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, 15,523rd 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

+11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.46

622

217

672.0

588

WHIP

1.381

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-31

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 18

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	360	24	Apr 26	DET		OAK	W,14-5	8-8		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	6.17	3	13	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.60	8t --- 0 out a9	8t 3 out a9
2	361	26	Apr 28	DET		OAK	L,3-6	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	6.17	3	11	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.012	.13	0.01%	0.60	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
3	362	27	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,4-13	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	4.51	4	15	9	2	1	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.61	7b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	363	30	May 3	DET		TEX	L,0-11	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.92	5	20	10	3	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d11	9t end d11
5	364	33	May 6	DET	@	NYY	L,5-10	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.97	3	14	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.031	.27	0.01%	0.61	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
6	365	35	May 8	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	6-7		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.28	5	22	10	2	1	3	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.28	-0.010	.10	0.00%	0.45	6b 123 2 out d4	7b 3 out d5
7	366	38	May 11	DET	@	TEX	L,7-11	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.23	5.35	6	22	13	2	4	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.37	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
8	367	42	May 16	DET	@	CLE	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	5.09	3	9	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
9	368	43	May 17	DET		CHW	L,6-11	10-GF(10)		0	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	2.89	6.60	8	20	11	2	1	2	5	3	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.293	.10	-0.03%	-3.37	10t 12- 0 out tie	10t end d 5
10	369	45	May 19	DET		CHW	L,3-14	9-9		1	0.2	4	6	6	2	1	1	0	8.10	8.07	8	46	25	8	0	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-5.53	9t --- 0 out d5	9t --- 2 out d11
11	370	49	May 25	DET		CLE	L,6-7	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.75	7.42	7	35	18	6	7	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.088	.03	0.00%	1.20	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
12	371	51	May 27	DET	@	KCR	L,4-5	9-10	BS(1)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.93	6.98	7	25	12	1	4	3	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.88	-0.028	.08	0.00%	0.10	9b -23 1 out a2	10b 3 out tie
13	372	52	May 29	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.93	7.42	2	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	-0.127	.06	0.00%	-0.57	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 123 2 out a1
14	373	54	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.52	6.99	5	16	11	3	2	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	374	55	Jun 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-8		1	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	7.11	3	14	7	3	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-1.07	8b 1-- 1 out d2	8b -23 2 out d3
16	375	57	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,7-10	5-6		1	1.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	6.48	6.83	9	44	21	5	4	2	3	2	0	0		1	1	1	1	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	.48	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.79	5b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d6
17	376	59	Jun 6	DET	@	BAL	L,6-13	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	6.62	3					0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
18	377	61	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,9-7	5-7	W(1-0)	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.31	6.17	9	34	23	6	2	3	6	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.53	5t --- 1 out a3	7t 3 out a3
19	378	65	Jun 12	DET		BAL	L,7-10	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14	6.08	2	7	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.68	9t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 3
20	379	66	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.70	5.65	6	27	16	5	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.394	.00	0.00%	1.22	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
21	380	67	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	5.38	3	17	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.61	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
22	381	69	Jun 17	DET		OAK	L,4-8	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.68	5.93	5	18	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.55	10t 123 0 out tie	10t end d 4
23	382	71	Jun 19	DET		OAK	L,3-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	5.83	3	6	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
24	383	72	Jun 20	DET		MIN	L,3-7	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	5.94	1	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.00	8t 123 1 out d1	8t 123 1 out d2
25	384	75	Jun 23	DET		MIN	W,10-8	8-GF		2	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.61	5.77	6	22	13	6	2	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.042	.00	0.00%	-1.73	8t -23 2 out a5	9t end a 2
26	385	77	Jun 25	DET	@	OAK	W,10-8	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	5.65	4	11	7	2	1	0	4	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.136	.00	0.00%	0.74	8b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
27	386	78	Jun 27	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.55	5.77	6	26	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.39	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	387	82	Jul 1	DET		MIL	L,0-2	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.40	5.78	4	12	6	1	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
29	388	86	Jul 5	DET		TOR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.26	5.73	5	21	13	5	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.184	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	389	90	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,3-11	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.13	5.47	3	15	11	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
31	390	92	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,4-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	5.44	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.13	9t --- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
32	391	93	Jul 15	DET	@	MIL	W,10-9	8-GF	S(5)	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.46	5.36	6	15	9	2	0	3	3	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.88	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 1
33	392	97	Jul 19	DET	@	TOR	W,8-6	9-GF	S(6)	3	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.33	5.32	6	33	23	3	1	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.112	.00	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
34	393	98	Jul 20	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	9-9	BW(2-0)	0	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	5.37	6	25	14	2	3	4	1	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.58	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-1.40	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b 3 out tie
35	394	104	Jul 27	DET	@	SEA	L,7-13	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.38	5.39	6	15	9	3	0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
36	395	106	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,12-9	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	5.35	2	7	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.33	9t --- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	396	110	Aug 3	DET		SEA	W,6-3	9-GF	W(3-0)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	5.41	2	8	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.13	9t --- 2 out tie	9t end tie
38	397	113	Aug 7	DET		TEX	W,4-2	9-9	H(1)	3	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	5.37	4	22	13	3	0	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.04	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 1-3 2 out a2
39	398	116	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	W,13-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	5.26	3	17	10	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.61	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
40	399	123	Aug 18	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	3	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.09	5.58	8	33	17	2	6	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-4.40	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 8
41	400	124	Aug 19	DET		CHW	L,7-12	9-GF		0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.27	5.88	4	20	13	2	1	1	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-2.33	9t -23 2 out d2	9t end d 5
42	401	126	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,7-4	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	5.77	3	13	9	5	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
43	402	128	Aug 23	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(8)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.02	5.66	4	15	11	5	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	0.233	.00	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Houston Astros
44	403	134	Aug 28	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	W(4-0)	4	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.95	5.71	4	19	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.24	0.135	11.09	0.21%	0.51	9t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
45	404	137	Aug 31	HOU	@	PIT	W,5-4	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	5.76	2	13	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.027	2.87	0.04%	0.46	6b 12- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	405	138	Sep 1	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-9	7-7		0	0.2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.44	5.77	6	29	14	6	1	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	3	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.249	2.01	-0.31%	-3.55	7b -23 1 out tie	7b 3 out d5
47	406	141	Sep 4	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	7-7		2	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.56	5.80	5	19	12	2	3	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.015	.58	-0.04%	-0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 12- 2 out d5
48	407	147	Sep 11	HOU		PHI	L,8-10	4-5		6	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.36	5.62	7	30	21	3	5	2	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	.69	-0.039	1.71	-0.06%	0.03	4t 123 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
49	408	150	Sep 14	HOU	@	COL	L,3-7	7-8		2	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.36	5.76	8	29	16	6	1	2	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.003	.37	0.01%	0.00	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 1-- 2 out d4
50	409	157	Sep 24	HOU		NYM	L,0-4	9-GF		9	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	5.71	3	8	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
51	410	160	Sep 27	HOU		FLA	L,2-3	8-8		2	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.15	5.72	6	22	10	3	0	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
52	411	162	Sep 29	HOU		FLA	W,5-4	7-8		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.99	5.56	6	26	18	8	1	3	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.37	7t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
							21-31		W-L:4-0,Sv:8,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.1	52.1	55	30	29	35	37	7	1	4.99	5.56	243	980	56%	16%	7%	0.77		24%	9%	0		36	56%	6	4	0	205	7	0	6	5	1	6	1.08	0.445	.39	-0.18%	-10.16

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