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Gregg Olson

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Full Name: Greggory William Olson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210 First Game: September 2, 1988
Birthdate: October 11, 1966 Final Game: June 22, 2001
Birthplace: Scribner, Nebraska MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 11, 1966 in Scribner, Nebraska, Gregg Olson (Greggory William Olson) played for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career. Olson broke into the bigs on September 2, 1988 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 1.69 ERA in 85 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Gregg Olson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1990, when he posted a 2.42 ERA, notched 37 saves and struck out 74 batters. However, others believe that it was 1989, when he posted a 1.69 ERA, notched 27 saves and struck out 90 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1988 BAL A 10 0 1 1 3.27 9 4 4 0 0 0 11 10 1 10 1 0 0
1989 BAL A 64 0 5 2 1.69 90 17 16 0 0 27 85 57 1 46 10 9 1
1990 BAL A 64 0 6 5 2.42 74 20 20 0 0 37 74.1 57 3 31 3 5 3
1991 BAL A 72 0 4 6 3.18 72 28 26 0 0 31 73.2 74 1 29 5 8 1
1992 BAL A 60 0 1 5 2.05 58 14 14 0 0 36 61.1 46 3 24 0 4 0
1993 BAL A 50 0 0 2 1.60 44 9 8 0 0 29 45 37 1 18 3 5 0
1994 ATL N 16 0 0 2 9.20 10 15 15 0 0 1 14.2 19 1 13 3 0 1
1995 KC A 20 0 3 3 3.26 21 11 11 0 0 3 30.1 23 3 17 2 1 0
1995 CLE A 3 0 0 0 13.50 0 4 4 0 0 0 2.2 5 1 2 0 0 0
1995 TOT A 23 0 3 3 4.09 21 15 15 0 0 3 33 28 4 19 2 1 0
1996 HOU N 9 0 1 0 4.82 8 5 5 0 0 0 9.1 12 1 7 2 1 0
1996 DET A 43 0 3 0 5.02 29 25 24 0 0 8 43 43 6 28 4 5 1
1996 Total 52 0 4 0 4.99 37 30 29 0 0 8 52.1 55 7 35 6 6 1
1997 MIN A 11 0 0 0 18.36 6 17 17 0 0 0 8.1 19 0 11 1 0 0
1997 KC A 34 0 4 3 3.02 28 18 14 0 0 1 41.2 39 3 17 3 1 1
1997 TOT A 45 0 4 3 5.58 34 35 31 0 0 1 50 58 3 28 4 1 1
1998 ARI N 64 0 3 4 3.01 55 25 23 0 0 30 68.2 56 4 25 1 2 1
1999 ARI N 61 0 9 4 3.71 45 28 25 0 0 14 60.2 54 9 25 2 1 2
2000 LA N 13 0 0 1 5.09 15 11 10 0 0 0 17.2 21 4 7 0 0 1
2001 LA N 28 0 0 1 8.03 24 24 22 0 0 0 24.2 26 4 20 1 1 0
Total NL 191 0 13 12 4.60 157 108 100 0 0 45 195.2 188 23 97 9 5 5
Total AL 431 0 27 27 2.99 431 167 158 0 0 172 476.1 410 23 233 32 38 7
Total 622 0 40 39 3.46 588 275 258 0 0 217 672 598 46 330 41 43 12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1988 BAL A P 10 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1989 BAL A P 64 0 85 5 12 1 0 0 0 15 1 0 .944
1990 BAL A P 64 0 74.1 4 4 0 1 0 0 11 2 0 1.000
1991 BAL A P 72 0 73.2 6 11 3 0 0 0 13 1 0 .850
1992 BAL A P 60 0 61.1 5 9 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 1.000
1993 BAL A P 50 0 45 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1994 ATL N P 16 0 14.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1995 KC A P 20 0 30.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 1.000
1995 CLE A P 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1995 TOT A P 23 0 33 1 5 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 1.000
1996 HOU N P 9 0 9.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000
1996 DET A P 43 0 43 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1.000
1996 Total P 52 0 52.1 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1.000
1997 MIN A P 11 0 8.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.000
1997 KC A P 34 0 41.2 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 .889
1997 TOT A P 45 0 50 4 6 1 0 0 0 9 4 0 .909
1998 ARI N P 64 0 68.2 4 7 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 1.000
1999 ARI N P 61 0 60.2 4 9 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1.000
2000 LA N P 13 0 17.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
2001 LA N P 28 0 24.2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .750
Total P 622 0 672 44 80 6 3 0 1 95 22 2 .954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1988 BAL A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BAL A 64 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BAL A 64 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BAL A 72 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BAL A 60 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL A 50 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1994 ATL N 16 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 KC A 20 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TOT A 23 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HOU N 9 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 DET A 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 Total 52 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MIN A 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 KC A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TOT A 45 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ARI N 64 2 1 1 1 2 .500 .500 2.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ARI N 61 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 LA N 13 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 LA N 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 191 3 1 1 1 2 .333 .500 1.333 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 431 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 622 4 1 1 1 2 .250 .400 1.000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 28, 1988).
  • Granted free agency (December 20, 1993).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (February 8, 1994).
  • Granted free agency (December 23, 1994).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 24, 1995).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Royals (July 24, 1995).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1995).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 23, 1996).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 26, 1996).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (March 26, 1996).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Yuri Sanchez (April 26, 1996).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Houston Astros in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 26, 1996); Detroit Tigers received Kevin Gallaher and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 1996).
  • Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 20, 1996).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (May 16, 1997).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (May 25, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 1997).
  • Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (January 31, 1998).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 10, 2000).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 29, 2001).

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