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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 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1965 AHP 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.500 .500 1.000 .500
1965 HHP 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .125 .125 .125
1965 LHP 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 RHP 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .714 .286 .429 .286
1970 AHP 47 184 37 7 0 1 20 13 48 .508 .253 .255 .201
1970 HHP 45 157 35 3 0 4 17 10 35 .586 .268 .318 .223
1970 LHP 16 22 6 2 0 0 1 1 5 .655 .292 .364 .273
1970 RHP 87 319 66 8 0 5 36 22 78 .536 .257 .279 .207
1971 AHP 55 159 33 3 0 6 21 15 39 .612 .273 .340 .208
1971 HHP 64 180 46 3 0 10 27 11 46 .741 .302 .439 .256
1971 LHP 31 49 12 0 0 4 8 5 16 .799 .309 .490 .245
1971 RHP 105 290 67 6 0 12 40 21 69 .660 .284 .376 .231
1972 AHP 56 190 42 2 1 7 12 15 44 .631 .278 .353 .221
1972 HHP 52 171 53 7 1 7 19 14 38 .851 .366 .485 .310
1972 LHP 31 65 19 1 1 3 7 3 24 .800 .324 .477 .292
1972 RHP 98 296 76 8 1 11 24 26 58 .721 .319 .402 .257
1973 AHP 27 35 11 1 0 2 5 1 7 .848 .333 .514 .314
1973 HHP 27 34 8 0 0 3 5 0 6 .735 .235 .500 .235
1973 LHP 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 RHP 49 65 19 1 0 5 10 1 12 .841 .303 .538 .292
1977 HHP 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .250 .250 .250
1977 LHP 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 .333 .333
1977 RHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total AHP 187 570 124 14 1 16 58 44 139 .602 .272 .330 .218
Total HHP 192 554 144 13 1 24 68 35 130 .723 .306 .417 .260
Total LHP 86 146 38 3 1 7 16 9 48 .738 .299 .438 .260
Total RHP 343 978 230 24 1 33 110 70 221 .650 .287 .363 .235
Total 379 1124 268 27 2 40 126 79 269 .661 .289 .373 .238
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).