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Darren Oliver

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: October 6, 1970 in Kansas City, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rio Linda HS (Rio Linda, CA).

High School: Rio Linda HS (Rio Linda, CA)

Debut: September 1, 1993 (Age 22-330d, 16,391st in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2013 (Age 42-358d)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Jeff Frye, Mike McCann • Previously: Jay Franklin, Scott Boras

Full Name: Darren Christopher Oliver

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Relatives: Son of Bob Oliver

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

118

ERA

4.51

766

229

1915.2

1259

WHIP

1.439

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-14 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1996	ALDS g3	Oct 4	TEX		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	L(0-1)	5	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.38	5.17	29	113	68	17	6	11	12	6	1	0	59			0	2	1	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.44	0.168	29.85	2.09%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a1
2006 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2006	NLDS g3	Oct 7	NYM	@	LAD	W,9-5	4-5		6	1.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	20.25	12.90	6	21	12	4	0	3	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.061	11.03	-0.38%	-0.25	4b -23 1 out a2	5b 1-- 2 out tie
3	2006	NLCS g3	Oct 14	NYM	@	STL	L,0-5	2-7		6	6.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.68	4.51	22	72	48	12	2	14	4	2	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.038	7.65	0.63%	3.06	2b 123 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
2007 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	2007	ALDS g3	Oct 7	LAA		BOS	L,1-9	8-8		6	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	27.00	3.24	5	13	11	1	1	2	3	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.011	.25	-0.08%	-2.53	8t -23 1 out d5	8t 3 out d9
2008 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 1	LAA		BOS	L,1-4	7-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.13	3	13	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.103	19.79	1.06%	0.96	7t 1-3 2 out d1	8t --- 2 out d1
6	2008	ALDS g3	Oct 5	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.88	1	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.050	14.69	0.28%	0.33	7b 1-- 1 out tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
2009 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	2009	ALDS g1	Oct 8	LAA		BOS	W,5-0	8-GF		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.90	5	27	15	4	1	2	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.023	2.67	0.20%	1.25	8t -2- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
8	2009	ALDS g2	Oct 9	LAA		BOS	W,4-1	8-8	H(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.10	2	8	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.003	6.85	0.03%	0.04	8t --- 1 out a3	8t 1-- 2 out a3
9	2009	ALDS g3	Oct 11	LAA	@	BOS	W,7-6	8-8	W(1-0)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.38	1	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.008	2.90	0.05%	0.26	8b 1-- 2 out d2	8b 3 out d2
10	2009	ALCS g2	Oct 17	LAA	@	NYY	L,3-4	10-10		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.80	5	23	11	5	1	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	0.151	91.96	2.21%	0.57	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
11	2009	ALCS g3	Oct 19	LAA		NYY	W,5-4	6-7		1	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.30	7	28	17	5	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.089	18.75	1.10%	0.83	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 2 out tie
12	2009	ALCS g4	Oct 20	LAA		NYY	L,1-10	5-5		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.10	4	11	8	3	1	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.021	10.96	0.41%	0.93	5t 1-- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
13	2009	ALCS g5	Oct 22	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.50	2.60	3	8	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.52	-0.398	44.17	-3.84%	-3.66	7t 123 2 out a4	7t 12- 2 out tie
14	2009	ALCS g6	Oct 25	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-5	4-6		2	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.12	2.64	8	33	20	6	5	3	2	0	2	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.74	0.173	28.16	3.65%	2.79	4b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
2010 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	2010	ALDS g1	Oct 6	TEX	@	TBR	W,5-1	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.08	2	6	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.027	8.17	0.27%	0.50	8b 1-- 1 out a4	8b 3 out a4
16	2010	ALDS g2	Oct 7	TEX	@	TBR	W,6-0	7-GF		0	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.75	8	26	16	6	2	2	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.021	2.82	0.20%	1.53	7b -23 2 out a6	9b end a 6
17	2010	ALDS g3	Oct 9	TEX		TBR	L,3-6	7-8	L(0-1)	1	1.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.15	1.46	7	27	18	6	2	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.148	20.27	-0.84%	-0.48	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
18	2010	ALCS g1	Oct 15	TEX		NYY	L,5-6	8-8		5	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8.31	2.85	2	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.175	57.14	-2.51%	-1.22	8t -2- 0 out a3	8t 123 0 out a3
19	2010	ALCS g2	Oct 16	TEX		NYY	W,7-2	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.20	3.08	3	14	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.008	10.44	0.12%	0.20	8t --- 0 out a5	8t -2- 2 out a5
20	2010	ALCS g4	Oct 19	TEX	@	NYY	W,10-3	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	3.08	6	21	16	5	3	2	4	2	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.132	24.48	2.61%	2.13	8b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 7
21	2010	WS g2	Oct 28	TEX	@	SFG	L,0-9	7-7		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.70	2.56	4	11	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.049	43.42	-1.43%	-0.15	7b 1-- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
22	2010	WS g4	Oct 31	TEX		SFG	L,0-4	6-8		2	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.82	2.22	7	22	19	6	3	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.039	33.13	-1.54%	-0.09	6t --- 2 out d2	8t --- 1 out d3
2011 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	2011	ALDS g2	Oct 1	TEX		TBR	W,8-6	7-7	H(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.03	3	13	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.099	19.34	0.83%	0.55	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
24	2011	ALDS g3	Oct 3	TEX	@	TBR	W,4-3	7-7	H(2)	1	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	1.53	4	12	11	3	1	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.145	29.57	-1.97%	-1.06	7b --- 0 out a3	7b 123 1 out a3
25	2011	ALCS g1	Oct 8	TEX		DET	W,3-2	8-8	H(3)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.03	2	8	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.098	49.29	1.40%	0.43	8t --- 0 out a1	8t --- 2 out a1
26	2011	ALCS g3	Oct 11	TEX	@	DET	L,2-5	7-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	1.03	3	12	7	4	0	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	1.81	0.08%	0.51	7b --- 1 out d4	8b --- 1 out d3
27	2011	ALCS g4	Oct 12	TEX	@	DET	W,7-3	9-9		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	1.53	3	18	14	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.140	55.72	2.34%	0.51	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
28	2011	WS g3	Oct 22	TEX		STL	L,7-16	9-GF		9	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.60	3.63	4	16	12	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	-0.01%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
29	2011	WS g5	Oct 24	TEX		STL	W,4-2	8-8	W(1-0)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.19	3	8	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.180	222.38	8.76%	0.94	8t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
30	2011	WS g6	Oct 27	TEX	@	STL	L,9-10	10-10	H(4)	2	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.68	3.18	3	12	9	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	-0.192	306.87	-11.23%	-0.90	10b --- 0 out a2	10b -23 1 out a2
											41.2	34	20	20	12	31	3	1	4.32		165																			2

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