Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Auburn
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1989
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Auburn
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1989
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 622
- W
- 40
- L
- 39
- ERA
- 3.46
- IP
- 672.0
- K
- 588
- BB
- 330
- WHIP
- 1.38
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | BAL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3.27 | 11.0 | 9 | 10 | 1.82 |
| 1989 | BAL | 64 | 5 | 2 | 1.69 | 85.0 | 90 | 46 | 1.21 |
| 1990 | BAL | 64 | 6 | 5 | 2.42 | 74.1 | 74 | 31 | 1.18 |
| 1991 | BAL | 72 | 4 | 6 | 3.18 | 73.2 | 72 | 29 | 1.40 |
| 1992 | BAL | 60 | 1 | 5 | 2.05 | 61.1 | 58 | 24 | 1.14 |
| 1993 | BAL | 50 | 0 | 2 | 1.60 | 45.0 | 44 | 18 | 1.22 |
| 1994 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9.20 | 14.2 | 10 | 13 | 2.18 |
| 1995 |  CLE/KC | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4.09 | 33.0 | 21 | 19 | 1.42 |
| 1996 |  DET/HOU | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4.99 | 52.1 | 37 | 35 | 1.72 |
| 1997 |  KC/MIN | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5.58 | 50.0 | 34 | 28 | 1.72 |
| 1998 | ARI | 64 | 3 | 4 | 3.01 | 68.2 | 55 | 25 | 1.18 |
| 1999 | ARI | 61 | 9 | 4 | 3.71 | 60.2 | 45 | 25 | 1.30 |
| 2000 | LAD | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5.09 | 17.2 | 15 | 7 | 1.58 |
| 2001 | LAD | 28 | 0 | 1 | 8.03 | 24.2 | 24 | 20 | 1.86 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 0.1
- K
- 0
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 3.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 43
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1990 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1992 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1993 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CLE/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | DET/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | KC/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Gregg Olson's career stats?
Gregg Olson played 14 seasons for the Orioles, the Braves, the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. He had 40 wins and 588 strikeouts with a 3.46 ERA over 672.0 innings. His best season was 1999: 9 wins, a 3.71 ERA and 45 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 1 postseason, 1988 to 2001
Gregg Olson finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 49th in saves (217)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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