Gregg Olson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: October 11, 1966 in Scribner, NE us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University (Auburn, AL).

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: September 2, 1988 (Age 21-327d, 15,523rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 22, 2001 (Age 34-254d)
vs. SDP 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad

National Team: us USA (College,18U)

Full Name: Greggory William Olson

Nicknames: Otter

Twitter: @GreggOlson30

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.46

622

217

672.0

588

WHIP

1.381

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-33

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 20

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	412	2	Apr 2	MIN		DET	W,7-6	8-8	H(1)	99	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	81.00	6.11	4	13	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.324	2.35	-0.20%	-1.91	8t --- 0 out a2	8t -23 1 out a1
2	413	4	Apr 4	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.25	3.86	3	13	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.044	.71	0.03%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
3	414	6	Apr 6	MIN		KCR	L,2-12	8-8		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	19.29	1.82	6	21	16	7	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.014	.07	-0.01%	-1.45	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
4	415	8	Apr 9	MIN	@	DET	L,5-10	7-8		2	0.2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	24.00	4.44	7	22	8	3	1	1	2	2	0	0		2	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.304	.89	-0.19%	-2.62	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b 123 1 out d2
5	416	11	Apr 13	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-6	7-8		3	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	24.75	4.36	7	33	22	3	5	2	3	2	0	0		1	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.040	.43	-0.03%	-2.44	7b -2- 2 out d2	8b -2- 2 out d5
6	417	18	Apr 20	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-10	6-7		6	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18.56	4.61	5	21	11	0	1	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.101	.92	0.07%	1.41	6b --3 1 out d2	7b --- 2 out d1
7	418	21	Apr 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,11-12	8-8		3	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18.56	5.17	2	11	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.142	1.89	-0.10%	-1.01	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 12- 0 out a3
8	419	22	Apr 25	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.63	4.85	4	7	6	1	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.010	.18	0.01%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
9	420	26	Apr 30	MIN		BAL	L,3-12	9-GF		4	1.0	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	20.86	5.02	10					2	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.037	.11	-0.02%	-5.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 9
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
10	421	29	May 3	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-6	9-GF		2	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20.86	5.84	2	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.41	-0.383	4.85	-0.21%	-1.34	9b 12- 2 out tie	9b end d 1
11	422	33	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-11	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	18.36	5.63	5	23	11	5	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
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
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Kansas City Royals
12	423	81	Jul 5	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		58	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	16.76	6.94	6	26	15	5	1	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.03	7b --3 2 out d3	8b end d 4
13	424	82	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.20	6.81	2	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.269	.95	-0.10%	-0.74	8b 1-- 2 out tie	8b end d 1
14	425	84	Jul 11	KCR		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.73	6.47	3	14	9	1	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	426	87	Jul 14	KCR		MIL	W,2-1	9-10		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.14	5.95	5	19	13	3	3	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.227	.21	0.01%	0.88	9t 1-- 1 out tie	10t 1-- 2 out tie
16	427	88	Jul 15	KCR		MIL	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.15	5.73	2	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.96	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
17	428	91	Jul 18	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	10.57	5.65	8	24	14	2	2	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	.62	0.061	.03	0.00%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
18	429	93	Jul 20	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	5-6		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.72	5.51	5	26	17	5	1	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.022	.02	0.00%	0.07	5b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 3 out d4
19	430	94	Jul 22	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-3	7-8		1	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.35	5.59	5	15	7	1	0	3	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.16	7b 1-- 2 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d1
20	431	99	Jul 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-0)	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.68	5.31	3	18	13	2	1	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.269	.10	0.01%	0.80	8b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
21	432	102	Jul 29	KCR		MIN	L,8-11	3-6		1	3.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.36	4.93	11	42	26	5	6	4	4	3	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.050	.02	0.00%	1.93	3t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
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	433	105	Aug 1	KCR		BOS	L,3-10	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.94	4.74	4	13	10	1	4	2	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.03	7t 12- 2 out d7	8t 3 out d7
23	434	107	Aug 3	KCR		BOS	W,5-2	8-8	H(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.66	4.67	4	13	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.049	.02	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
24	435	109	Aug 5	KCR		NYY	L,1-4	8-GF		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.31	4.51	4	13	10	4	1	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.031	.01	0.00%	1.20	8t -23 2 out d3	9t end d 3
25	436	114	Aug 10	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	6-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.08	4.50	4	16	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.055	.05	0.00%	0.97	6b 1-- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
26	437	115	Aug 12	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-4	8-8	H(3)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.86	4.45	4	15	10	2	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	0.150	.17	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
27	438	117	Aug 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-10	6-7	BL(1-1)	1	1.1	2	5	5	3	1	0	0	7.14	4.63	9	34	18	8	2	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.32	-0.388	.09	-0.01%	-2.53	6b --- 0 out a1	7b 123 1 out d1
28	439	118	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	8-8	H(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.06	4.61	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.018	.02	0.00%	0.12	8b --- 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
29	440	123	Aug 20	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.82	4.56	4	12	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
30	441	125	Aug 22	KCR		TOR	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.40	4.47	6	17	12	1	2	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.12	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 2
31	442	127	Aug 24	KCR		TOR	L,8-11	6-7	BS(2)	1	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.42	4.83	9	40	26	5	2	4	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-1.54	6t 1-3 1 out a1	7t -2- 2 out d2
32	443	130	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.23	4.72	3	15	8	4	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
33	444	131	Aug 29	KCR		STL	L,7-9	8-8		0	0.2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	6.62	4.81	5	19	9	4	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.25	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-2.01	8t --3 1 out tie	8t 3 out d3
34	445	133	Aug 31	KCR		STL	L,4-5	7-7	BL(1-2)	1	0.1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.56	4.79	5	20	12	3	0	4	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.43	-0.577	.00	0.00%	-3.53	7t 12- 2 out a2	7t 3 out d2
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
35	446	136	Sep 3	KCR	@	CIN	L,3-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.38	4.64	3	14	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
36	447	137	Sep 4	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	12-GF(12)	W(2-2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.21	4.49	3	16	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.56	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
37	448	140	Sep 7	KCR		OAK	L,4-9	8-8		2	1.0	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	6.28	4.35	6	20	14	6	1	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.44	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d6
38	449	143	Sep 11	KCR	@	ANA	W,4-2	7-8	H(5)	3	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.30	4.38	5					2	1	1	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	0.274	.00	0.00%	1.74	7b 123 1 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a3
39	450	145	Sep 13	KCR	@	ANA	W,3-1	12-12	W(3-2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.15	4.21	5	25	17	7	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.91	0.150	.00	0.00%	0.57	12b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
40	451	148	Sep 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-4	8-GF(8)	L(3-3)	2	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	6.21	4.49	6	19	14	4	2	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-1.42	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
41	452	150	Sep 18	KCR		CHW	L,2-9	8-8		1	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	6.33	4.68	5	19	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.76	8t 1-3 1 out d5	8t 3 out d8
42	453	153	Sep 20	KCR		CLE	W,5-2	8-8	W(4-3)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.18	4.60	4	13	9	3	1	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
43	454	155	Sep 23(1)	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	4.52	3	10	7	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
44	455	157	Sep 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	9-11		0	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.74	4.39	8	32	20	8	3	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	0.360	.00	0.00%	1.38	9b --- 0 out tie	11b --- 1 out tie
45	456	160	Sep 27	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.58	4.27	11	34	23	5	2	4	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
							12-33		W-L:4-3,Sv:1,BSv:3,Hld:5	1.8	50.0	58	35	31	28	34	3	1	5.58	4.27	226	798	62%	17%	8%	1.24		18%	6%	6		30	40%	9	4	0	194	8	1	4	8	1	3	1.03	-1.133	.23	-0.72%	-8.87

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