Darren Oliver

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: October 6, 1970 in Kansas City, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rio Linda HS (Rio Linda, CA).

High School: Rio Linda HS (Rio Linda, CA)

Last Game: September 29, 2013 (Age 42-358d)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Jeff Frye, Mike McCann • Previously: Jay Franklin, Scott Boras

Full Name: Darren Christopher Oliver

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Relatives: Son of Bob Oliver

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

118

ERA

4.51

766

229

1915.2

1259

WHIP

1.439

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1988	17	-2.8	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	5	1	.833	2.15	2.65	12	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	39	16	13	0	18	0	59	2	2	3		1.049	6.5	0.0	3.0	9.8	3.28
1989	18	-3.3	Gastonia	SALL	A	TEX	8	7	.533	3.16	3.97	24	23	0	2	1	0	122.1	86	54	43	4	82	1	108	5	2	15		1.373	6.3	0.3	6.0	7.9	1.32
1990	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	TEX	0	0		3.38	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	4	3	0	5	0	9	1	1	1		0.875	2.3	0.0	5.6	10.1	1.80
1990	19	-2.4	Gastonia	SALL	A	TEX	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	3	3	0	4	0	2	0	1	0		2.500	4.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1990	19	-0.7	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	0	0		0.00	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	1		0.333	1.5	0.0	1.5	10.5	7.00
1991	20	-2.6	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TEX	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	33	1.125	6.8	1.1	3.4	13.5	4.00
1992	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	TEX	1	1	.500	1.60	2.52	11	5	2	1	1	2	39.1	26	11	7	1	14	2	47	2	0	3	161	1.017	5.9	0.2	3.2	10.8	3.36
1992	21	-3.2	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	3.14	5.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	15	9	5	1	4	0	14	0	0	0	66	1.326	9.4	0.6	2.5	8.8	3.50
1992	21	-1.5	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TEX	1	0	1.000	0.72	0.72	8	2	2	1	1	2	25.0	11	2	2	0	10	2	33	2	0	3	95	0.840	4.0	0.0	3.6	11.9	3.30
1993	22	-2.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	7	5	.583	1.96	2.21	46	0	25	0	0	6	73.1	51	18	16	1	41	5	77	9	0	9	315	1.255	6.3	0.1	5.0	9.5	1.88
1993	22	-6.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		2.70	2.70	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	14	0.900	5.4	2.7	2.7	10.8	4.00
1994	23	-3.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	4	0	0	1	7.1	1	0	0	0	3	2	6	1	0	0	26	0.545	1.2	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00
1994	23	-6.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	0	1.000	3.42	4.32	43	0	10	0	0	2	50.0	40	24	19	4	35	4	50	6	2	2	226	1.500	7.2	0.7	6.3	9.0	1.43
1995	24	-4.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	2	.667	4.22	4.59	17	7	2	0	0	0	49.0	47	25	23	3	32	1	39	1	0	4	222	1.612	8.6	0.6	5.9	7.2	1.22
1996	25	2.3	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TEX	0	1	.000	3.00	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	9	2	0	0	47	0.917	6.0	0.8	2.3	6.8	3.00
1996	25	-3.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	14	6	.700	4.66	5.03	30	30	0	1	1	0	173.2	190	97	90	20	76	3	112	10	1	5	777	1.532	9.8	1.0	3.9	5.8	1.47
1997	26	-2.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	12	.520	4.20	4.96	32	32	0	3	1	0	201.1	213	111	94	29	82	3	104	11	0	7	887	1.465	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.6	1.27
1998	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TEX	10	11	.476	5.73	6.46	29	29	0	2	0	0	160.1	204	115	102	18	66	2	87	10	4	7	749	1.684	11.5	1.0	3.7	4.9	1.32
1998	27	0.5	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
1998	27	-2.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	6	7	.462	6.53	7.32	19	19	0	2	0	0	103.1	140	84	75	11	43	1	58	10	1	6	493	1.771	12.2	1.0	3.7	5.1	1.35
1998	27	-1.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	4	.500	4.26	4.89	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	64	31	27	7	23	1	29	0	3	1	256	1.526	10.1	1.1	3.6	4.6	1.26
1999	28	-0.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	9	9	.500	4.26	4.40	30	30	0	2	1	0	196.1	197	96	93	16	74	4	119	11	2	6	842	1.380	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.5	1.61
2000	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	2	2	.500	3.19	4.42	8	8	0	1	1	0	36.2	32	18	13	2	16	0	33	1	0	1	155	1.309	7.9	0.5	3.9	8.1	2.06
2000	29	2.0	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	2	1	.667	1.97	3.09	7	7	0	1	1	0	32.0	22	11	7	2	14	0	28	1	0	0	128	1.125	6.2	0.6	3.9	7.9	2.00
2000	29	5.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	11.57	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	10	7	6	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	27	2.571	19.3	0.0	3.9	9.6	2.50
2000	29	0.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	9	.182	7.42	7.92	21	21	0	0	0	0	108.0	151	95	89	16	42	3	49	4	1	4	501	1.787	12.6	1.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
2001	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	8	1	0	0	33	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	9.0	4.00
2001	30	3.1	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2001	30	5.9	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	21	1.200	7.2	1.8	3.6	9.0	2.50
2001	30	1.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	11	11	.500	6.02	6.37	28	28	0	1	0	0	154.0	189	109	103	23	65	0	104	6	2	8	696	1.649	11.0	1.3	3.8	6.1	1.60
2002	31	4.1	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	2	.000	7.88	9.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	16	14	1	17	0	9	0	0	2	78	2.125	9.6	0.6	9.6	5.1	0.53
2002	31	2.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	5	.444	4.66	4.66	14	9	0	1	1	0	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	6	0	1	258	1.672	10.9	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19
2003	32	3.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	13	11	.542	5.04	5.39	33	32	0	1	0	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	8	0	0	786	1.453	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.44
2004	33		2 Teams	NL	Maj	FLA-HOU	3	3	.500	5.94	6.19	27	10	5	0	0	0	72.2	87	50	48	14	21	1	46	1	0	1	314	1.486	10.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	2.19
2004	33	3.8	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	2	3	.400	6.44	6.75	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	0	1	260	1.568	11.5	2.0	2.6	5.1	1.94
2004	33	3.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	54	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.4	3.25
2005	34		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	ARI-CHC	1	3	.250	9.38	9.66	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.2	61	34	33	6	8	0	18	1	0	0	159	2.179	17.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	2.25
2005	34	6.8	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	0	1.000	6.38	6.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	33	14	13	3	3	0	8	1	0	0	88	1.964	16.2	1.5	1.5	3.9	2.67
2005	34	6.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	3	.000	13.50	13.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	28	20	20	3	5	0	10	0	0	0	71	2.475	18.9	2.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
2006	35	5.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	1	.800	3.44	3.67	45	0	10	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	3	0	1	333	1.123	7.8	1.4	2.3	6.7	2.86
2007	36	7.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	3	1	.750	3.78	4.34	61	0	20	0	0	0	64.1	58	31	27	5	23	2	51	1	1	1	273	1.259	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.22
2008	37	8.7	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	7	1	.875	2.88	3.00	54	0	9	0	0	0	72.0	67	24	23	5	16	2	48	4	0	3	291	1.153	8.4	0.6	2.0	6.0	3.00
2009	38	9.9	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	5	1	.833	2.71	2.71	63	1	9	0	0	0	73.0	61	22	22	5	22	8	65	5	0	7	293	1.137	7.5	0.6	2.7	8.0	2.95
2010	39	11.0	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	2	.333	2.48	2.92	64	0	7	0	0	1	61.2	53	20	17	4	15	4	65	2	0	0	244	1.103	7.7	0.6	2.2	9.5	4.33
2011	40	11.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	5	.500	2.29	3.00	61	0	17	0	0	2	51.0	47	17	13	3	11	1	44	1	1	0	215	1.137	8.3	0.5	1.9	7.8	4.00
2012	41	12.8	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	4	.429	2.06	2.06	62	0	11	0	0	2	56.2	43	13	13	3	15	0	52	4	0	3	221	1.024	6.8	0.5	2.4	8.3	3.47
2013	42	18.8	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2013	42	13.3	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	4	.429	3.86	4.41	50	0	21	0	0	0	49.0	47	24	21	6	15	1	40	2	1	0	204	1.265	8.6	1.1	2.8	7.3	2.67
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		118	98	.546	4.51	4.91	766	229	121	11	4	7	1915.2	2037	1045	960	216	720	45	1259	96	15	60	8346	1.439	9.6	1.0	3.4	5.9	1.75
Minors (14 seasons)					Minors		24	24	.500	3.25	3.86	132	69	31	4	3	9	424.0	338	182	153	18	213	10	400	25	5	35	1031	1.300	7.2	0.4	4.5	8.5	1.88
All Levels (26 Seasons)							142	122	.538	4.28	4.72	898	298	152	15	7	16	2339.2	2375	1227	1113	234	933	55	1659	121	20	95	9377	1.414	9.1	0.9	3.6	6.4	1.78

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		3	6	.333	5.12	5.78	27	21	4	1	1	1	95.0	106	61	54	9	43	2	65	3	0	2	421	1.568	10.0	0.9	4.1	6.2	1.51
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	2.77	3.42	51	5	25	0	0	6	97.1	80	37	30	3	49	5	101	10	0	10	429	1.325	7.4	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.06
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	1.91	1.91	14	7	2	1	1	2	47.0	25	10	10	2	16	2	58	4	0	4	181	0.872	4.8	0.4	3.1	11.1	3.63
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	7	.533	3.33	4.13	25	24	0	2	1	0	124.1	87	57	46	4	86	1	110	5	3	15		1.391	6.3	0.3	6.2	8.0	1.28
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		5	1	.833	1.94	2.54	15	12	0	0	0	0	60.1	40	17	13	0	19	0	66	3	2	4		0.978	6.0	0.0	2.8	9.8	3.47