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)

Debut: September 1, 1993 (Age 22-330d, 16,391st in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-13 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	63	12	Apr 15	TEX		OAK	L,3-8	GS-6		99	5.1	6	3	3	3	4	1	1	5.06	6.36	26	88	51	16	8	6	12	8	1	0	45			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.029	1.77	0.02%	0.16	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out tie
2	64	17	Apr 21	TEX		BAL	W,9-6	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	2	0	5.23	7.33	21	95	55	15	7	5	11	8	2	0	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.032	1.12	0.02%	0.52	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a3
3	65	22	Apr 26	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.2	3	2	2	5	3	0	1	4.80	6.84	23	98	53	16	11	5	9	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.042	1.64	0.03%	0.74	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	66	27	May 1	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	5.40	6.97	24	86	45	13	5	7	11	6	1	0	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.21	-0.060	1.81	-0.05%	-0.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
5	67	32	May 7	TEX		TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.33	5.73	24	92	59	10	10	10	8	2	1	0	69			0	1	1	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.96	0.362	1.21	0.28%	3.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
6	68	37	May 12	TEX		DET	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.0	6	5	5	3	4	0	0	5.23	5.43	21	82	47	11	8	6	8	3	3	0	31			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.136	1.02	-0.10%	-1.51	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
7	69	42	May 18	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	6.2	7	3	3	3	2	1	1	5.02	5.59	30	104	60	20	4	11	13	9	0	0	47			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.042	1.35	0.03%	0.69	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
8	70	46	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	7.1	8	4	4	1	1	2	0	5.00	5.79	30	83	53	9	1	6	22	11	2	0	46			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.069	.93	-0.05%	0.17	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
9	71	51	May 28	TEX		CLE	W,11-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.50	5.75	28	89	56	15	5	13	9	3	0	0	63			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.126	.34	0.10%	3.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	72	55	Jun 2	TEX		MIN	L,5-6	GS-5		4	4.0	4	3	2	5	4	0	0	4.50	5.69	20	86	52	14	7	6	5	4	1	0	43			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	-0.117	1.54	-0.09%	-0.88	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a1
11	73	60	Jun 8	TEX		TOR	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	3.88	5.26	34	114	87	14	17	15	14	7	0	0	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.36	0.735	1.62	0.53%	5.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	74	65	Jun 13	TEX	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.0	7	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.86	5.30	23	99	61	20	9	9	9	5	1	0	44			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.051	1.55	-0.04%	0.40	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out tie
13	75	70	Jun 18	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.51	5.08	29	91	58	19	3	12	11	5	1	0	69			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.183	.60	0.15%	4.22	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a7
14	76	75	Jun 23	TEX		BOS	L,4-6	GS-5		4	5.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.62	4.93	26	102	63	18	8	7	10	6	0	0	42			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.032	1.59	-0.02%	0.16	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
15	77	80	Jun 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-5	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	6.2	4	4	4	5	5	1	0	3.76	5.00	29	116	68	20	7	9	10	3	3	0	50			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.160	1.62	0.16%	0.91	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	78	85	Jul 4	TEX		SEA	L,5-9	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	3	4	4	0	0	3.82	4.93	28	108	63	18	10	6	14	8	0	0	43			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.043	1.54	-0.04%	0.22	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d2
17	79	89	Jul 11	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-8	GS-5	L(7-3)	6	4.1	6	7	7	4	5	1	0	4.29	5.01	23	97	59	21	5	9	5	2	1	0	24			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.262	1.58	-0.23%	-2.65	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out d2
18	80	94	Jul 16	TEX		CAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.17	4.97	28	107	65	20	8	9	12	4	2	0	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.237	1.47	0.23%	2.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
19	81	99	Jul 21	TEX		OAK	L,8-11	GS-4		4	4.0	8	6	3	2	4	2	0	4.27	5.12	23					5	10	7	1	2	30			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.352	1.77	-0.34%	-3.47	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
20	82	104	Jul 26	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	5.1	7	6	6	3	3	0	0	4.54	5.06	25	96	59	13	4	10	9	6	1	0	30			2	1	0	20	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.210	1.82	-0.23%	-2.56	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d4
21	83	108	Jul 31	TEX		NYY	W,9-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	4	7.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.43	4.89	29	86	61	11	13	12	13	8	2	0	55			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.18	0.233	1.79	0.21%	2.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	84	113	Aug 5	TEX		CHW	L,5-15	GS-3	L(9-5)	4	2.1	7	8	8	2	1	2	0	4.92	5.09	16	61	33	8	2	4	9	3	0	0	10			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.367	1.89	-0.48%	-6.45	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d8
23	85	118	Aug 10	TEX	@	TOR	W,12-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.73	5.04	29	120	71	14	12	11	11	4	4	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.125	1.22	0.12%	3.18	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a9
24	86	125	Aug 18	TEX		KCR	W,10-3	GS-5		7	4.2	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	4.76	5.00	21	81	49	16	3	4	11	9	0	0	39			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.017	.71	0.01%	-0.34	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a3
25	87	130	Aug 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-9	GS-4	L(10-6)	4	3.1	9	6	6	1	2	0	2	5.04	4.99	20	71	41	6	7	4	11	9	0	0	19			1	0	0	16	4	0	1	0	1	0	.95	-0.245	.28	-0.04%	-5.09	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d6
26	88	136	Aug 31	TEX		CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	W(11-6)	7	8.1	9	3	3	0	7	2	0	4.94	4.97	32	113	78	30	6	12	13	6	2	0	60			0	2	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.242	.34	0.07%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	89	145	Sep 10	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-8	GS-6	W(12-6)	9	6.0	7	3	2	4	5	0	1	4.86	4.93	29	113	71	12	12	9	10	4	2	0	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.29	0.031	.12	0.00%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
28	90	150	Sep 15	TEX		MIL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(13-6)	4	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.76	4.84	30	112	69	23	5	11	13	4	0	0	54			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.235	.47	0.05%	2.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
29	91	155	Sep 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	4	4	5	1	0	4.78	4.86	31	110	64	13	7	10	12	4	0	0	46			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.081	2.77	-0.10%	-0.27	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out tie
30	92	162	Sep 28	TEX		CAL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(14-6)	7	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.66	4.86	25	95	58	18	6	9	10	3	4	0	60			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.299	.00	0.00%	2.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
							17-13		W-L:14-6	4.7	173.2	190	97	90	76	112	20	10	4.66	4.86	777	2795	61%	16%	8%	0.78		28%	6%	2	47		---%	11	6	2	682	32	4	3	14	7	12	1.03	1.105	1.24	0.20%	12.56

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