Tyler Olson Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
44.0	3.84	1.33	51	2	1	0	0.5

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2015	SEA	MLB	11	13.3	1	1	0	18	10	8	2	97	12.2	6.8	1.4	5.4	0%	.364	2.10	6.32	5.40	115	5.63	131.6	-0.1
2016	NYA	MLB	1	2.7	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	114	10.1	6.8	0.0	0.0	27%	.273	1.88	5.35	6.75	128	7.53	166.6	-0.1
2017	CLE	MLB	30	20.0	1	0	1	13	6	18	0		5.9	2.7	0.0	8.1	54%	.250	0.95	2.39	0.00	85	3.90	83.1	0.3
2018	CLE	MLB	43	27.3	2	1	0	26	12	40	4	106	8.6	4.0	1.3	13.2	42%	.355	1.39	3.48	4.94	80	2.74	61.1	0.7
2019	CLE	MLB	39	30.7	1	1	0	34	16	28	3	101	10.0	4.7	0.9	8.2	47%	.341	1.63	4.45	4.40	113	6.40	131.2	-0.3
Career		MLB	124	94.0	5	3	1	94	46	94	9	80	9.0	4.4	0.9	9.0	46%	.319	1.49	4.02	3.83	99	4.73	101.7	0.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2013	EVE	A-	NOR	18	8	54.0	2	4	1	61	20	48	1	99	10.2	3.3	0.2	8.0	0%	.351	1.50	3.05	4.33	98	5.89	127.9
2014	HDS	A+	CAL	5	5	23.0	2	1	0	21	10	27	0	120	8.2	3.9	0.0	10.6	0%	.339	1.35	2.82	3.13	73	2.40	50.7
2014	WTN	AA	SOU	22	22	125.3	10	7	0	126	25	100	8	102	9.0	1.8	0.6	7.2	0%	.304	1.20	3.18	3.52	87	4.35	92.2
2015	SEA	MLB	AL	11	0	13.3	1	1	0	18	10	8	2	97	12.2	6.8	1.4	5.4	0%	.364	2.10	6.32	5.40	115	5.63	131.6
2015	TAC	AAA	PCL	25	6	54.3	3	5	1	61	17	53	7	113	10.1	2.8	1.2	8.8	0%	.329	1.44	4.37	4.47	95	4.64	101.8
2015	GIG	Wnt	DWL	6	6	21.3	0	2	0	25	8	19	2		10.5	3.4	0.8	8.0	0%	.343	1.55	3.36	5.91	0	0.00	0.0
2016	NYA	MLB	AL	1	0	2.7	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	114	10.1	6.8	0.0	0.0	27%	.273	1.88	5.35	6.75	128	7.53	166.6
2016	COH	AAA	INT	9	0	10.7	1	0	0	12	6	10	1		10.1	5.1	0.8	8.4	29%	.333	1.69	4.48	5.91	103	5.85	129.2
2016	OMA	AAA	PCL	5	0	6.3	0	0	0	10	2	2	1		14.2	2.8	1.4	2.8	48%	.346	1.89	6.09	2.84	119	7.16	158.2
2016	SWB	AAA	INT	11	3	27.3	1	2	0	31	8	21	2	99	10.2	2.6	0.7	6.9	53%	.341	1.43	3.57	5.27	98	5.34	118.0
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	30	0	20.0	1	0	1	13	6	18	0		5.9	2.7	0.0	8.1	54%	.250	0.95	2.39	0.00	85	3.90	83.1
2017	COH	AAA	INT	34	0	42.0	2	0	2	28	12	54	7		6.0	2.6	1.5	11.6	43%	.241	0.95	4.00	3.21	80	2.27	48.3
2018	CLE	MLB	AL	43	0	27.3	2	1	0	26	12	40	4	106	8.6	4.0	1.3	13.2	42%	.355	1.39	3.48	4.94	80	2.74	61.1
2018	COH	AAA	INT	17	0	12.3	2	1	1	8	3	18	0		5.8	2.2	0.0	13.1	42%	.308	0.89	1.14	3.65	62	2.60	54.9
2019	CLE	MLB	AL	39	0	30.7	1	1	0	34	16	28	3	101	10.0	4.7	0.9	8.2	47%	.341	1.63	4.45	4.40	113	6.40	131.2
2019	AKR	AA	EAS	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		13.5	13.5	0.0	27.0	0%	1.000	3.00	1.66	0.00	84	3.96	81.5
2019	COH	AAA	INT	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		27.0	0.0	0.0	27.0	0%	1.000	3.00	6.62	0.00	71	0.86	17.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	191	0.5026	0.4503	0.7907	0.5729	0.3263	0.8000	0.7742	0.2093
2016	47	0.4468	0.5532	0.7692	0.9048	0.2692	0.7895	0.7143	0.2308
2017	299	0.4983	0.4582	0.7664	0.5436	0.3733	0.8765	0.6071	0.2336
2018	452	0.4425	0.4580	0.6667	0.6100	0.3373	0.7295	0.5765	0.3333
2019	541	0.5102	0.4473	0.7438	0.6377	0.2491	0.7898	0.6212	0.2562
Career	1530	0.4850	0.4562	0.7321	0.6112	0.3097	0.7902	0.6272	0.2679

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	CHN	$
2019	CLE	$560,900
2018	CLE	$548,300
2017	CLE	$
2016	NYA	$
2015	SEA	$507,500

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$1,616,700
3 yr	Total	$1,616,700

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 114 d	Ballplayers Agency	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Boston as a free agent 3/30/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2020). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 1/17/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $650,000 in majors.
1 year/$560,900 (2019). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cleveland 11/4/19 (elected free agency).
1 year/$548,300 (2018). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/18.
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Cleveland 7/21/17.
1 year (2016). Acquired by NY Yankees in trade 1/12/16 after being DFA by LA Dodgers 1/6/16. Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/16. Claimed by Kansas City off waivers 6/14/16 after being DFA by NY Yankees 6/7/16. Claimed by Cleveland off waivers 7/9/16 after being DFA by Kansas City 7/5/16. DFA by Cleveland 8/4/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/14/16.
1 year/$507,500 (2015). Contract selected by Seattle 4/5/15. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade 12/18/15 after being DFA by Seattle 12/16/15.
Drafted by Seattle 2013 (7-207) (Gonzaga). $10,000 signing bonus ($183,800 slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	9.6	0.7	46	2	52.6	37	19	61	5	.262	1.07	2.64	2.84	1.1	0.1
80^o	8.3	0.6	41	2	46.8	36	18	54	5	.277	1.15	3.01	3.24	-1.0	-0.1
70^o	7.5	0.5	38	2	42.7	35	17	50	4	.287	1.22	3.28	3.53	-2.2	-0.2
60^o	6.8	0.5	35	1	39.4	33	17	46	4	.297	1.27	3.52	3.78	-3.1	-0.3
50^o	6.2	0.4	32	1	36.3	32	16	42	4	.305	1.33	3.74	4.02	-3.8	-0.4
40^o	5.6	0.4	29	1	33.2	31	15	39	4	.314	1.38	3.97	4.26	-4.3	-0.5
30^o	5	0.3	27	1	30.1	29	14	35	4	.323	1.44	4.21	4.53	-4.8	-0.5
20^o	4.3	0.3	23	1	26.5	27	13	31	3	.334	1.51	4.50	4.84	-5.1	-0.6
10^o	3.4	0.2	19	1	21.7	23	12	25	3	.349	1.62	4.92	5.28	-5.2	-0.6
Weighted Mean	6.1	0.4	31	1	35.6	31	16	41	4	.303	1.31	3.71	3.99	-3.6	-0.4

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	30	2	1	1	44	47	39	21	58	6	43	.304	1.29	3.76	4.02	7.5	4.0	11.2	1.2	0.5
2021	31	3	1	1	51	54	45	25	67	6	43	.297	1.29	3.69	3.95	7.5	4.1	11.1	1.0	0.7
2022	32	3	1	1	55	59	49	26	72	7	43	.298	1.28	3.71	3.97	7.5	4.0	11.0	1.1	0.7
2023	33	3	1	1	51	54	45	24	66	6	43	.297	1.29	3.78	4.04	7.5	4.0	11.1	1.0	0.6
2024	34	2	1	1	46	49	41	22	60	6	43	.299	1.29	3.78	4.04	7.6	4.1	11.1	1.1	0.6
2025	35	2	1	1	43	45	38	21	55	6	43	.296	1.30	3.82	4.08	7.5	4.2	10.9	1.2	0.5
2026	36	2	1	1	41	43	36	19	52	5	43	.299	1.28	3.83	4.09	7.5	4.0	10.9	1.0	0.5
2027	37	2	1	1	37	40	34	18	48	5	43	.300	1.31	3.84	4.11	7.7	4.1	10.9	1.1	0.4
2028	38	2	1	1	38	40	34	18	48	5	43	.299	1.30	3.87	4.14	7.6	4.0	10.8	1.1	0.4

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 78)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	87	Darin Downs	2014	5.71
2	87	Simon Castro	2017	4.86
3	86	Austin Adams	2016	10.80
4	85	Rob Scahill	2016	3.63
5	85	Chaz Roe	2016	3.64
6	84	Ryan Tepera	2017	4.06
7	84	Chris Leroux	2013	6.75
8	82	Xavier Cedeno	2016	3.70
9	82	Kurt Birkins	2010	0.00	DNP
10	82	Oliver Drake	2016	5.50
11	82	Brad Ziegler	2009	3.44
12	82	Ramon A. Ramirez	2012	0.00	DNP
13	81	Scott Richmond	2009	5.84
14	81	Mike Bolsinger	2017	6.97
15	81	Kevin Shackelford	2018	9.00
16	81	Buddy Boshers	2017	5.14
17	80	Ian Thomas	2016	0.00	DNP
18	80	Aaron Thompson	2016	0.00	DNP
19	80	Billy Traber	2009	14.73
20	80	Caleb Cotham	2017	0.00	DNP
21	79	Alex Wilson	2016	3.21
22	79	A.J. Morris	2016	6.30
23	79	Carlos Fisher	2012	0.00	DNP
24	79	Jason Gurka	2017	0.00
25	79	Michael Kirkman	2016	19.29
26	79	Philip Humber	2012	6.53
27	79	Michael Broadway	2016	11.81
28	79	Eric Junge	2006	0.00	DNP
29	79	Gonzalez Germen	2017	0.00	DNP
30	79	Eric Surkamp	2017	0.00	DNP
31	79	Tom Wilhelmsen	2013	4.27
32	79	Josh Wall	2016	0.00	DNP
33	78	A.J. Schugel	2018	0.00	DNP
34	78	Joel De La Cruz	2018	0.00	DNP
35	78	Brandon Kloess	2014	0.00	DNP
36	78	Edwin Moreno	2010	0.00	DNP
37	78	Justin Hampson	2009	0.00	DNP
38	78	Robert Zarate	2016	0.00	DNP
39	78	Sam LeCure	2013	2.66
40	78	Troy Patton	2015	0.00	DNP
41	78	Jose Flores	2018	0.00	DNP
42	78	Mike Fiers	2014	2.39
43	78	Zach Phillips	2016	2.70
44	78	Andrew Triggs	2018	5.23
45	78	Brandon Workman	2018	3.27
46	78	Jairo Asencio	2012	5.13
47	78	Ryan Brasier	2017	0.00	DNP
48	78	Curtis Partch	2016	40.50
49	77	Alex Wimmers	2018	0.00	DNP
50	77	Tim Adleman	2017	5.81
51	77	Donovan Hand	2015	0.00
52	77	Evan Reed	2015	0.00	DNP
53	77	Brent Leach	2012	0.00	DNP
54	77	Sammy Solis	2018	6.41
55	77	Tyler Lyons	2017	2.83
56	76	Erik Davis	2016	0.00	DNP
57	76	Matt Guerrier	2008	5.42
58	76	Pat Misch	2011	10.29
59	76	Kyler Newby	2014	0.00	DNP
60	76	Keith Hessler	2018	0.00	DNP
61	76	Jordan Jankowski	2018	0.00	DNP
62	76	Josh Smith	2017	5.14
63	76	Derek Eitel	2017	0.00	DNP
64	76	George Kontos	2014	3.06
65	76	Mark Hamburger	2016	0.00	DNP
66	76	Brian Wolfe	2010	0.00	DNP
67	76	Romulo Sanchez	2013	0.00	DNP
68	76	Kevin Chapman	2017	0.00	DNP
69	76	Chris Oxspring	2006	0.00	DNP
70	76	Steve Stemle	2006	15.00
71	76	Dane De La Rosa	2012	12.60
72	76	Jose Valdez	2012	3.00
73	76	Trystan Magnuson	2014	0.00	DNP
74	76	Chad Bell	2018	8.59
75	76	Shane Greene	2018	5.54
76	76	Jeff Gray	2011	4.28
77	76	Perci Garner	2018	0.00	DNP
78	76	Hector Velazquez	2018	3.71
79	76	Greg Burke	2012	0.00	DNP
80	76	Michael Blazek	2018	0.00	DNP
81	76	Vin Mazzaro	2016	81.00
82	75	Layne Somsen	2018	0.00	DNP
83	75	Dayan Diaz	2018	0.00	DNP
84	75	Josh Ravin	2017	6.48
85	75	Leuris Gomez	2016	0.00	DNP
86	75	Chris Martin	2015	6.10
87	75	Cesar Ramos	2013	4.01
88	75	Brian Slocum	2010	0.00	DNP
89	75	Mickey Storey	2015	0.00	DNP
90	75	Omar Beltre	2011	0.00	DNP
91	75	Blake Treinen	2017	4.16
92	75	Erik Goeddel	2018	2.95
93	75	Liam Hendriks	2018	4.13
94	75	Bill Murphy	2010	0.00	DNP
95	75	C.C. Lee	2016	0.00	DNP
96	75	Greg Aquino	2007	5.79
97	75	Donnie Veal	2014	7.50
98	75	Josh Zeid	2016	0.00	DNP
99	75	Fabio Castillo	2018	0.00	DNP
100	75	Chad Qualls	2008	3.54

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		Two years ago in these pages we noted that Olson’s seven intentional walks in 13 1/3 innings was a rate that was unlikely to ever be surpassed. This year, we can state unequivocally that no one will ever work at least 20 innings and better his 0.00 ERA. Olson’s freakish ability to set all-time records isn’t his only talent, though. Last year the Indians plugged him into their lefty-specialist role in late July and never looked back. Same-side hitters slashed .162/.244/.216 against Olson, and while he was also dominant against righties that seems less likely to last. Olson’s best pitch is his big-bending curve, which he mixes in with a sinker and changeup to keep hitters off his combustible high-80s fastball. There’s a reasonable chance he turns back into a pumpkin this year, but at least his name is in the record books.
2016		When it comes to unbreakable records, Tyler Olson and his 0.52 intentional walks per inning pitched belongs in the rarefied air beside Cy Young and Joe DiMaggio.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tyler Olson threw 1,610 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Cutter (87mph) and Curve (73mph), also mixing in a Change (81mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (88mph).

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)