Omar Olivares

Q: When was Omar Olivares born?

Omar Olivares was born on July 6, 1967.

Q: Where was Omar Olivares born?

Omar Olivares was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico .

Q: How tall is Omar Olivares?

Omar Olivares is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Omar Olivares weigh when playing?

Omar Olivares weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Omar Olivares play?

Omar Olivares played 12 seasons.

Q: Is Omar Olivares in the Hall of Fame?

Omar Olivares has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Omar Olivares have?

Omar Olivares had 853 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Omar Olivares played for?

Omar Olivares played for 8 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: When did Omar Olivares retire?

Omar Olivares last played in 2001.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: July 6, 1967 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico pr

School: Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: August 18, 1990 (Age 23-043d, 15,821st in major league history)
vs. HOU 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2001 (Age 34-084d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Omar Olivares

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Relatives: Son of Ed Olivares

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.5

ERA

4.67

349

229

1591.2

853

WHIP

1.485

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	19	SDP-min	A	4	14	.222	4.60	31	24	3	5	0	0	170.1	182	107	87	9	57	4	86	7	1	3				1.403	9.6	0.5	3.0	4.5	1.51	CHS SALL
1988	20	SDP-min	A	16	6	.727	2.11	28	27	0	11	3	0	208.2	184	72	49	5	52	2	110	5	8	10				1.131	7.9	0.2	2.2	4.7	2.12	CHS,RVS SALL,CALL
1989	21	SDP-min	AA	12	11	.522	3.39	26	26	0	6	1	0	185.2	175	87	70	10	61	6	79	10	1	10				1.271	8.5	0.5	3.0	3.8	1.30	WCH TL
1990	22	STL-min	AAA	10	11	.476	2.82	23	23	0	5	2	0	159.1	127	58	50	6	59	1	88	9	2	6				1.167	7.2	0.3	3.3	5.0	1.49	LOU AA
1990	22	STL	NL	1	1	.500	2.92	9	6	0	0	0	0	49.1	45	17	16	2	17	0	20	2	1	1	201	131	3.68	1.257	8.2	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.18
1991	23	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.47	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	39	15	14	1	16	1	27	1	1	2	158			1.514	9.7	0.2	4.0	6.7	1.69	LOU AA
1991	23	STL	NL	11	7	.611	3.71	28	24	2	0	0	1	167.1	148	72	69	13	61	1	91	5	1	3	688	100	3.96	1.249	8.0	0.7	3.3	4.9	1.49
1992	24	STL	NL	9	9	.500	3.84	32	30	1	1	0	0	197.0	189	84	84	20	63	5	124	4	0	2	818	89	3.86	1.279	8.6	0.9	2.9	5.7	1.97
1993	25	STL	NL	5	3	.625	4.17	58	9	11	0	0	1	118.2	134	60	55	10	54	7	63	9	3	4	537	94	4.61	1.584	10.2	0.8	4.1	4.8	1.17
1994	26	STL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.37	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.1	47	24	23	4	16	2	38	4	0	6	209			1.331	8.9	0.8	3.0	7.2	2.38	LOU AA
1994	26	STL	NL	3	4	.429	5.74	14	12	2	1	0	1	73.2	84	53	47	10	37	0	26	4	0	5	333	72	5.86	1.643	10.3	1.2	4.5	3.2	0.70
1995	27	PHI-COL-min	AAA	0	4	.000	4.98	10	9	0	0	0	0	56.0	63	32	31	3	22	2	34	5	0	3	249			1.518	10.1	0.5	3.5	5.5	1.55	SWB,CSP IL,PCL
1995	27	TOT	NL	1	4	.200	6.91	16	6	4	0	0	0	41.2	55	34	32	5	23	0	22	3	0	4	195	74	5.48	1.872	11.9	1.1	5.0	4.8	0.96
1995	27	COL	NL	1	3	.250	7.39	11	6	1	0	0	0	31.2	44	28	26	4	21	0	15	2	0	4	151	73	5.98	2.053	12.5	1.1	6.0	4.3	0.71
1995	27	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	44	80	3.90	1.300	9.9	0.9	1.8	6.3	3.50
1996	28	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.44	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	5	5	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	23			1.313	6.8	0.0	5.1	8.4	1.67	TOL IL
1996	28	DET	AL	7	11	.389	4.89	25	25	0	4	0	0	160.0	169	90	87	16	75	4	81	9	1	4	708	104	5.03	1.525	9.5	0.9	4.2	4.6	1.08
1997	29	TOT	AL	6	10	.375	4.97	32	31	0	3	2	0	177.1	191	109	98	18	81	4	103	13	0	5	794	92	4.86	1.534	9.7	0.9	4.1	5.2	1.27
1997	29	DET	AL	5	6	.455	4.70	19	19	0	3	2	0	115.0	110	68	60	8	53	1	74	9	0	5	502	98	4.34	1.417	8.6	0.6	4.1	5.8	1.40
1997	29	SEA	AL	1	4	.200	5.49	13	12	0	0	0	0	62.1	81	41	38	10	28	3	29	4	0	0	292	82	5.80	1.749	11.7	1.4	4.0	4.2	1.04
1998	30	ANA	AL	9	9	.500	4.03	37	26	6	1	0	0	183.0	189	92	82	19	91	1	112	5	0	5	805	118	4.84	1.530	9.3	0.9	4.5	5.5	1.23
1999	31	TOT	AL	15	11	.577	4.16	32	32	0	4	0	0	205.2	217	105	95	19	81	0	85	9	0	6	885	114	4.82	1.449	9.5	0.8	3.5	3.7	1.05
1999	31	ANA	AL	8	9	.471	4.05	20	20	0	3	0	0	131.0	135	62	59	11	49	0	49	6	0	4	558	119	4.74	1.405	9.3	0.8	3.4	3.4	1.00
1999	31	OAK	AL	7	2	.778	4.34	12	12	0	1	0	0	74.2	82	43	36	8	32	0	36	3	0	2	327	106	4.97	1.527	9.9	1.0	3.9	4.3	1.13
2000	32	OAK-min	A+,AAA	0	0		0.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	6	2	1	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	42			0.750	4.5	0.8	2.3	4.5	2.00	MOD,SAC CALL,PCL
2000	32	OAK	AL	4	8	.333	6.75	21	16	1	1	0	0	108.0	134	86	81	10	60	0	57	7	0	4	508	69	5.14	1.796	11.2	0.8	5.0	4.8	0.95
2001	33	PIT	NL	6	9	.400	6.55	45	12	15	1	0	1	110.0	123	87	80	17	42	8	69	10	1	3	494	70	5.22	1.500	10.1	1.4	3.4	5.6	1.64
2002	34	CLE-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	18	10	5	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	51			2.172	16.8	0.0	2.8	7.4	2.67	BFL IL
12 Yrs				77	86	.472	4.67	349	229	42	16	2	4	1591.2	1678	889	826	159	685	30	853	80	7	46	6966	93	4.70	1.485	9.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.25
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.472	4.67	41	27	5	2	0	0	187	197	105	97	19	81	4	100	9	1	5	820	93	4.70	1.485	9.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.25
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (5 yrs)				29	24	.547	4.02	141	81	16	2	0	3	606.0	600	286	271	55	232	13	324	24	5	15	2577	92	4.27	1.373	8.9	0.8	3.4	4.8	1.40
OAK (2 yrs)				11	10	.524	5.76	33	28	1	2	0	0	182.2	216	129	117	18	92	0	93	10	0	6	835	81	5.07	1.686	10.6	0.9	4.5	4.6	1.01
ANA (2 yrs)				17	18	.486	4.04	57	46	6	4	0	0	314.0	324	154	141	30	140	1	161	11	0	9	1363	119	4.80	1.478	9.3	0.9	4.0	4.6	1.15
DET (2 yrs)				12	17	.414	4.81	44	44	0	7	2	0	275.0	279	158	147	24	128	5	155	18	1	9	1210	102	4.75	1.480	9.1	0.8	4.2	5.1	1.21
COL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	7.39	11	6	1	0	0	0	31.2	44	28	26	4	21	0	15	2	0	4	151	73	5.98	2.053	12.5	1.1	6.0	4.3	0.71
PIT (1 yr)				6	9	.400	6.55	45	12	15	1	0	1	110.0	123	87	80	17	42	8	69	10	1	3	494	70	5.22	1.500	10.1	1.4	3.4	5.6	1.64
PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	44	80	3.90	1.300	9.9	0.9	1.8	6.3	3.50
SEA (1 yr)				1	4	.200	5.49	13	12	0	0	0	0	62.1	81	41	38	10	28	3	29	4	0	0	292	82	5.80	1.749	11.7	1.4	4.0	4.2	1.04

AL (5 yrs)				41	49	.456	4.78	147	130	7	13	2	0	834.0	900	482	443	82	388	9	438	43	1	24	3700	100	4.92	1.544	9.7	0.9	4.2	4.7	1.13
NL (7 yrs)				36	37	.493	4.55	202	99	35	3	0	4	757.2	778	407	383	77	297	21	415	37	6	22	3266	86	4.47	1.419	9.2	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.40

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Omar Olivares?

Omar Olivares is 55 years old.

When was Omar Olivares born?

Omar Olivares was born on July 6, 1967.

Where was Omar Olivares born?

Omar Olivares was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

How tall is Omar Olivares?

Omar Olivares is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Omar Olivares weigh when playing?

Omar Olivares weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Omar Olivares play?

Omar Olivares played 12 seasons.

Is Omar Olivares in the Hall of Fame?

Omar Olivares has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Omar Olivares play?

Omar Olivares was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Omar Olivares have?

Omar Olivares had 853 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Omar Olivares played for?

Omar Olivares played for 8 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates.

When did Omar Olivares retire?

Omar Olivares last played in 2001.

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