Darren Oliver stats
Bio
- Age
- 56 yearsOct 6, 1970
- Height
- 6' 3"
Darren Oliver played 20 MLB seasons, 1993 to 2013.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 766
- W
- 118
- L
- 98
- ERA
- 4.51
- IP
- 1,915.2
- K
- 1,259
- BB
- 720
- WHIP
- 1.44
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | 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. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | TEX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 0.90 |
| 1994 | TEX | 43 | 4 | 0 | 3.42 | 50.0 | 50 | 35 | 1.50 |
| 1995 | TEX | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4.22 | 49.0 | 39 | 32 | 1.61 |
| 1996 | TEX | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4.66 | 173.2 | 112 | 76 | 1.53 |
| 1997 | TEX | 32 | 13 | 12 | 4.20 | 201.1 | 104 | 82 | 1.47 |
| 1998 |  TEX/STL | 29 | 10 | 11 | 5.73 | 160.1 | 87 | 66 | 1.68 |
| 1999 | STL | 30 | 9 | 9 | 4.26 | 196.1 | 119 | 74 | 1.38 |
| 2000 | TEX | 21 | 2 | 9 | 7.42 | 108.0 | 49 | 42 | 1.79 |
| 2001 | TEX | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6.02 | 154.0 | 104 | 65 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | BOS | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4.66 | 58.0 | 32 | 27 | 1.67 |
| 2003 | COL | 33 | 13 | 11 | 5.04 | 180.1 | 88 | 61 | 1.45 |
| 2004 |  MIA/HOU | 27 | 3 | 3 | 5.94 | 72.2 | 46 | 21 | 1.49 |
| 2006 | NYM | 45 | 4 | 1 | 3.44 | 81.0 | 60 | 21 | 1.12 |
| 2007 | LAA | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3.78 | 64.1 | 51 | 23 | 1.26 |
| 2008 | LAA | 54 | 7 | 1 | 2.88 | 72.0 | 48 | 16 | 1.15 |
| 2009 | LAA | 63 | 5 | 1 | 2.71 | 73.0 | 65 | 22 | 1.14 |
| 2010 | TEX | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2.48 | 61.2 | 65 | 15 | 1.10 |
| 2011 | TEX | 61 | 5 | 5 | 2.29 | 51.0 | 44 | 11 | 1.14 |
| 2012 | TOR | 62 | 3 | 4 | 2.06 | 56.2 | 52 | 15 | 1.02 |
| 2013 | TOR | 50 | 3 | 4 | 3.86 | 49.0 | 40 | 15 | 1.27 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 30
- W
- 2
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 4.32
- IP
- 41.2
- K
- 31
- BB
- 12
- WHIP
- 1.10
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 92
- CG
- 11
- SHO
- 4
- K/9
- 5.9
- GB
- 820
- FB
- 911
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 60
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | TEX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1996 | TEX | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1997 | TEX | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | TEX/STL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1999 | STL | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | TEX | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | TEX | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2002 | BOS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | COL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIA/HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 104 | 142 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2006 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 124 | 125 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 96 | 102 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2008 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 110 | 113 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 91 | 108 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2010 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 80 | 80 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 68 | 91 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2012 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 70 | 80 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2013 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 77 | 70 | 1.1 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 56 yearsOct 6, 1970
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1993
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, MO
- Draft
- 1988Rd 3, Pk 63
Latest performance
Darren Oliver
Sep 29 · vs TB · L 7-6
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 2
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.86
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 29 | vs TBL 7-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Sep 20 | at BOSL 6-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wed, Sep 18 | vs NYYL 4-3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 13 | vs BALL 5-3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Sep 11 | vs LAAL 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 03 | at ARIW 10-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Darren Oliver's career stats?
Darren Oliver played 20 seasons for the Rangers, the Cardinals, the Red Sox, the Rockies, the Mets, the Angels and the Blue Jays. He had 118 wins and 1,259 strikeouts with a 4.51 ERA over 1,915.2 innings. His best season was 1996: 14 wins, a 4.66 ERA and 112 strikeouts.
More on Darren Oliver
Playoff series
Darren Oliver played 29 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 12 series — 6 won, 6 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | TB | Won 2-0 | 2 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 |  DET | Won 2-1 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | STL | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | TB | Won 2-1 | 3 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | NYY | Won 2-1 | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 |  SF | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | BOS | Won 3-0 | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | NYY | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | BOS | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | BOS | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 |  LAD | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | STL | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Darren Oliver’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Darren Oliver against each club
- vs New York Yankees (46)
- vs Athletics (45)
- vs Boston Red Sox (43)
- vs Seattle Mariners (37)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (35)
- vs Detroit Tigers (30)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (29)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (28)
- vs Kansas City Royals (25)
- vs Texas Rangers (25)
- vs Chicago White Sox (24)
- vs Minnesota Twins (24)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (22)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (22)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (19)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (13)
- vs Atlanta Braves (13)
- vs San Francisco Giants (13)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (11)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (11)
- vs Houston Astros (10)
- vs San Diego Padres (10)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (9)
- vs New York Mets (9)
- vs Miami Marlins (8)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (7)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (7)
- vs Washington Nationals (7)
- vs Colorado Rockies (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (4)
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