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Oliver
Taff		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 28, 1987 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2013   
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
2010 23 DAV GL     0 4 3 3 1 0 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
2011 24 DAV GL     5 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
2012 25 DAV GL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2013 26 DAV GL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2014 27 HOL GL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2015 28 HOL GL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 3 2 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2016 29 HOL GL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2017 30 HOL GL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
2018 31 HOL GL $ 1,800,000   7 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
2019 32 PHI VL $ 1,800,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
2020 33 UTI VL $ 4,010,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
2021 34 UTI VL $ 4,010,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
2022 35 UTI VL $ 4,010,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
2023 36 MIN GL $ 6,090,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
2024 37 MIN GL $ 6,090,000   6 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
2025 38 COL VL $ 2,210,000   3 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
Min Ratings     0 4 3 3 1 0 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 6,090,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9
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
2010 23 AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 4 1 1 1 0 2.08 .235 .278 .412 .690  
    AA   5 15 .250 22 22 10 1 0 161.3 161 75 20 32 107 4.18 .255 .291 .461 .752  
2011 24 AAA   10 11 .476 24 24 7 0 0 175.7 153 75 21 50 130 3.84 .232 .286 .426 .712  
    AA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 6 5 1 6 5 7.11 .250 .400 .542 .942  
2012 25 DAV GL 8 14 .364 29 29 6 0 0 209.7 165 84 27 54 96 3.61 .215 .270 .406 .676 9.7
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 50.0 37 13 9 13 46 2.34 .199 .251 .414 .665  
2013 26 DAV GL 13 11 .542 35 35 7 3 0 248.0 236 108 25 84 110 3.92 .253 .319 .420 .739 9.8
2014 27 HOL GL 9 10 .474 24 24 5 1 0 175.3 191 92 16 57 81 4.72 .273 .334 .426 .761 3.9
  DAV GL 4 3 .571 12 12 2 0 0 84.7 64 28 6 26 37 2.98 .206 .277 .332 .609 4.6
  TOT   13 13 .500 36 36 7 1 0 260.0 255 120 22 83 118 4.15 .253 .317 .397 .714 8.5
2015 28 HOL GL 12 12 .500 33 33 6 1 0 232.3 204 83 24 72 112 3.22 .233 .294 .397 .691 12.9
2016 29 HOL GL 13 5 .722 28 28 2 2 0 203.0 188 83 18 64 112 3.68 .246 .306 .405 .711 12.2
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 39.0 36 14 3 10 39 3.23 .245 .293 .395 .688  
2017 30 HOL GL 11 10 .524 32 32 1 0 0 222.0 215 92 15 86 132 3.73 .250 .324 .373 .697 13.7
2018 31 HOL GL 6 17 .261 31 31 6 1 0 216.3 223 97 19 65 179 4.04 .261 .316 .415 .731 13.7
2019 32 HOL GL 7 6 .538 17 16 2 0 1 111.3 112 56 7 42 90 4.53 .257 .326 .385 .712 6.2
  PHI VL 7 3 .700 12 12 2 0 0 88.0 83 35 6 40 64 3.58 .246 .332 .382 .713 7.0
  TOT   14 9 .609 29 28 4 0 1 199.3 195 91 13 82 154 4.11 .252 .329 .384 .712 13.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 2 0 3 11 2.25 .296 .367 .370 .737  
2020 33 UTI VL 13 16 .448 38 38 5 2 0 247.7 242 97 13 97 181 3.52 .256 .328 .369 .696 20.1
2021 34 UTI VL 16 10 .615 35 35 6 0 0 247.7 228 97 14 80 171 3.52 .246 .306 .363 .669 17.1
2022 35 UTI VL 3 7 .300 16 16 0 0 0 104.0 100 40 1 55 68 3.46 .252 .341 .312 .654 5.7
    AAA   4 3 .571 8 8 2 0 0 58.0 53 22 2 24 76 3.41 .241 .316 .373 .688  
2023 36 MIN GL 5 6 .455 20 20 1 0 0 129.3 168 80 9 67 74 5.57 .318 .397 .443 .841 4.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 3 3 1 0 0 24.0 18 5 1 7 30 1.88 .207 .266 .299 .565  
2024 37 MIN GL 13 11 .542 32 32 4 0 0 218.0 271 125 19 74 126 5.16 .304 .359 .467 .826 10.3
2025 38 COL VL 12 9 .571 32 32 4 0 0 213.0 220 107 22 96 125 4.52 .261 .337 .414 .752 8.9
14 Years Sim 152 150 .503 426 425 59 10 1 2950.3 2910 1304 241 1059 1758 3.98 .256 .322 .400 .722 159.9
7 Years AAA 21 19 .525 48 48 10 0 0 359.0 309 132 37 108 332 3.31 .230 .287 .403 .690  
2 Years AA 5 16 .238 23 23 10 1 0 167.7 167 80 21 38 112 4.29 .255 .296 .464 .760  
9 Years Minors 26 35 .426 71 71 20 1 0 526.7 476 212 58 146 444 3.62 .238 .290 .423 .713  
Season Average 10 10 .500 30 30 4 0 0 210.7 207 93 17 75 125 3.98 .256 .322 .400 .722  
Career Highs 16 17 .722 38 38 7 3 1 260.0 271 125 27 97 181 5.57 .318 .397 .467 .841  
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   1798 824 152 656 1066   .256 .320 .402 .721
vs LH   1112 480 89 403 692   .256 .319 .396 .715
Home 69 72 .489 201 201 24 4 0 1411.3 1407 612 115 525 811 3.90 .259 .324 .401 .725
Away 83 78 .516 225 224 35 6 1 1539.0 1503 692 126 534 947 4.05 .253 .315 .399 .714
Mar/Apr 20 20 .500 62 62 12 5 0 428.3 433 201 33 157 241 4.22 .259 .322 .400 .722
May 27 32 .458 76 76 7 0 0 505.0 505 221 41 205 321 3.94 .258 .329 .399 .728
June 22 25 .468 75 75 8 0 0 509.3 515 234 36 192 287 4.14 .260 .326 .396 .722
July 21 18 .538 51 50 7 1 1 374.6 360 165 32 133 211 3.96 .252 .315 .406 .722
August 25 22 .532 65 65 5 1 0 441.6 458 200 34 168 254 4.08 .267 .332 .407 .739
Sep/Oct 37 33 .529 97 97 20 3 0 691.3 639 283 65 204 444 3.68 .244 .299 .394 .693
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    
2012 25 DAV GL P 29 29 209.7 15 40 2 3 .965 2.36    
2013 26 DAV GL P 35 35 248.0 19 51 0 4 1.000 2.54    
2014 27 HOL GL P 24 24 175.3 9 31 1 1 .976 2.05    
  DAV GL P 12 12 84.7 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.02    
  TOT   P 36 36 260.0 13 46 1 2 .983 2.04    
2015 28 HOL GL P 33 33 232.3 15 42 0 4 1.000 2.21    
2016 29 HOL GL P 28 28 203.0 16 35 1 4 .981 2.26    
2017 30 HOL GL P 32 32 222.0 10 29 2 1 .951 1.58    
2018 31 HOL GL P 31 31 216.3 9 26 3 0 .921 1.46    
2019 32 HOL GL P 17 16 111.3 11 16 0 0 1.000 2.18    
  PHI VL P 12 12 88.0 8 12 0 0 1.000 2.05    
  TOT   P 29 28 199.3 19 28 0 0 1.000 2.12    
2020 33 UTI VL P 38 38 247.7 22 38 2 1 .968 2.18    
2021 34 UTI VL P 35 35 247.7 13 44 2 7 .966 2.07    
2022 35 UTI VL P 16 16 104.0 3 17 1 4 .952 1.73    
2023 36 MIN GL P 20 20 129.3 12 28 1 7 .976 2.78    
2024 37 MIN GL P 32 32 218.0 15 36 0 4 1.000 2.11    
2025 38 COL VL P 32 32 213.0 9 29 2 2 .950 1.61    
Career Totals   426 425 2950.3 190 489 17 43 .976 2.07    
Career Highs   38 38 260.0 22 51 3 7 1.000 2.78    
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
2019 32 PHI VL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 8 2 0 2 5 2.08 .242 .286 .273 .558
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 8 2 0 2 5 2.08 .242 .286 .273 .558
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2018-8-17
2020-10-16
 Winning Pct
2016-10-.722
 Games Started
2020-1-38
 Complete Games
2021-9-6
CAR-41-59
 Shutouts
2013-6-3
2016-10-2
2020-5-2
 Innings Pitched
2013-10-248.0
2014-5-260.0
2020-9-247.7
2021-7-247.7
CAR-41-2950.3
Hits Allowed
2013-9-236
2014-3-255
2020-9-242
2024-6-271
CAR-38-2910
 Strikeouts
2020-7-181
 Walks Allowed
2013-8-84
CAR-32-1059
 Hits per 9IP
2012-5-7.1
 WHiP
2012-9-1.04
 OAVG
2012-7-.215
OOBP
2012-9-.270
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  4. Lucius Johnston (937)
  5. Stanley Carpenter (931)
  6. Mark Biddle (928)
  7. Elmer Chesson (925)
  8. Steven Andujar (923)
  9. Joshua Stitt (920)
  10. Larry Peppers (915)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Davenport in 2010
Injured on 7/1/2010 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/28/2010 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 10/1/2010 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/7/2011 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 6/27/2012
 
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