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Darren Oliver

Birthdate:

10/6/1970

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 200 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Kansas City, MO, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Drafted #3 by the Texas Rangers in 1988, Darren Oliver pitched his first 2 seasons, 1993-94, as a reliever. In his second year he worked 43 games, had a 4-0 record, 2 saves, with a fine 3.42 earned run average. Moved into the Rangers’ starting rotation full time in 1996 Darren Oliver responded with resounding 14-6 record, in 30 starts and posted 112 strikeouts in 173 2/3 innings. The left-hander followed that with another fine effort in 1997, a 13-12 mark, and completed 3 of 32 games, including a shutout.

Darren Oliver was traded to St. Louis on July 31 1998 in a five-player deal.

Although plagued by arm injuries on-and-off, he was still able to win over 10 games twice during the 2000s. After being out of baseball the entire 2005 season he pitched for the Mets in 2006 and, the fastball hurler rang up a 4-1 record with a 3.44 ERA in 45 relief appearances. Baseball Historian

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1993	TEX (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	2.70
1994	TEX (AL)	43	0	4	0	2	0	0	50.0	40	24	19	4	35	4	50	2	6	2	3.42
1995	TEX (AL)	17	7	4	2	0	0	0	49.0	47	25	23	3	32	1	39	4	1	0	4.22
1996	TEX (AL)	30	30	14	6	0	1	1	173.2	190	97	90	20	76	3	112	5	10	1	4.66
1997	TEX (AL)	32	32	13	12	0	3	1	201.1	213	111	94	29	82	3	104	7	11	0	4.20
1998	TEX (AL)	19	19	6	7	0	2	0	103.1	140	84	75	11	43	1	58	6	10	1	6.53
1998	STL (NL)	10	10	4	4	0	0	0	57.0	64	31	27	7	23	1	29	1	0	3	4.26
1999	STL (NL)	30	30	9	9	0	2	1	196.1	197	96	93	16	74	4	119	6	11	2	4.26
2000	TEX (AL)	21	21	2	9	0	0	0	108.0	151	95	89	16	42	3	49	4	4	1	7.42
2001	TEX (AL)	28	28	11	11	0	1	0	154.0	189	109	103	23	65	0	104	8	6	2	6.02
2002	BOS (AL)	14	9	4	5	0	1	1	58.0	70	30	30	7	27	0	32	1	6	0	4.66
2003	COL (NL)	33	32	13	11	0	1	0	180.1	201	108	101	21	61	3	88	0	8	0	5.04
2004	HOU (NL)	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	3.86
2004	FLA (NL)	18	8	2	3	0	0	0	58.2	75	44	42	13	17	1	33	1	1	0	6.44
2006	NYM (NL)	45	0	4	1	0	0	0	81.0	70	33	31	13	21	2	60	1	3	0	3.44
15 years		351	228	91	80	2	11	4	1488.0	1661	894	824	185	603	27	894	46	77	12	4.98

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1993	TEX (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1994	TEX (AL)	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1995	TEX (AL)	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1996	TEX (AL)	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1997	TEX (AL)	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	SLG
1998	TEX (AL)	2	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	SLG
1998	STL (NL)	11	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	.125	SLG
1999	STL (NL)	34	73	7	20	4	0	0	6	3	23	0	0	0	0	8	0	.274	.303	SLG
2000	TEX (AL)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.0	.333	SLG
2001	TEX (AL)	3	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.333	SLG
2002	BOS (AL)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
2003	COL (NL)	34	67	6	17	3	0	1	8	3	17	0	0	0	1	2	0	.254	.296	SLG
2004	HOU (NL)	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
2004	FLA (NL)	15	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	.158	.158	SLG
2006	NYM (NL)	45	15	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	SLG
15 years		250	217	17	48	11	0	1	20	8	74	0	0	0	3	15	0	.221	.259	.SLG

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