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 (Bismarck, ND)
School: University of Florida
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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2004	25	ARI	NL	114	-6	0	-1	-1	-1	1	3	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	56/879
2005	26	COL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
2 Seasons				117	-6	0	-1	-1	-1	1	3	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

ARI (1 yr)				114	-6	0	-1	-1	-1	1	3	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
COL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2004	ARI	NL	25	3B	19	11	7	99.1	54	17	35	2	2	.963	2	2	30	24	4.71	2.74	.956	2.76	2.75
2004	ARI	NL	25	SS	17	10	8	97.1	50	18	28	4	8	.920	-3	-3	-35	-37	4.25	2.71	.973	4.45	4.42
2004	ARI	NL	25	OF	4	2	1	21.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-50	55	2.91	1.75	.981	2.16	2.15
2004	ARI	NL	25	CF	2	1	0	10.2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-68	0	3.38	2.00	.988	2.53	2.50
2004	ARI	NL	25	LF	1	1	1	8.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-45	150	3.38	3.00	.980	1.80	1.80
2004	ARI	NL	25	RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
	1 Season			3B	19	11	7	99.1	54	17	35	2	2	.963	2	2	30	24	4.71	2.74	.956	2.76	2.75
	1 Season			SS	17	10	8	97.1	50	18	28	4	8	.920	-3	-3	-35	-36	4.25	2.71	.973	4.45	4.42
	1 Season			OF	4	2	1	21.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-50	55	2.91	1.75	.981	2.16	2.15
	1 Season			CF	2	1	0	10.2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-68	0	3.38	2.00	.988	2.53	2.50
	1 Season			LF	1	1	1	8.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-45	150	3.38	3.00	.980	1.80	1.80
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
	2 Seasons			TOT	40	23	16	218.1	111	42	63	6	10	.946	-1	1	-7	5	4.33	2.63	.965	3.45	3.40

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 36th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.
November 23, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 11, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 10, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
July 1, 2006: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Joey McLaughlin (minors).
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
March 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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