Darren Oliver Marquee

b. October 6, 1970 · Texas Rangers 1993–1998, 2000–2001, 2010–2011, St. Louis Cardinals 1998–1999, Boston Red Sox 2002, Colorado Rockies 2003, Florida Marlins 2004, Houston Astros 2004, New York Mets 2006, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2007–2009, Toronto Blue Jays 2012–2013

He made 229 starts through 2004 with a 4.99 earned run average and was out of the major leagues in 2005. He came back the following year as a left-handed reliever and pitched until he was forty-two, with earned run averages of 2.71, 2.88 and 2.06 in his last three seasons.

Twenty seasons gave him 118 wins against 98, a 4.51 earned run average and 1,915 innings across nine clubs. He pitched in the World Series for Texas in 2011 and Toronto's playoff run had him at forty-two.

His father Bob Oliver played eight seasons and hit 94 home runs. He was never an All-Star. The 2019 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1993	TEX	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1994	TEX	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1995	TEX	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1996	TEX	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1997	TEX	32	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.500
1998	STL/TEX	30	29	1	3	2	0	1	1	14	.103
1999	STL	35	73	7	20	4	0	6	3	23	.274
2000	TEX	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2001	TEX	28	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	.333
2002	BOS	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	COL	35	67	6	17	3	1	8	3	17	.254
2004	FLA/HOU	28	22	0	3	0	0	1	0	9	.136
2006	NYM	45	15	2	2	1	0	2	1	7	.133
2007	LAA	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2008	LAA	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2009	LAA	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2010	TEX	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2011	TEX	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2012	TOR	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2013	TOR	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	775	217	17	48	11	1	20	8	74	.221

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1993	TEX	0	0	2	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	4	2.70
1994	TEX	4	0	43	0	2	50.0	40	19	35	50	3.42
1995	TEX	4	2	17	7	0	49.0	47	23	32	39	4.22
1996	TEX	14	6	30	30	0	173.2	190	90	76	112	4.66
1997	TEX	13	12	32	32	0	201.1	213	94	82	104	4.20
1998	STL/TEX	10	11	29	29	0	160.1	204	102	66	87	5.73
1999	STL	9	9	30	30	0	196.1	197	93	74	119	4.26
2000	TEX	2	9	21	21	0	108.0	151	89	42	49	7.42
2001	TEX	11	11	28	28	0	154.0	189	103	65	104	6.02
2002	BOS	4	5	14	9	0	58.0	70	30	27	32	4.66
2003	COL	13	11	33	32	0	180.1	201	101	61	88	5.04
2004	FLA/HOU	3	3	27	10	0	72.2	87	48	21	46	5.94
2006	NYM	4	1	45	0	0	81.0	70	31	21	60	3.44
2007	LAA	3	1	61	0	0	64.1	58	27	23	51	3.78
2008	LAA	7	1	54	0	0	72.0	67	23	16	48	2.88
2009	LAA	5	1	63	1	0	73.0	61	22	22	65	2.71
2010	TEX	1	2	64	0	1	61.2	53	17	15	65	2.48
2011	TEX	5	5	61	0	2	51.0	47	13	11	44	2.29
2012	TOR	3	4	62	0	2	56.2	43	13	15	52	2.06
2013	TOR	3	4	50	0	0	49.0	47	21	15	40	3.86
Career	—	118	98	766	229	7	1915.2	2037	960	720	1259	4.51

On this day & linked events

1970

Born October 6, 1970

Kansas City, MO, USA

1993

Major-league debut: Darren Oliver

Darren Oliver made a major-league debut on September 1, 1993.

2013

Final major-league game: Darren Oliver

Darren Oliver played a final major-league game on September 29, 2013.

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