Dave Righetti vs Gregg Olson

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Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson compared on their MLB careers: Dave Righetti played 16 seasons, 1979 to 1995, Gregg Olson 14 seasons, 1988 to 2001. Dave Righetti has 82 wins to Gregg Olson's 40.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dave Righetti leads in 4 of the 6 lines, Gregg Olson in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson career totals
718GP622
82, betterW40
79L39, better
3.5ERA3.5
1,403IP672
1,112, betterK588
591BB330, better
1.3, betterWHIP1.4
252, betterSV217

How do they compare in the postseason?

Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson postseason
4GP2
3, betterW0
0L0
2.1ERA0, better
17IP0.1
18, betterK0
7BB1, better
1.4, betterWHIP3
0SV0

Where each stands all time

Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson all-time places
Dave RighettiAll-time rankGregg Olson
40th (252), betterSaves49th (217)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson titles and awards
—Championships—
1AL Rookie of the Year1

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Dave Righetti and Gregg Olson season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1979013.7119881, better13.27, better
2nd19818, better42.06198952, better1.69, better
3rd198211, better103.79199065, better2.42, better
4th198314, better83.44199146, better3.18, better
5th19845, better62.34199215, better2.05, better
6th198512, better72.78199302, better1.60, better
7th19868, better82.45, better199402, better9.20
8th19878, better63.51, better199533, better4.09
9th19885, better43.52, better199640, better4.99
10th1989263.00, better19974, better3, better5.58
11th199011, better3.5719983, better43.01, better
12th1991273.39, better19999, better4, better3.71
13th19922, better75.06, better200001, better5.09
14th19931, better15.70, better2001018.03
15th19940110.18————
16th1995324.20————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA