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, 15,530th 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

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	21	BAL-min	AA,A	1	1	.500	4.44	16	0	11	0	0	5	24.1	29	15	12	3	8	0	31	0	1	2				1.521	10.7	1.1	3.0	11.5	3.88	CHR,HGR SOUL,CARL
1988	21	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	3.27	10	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	10	4	4	1	10	1	9	0	1	0	51	123	5.04	1.818	8.2	0.8	8.2	7.4	0.90
1989	22	BAL	AL	5	2	.714	1.69	64	0	52	0	0	27	85.0	57	17	16	1	46	10	90	1	3	9	356	224	2.46	1.212	6.0	0.1	4.9	9.5	1.96	CYA-6,MVP-12,RoY-1
1990	23	BAL	AL	6	5	.545	2.42	64	0	58	0	0	37	74.1	57	20	20	3	31	3	74	3	0	5	305	158	2.71	1.184	6.9	0.4	3.8	9.0	2.39	AS
1991	24	BAL	AL	4	6	.400	3.18	72	0	62	0	0	31	73.2	74	28	26	1	29	5	72	1	1	8	319	126	2.30	1.398	9.0	0.1	3.5	8.8	2.48
1992	25	BAL	AL	1	5	.167	2.05	60	0	56	0	0	36	61.1	46	14	14	3	24	0	58	0	0	4	244	195	2.70	1.141	6.8	0.4	3.5	8.5	2.42
1993	26	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	1.60	50	0	45	0	0	29	45.0	37	9	8	1	18	3	44	0	0	5	188	281	2.52	1.222	7.4	0.2	3.6	8.8	2.44
1994	27	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		1.59	8	2	4	0	0	2	11.1	8	3	2	1	8	0	13	0	0	0	49			1.412	6.4	0.8	6.4	10.3	1.63	RMD IL
1994	27	ATL	NL	0	2	.000	9.20	16	0	6	0	0	1	14.2	19	15	15	1	13	3	10	1	2	0	77	47	5.52	2.182	11.7	0.6	8.0	6.1	0.77
1995	28	CLE-KCR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.38	19	0	18	0	0	13	22.2	16	6	6	0	10	0	26	3	0	1	96			1.147	6.4	0.0	4.0	10.3	2.60	BFL,OMA AA
1995	28	TOT	AL	3	3	.500	4.09	23	0	12	0	0	3	33.0	28	15	15	4	19	2	21	0	0	1	141	119	5.13	1.424	7.6	1.1	5.2	5.7	1.11
1995	28	CLE	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	39	10.23	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
1995	28	KCR	AL	3	3	.500	3.26	20	0	10	0	0	3	30.1	23	11	11	3	17	2	21	0	0	1	127	148	4.69	1.319	6.8	0.9	5.0	6.2	1.24
1996	29	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		4.26	7	0	7	0	0	4	6.1	6	4	3	1	6	0	4	1	0	0	33			1.895	8.5	1.4	8.5	5.7	0.67	INA AA
1996	29	TOT	MLB	4	0	1.000	4.99	52	0	30	0	0	8	52.1	55	30	29	7	35	6	37	1	0	6	243	99	5.56	1.720	9.5	1.2	6.0	6.4	1.06
1996	29	DET	AL	3	0	1.000	5.02	43	0	28	0	0	8	43.0	43	25	24	6	28	4	29	1	0	5	196	102	5.66	1.651	9.0	1.3	5.9	6.1	1.04
1996	29	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	4.82	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	12	5	5	1	7	2	8	0	0	1	47	83	5.10	2.036	11.6	1.0	6.8	7.7	1.14
1997	30	KCR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.31	9	5	2	0	0	0	35.1	30	13	13	4	10	0	20	0	0	1	140			1.132	7.6	1.0	2.5	5.1	2.00	OMA AA
1997	30	TOT	AL	4	3	.571	5.58	45	0	18	0	0	1	50.0	58	35	31	3	28	4	34	1	0	1	226	85	4.27	1.720	10.4	0.5	5.0	6.1	1.21
1997	30	MIN	AL	0	0		18.36	11	0	5	0	0	0	8.1	19	17	17	0	11	1	6	0	0	0	55	26	5.63	3.600	20.5	0.0	11.9	6.5	0.55
1997	30	KCR	AL	4	3	.571	3.02	34	0	13	0	0	1	41.2	39	18	14	3	17	3	28	1	0	1	171	155	4.00	1.344	8.4	0.6	3.7	6.0	1.65
1998	31	ARI	NL	3	4	.429	3.01	64	0	49	0	0	30	68.2	56	25	23	4	25	1	55	1	0	2	281	140	3.43	1.180	7.3	0.5	3.3	7.2	2.20
1999	32	ARI	NL	9	4	.692	3.71	61	0	36	0	0	14	60.2	54	28	25	9	25	2	45	2	0	1	257	124	4.91	1.302	8.0	1.3	3.7	6.7	1.80
2000	33	LAD-min	A+,AAA	0	0		4.22	10	4	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	6	5	0	6	0	10	0	0	3	47			1.594	9.3	0.0	5.1	8.4	1.67	SBR,ABQ CALL,PCL
2000	33	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	5.09	13	0	9	0	0	0	17.2	21	11	10	4	7	0	15	1	0	0	81	86	5.74	1.585	10.7	2.0	3.6	7.6	2.14
2001	34	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	8.03	28	0	10	0	0	0	24.2	26	24	22	4	20	1	24	0	0	1	120	50	5.64	1.865	9.5	1.5	7.3	8.8	1.20
14 Yrs				40	39	.506	3.46	622	0	447	0	0	217	672.0	598	275	258	46	330	41	588	12	7	43	2889	123	3.64	1.381	8.0	0.6	4.4	7.9	1.78
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.506	3.46	68	0	49	0	0	24	73	65	30	28	5	36	4	64	1	1	5	316	123	3.64	1.381	8.0	0.6	4.4	7.9	1.78
				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
BAL (6 yrs)				17	21	.447	2.26	320	0	277	0	0	160	350.1	281	92	88	10	158	22	347	5	5	31	1463	176	2.61	1.253	7.2	0.3	4.1	8.9	2.20
ARI (2 yrs)				12	8	.600	3.34	125	0	85	0	0	44	129.1	110	53	48	13	50	3	100	3	0	3	538	132	4.13	1.237	7.7	0.9	3.5	7.0	2.00
KCR (2 yrs)				7	6	.538	3.13	54	0	23	0	0	4	72.0	62	29	25	6	34	5	49	1	0	2	298	152	4.29	1.333	7.8	0.8	4.3	6.1	1.44
LAD (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	6.80	41	0	19	0	0	0	42.1	47	35	32	8	27	1	39	1	0	1	201	62	5.68	1.748	10.0	1.7	5.7	8.3	1.44
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		18.36	11	0	5	0	0	0	8.1	19	17	17	0	11	1	6	0	0	0	55	26	5.63	3.600	20.5	0.0	11.9	6.5	0.55
ATL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	9.20	16	0	6	0	0	1	14.2	19	15	15	1	13	3	10	1	2	0	77	47	5.52	2.182	11.7	0.6	8.0	6.1	0.77
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	39	10.23	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
HOU (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.82	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	12	5	5	1	7	2	8	0	0	1	47	83	5.10	2.036	11.6	1.0	6.8	7.7	1.14
DET (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	5.02	43	0	28	0	0	8	43.0	43	25	24	6	28	4	29	1	0	5	196	102	5.66	1.651	9.0	1.3	5.9	6.1	1.04

AL (9 yrs)				27	27	.500	2.99	431	0	335	0	0	172	476.1	410	167	158	23	233	32	431	7	5	38	2026	141	3.23	1.350	7.7	0.4	4.4	8.1	1.85
NL (6 yrs)				13	12	.520	4.60	191	0	112	0	0	45	195.2	188	108	100	23	97	9	157	5	2	5	863	94	4.61	1.457	8.6	1.1	4.5	7.2	1.62

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