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Scott Olsen
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #34
- Born
- January 12, 1984 in Kalamazoo, MI, United States
- MLB debut
- June 25, 2005
- dbWAR
- 4.1 Regular season, 12 season(s)
- IP
- 81.0
- ERA
- 5.56
- FIP
- 4.45
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 109 100 = avg
Scott Olsen was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2010 he struck out 53 batters over 81.0 innings across 17 appearances, 15 of them starts, going 4-8. His ERA of 5.56 was 36.2% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 18th of 20 on his team, and 401st of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.45 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.1% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.8%. His 0.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2010 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | WSH | 17 | 15 | 81.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 93 | 50 | 53 | 27 | 5.56 | 4.45 | 1.48 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 136 | 109 | 0.5 | |
| 2009 | WSH | 11 | 11 | 62.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 42 | 42 | 25 | 6.03 | 5.24 | 1.72 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 140 | 121 | 0.1 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 33 | 33 | 201.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 195 | 94 | 113 | 69 | 4.20 | 5.02 | 1.31 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 97 | 116 | 0.7 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 33 | 33 | 176.2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 226 | 114 | 133 | 85 | 5.81 | 5.33 | 1.76 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 130 | 119 | 0.5 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 31 | 31 | 180.2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 160 | 81 | 166 | 75 | 4.04 | 4.33 | 1.30 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 89 | 96 | 2.4 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 5 | 4 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 3.98 | 5.63 | 1.52 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 93 | 131 | -0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | WSH | 13 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .000 | .167 | 0.0% | 42.9% | .075 | -5.6 | -74 | -0.2 | |
| 2009 | WSH | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .000 | .250 | 13.6% | 31.8% | .220 | -2.0 | 23 | 0.1 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 32 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .129 | .169 | .129 | .000 | .235 | 4.1% | 38.4% | .144 | -11.3 | -29 | -0.1 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 31 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .176 | .192 | .235 | .059 | .321 | 1.6% | 37.7% | .192 | -7.3 | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 29 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .190 | .190 | .224 | .034 | .275 | 0.0% | 28.1% | .182 | -8.3 | -3 | 0.2 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -130 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 99 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .289 | .337 | .400 | .331 | 18.2% |
| vs RHB | 258 | 232 | 67 | 8 | 21 | 35 | .289 | .348 | .470 | .357 | 13.6% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2010.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2010.
Pitch sequencing
What Scott Olsen throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 487 | 89.7 | 2,297 | 41.7% | 8.1% | 126 | .341 | 1.009 | |
| Slider | 426 | 81.7 | 717 | 51.4% | 38.2% | 95 | .179 | .490 | |
| Changeup | 263 | 83.9 | 2,086 | 36.1% | 18.0% | 68 | .279 | .640 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 127 | 89.5 | 2,122 | 49.6% | 3.5% | 33 | .424 | 1.109 | |
| Intentional Ball | 13 | 67.3 | 1,542 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.