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Name	Team	Age
Tex Olmsted	Retired (1996, Age 34)	Died (2026, Age 64)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 69 (1985)	RP	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mark Fidrych League	0	2 years (58 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D	D-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D+	A-	B-
Leadership	Mentor Value
C+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	1/12/1962
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	2
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1985	Minors	28.00	1 / 2	1 / 11	6 / 15	8 / 28
1986	Minors	30.00	1 / 4	3 / 12	3 / 14	7 / 30
1987	Minors	27.00	0 / 2	3 / 14	1 / 11	4 / 27
1988	Minors	39.00	0 / 2	10 / 21	3 / 16	13 / 39
1989	Minors	13.00	0 / 1	0 / 7	1 / 5	1 / 13
1990	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	3 / 11	2 / 11	5 / 22
1991	Majors	24.00	0 / 0	8 / 13	3 / 11	11 / 24
1992	Minors	28.00	1 / 2	1 / 11	1 / 15	3 / 28
1993	Minors	21.00	0 / 1	1 / 11	1 / 9	2 / 21
1994	Minors	24.00	1 / 1	3 / 15	0 / 8	4 / 24
1994	Majors	12.68	0 / 0	0 / 5	1 / 7	1 / 12
1995	Majors	31.86	1 / 2	1 / 15	0 / 14	2 / 31
1996	Majors	35.86	-3 / 2	-2 / 17	-5 / 16	-10 / 35
Total			2 / 19	32 / 163	17 / 152	51 / 334

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1996-11-01	Tex Olmsted has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1995-07-13	A trade has been completed between the Toronto Sasquatch and the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics receive Tex Olmsted, Chris Dodson, Draft Pick 1996 Round 2 PIT (Jocko Meeks) from the Toronto Sasquatch in exchange for Bert Stocksdale, Reggie Bruske. Protest This Trade.
1994-08-01	The Toronto Sasquatch have promoted Tex Olmsted to the major league team.
1992-03-25	The Toronto Sasquatch have acquired Tex Olmsted from the waiver wire.
1990-04-03	The Baltimore Baboons have waived Tex Olmsted.