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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Don Olson Center Field
Retired (1977, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .238 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .661 Status Deceased (2016) Option Years 0  
H 268 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 10-11-1943
HR 40 Drafted Round 3, Pick 37
(1965)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(11 games)
RBI 126
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt B+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS (0.1%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (96.8%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B D+ (25.4%) RF A+ (98.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1965 LF FLA 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
RF FLA 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1970 RF LAA 53 51 463.1 108 103 1 4 1 -6 2.02 .963
CF LAA 32 32 270.0 65 64 0 1 0 -6 2.13 .985
LF LAA 4 3 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
1971 CF LAA 82 68 606.1 171 164 5 2 5 -3 2.51 .988
SS LAA 14 14 121.0 67 21 43 3 5 0 4.76 .955
RF LAA 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1972 3B LAA 71 71 621.0 178 33 132 13 7 -18 2.39 .927
SS LAA 7 7 68.1 31 11 19 1 4 -4 3.95 .968
LF LAA 4 4 35.0 7 6 1 0 1 0 1.80 1.000
2B LAA 2 2 16.0 12 5 5 2 2 -3 5.62 .833
RF LAA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
CF LAA 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1973 CF LAA 17 4 51.2 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.09 1.000
RF LAA 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1977 SS PHI-ATL 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Pos Total CF 132 104 929.0 248 240 5 3 5 -9 2.37 .988
3B 71 71 621.0 178 33 132 13 7 -18 2.39 .927
RF 58 54 492.1 116 111 1 4 1 -7 2.05 .966
SS 22 22 198.1 100 33 63 4 9 -4 4.36 .960
LF 10 9 81.0 17 16 1 0 1 -1 1.89 1.000
2B 2 2 16.0 12 5 5 2 2 -3 5.62 .833
Total 295 262 2337.2 671 438 207 26 25 -42 2.48 .961
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01Don Olson has retired from the Atlanta Spiders
1977-08-03The Atlanta Spiders have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1977-05-19The Philadelphia Jesuits have waived Don Olson.
1977-04-21The Philadelphia Jesuits have designated Don Olson for assignment.
1977-04-20Don Olson of the Philadelphia Jesuits is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1977-03-25The Philadelphia Jesuits have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Jesuits have sent Joseph Doerr to the minors.
1976-05-05The Philadelphia Jesuits have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1976-04-01The Baltimore IRISH have waived Don Olson.
1975-04-01The Baltimore IRISH have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1975-03-25The New York Legends have promoted Otto Rogers to the major league team. The New York Legends have designated Marty Ward for assignment. The New York Legends have waived Don Olson.
1974-09-26The New York Legends have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1974-08-10The Baltimore IRISH have waived Don Olson.
1974-06-15The Baltimore IRISH have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1974-04-08The Los Angeles Quake have waived Don Olson.
1973-10-23The Los Angeles Quake have promoted Don Davidson to the major league team. The Los Angeles Quake have promoted John Schindler to the major league team. The Los Angeles Quake have sent Art Cox to the minors. The Los Angeles Quake have designated Don Olson for assignment.
1970-05-12The Los Angeles Quake have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Los Angeles Quake have promoted Bill Hundley to the major league team. The Los Angeles Quake have designated Joe Neumeier for assignment. The Los Angeles Quake have designated Rip Perry for assignment.
1970-04-08The Los Angeles Quake have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1970-04-01The Florida Finaglers have waived Don Olson.
1965-05-08The Florida Gamblers have promoted Slim Webster to the major league team. The Florida Gamblers have promoted Glenn Sullivan to the major league team. The Florida Gamblers have promoted Bobby Hopkins to the major league team. The Florida Gamblers have promoted Claire Johnson to the major league team. The Florida Gamblers have sent Mel McDonald to the minors. The Florida Gamblers have sent Porter Webb to the minors. The Florida Gamblers have sent Don Olson to the minors. The Florida Gamblers have sent Bob Ford to the minors.
1965-04-04The Florida Gamblers have auto-promoted Don Olson to the major leagues.
1962-05-22A trade has been completed between the Texas Wranglers and the Florida Gamblers. The Florida Gamblers receive Willie McCovey, Draft Pick 1965 Round 3 TEX (Don Olson) from the Texas Wranglers in exchange for Marc Graff, Martin Finney, Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 FLA (Finn Sullivan).