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Garrett Olson P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
8	104	287.7	14	22	1	6.26	-2.8

Birth Date	10-18-1983
Height	6' 1"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	40 years, 6 months, 5 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	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-	WARP
2007	BAL	MLB	7	7	32.3	1	3	0	42	28	28	4	102	11.7	7.8	1.1	7.8	0%	.380	2.16	5.96	7.79	133	8.93	184.8	-1.1
2008	BAL	MLB	26	26	132.7	9	10	0	168	62	83	17	104	11.4	4.2	1.2	5.6	0%	.335	1.73	5.15	6.65	117	6.51	138.8	-1.4
2009	SEA	MLB	31	11	80.3	3	5	0	79	34	47	19	98	8.9	3.8	2.1	5.3	0%	.247	1.41	6.45	5.60	129	6.29	135.0	-0.8
2010	SEA	MLB	35	0	37.7	0	3	1	42	15	31	6	97	10.0	3.6	1.4	7.4	0%	.300	1.51	4.66	4.54	105	3.77	85.2	0.5
2011	PIT	MLB	4	0	4.3	1	1	0	2	3	4	0	96	4.2	6.2	0.0	8.3	0%	.143	1.15	3.22	2.08	88	2.33	54.1	0.1
2012	NYN	MLB	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	92	81.0	27.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.750	12.00	12.13	108.00	146	9.99	229.0	0.0
Career		MLB	104	44	287.7	14	22	1	336	143	193	46	101	10.5	4.5	1.4	6.0	40%	.311	1.67	5.52	6.26	120	6.30	134.7	-2.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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-
2005	ABE	A-	NYP	11	6	40.0	2	1	1	22	13	40	1	77	5.0	2.9	0.2	9.0	0%	-.375	0.88	2.86	1.58	81	2.08	41.0
2005	FRD	A+	CRL	3	3	14.3	0	0	0	10	7	19	0		6.3	4.4	0.0	12.0	0%	-.357	1.19	2.56	3.15	0	0.00	0.0
2006	FRD	A+	CRL	14	14	81.0	4	4	0	81	19	77	7	94	9.0	2.1	0.8	8.6	0%	.323	1.23	3.46	2.78	82	4.11	86.3
2006	BOW	AA	EAS	14	14	84.0	6	5	0	78	31	85	5	89	8.4	3.3	0.5	9.1	0%	.317	1.30	3.15	3.43	96	4.44	93.2
2007	BAL	MLB	AL	7	7	32.3	1	3	0	42	28	28	4	102	11.7	7.8	1.1	7.8	0%	.380	2.16	5.96	7.79	133	8.93	184.8
2007	NOR	AAA	INT	22	22	128.0	9	7	0	95	39	120	13	79	6.7	2.7	0.9	8.4	0%	.246	1.05	3.64	3.16	97	3.53	72.4
2008	BAL	MLB	AL	26	26	132.7	9	10	0	168	62	83	17	104	11.4	4.2	1.2	5.6	0%	.335	1.73	5.15	6.65	117	6.51	138.8
2008	NOR	AAA	INT	7	7	36.3	1	2	0	35	16	39	1	79	8.7	4.0	0.2	9.7	0%	.333	1.40	2.93	2.98	88	4.71	96.4
2009	SEA	MLB	AL	31	11	80.3	3	5	0	79	34	47	19	98	8.9	3.8	2.1	5.3	0%	.247	1.41	6.45	5.60	129	6.29	135.0
2009	TAC	AAA	PCL	9	9	47.3	2	3	0	38	23	38	2	96	7.2	4.4	0.4	7.2	0%	.271	1.29	4.10	4.95	95	3.62	76.2
2010	SEA	MLB	AL	35	0	37.7	0	3	1	42	15	31	6	97	10.0	3.6	1.4	7.4	0%	.300	1.51	4.66	4.54	105	3.77	85.2
2010	TAC	AAA	PCL	12	6	46.7	2	5	0	36	15	50	4	92	6.9	2.9	0.8	9.6	0%	.271	1.09	3.64	3.66	0	0.00	0.0
2011	PIT	MLB	NL	4	0	4.3	1	1	0	2	3	4	0	96	4.2	6.2	0.0	8.3	0%	.143	1.15	3.22	2.08	88	2.33	54.1
2011	IND	AAA	INT	24	15	85.7	4	3	0	63	47	61	7	97	6.6	4.9	0.7	6.4	0%	.230	1.28	4.62	3.05	113	3.77	77.1
2012	NYN	MLB	NL	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	92	81.0	27.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.750	12.00	12.13	108.00	146	9.99	229.0
2012	BUF	AAA	INT	34	21	122.3	4	7	0	133	53	107	11	102	9.8	3.9	0.8	7.9	0%	.324	1.52	3.92	4.63	100	5.38	112.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2271	0.4971	0.4139	0.8298	0.5881	0.2417	0.8931	0.6775	0.1702
2009	1321	0.5375	0.4254	0.8274	0.5859	0.2390	0.8846	0.6644	0.1726
2010	616	0.5276	0.4578	0.8191	0.6277	0.2680	0.8775	0.6667	0.1809
2011	72	0.5417	0.4583	0.7273	0.6410	0.2424	0.8400	0.3750	0.2727
2012	20	0.4500	0.3500	0.8571	0.7778	0.0000	0.8571	0.0000	0.1429
Career	4300	0.5144	0.4242	0.8259	0.5949	0.2435	0.8872	0.6637	0.1741

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
2012-03-24	2012-03-27	Camp	3	0	Left	Hand	Contusion	Palm	-	-
2011-08-13	2011-08-23	Minors	10	10	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2011-05-15	2011-06-08	Minors	24	23		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2010-03-14	2010-04-01	Camp	18	0	Left	Fingers	Sprain	Ring Finger	-
2007-09-07	2007-10-01	DTD	24	23	Left	Forearm	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2011	PIT	$430,000
2009	SEA	$420,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$850,000
2 yr	Total	$850,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 141 d		1 year (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 10/24/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Oakland 3/16/13. Signed for 2013 with Doosan of Korea 3/17/13.
1 year (2012). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/15/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by NY Mets 8/7/12. DFA by NY Mets 8/11/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/14/12.
1 year/$0.43M (2011). Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers from Seattle 3/18/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 4/20/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by Seattle 2/26/10.
1 year/$0.42M (2009). Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Baltimore 1/18/09. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Chicago Cubs 1/28/09. Signed by Seattle 2/27/09.
1 year (2008). Re-signed 2/11/08.
1 year (2007). Contract purchased 7/4/07.
Drafted 2005 (1s-48). Signed 6/05, $0.65M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Garrett Olson threw 4,580 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph).