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, 16,398th 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

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
1988	17	TEX-min	Rk	5	1	.833	2.15	12	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	39	16	13	0	18	0	59	2	2	3				1.049	6.5	0.0	3.0	9.8	3.28	RGS GULF
1989	18	TEX-min	A	8	7	.533	3.16	24	23	0	2	1	0	122.1	86	54	43	4	82	1	108	5	2	15				1.373	6.3	0.3	6.0	7.9	1.32	GST SALL
1990	19	TEX-min	Rk,A	0	0		3.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	4	3	0	5	0	9	1	1	1				0.875	2.3	0.0	5.6	10.1	1.80	RGS,GST GULF,SALL
1991	20	TEX-min	A+	0	1	.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	33			1.125	6.8	1.1	3.4	13.5	4.00	CHT FLOR
1992	21	TEX-min	A+,AA	1	1	.500	1.60	11	5	2	1	1	2	39.1	26	11	7	1	14	2	47	2	0	3	161			1.017	5.9	0.2	3.2	10.8	3.36	CHT,TUL FLOR,TL
1993	22	TEX-min	AA	7	5	.583	1.96	46	0	25	0	0	6	73.1	51	18	16	1	41	5	77	9	0	9	315			1.255	6.3	0.1	5.0	9.5	1.88	TUL TL
1993	22	TEX	AL	0	0		2.70	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	14	171	5.39	0.900	5.4	2.7	2.7	10.8	4.00
1994	23	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	6	0	4	0	0	1	7.1	1	0	0	0	3	2	6	1	0	0	26			0.545	1.2	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00	OKC AA
1994	23	TEX	AL	4	0	1.000	3.42	43	0	10	0	0	2	50.0	40	24	19	4	35	4	50	6	2	2	226	141	4.63	1.500	7.2	0.7	6.3	9.0	1.43
1995	24	TEX	AL	4	2	.667	4.22	17	7	2	0	0	0	49.0	47	25	23	3	32	1	39	1	0	4	222	116	4.33	1.612	8.6	0.6	5.9	7.2	1.22
1996	25	TEX-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	9	2	0	0	47			0.917	6.0	0.8	2.3	6.8	3.00	CHT FLOR
1996	25	TEX	AL	14	6	.700	4.66	30	30	0	1	1	0	173.2	190	97	90	20	76	3	112	10	1	5	777	113	4.86	1.532	9.8	1.0	3.9	5.8	1.47
1997	26	TEX	AL	13	12	.520	4.20	32	32	0	3	1	0	201.1	213	111	94	29	82	3	104	11	0	7	887	114	5.33	1.465	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.6	1.27
1998	27	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18			0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00	OKC PCL
1998	27	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	5.73	29	29	0	2	0	0	160.1	204	115	102	18	66	2	87	10	4	7	749	81	4.94	1.684	11.5	1.0	3.7	4.9	1.32
1998	27	TEX	AL	6	7	.462	6.53	19	19	0	2	0	0	103.1	140	84	75	11	43	1	58	10	1	6	493	74	4.94	1.771	12.2	1.0	3.7	5.1	1.35
1998	27	STL	NL	4	4	.500	4.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	64	31	27	7	23	1	29	0	3	1	256	100	4.93	1.526	10.1	1.1	3.6	4.6	1.26
1999	28	STL	NL	9	9	.500	4.26	30	30	0	2	1	0	196.1	197	96	93	16	74	4	119	11	2	6	842	108	4.28	1.380	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.5	1.61
2000	29	TEX-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.19	8	8	0	1	1	0	36.2	32	18	13	2	16	0	33	1	0	1	155			1.309	7.9	0.5	3.9	8.1	2.06	OKC,TUL PCL,TL
2000	29	TEX	AL	2	9	.182	7.42	21	21	0	0	0	0	108.0	151	95	89	16	42	3	49	4	1	4	501	68	5.43	1.787	12.6	1.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
2001	30	TEX-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	8	1	0	0	33			1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	9.0	4.00	TUL,OKC TL,PCL
2001	30	TEX	AL	11	11	.500	6.02	28	28	0	1	0	0	154.0	189	109	103	23	65	0	104	6	2	8	696	78	5.02	1.649	11.0	1.3	3.8	6.1	1.60
2002	31	STL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	16	14	1	17	0	9	0	0	2	78			2.125	9.6	0.6	9.6	5.1	0.53	MEM PCL
2002	31	BOS	AL	4	5	.444	4.66	14	9	0	1	1	0	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	6	0	1	258	98	5.13	1.672	10.9	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19
2003	32	COL	NL	13	11	.542	5.04	33	32	0	1	0	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	8	0	0	786	99	4.72	1.453	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.44
2004	33	TOT	NL	3	3	.500	5.94	27	10	5	0	0	0	72.2	87	50	48	14	21	1	46	1	0	1	314	70	5.20	1.486	10.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	2.19
2004	33	FLA	NL	2	3	.400	6.44	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	0	1	260	64	5.73	1.568	11.5	2.0	2.6	5.1	1.94
2004	33	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	54	115	2.98	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.4	3.25

2005	34	ARI-CHC-min	AAA	1	3	.250	9.38	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.2	61	34	33	6	8	0	18	1	0	0	159			2.179	17.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	2.25	TUC,IWA PCL
2006	35	NYM	NL	4	1	.800	3.44	45	0	10	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	3	0	1	333	127	4.64	1.123	7.8	1.4	2.3	6.7	2.86
2007	36	LAA	AL	3	1	.750	3.78	61	0	20	0	0	0	64.1	58	31	27	5	23	2	51	1	1	1	273	120	3.78	1.259	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.22
2008	37	LAA	AL	7	1	.875	2.88	54	0	9	0	0	0	72.0	67	24	23	5	16	2	48	4	0	3	291	155	3.53	1.153	8.4	0.6	2.0	6.0	3.00
2009	38	LAA	AL	5	1	.833	2.71	63	1	9	0	0	0	73.0	61	22	22	5	22	8	65	5	0	7	293	162	3.32	1.137	7.5	0.6	2.7	8.0	2.95
2010	39	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	2.48	64	0	7	0	0	1	61.2	53	20	17	4	15	4	65	2	0	0	244	181	2.64	1.103	7.7	0.6	2.2	9.5	4.33
2011	40	TEX	AL	5	5	.500	2.29	61	0	17	0	0	2	51.0	47	17	13	3	11	1	44	1	1	0	215	194	2.77	1.137	8.3	0.5	1.9	7.8	4.00
2012	41	TOR	AL	3	4	.429	2.06	62	0	11	0	0	2	56.2	43	13	13	3	15	0	52	4	0	3	221	205	2.95	1.024	6.8	0.5	2.4	8.3	3.47
2013	42	TOR-min	A+	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0		DUN FLOR
2013	42	TOR	AL	3	4	.429	3.86	50	0	21	0	0	0	49.0	47	24	21	6	15	1	40	2	1	0	204	107	4.05	1.265	8.6	1.1	2.8	7.3	2.67
20 Yrs				118	98	.546	4.51	766	229	121	11	4	7	1915.2	2037	1045	960	216	720	45	1259	96	15	60	8346	104	4.53	1.439	9.6	1.0	3.4	5.9	1.75
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.546	4.51	52	16	8	1	0	0	131	139	71	66	15	49	3	86	7	1	4	570	104	4.53	1.439	9.6	1.0	3.4	5.9	1.75
				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
TEX (10 yrs)				60	54	.526	4.94	317	137	36	7	2	5	955.1	1072	583	524	114	402	21	629	51	8	36	4275	98	4.77	1.543	10.1	1.1	3.8	5.9	1.56
LAA (3 yrs)				15	3	.833	3.10	178	1	38	0	0	0	209.1	186	77	72	15	61	12	164	10	1	11	857	144	3.54	1.180	8.0	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.69
STL (2 yrs)				13	13	.500	4.26	40	40	0	2	1	0	253.1	261	127	120	23	97	5	148	11	5	7	1098	106	4.43	1.413	9.3	0.8	3.4	5.3	1.53
TOR (2 yrs)				6	8	.429	2.90	112	0	32	0	0	2	105.2	90	37	34	9	30	1	92	6	1	3	425	145	3.46	1.136	7.7	0.8	2.6	7.8	3.07
NYM (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.44	45	0	10	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	3	0	1	333	127	4.64	1.123	7.8	1.4	2.3	6.7	2.86
COL (1 yr)				13	11	.542	5.04	33	32	0	1	0	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	8	0	0	786	99	4.72	1.453	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.44
BOS (1 yr)				4	5	.444	4.66	14	9	0	1	1	0	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	6	0	1	258	98	5.13	1.672	10.9	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19
HOU (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	54	115	2.98	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.4	3.25
FLA (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.44	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	0	1	260	64	5.73	1.568	11.5	2.0	2.6	5.1	1.94

AL (16 yrs)				85	70	.548	4.47	621	147	106	8	3	7	1328.1	1418	727	660	145	520	34	917	73	10	51	5815	106	4.49	1.459	9.6	1.0	3.5	6.2	1.76
NL (5 yrs)				33	28	.541	4.60	145	82	15	3	1	0	587.1	619	318	300	71	200	11	342	23	5	9	2531	100	4.64	1.394	9.5	1.1	3.1	5.2	1.71

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