Jesús Olague

Jesús David Olague

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

• Born October 3, 1974 in Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico

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Biographical Information

Jesús Olague was on the Mexican national team and pitched in AAA in three decades.

Olague was on the Mexican team that won Silver in the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games and also was with them in the 1995 Pan American Games. He debuted as a pro that summer for his hometown Sultanes de Monterrey, posting a 4.58 ERA in 7 games. He was 3-2 with a save and a 4.24 ERA in 1996 despite 52 walks in 62 2/3 IP and 2-2 with a save and a 4.86 ERA the next summer.

In 1998, he was was 1-1 with a 8.02 ERA. He split 1999 between Monterrey (0-4, 5.32) and the Rieleros de Aguascalientes (0-1, 10.80). He had a 5-6, 6.19 record for the 2000 Pericos de Puebla then improved to 9-7, 3.62 for them in 2001. He was 10th in the Mexican League with 105 strikeouts. He split 2002 between Puebla (5-7, 5.31 in 14 G) and the Tigres Capitalinos (6-1, 2.66 in 8 G). Interestingly, on April 13, pitching for Puebla, he no-hit the Tigres. He tied for 7th in the LMB in victories and his 116 strikeouts were second, nine behind the great Francisco Campos.

The right-hander fell to 4-4, 7.19 for the 2003 Tigres, with a 2.07 WHIP. He split '04 between the Tigres (0-1, 6.00 in 1 G) and the Sultanes (4-2, 3.99 in 13 G). The Tigres became the Tigres de la Angelopolis in 2005 and he was 9-4 despite a 6.36 ERA. He tied for 8th in wins and tied Alejandro Armenta for 8th in walks (59). He was 3-1 with a 3.21 ERA for Angelopolis the next year. In 2007, he was 10-2 with a 3.99 ERA for the Plataneros de Tabasco. He was 8th in wins and 10th with 79 K (between Edwin Moreno and Vinicio Gonzalez). Olague posted a 6-7, 5.12 record for Tabasco in 2008. In 2009, he was 4-7 with a 4.67 ERA for the Piratas de Campeche. He split his final season between the Broncos de Reynosa and Monterrey, with a 8.31 ERA and 2.02 WHIP in six games.

He had gone 71-59 in his 16-season LMB career.