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: 16-13 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	125	4	Apr 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	1	6.00	8.31	27	105	69	17	12	9	13	2	1	0	42			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.169	1.27	-0.11%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	126	9	Apr 11	TEX		TOR	L,8-9	GS-3	L(0-2)	6	2.2	6	6	5	2	0	1	1	9.35	9.25	18	57	29	6	1	6	9	4	3	0	22			1	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	1	1	.77	-0.392	.86	-0.26%	-4.72	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
3	127	14	Apr 17	TEX		BAL	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.0	8	4	3	2	2	0	1	8.53	7.72	22	89	54	11	10	8	9	6	1	0	32			0	1	1	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.251	1.53	-0.18%	-2.67	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a2
4	128	19	Apr 23	TEX		TBD	L,5-12	GS-4	L(0-3)	5	3.0	6	5	4	4	1	0	0	9.19	7.48	19	68	36	9	4	7	7	4	2	0	26			0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.301	.93	-0.22%	-4.58	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d5
5	129	24	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	7.15	6.67	26	105	63	15	8	12	11	2	3	0	60			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.05	0.253	1.24	0.18%	2.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
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
6	130	29	May 3	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-4)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	6	1	0	5.87	5.88	32	108	67	13	15	8	17	8	3	0	61			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.187	1.28	0.15%	2.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
7	131	34	May 9	TEX		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.22	5.46	35	124	82	25	3	14	16	7	4	0	64			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	.97	0.244	1.20	0.18%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	132	39	May 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS-6		4	5.1	8	5	5	3	1	1	1	5.60	5.69	25	92	47	11	7	10	10	6	2	0	30			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.098	1.23	-0.08%	-0.67	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
9	133	44	May 20	TEX		SEA	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.0	5	5	5	5	1	1	0	6.06	6.02	21	75	36	9	6	8	7	2	0	0	28			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.151	1.35	-0.13%	-1.67	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
10	134	49	May 25	TEX		MIN	L,3-9	GS-4	L(2-5)	4	3.2	9	9	6	1	4	1	0	6.66	5.97	21	76	47	11	8	10	6	4	0	0	16			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.364	.82	-0.22%	-6.91	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d9
11	135	54	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	W,9-5	GS-5	W(3-5)	5	5.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	6.55	5.83	26	92	48	14	6	10	9	3	2	0	40			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.014	1.63	0.01%	-0.23	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
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
12	136	59	Jun 5	TEX		SDP	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.2	9	6	6	1	10	0	3	6.72	5.42	33	111	75	18	14	6	13	5	2	0	41			0	0	0	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.221	1.63	-0.16%	-2.01	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a1
13	137	64	Jun 10	TEX	@	COL	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.0	8	6	6	4	1	0	1	7.01	5.45	28	98	54	14	7	12	10	4	3	0	24			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.367	1.38	-0.24%	-3.31	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out tie
14	138	79	Jun 26	TEX	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-5)	15	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	6.81	5.44	27	93	56	13	7	8	14	3	5	0	47			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.063	1.59	-0.06%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
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
15	139	84	Jul 2	TEX		LAD	L,1-4	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	6.83	5.45	25	94	59	13	6	5	15	5	3	0	34			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.135	1.32	-0.12%	-1.06	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
16	140	91	Jul 12	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-7	GS-6	L(4-7)	9	5.0	5	5	5	3	4	0	0	6.96	5.33	23	79	52	11	8	8	8	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.086	1.57	-0.08%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out d3
17	141	96	Jul 17	TEX		TBD	W,7-4	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	7.0	10	4	3	0	4	0	1	6.73	5.11	32	112	73	21	7	13	14	5	2	0	47			0	2	2	30	3	1	0	0	1	2	1.12	-0.024	1.75	-0.02%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
18	142	101	Jul 23	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-5		5	4.2	9	4	4	1	5	0	1	6.77	4.97	24	73	46	13	6	5	12	6	1	0	34			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.061	1.64	0.06%	-0.50	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out a3
19	143	106	Jul 29	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-6	GS-7	W(6-7)	5	6.1	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	6.53	4.94	29	121	68	19	7	12	11	2	1	0	47			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.042	1.36	-0.04%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a5
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
				Player went from Texas Rangers to St. Louis Cardinals
20	144	111	Aug 3	STL	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-6	L(6-8)	4	5.2	9	6	3	2	1	1	0	6.44	5.00	28	105	66	17	3	15	10	6	0	0	32			1	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	2	.99	-0.346	.05	-0.01%	-2.38	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
21	145	116	Aug 9	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6	W(7-8)	5	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	6.10	5.02	28	115	71	16	6	14	8	6	2	0	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.31	0.242	.22	0.03%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
22	146	121	Aug 15	STL		PIT	W,8-7	GS-6		5	5.1	5	4	4	3	2	3	0	6.13	5.30	24	74	45	11	5	13	6	2	0	0	41			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.283	.13	-0.02%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d2
23	147	126	Aug 20(2)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.1	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	6.18	5.25	27	98	62	22	1	17	7	2	0	0	40			0	1	1	26	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.18	-0.264	.15	-0.02%	-1.65	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out tie
24	148	133	Aug 26	STL		FLA	L,6-7	GS-7		5	7.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	5.86	5.11	27	105	65	25	8	15	3	1	0	0	74			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.447	.02	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
25	149	138	Aug 31	STL	@	FLA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-9)	4	6.0	8	3	3	4	1	1	0	5.80	5.19	28	101	54	15	5	16	7	3	0	0	41			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1b start a 2	7b --- 0 out a2
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
26	150	144	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-9)	6	6.1	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.61	5.17	26	88	54	17	2	11	11	5	2	0	59			0	1	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.179	.00	0.00%	1.89	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
27	151	149	Sep 12	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	6.1	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	5.55	5.09	28	106	61	16	10	10	8	1	1	0	51			3	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start a 2	7b -23 1 out d1
28	152	155	Sep 18	STL	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(10-10)	5	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.46	4.98	26	83	54	16	5	8	13	8	1	0	53			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
29	153	159	Sep 23	STL		HOU	L,1-7	GS-3	L(10-11)	4	2.0	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	5.73	4.94	14	52	31	8	3	5	7	5	0	0	18			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-4.60	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
							16-13		W-L:10-11	4.8	160.1	204	115	102	66	87	18	10	5.73	4.94	749	2699	60%	16%	7%	1.01		21%	8%	0	41		---%	13	13	6	657	53	1	2	12	8	15	1.12	-2.332	.92	-1.36%	-26.07

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