

ARI (1 yr)				48	114	-6	0	-1	-1	1	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.3	0.0	-3	$
COL (1 yr)				3	3	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.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
2004	25	ARI	NL	114	84	10	3.2	115	.208	.186	.275	.301	.348	.320	.446	.620	.794	58	.303	-6.2	-0.6	.578	.309	.134	1.3
2005	26	COL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	118		.000	.282	.333	.354	.000	.450	.333	.804	-6	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
2 Yrs				117	86	10	3.1	116	.208	.182	.275	.302	.348	.313	.446	.615	.795	57	.295	-6.5	-0.6	.576	.313	.131	1.3
162 Game Avg.				372	273	32	3.1	116	.208	.182	.275	.302	.348	.313	.446	.615	.795	57	.295	-6.5	-0.6	.576	.313	.131	4

ARI (1 yr)				114	84	10	3.2	115	.208	.186	.275	.301	.348	.320	.446	.620	.794	58	.303	-6.2	-0.6	.578	.309	.134	1.3
COL (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	118		.000	.282	.333	.354	.000	.450	.333	.804	-6	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

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
2004	25	ARI	NL	114	1.8%	15.8%	14.0%	7.9%	50%	1.13	5.4	48.5	19.4	0.83	1.00	68%	10%	5.7%	15%
2005	26	COL	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%		2.00	1.0					0%
2 Yrs				117	1.7%	17.1%	14.5%	7.7%	50%	1.18	5.0	49.5	19.8	0.83	1.00	66%	10%	5.7%	15%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.3	31.9	7.7	0.80	1.08	70%	18%	7.8%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	25	ARI	NL	-6.2	-0.6	116	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	.98	-0.5	-0.1	-8.0	-0.7	0.91	-7.2	0.94	11
2005	26	COL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.03	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.86	-0.1	1.05	1
2 Yrs				-6.5	-0.6	119	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	.98	-0.5	-0.0	-8.1	-0.8	0.91	-7.3	0.94	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	25	ARI	NL	19%	38	1	100%	1	1	43%	4	3	1	3	1	2
2005	26	COL	NL	0%	8	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				18%	46	1	100%	1	1	43%	4	3	1	3	1	2

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
2004	25	ARI	NL	114	45%	18	1	1	11	2	0	1	0.94	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	33%	19	4	21%	13	3	23%	61	3	5%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	0
2005	26	COL	NL	3	67%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				117	45%	18	1	1	12	2	0	1	0.94	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	33%	20	4	20%	13	3	23%	62	3	5%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			66%			11%			33%			15%			51%			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
2004	25	ARI	NL	114	410	3.60	251	61%	18%	19%	31%	32%	82%	0%	50%	77%	43%	4%	5	0	10%	11	4	7%	8	4	28%	0	0	0
2005	26	COL	NL	3	12	4.00	6	50%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%	0%	33%	50%	33%	33%	1	0	67%	2	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				117	422	3.61	257	61%	19%	19%	31%	31%	81%	0%	50%	76%	43%	5%	6	0	11%	13	4	7%	8	4	30%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	81%	28%	5%			15%			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
2004	25	48	114	97	8	18	7	0	2	5	1	0	16	18	.186	.301	.320	.620	58	31	4	0	1	0	0
2005	26	51	117	99	8	18	7	0	2	5	1	0	17	20	.182	.302	.313	.615	57	31	4	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	25	48	110	95	7	16	6	2	4	1	14	18	.168	.275	.295	.570	8	48
2005	26	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	3
2 Yrs		51	113	97	7	16	6	2	4	1	15	20	.165	.277	.289	.565	8	51
162 Game Avg.		162	359	308	22	51	19	6	13	3	48	64	.165	.277	.289	.565	25	51

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