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Lester
Olson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: July 16, 1978 in USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Pitcher 2002    2003    2006   
Slick Fielder Award 2001   
All-Star Selections 2002    2003    2006    2007    2008    2010   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 22 DAK VL $ 1,940,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2002 23 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2003 24 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2004 25 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2005 26 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2006 27 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2007 28 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2008 29 DAV GL $ 2,500,000   6 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2009 30 COL VL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
2010 31 CAP VL $ 6,460,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
2011 32 CAP VL $ 6,460,000   6 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
2012 33 NRL VL $ 6,460,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2013 34 MIL VL $ 4,610,000   6 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2014 35 POR GL $ 3,990,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
2015 36 GRE VL $ 3,990,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4
2016 37 GRE VL $ 2,840,000   3 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 2 3
2017 38 GRE VL $ 110,000   0 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 110,000   0 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 6,460,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 22 DAK VL $ 1,940,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2002 23 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 24 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 25 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 26 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 27 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 28 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 29 DAV GL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 30 COL VL $ 2,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 31 CAP VL $ 6,460,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 32 CAP VL $ 6,460,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 33 NRL VL $ 6,460,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 34 MIL VL $ 4,610,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 35 POR GL $ 3,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2015 36 GRE VL $ 3,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2016 37 GRE VL $ 2,840,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2017 38 GRE VL $ 110,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Min Ratings $ 110,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Max Ratings $ 6,460,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 22 DAK VL 7 18 .280 38 33 2 0 0 208.0 205 95 23 79 125 4.11 .259 .330 .396 .726 9.2
2002 23 DAV GL 21 11 .656 37 37 3 1 0 259.0 231 83 10 97 169 2.88 .240 .313 .327 .640 28.2
2003 24 DAV GL 24 10 .706 38 38 1 1 0 278.0 200 71 12 103 189 2.30 .201 .278 .297 .575 25.5
2004 25 DAV GL 16 12 .571 34 34 4 3 0 238.3 206 82 21 80 185 3.10 .231 .296 .350 .646 18.7
2005 26 DAV GL 17 11 .607 35 35 4 1 0 235.3 211 91 20 61 136 3.48 .238 .290 .351 .641 13.6
2006 27 DAV GL 22 8 .733 35 35 5 1 0 256.3 180 57 14 78 169 2.00 .197 .263 .287 .550 26.3
2007 28 DAV GL 18 8 .692 36 36 1 0 0 228.7 200 78 13 61 128 3.07 .231 .288 .321 .608 15.5
2008 29 DAV GL 17 9 .654 35 35 1 0 0 224.3 207 81 17 64 129 3.25 .246 .301 .364 .665 14.9
2009 30 COL VL 15 8 .652 37 37 1 1 0 222.0 211 86 17 55 138 3.49 .249 .300 .360 .660 13.6
2010 31 CAP VL 13 10 .565 35 35 0 0 0 191.0 188 64 14 61 107 3.02 .251 .308 .347 .656 13.0
2011 32 CAP VL 18 9 .667 36 36 2 0 0 220.3 178 71 14 66 135 2.90 .220 .281 .319 .599 16.0
2012 33 NRL VL 12 10 .545 33 33 1 1 0 190.3 215 92 21 55 78 4.35 .279 .332 .426 .758 6.8
2013 34 MIL VL 4 6 .400 14 12 0 0 0 81.3 93 47 13 27 25 5.20 .290 .353 .449 .802 1.7
  NRL VL 1 3 .250 9 7 0 0 1 32.3 39 23 6 20 9 6.40 .302 .404 .481 .885 0.0
  TOT   5 9 .357 23 19 0 0 1 113.7 132 70 19 47 34 5.54 .293 .368 .458 .826 1.7
2014 35 POR GL 2 9 .182 18 17 1 0 0 101.0 120 61 14 34 54 5.44 .293 .352 .447 .799 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 22 8 1 12 24 2.67 .224 .309 .316 .625  
2015 36 GRE VL 10 14 .417 32 31 4 1 0 204.0 168 67 15 57 59 2.96 .223 .286 .336 .622 12.9
2016 37 GRE VL 10 14 .417 33 33 0 0 0 192.7 188 82 23 66 57 3.83 .255 .319 .403 .722 9.3
2017 38 AAA   9 8 .529 22 22 1 0 0 128.7 161 67 8 51 44 4.69 .308 .370 .412 .782  
16 Years Sim 227 170 .572 535 524 30 10 1 3362.9 3040 1231 267 1064 1892 3.29 .240 .302 .354 .656 225.1
2 Years AAA 11 9 .550 26 26 1 0 0 155.7 183 75 9 63 68 4.34 .295 .360 .397 .757  
Season Average 14 10 .583 33 32 1 0 0 210.2 190 76 16 66 118 3.29 .240 .302 .354 .656  
Career Highs 24 18 .733 38 38 5 3 1 278.0 231 95 23 103 189 5.54 .293 .368 .458 .826  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1589 675 152 487 916   .238 .290 .354 .644
vs LH   1451 556 115 577 976   .242 .308 .354 .662
Home 93 92 .503 256 253 11 4 1 1629.3 1451 574 114 548 916 3.17 .237 .300 .338 .638
Away 134 78 .632 279 271 19 6 0 1733.6 1589 657 153 516 976 3.41 .242 .298 .368 .666
Mar/Apr 38 31 .551 86 84 7 2 0 569.6 505 222 49 179 355 3.51 .236 .295 .359 .653
May 37 21 .638 82 81 2 0 0 517.6 487 190 48 167 258 3.30 .249 .308 .380 .688
June 30 34 .469 89 82 3 3 1 521.6 478 195 43 163 310 3.36 .242 .300 .348 .648
July 26 22 .542 69 69 2 0 0 428.0 409 179 36 141 240 3.76 .249 .308 .370 .678
August 40 22 .645 85 84 7 3 0 545.0 465 174 33 155 279 2.87 .230 .285 .325 .610
Sep/Oct 56 40 .583 124 124 9 2 0 781.0 696 271 58 259 450 3.12 .238 .299 .348 .647
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 DAK VL 38 59 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .102 .129 .119 .248 -0.4 0.0
1 Years Sim 38 59 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .102 .129 .119 .248 -0.4 0.0
162 Game Average 251 21 25 4 0 0 4 0 0 8 81 .102 .129 .119 .248 -1.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   47 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .106 .140 .128 .268 -0.6
vs LH   12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Home 22 37 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .108 .128 .108 .236 -0.8
Away 16 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .130 .136 .267 -0.4
RISP   15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
Close/Late   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
Mar/Apr 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
May 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2
June 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 5 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
August 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Sep/Oct 10 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .154 .179 .154 .332 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 22 DAK VL P 43 33 208.0 14 51 3 5 .956 2.81    
2002 23 DAV GL P 37 37 259.0 14 44 4 4 .935 2.02    
2003 24 DAV GL P 38 38 278.0 20 42 4 1 .939 2.01    
2004 25 DAV GL P 34 34 238.3 18 34 2 5 .963 1.96    
2005 26 DAV GL P 35 35 235.3 12 36 1 1 .980 1.84    
2006 27 DAV GL P 35 35 256.3 20 37 2 2 .966 2.00    
2007 28 DAV GL P 36 36 228.7 19 37 2 3 .966 2.20    
2008 29 DAV GL P 35 35 224.3 9 30 6 3 .867 1.56    
2009 30 COL VL P 37 37 222.0 8 36 5 5 .898 1.78    
2010 31 CAP VL P 35 35 191.0 12 25 6 6 .860 1.74    
2011 32 CAP VL P 36 36 220.3 13 41 2 2 .964 2.21    
2012 33 NRL VL P 33 33 190.3 13 37 1 4 .980 2.36    
2013 34 MIL VL P 14 12 81.3 4 16 0 4 1.000 2.21    
  NRL VL P 9 7 32.3 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.23    
  TOT   P 23 19 113.7 5 23 0 5 1.000 2.22    
2014 35 POR GL P 18 17 101.0 10 17 1 1 .964 2.41    
2015 36 GRE VL P 32 31 204.0 16 37 3 1 .946 2.34    
2016 37 GRE VL P 33 33 192.7 14 38 3 4 .945 2.43    
Career Totals   540 524 3362.9 217 565 45 52 .946 2.09    
Career Highs   43 38 278.0 20 51 6 6 1.000 2.81    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2002 23 DAV GL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 20 8 3 6 8 6.15 .370 .433 .593 1.026
2004 25 DAV GL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 15 5 2 2 11 3.00 .250 .274 .383 .658
2005 26 DAV GL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 7.3 6 0 0 2 6 0.00 .214 .267 .250 .517
2006 27 DAV GL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 17 7 0 17 17 2.42 .191 .321 .236 .557
2007 28 DAV GL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 18 13 2 3 1 12.58 .400 .438 .622 1.060
2008 29 DAV GL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 2.7 5 3 1 5 3 10.15 .357 .526 .571 1.098
2011 32 CAP VL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 6.7 8 3 2 4 8 4.05 .308 .400 .577 .977
2014 35 POR GL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 8 .333 16 15 0 0 0 80.6 90 39 10 40 55 4.35 .279 .358 .418 .776
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2002-1-2.88
2003-1-2.30
2004-3-3.10
2006-1-2.00
2007-7-3.07
2011-7-2.90
 Wins
2002-3-21
2003-1-24
2006-1-22
2007-7-18
2008-9-17
2011-3-18
CAR-10-227
 Losses
2001-2-18
CAR-22-170
 Winning Pct
2002-9-.656
2003-9-.706
2006-9-.733
2007-9-.692
2011-9-.667
 Games Started
2003-7-38
2007-3-36
2008-9-35
2009-2-37
2010-8-35
2011-3-36
CAR-10-524
 Shutouts
2002-4-1
2004-1-3
Innings Pitched
2002-4-259.0
2003-2-278.0
2006-3-256.3
CAR-14-3362.9
 Hits Allowed
CAR-26-3040
 Walks Allowed
CAR-30-1064
 Hits per 9IP
2002-2-8.0
2003-2-6.5
2004-5-7.8
2006-1-6.3
2011-9-7.3
 WHiP
2002-4-1.27
2003-1-1.09
2004-6-1.20
2006-2-1.01
 OAVG
2002-3-.240
2003-3-.201
2004-5-.231
2006-1-.197
2011-10-.220
OOBP
2002-5-.313
2003-1-.278
2004-5-.296
2005-9-.290
2006-1-.263
 OSLG
2002-1-.327
2003-2-.297
2004-5-.350
2005-9-.351
2006-1-.287
2007-3-.321
2009-10-.360
2011-3-.319
 OOPS
2002-1-.640
2003-1-.575
2004-5-.646
2005-7-.641
2006-1-.550
2007-3-.608
2011-4-.599
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 90    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by Dakota in 2001
Won VL Gold Glove in 2001
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Won Gindin League Top Pitcher (as voted on by the OOTP AI) in 2002, with a record of 21-11 with an ERA of 2.88 and 1 shutouts
Was selected to the 2002 All-FOBL 1st Team
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2002, going 21-11, 2.88 ERA
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Won Gindin League Top Pitcher (as voted on by the OOTP AI) in 2003, with a record of 24-10 with an ERA of 2.30 and 1 shutouts
Was selected to the 2003 All-FOBL 1st Team
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2003, going 24-10, 2.30 ERA
Threw No-Hitter on 6/11/2004 with Davenport
Injured on 5/4/2005 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 10/24/2005 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2006, going 4-1, 1.56
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2006, going 3-1, 0.98
Was selected to the 2006 All-Star Team
Was selected to the 2006 All-FOBL 1st Team
Won GL Most Valuable Pitcher (as voted by the OOTP AI) in 2006, going 22-8, 2.00 ERA
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2006, going 22-8, 2.00 ERA
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2008, going 4-0, 0.95
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Traded from Davenport to Columbus on 3/2/2009
Traded from Columbus to Capital City on 3/2/2010
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar Game
Injured on 9/18/2010 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Capital City to Utica on 3/2/2012 (Going to UTI: LF R. Hogan, P L. Olson, 1B J. Mandel, P D. Bolanos, P A. Gonzales. Going to CAP: CF T. Helmuth, 1B D. Medina)
Traded from Utica to New Orleans on 3/2/2012 (Going to NRL: P L. Olson, DH F. Player34. Going to UTI: DH F. Player12)
Injured on 6/27/2012 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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