Darren Oliver

Darren Christopher Oliver
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: October 6, 1970 in Kansas City, MO
Drafted: 3rd round 1988 by the Texas Rangers
Acquired: as a free agent, January 2006
Departed: as a free agent, October 2006

 

Darren signed a contract with the Mets in the winter following the 2005 season (which had not seen him log so much as a single pitch in the big leagues) and pitched well enough during Spring Training to snag the 25th roster spot in April. He continued on to record his best season since his rookie campaign a dozen years previous--then just kept on getting better. His 2001 Bowman Heritage card is shown here; more cards are pictured below.

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PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB      G  GS CG     IP   W  L   PCT    H    R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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1993 Tex AL    2   0  0    3.1   0  0  ----    2    1   1    4   1   0  0  2.70
1994 Tex AL   43   0  0   50.0   4  0 1.000   40   24  19   50  35   0  2  3.42
1995 Tex AL   17   7  0   49.0   4  2  .667   47   25  23   39  32   0  0  4.22
1996 Tex AL   30  30  1  173.2  14  6  .700  190   97  90  112  76   1  0  4.66
1997 Tex AL   32  32  3  201.1  13 12  .520  213  111  94  104  82   1  0  4.20
1998 2teams   29  29  2  160.1  10 11  .476  204  115 102   87  66   0  0  5.73
1999 StL NL   30  30  2  196.1   9  9  .500  197   96  93  119  74   1  0  4.26
2000 Tex AL   21  21  0  108.0   2  9  .182  151   95  89   49  42   0  0  7.42
2001 Tex AL   28  28  1  154.0  11 11  .500  189  109 103  104  65   0  0  6.02
2002 Bos AL   14   9  1   58.0   4  5  .444   70   30  30   32  27   1  0  4.66
2003 Col NL   33  32  1  180.1  13 11  .542  201  108 101   88  61   0  0  5.04
2004 2teams   27  10  0   72.2   3  3  .500   87   50  48   46  21   0  0  5.94
2006 *METS*   45   0  0   81.0   4  1  .800   70   33  31   60  21   0  0  3.44
2007 LAA AL   61   0  0   64.1   3  1  .750   58   31  27   51  23   0  0  3.78
2008 LAA AL   54   0  0   72.0   7  1  .875   67   24  23   48  16   0  0  2.88
2009 LAA AL   63   1  0   73.0   5  1  .833   61   22  22   65  22   0  0  2.71
2010 Tex AL   64   0  0   61.2   1  2  .333   53   20  17   65  15   0  1  2.48
2011 Tex AL   61   0  0   51.0   5  5  .500   47   17  13   44  11   0  2  2.29
2012 Tor AL   62   0  0   56.2   3  4  .429   43   13  13   52  15   0  2  2.06
2013 Tor AL   50   0  0   49.0   3  4  .429   47   24  21   40  15   0  0  3.86
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METS TOTALS   45   0  0   81.0   4  1  .800   70   33  31   60  21   0  0  3.44
OTHER CLUBS  721 229 11 1834.2 114 97  .540 1967 1012 929 1199 699   4  7  4.56
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CAREER TOTS  766 229 11 1915.2 118 98  .546 2037 1045 960 1259 720   4  7  4.51

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB      G  GS CG     IP   W  L   PCT    H    R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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1998 Tex AL   19  19  2  103.1   6  7  .462  140   84  75   58  43   0  0  6.53
1998 StL NL   10  10  0   57.0   4  4  .500   64   31  27   29  23   0  0  4.26
2004 Fla NL   18   8  0   58.2   2  3  .400   75   44  42   33  17   0  0  6.44
2004 Hou NL    9   2  0   14.0   1  0 1.000   12    6   6   13   4   0  0  3.86

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture.  The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal.  Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den.  At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas.  If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection.  I’m still accepting donations, should you feel so moved.  Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

1995 Select

1998 Fleer Tradition

1998 Collector's Choice

1989 ProCards Gastonia Rangers #1021

1992 Upper Deck Top Prospects #308

1993 Fleer/ProCards Tulsa Drillers #2733
1993 Keebler All-Time Texas Rangers #418

1994 Fleer Major League Prospects #27
1994 Pinnacle #233 (Rookie Prospect)
1994 Pinnacle Museum Collection #233 (Rookie Prospect)
1994 Score Rookie & Traded Gold Rush #RT113 (Rookie)

1996 Collector's Choice
(autographed)

1995 Fleer Flair #90
1995 Leaf #185
1995 Pinnacle Select #57
1995 Topps #403
1995 Upper Deck #153
1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #399

1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #734 (autographed)

1997 Donruss #107
1997 Fleer/Skybox Circa #302
1997 Fleer Ultra #305
1997 Score #129
1997 Score Premium Stock #129
1997 Topps #303
1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #237

1998 Fleer Tradition #109
1998 Fleer Ultra #289
1998 Pacific Crown Collection #206
1998 Pacific Online Silver #740
1998 Pinnacle Snapshots Texas Rangers #7
1998 Topps #418
1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #247

1999 Topps Stadium Club #21

2000 Pacific

2002 Fleer Tradition

2003 Upper Deck Forty Man
Rainbow

2006 Upper Deck
Special F/X Green

2000 Dr. Pepper Texas Rangers (3¼ x 5)
2000 MLB Showdown 1st Edition #413
2000 Pacific #358
2000 Topps #278
2000 Topps Limited Edition #278

2001 Bowman Heritage #282
2001 Topps #614
2001 Topps Chrome #530
2001 Topps Gold #614 (1255/2001)

2002 Fleer Tradition #250
2002 Topps #62
2002 Topps Gold #62 (0083/2002)
2002 Topps Total #589
2002 Upper Deck 40 Man #280

2003 Upper Deck Forty Man Rainbow #741 (17/40)

2004 Fleer Tradition #20 (Team Leaders; with Preston Wilson)
2004 Fleer Tradition #195

2006 Starlight Starbright (Marc S. Levine) Mets #27
2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Green #705 (42/99)

2007 Topps Heritage

2009 Upper Deck

2011 Topps Update Gold

2012 Topps Update Gold

2007 Topps #48
2007 Topps #48 (red letters)
2007 Topps Heritage #17
2007 Upper Deck #755

2009 Upper Deck #693

2011 Topps Update #US158
2011 Topps Update Gold #US158 (0168/2011)

2012 Topps Update Gold #US261 (0168/2012)
2012 Topps Update Walmart Blue #US261

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