Garrett Olson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: October 18, 1983 in Fresno, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (48th) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA).

High School: Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan HS (Clovis, CA)

School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: July 4, 2007 (Age 23-259d, 19,137th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 8, 2012 (Age 28-295d)
vs. MIA 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Full Name: Garrett Andrew Olson

Twitter: @Oly49

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.7

ERA

6.26

104

287.2

193

WHIP

1.665

Summary of 46 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
SEA	25
BAL	21

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	20

Outs
0	20
2	14
1	12

15 Opps
BOS	11
LAA	5
TEX	4
DET	4
CHW	4
KCR	3
SDP	3
TOR	3
NYY	2
MIL	2
TBR	1
OAK	1
LAD	1
CLE	1
BAL	1

39 Batters
Jason Varitek	4
Jermaine Dye	2
Jeff Bailey	2
Kevin Kouzmanoff	2
Michael Young	2
Hank Blalock	1
Alex Ríos	1
Torii Hunter	1
Paul Konerko	1
Matt Kemp	1
David Ortiz	1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	1
Mike Napoli	1
José Bautista	1
Frank Thomas	1
Mike Lowell	1
Carlos Quentin	1
Brandon Inge	1
Bill Hall	1
Mitch Maier	1
B.J. Upton	1
Ryan Garko	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Jason Bay	1
Plácido Polanco	1
Jeff Mathis	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Tony Peña	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Corey Hart	1
Howie Kendrick	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Adrián González	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Luke Scott	1
Billy Butler	1
Coco Crisp	1
Chase Headley	1

13 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	11
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	10
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	26
78	12
9	4
8	2
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
2	9
6	7
4	7
1	6
5	5
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	12
123	2
12-	1
--3	1
-2-	1
-23	1
1-3	1

72 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	27
1 on	14
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	19

Inning
1	6
2	12
3	6
4	4
5	5
6	5
7	4
8	4

1-3	24
4-6	14
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	11
-1	5
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	20
Tied	11
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	8
1-0	7
0-0	6
3-2	5
2-2	5
2-1	4
3-1	4
0-2	3
0-1	2
1-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	8
3B	8
C	7
CF	6
1B	5
RF	5
2B	4
LF	2
SS	1

OrderPos
5th	11
4th	9
7th	6
9th	5
8th	5
2nd	5
6th	3
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2007-07-15	Jermaine Dye	CHW	@	BAL	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	6%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2007-07-15	Jermaine Dye	CHW	@	BAL	behind 1-5	t 6	0	---	4,(0-2) CCFX	1	5	9	6%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2007-08-17	Frank Thomas	TOR		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	1-3	6,(3-2) BF*BBFX	3	5	DH	11%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Ríos Scores; V. Wells Scores
4	4	4	1	2007-09-06	Coco Crisp	BOS	@	BAL	behind 2-4	t 4	1	-23	4,(2-1) CB.BX	3	8	8	21%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Youkilis Scores; J. Drew Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2008-05-21	Alex Rodriguez	NYY		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	1	4	5	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	2	1	2008-05-31	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	@	BAL	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	1	2	4	10%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	3	2	2008-05-31	David Ortiz	BOS	@	BAL	behind 1-2	t 3	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	DH	11%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	4	1	2008-06-11	Jason Varitek	BOS		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	12-	5,(3-1) C*BBBX	3	7	2	16%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lowell Scores; K. Youkilis Scores
9	9	5	2	2008-06-11	Mike Lowell	BOS		BAL	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	---	7,(2-2) BCBFFFX	1	5	5	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	2008-06-22	Corey Hart	MIL		BAL	behind 0-2	b 2	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	15%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); P. Fielder Scores
11	11	7	2	2008-06-22	Bill Hall	MIL		BAL	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	6	5	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	8	1	2008-07-03	Billy Butler	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
13	13	9	2	2008-07-03	Tony Peña	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	6	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	10	1	2008-07-17	Gary Sheffield	DET	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	DH	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cabrera Scores
15	15	11	2	2008-07-17	Brandon Inge	DET	@	BAL	behind 3-4	t 6	2	1--	6,(3-2) 1FBFB1B>X	2	9	5	31%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); É. Rentería Scores
16	16	12	1	2008-07-22	Alex Ríos	TOR	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	8	9%	25%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
17	17	13	1	2008-08-06	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	3,(1-1) F1BX	2	4	DH	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Teixeira Scores
18	18	14	2	2008-08-06	Jeff Mathis	LAA		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	2	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	15	1	2008-09-01	Jason Varitek	BOS		BAL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	2	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	16	2	2008-09-01	Jeff Bailey	BOS		BAL	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
21	21	17	1	2008-09-18	José Bautista	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	1	2	4	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2009-05-16	Jason Bay	BOS	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	18%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Drew Scores
23	23	2	2	2009-05-16	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	8	2	13%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Lugo Scores
24	24	3	3	2009-05-16	Jeff Bailey	BOS	@	SEA	ahead 4-3	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	3	11%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
25	25	4	1	2009-05-21	Howie Kendrick	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	9	4	8%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	2009-05-31	Mike Napoli	LAA		SEA	behind 0-6	b 5	2	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	7	2	2%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	6	2	2009-05-31	Torii Hunter	LAA		SEA	behind 3-8	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	8	8%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Abreu Scores
28	28	7	1	2009-06-11	Luke Scott	BAL		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Roberts Scores
29	29	8	1	2009-06-17	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDP		SEA	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	4	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	9	2	2009-06-17	Chase Headley	SDP		SEA	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	4,(0-2) FFFX	2	5	7	26%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. González Scores
31	31	10	1	2009-06-23	Adrián González	SDP	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) BF1X	2	4	3	22%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Hairston Scores
32	32	11	1	2009-06-28	Matt Kemp	LAD		SEA	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	7%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	12	1	2009-07-04	Jason Varitek	BOS		SEA	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	6	2	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Baldelli Scores
34	34	13	1	2009-07-21	Magglio Ordóñez	DET		SEA	tied 1-1	b 1	0	123	5,(2-2) BCFBX	4	5	9	15%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Polanco Scores; M. Cabrera Scores; M. Thames Scores
35	35	14	2	2009-07-21	Plácido Polanco	DET		SEA	ahead 5-1	b 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	4%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	15	1	2009-07-25	Ryan Garko	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 8-0	t 6	2	--3	6,(3-2) B.BFBFX	2	7	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Hafner Scores
37	37	16	1	2009-07-30	Hank Blalock	TEX		SEA	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	17	2	2009-07-30	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	16%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Jones Scores
39	39	18	3	2009-07-30	Michael Young	TEX		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	2	5	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	19	1	2009-08-13	Hideki Matsui	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 9-1	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Teixeira Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2010-07-07	Mitch Maier	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	7,(2-2) CSBFFBX	1	7	8	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	2010-07-29	Paul Konerko	CHW		SEA	ahead 7-5	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	DH	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	3	2	2010-07-29	Carlos Quentin	CHW		SEA	ahead 8-5	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	4	1	2010-08-04	Michael Young	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 7-6	t 7	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	5	24%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Molina Scores; M. Moreland Scores; E. Andrus Scores
45	45	5	1	2010-09-25	B.J. Upton	TBR		SEA	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	8	3%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	2010-10-03	Kevin Kouzmanoff	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	13%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)