Darren Oliver

Full Name: Darren Christopher Oliver	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: September 1, 1993
Birthdate: October 6, 1970	MLB Experience: 13 years
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on October 6, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri, Darren Oliver (Darren Christopher Oliver) played for the Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over the course of his 13 year career. Oliver broke into the bigs on September 1, 1993 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.42 ERA in 50 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Darren Oliver's best season was 1996, when he posted a 4.66 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 112 batters.

Oliver made his major league debut on September 1, 1993 at the age of 22 at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. In 1996, Oliver became a starter for the Rangers and won 14 games. From 1996 to 1998, Oliver pitched for the Rangers and then was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for whom he pitched until 1999, returning to the Rangers for the next two years.

In 2002, Oliver pitched for the Boston Red Sox as a left-handed reliever. In 2003, Oliver won 13 games for the Colorado Rockies. In 2004, Oliver pitched for the Florida Marlins and Houston Astros. After 2004, he became a free agent.

In 2005, the Rockies brought him to their spring training camp, but released him. Oliver missed the entire season. After the 2005 season, Oliver signed with the New York Mets and made the team as a left-handed reliever. Oliver proved to be very useful in the Mets bullpen, going 4-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 36 games and 66.2 innings (through August 30, 2006). He made a six-inning relief appearance in Game 3 of the 2006 NLCS on October 14, 2006. Despite not giving up a run, the Mets lost the game and were down 2-1 in the series. He was mentioned as potential starter for Game 7; the Mets instead tapped Oliver Perez as the starter.

He became a free agent at the end of the 2006 season. He signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	2.70	4	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	0	0
1994	TEX	A	43	0	4	0	3.42	50	24	19	0	0	2	50	40	4	35	4	2	6
1995	TEX	A	17	7	4	2	4.22	39	25	23	0	0	0	49	47	3	32	1	4	1
1996	TEX	A	30	30	14	6	4.66	112	97	90	1	1	0	173.2	190	20	76	3	5	10
1997	TEX	A	32	32	13	12	4.20	104	111	94	3	1	0	201.1	213	29	82	3	7	11
1998	TEX	A	19	19	6	7	6.53	58	84	75	2	0	0	103.1	140	11	43	1	6	10
1998	STL	N	10	10	4	4	4.26	29	31	27	0	0	0	57	64	7	23	1	1	0
1998	Total		29	29	10	11	5.73	87	115	102	2	0	0	160.1	204	18	66	2	7	10
1999	STL	N	30	30	9	9	4.26	119	96	93	2	1	0	196.1	197	16	74	4	6	11
2000	TEX	A	21	21	2	9	7.42	49	95	89	0	0	0	108	151	16	42	3	4	4
2001	TEX	A	28	28	11	11	6.02	104	109	103	1	0	0	154	189	23	65	0	8	6
2002	BOS	A	14	9	4	5	4.66	32	30	30	1	1	0	58	70	7	27	0	1	6
2003	COL	N	33	32	13	11	5.04	88	108	101	1	0	0	180.1	201	21	61	3	0	8
2004	HOU	N	9	2	1	0	3.86	13	6	6	0	0	0	14	12	1	4	0	0	0
2004	FLA	N	18	8	2	3	6.44	33	44	42	0	0	0	58.2	75	13	17	1	1	1
2004	TOT	N	27	10	3	3	5.94	46	50	48	0	0	0	72.2	87	14	21	1	1	1
2006	NY	N	45	0	4	1	3.44	60	33	31	0	0	0	81	70	13	21	2	1	3
2007	ANA	A	61	0	3	1	3.78	51	31	27	0	0	0	64.1	58	5	23	2	1	1
Total	NL		145	82	33	28	4.60	342	318	300	3	1	0	587.1	619	71	200	11	9	23
Total	AL		267	146	61	53	5.14	603	607	551	8	3	2	965	1100	119	426	18	38	55
Total			412	228	94	81	4.93	945	925	851	11	4	2	1552.1	1719	190	626	29	47	78

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	TEX	A	P	2	0	3.1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500
1994	TEX	A	P	43	0	50	5	14	0	3	1	3	1	0	1.000
1995	TEX	A	P	17	7	49	4	8	0	1	0	7	3	2	1.000
1996	TEX	A	P	30	30	173.2	4	23	1	3	0	11	6	2	.964
1997	TEX	A	P	32	32	201.1	7	23	2	0	0	14	10	4	.938
1998	TEX	A	P	19	19	103.1	5	15	1	0	2	7	8	4	.952
1998	STL	N	P	10	10	57	0	12	0	1	0	6	5	2	1.000
1998	Total		P	29	29	160.1	5	27	1	1	2	13	13	6	.970
1999	STL	N	P	30	30	196.1	7	33	2	1	1	13	11	5	.952
2000	TEX	A	P	21	21	108	7	15	0	0	0	6	5	2	1.000
2001	TEX	A	P	28	28	154	7	26	0	1	0	12	10	5	1.000
2002	BOS	A	P	14	9	58	2	6	0	0	1	4	3	1	1.000
2003	COL	N	P	33	32	180.1	7	28	0	3	3	14	6	4	1.000
2004	HOU	N	P	9	2	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
2004	FLA	N	P	18	8	58.2	1	11	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
2004	TOT	N	P	27	10	72.2	2	11	0	0	0	3	4	0	1.000
2006	NY	N	P	45	0	81	4	10	0	0	3	3	1	0	1.000
2007	ANA	A	P	61	0	64.1	2	11	1	1	0	3	0	0	.929
Total			P	412	228	1552.1	63	236	8	14	11	107	73	31	.974

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1993	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	TEX	A	43	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TEX	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	TEX	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	TEX	A	32	2	1	1	0	2	.500	.667	.500	0	0	1	1	0	0
1998	TEX	A	19	6	1	1	0	1	.167	.167	.333	1	0	2	0	0	0
1998	STL	N	11	23	0	2	0	0	.087	.125	.130	1	1	12	0	0	0
1998	Total		30	29	1	3	0	1	.103	.133	.172	2	1	14	0	0	0
1999	STL	N	35	73	7	20	0	6	.274	.303	.329	4	3	23	0	8	1
2000	TEX	A	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0
2001	TEX	A	28	6	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.500	1	0	2	0	2	0
2002	BOS	A	14	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	COL	N	35	67	6	17	1	8	.254	.296	.343	3	3	17	1	2	1
2004	HOU	N	10	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	1	1
2004	FLA	N	18	19	0	3	0	1	.158	.158	.158	0	0	8	0	2	2
2004	TOT	N	28	22	0	3	0	1	.136	.136	.136	0	0	9	0	3	3
2006	NY	N	45	15	2	2	0	2	.133	.188	.200	1	1	7	0	0	0
2007	ANA	A	61	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		154	200	15	44	1	17	.220	.254	.280	9	8	68	1	13	5
Total	AL		267	17	2	4	0	3	.235	.316	.353	2	0	6	2	2	0
Total			421	217	17	48	1	20	.221	.259	.286	11	8	74	3	15	5

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Selected by Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 2, 1988).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Fernando Tatis and a player to be named later to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Royce Clayton and Todd Stottlemyre (July 31, 1998); St. Louis Cardinals received Mark Little (August 9, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 27, 2000).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Carl Everett (December 12, 2001).
Released by Boston Red Sox (July 2, 2002).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 19, 2002).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 13, 2002).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (February 3, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
Signed by Florida Marlins (February 6, 2004).
Sold by Florida Marlins to Houston Astros (July 22, 2004).
Granted free agency (November 8, 2004).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (January 22, 2005).
Released by Colorado Rockies (March 31, 2005).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (April 12, 2005).
Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (May 3, 2005).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 7, 2005).
Released by Chicago Cubs (May 20, 2005).
Signed by New York Mets (January 19, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 11, 2006).

[edit] Trivia

Oliver was the first pitcher ever to pitch in interleague play. He was the starting pitcher in the Texas Rangers' 4-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants on June 12, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Ameriquest Field in Arlington). [1]

As a Cardinal, Oliver was the starting and winning pitcher in the game where Mark McGwire hit his record-tying 61st home run on September 7, 1998.

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