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Name	Team	Age
Don Olson	Retired (1977, Age 34)	Died (2016, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 37 (1965)	CF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League	0	4 years (11 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	B+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/11/1943
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (98.4 %)	A+ (96.8 %)	D+ (25.4 %)
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.1 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (2B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1965	FLA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
1970	LAA	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	53	3
1971	LAA	0	0	0	0	14	0	82	1	22
1972	LAA	0	0	2	71	7	4	1	1	22
1973	LAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	36
1977	PHI-ATL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Don Olson has retired from the Atlanta Spiders
1977-08-03	The Atlanta Spiders have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1977-05-19	The Philadelphia Jesuits have waived Don Olson.
1977-04-21	The Philadelphia Jesuits have designated Don Olson for assignment.
1977-04-20	Don Olson of the Philadelphia Jesuits is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1977-03-25	The Philadelphia Jesuits have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Jesuits have sent Joseph Doerr to the minors.
1976-05-05	The Philadelphia Jesuits have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1976-04-01	The Baltimore IRISH have waived Don Olson.
1975-04-01	The Baltimore IRISH have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1975-03-25	The 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.
1974-09-26	The New York Legends have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1974-08-10	The Baltimore IRISH have waived Don Olson.
1974-06-15	The Baltimore IRISH have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1974-04-08	The Los Angeles Quake have waived Don Olson.
1973-10-23	The 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.
1970-05-12	The 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.
1970-04-08	The Los Angeles Quake have acquired Don Olson from the waiver wire.
1970-04-01	The Florida Finaglers have waived Don Olson.
1965-05-08	The 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.
1965-04-04	The Florida Gamblers have auto-promoted Don Olson to the major leagues.
1962-05-22	A 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).