IP 672
ERA 3.455
WHIP 1.381
BB/9 4.42
SO/9 7.875
  • Full name Greggory William Olson
  • Born 10/11/1966 in Scribner, NE
  • Profile Ht.: 6'4" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Auburn
  • Debut 09/02/1988
  • Drafted in the 1st round (4th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 (signed for $188,000).
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    Auburn’s Olson was the draft’s No. 1 ranked prospect at the outset of the 1988 season; he’s still there, by a comfortable margin. Scouts are almost unanimous in their assessment that the hard-throwing relief ace is the best talent in the college crop.

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