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Manuel
Olvera		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 10, 1981 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2005 24 OAK AL   8 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 6 6
2006 25 OAK AL   8 4 5 4 4 5 4 8 7 7
2007 26 OAK AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 5 8 7 7
2008 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 7 7
2009 28 OAK AL   7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
2010 29 OAK AL   7 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 7 8
2011 30 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 7 7
2012 31 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 7 7
2013 32 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 7 7
2014 33 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 7 7
2015 34 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 6 7
2016 35 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
2017 36 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 7 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award 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
2005 24 AA   5 6 .455 14 14 3 1 0 99.3 105 53 13 34 81 4.80 .272 .331 .448 .779  
    A   2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 19 9 1 8 12 4.34 .250 .321 .408 .729  
2006 25 AAA   1 3 .250 8 8 0 0 0 49.0 63 33 9 25 40 6.06 .312 .388 .530 .917  
    AA   14 5 .737 23 23 3 3 0 164.3 158 64 15 52 131 3.51 .252 .309 .374 .683  
2007 26 AAA   9 14 .391 29 29 0 0 0 183.0 205 101 25 76 165 4.97 .280 .348 .441 .789  
2008 27 OAK AL 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 1 11.7 20 14 3 6 7 10.81 .385 .441 .615 1.056 0.0
    AAA   1 3 .250 23 4 0 0 0 50.7 44 20 3 17 43 3.55 .230 .293 .325 .618  
2009 28 AAA   11 7 .611 26 26 2 2 0 162.7 172 71 19 59 141 3.93 .270 .332 .408 .740  
    AA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 12 4 1 7 18 2.77 .240 .333 .360 .693  
2010 29 AAA   8 4 .667 18 18 1 1 0 121.7 106 41 10 45 108 3.03 .231 .300 .352 .652  
    AA   3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 37.3 38 16 2 12 38 3.86 .264 .321 .389 .709  
2011 30 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 6 1 0 2 1 2.46 .353 .421 .412 .833 0.4
    AAA   2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 7 1 0 4 9 0.64 .156 .224 .178 .402  
    AA   7 6 .538 15 15 0 0 0 96.7 82 41 2 36 84 3.82 .227 .297 .310 .607  
2012 31 OAK AL 4 13 .235 28 26 0 0 0 143.7 180 97 24 51 113 6.08 .304 .356 .479 .835 1.6
2013 32 OAK AL 5 7 .417 35 12 0 0 1 122.7 142 65 11 49 101 4.77 .291 .362 .420 .783 5.3
2014 33 OAK AL 2 3 .400 12 10 0 0 0 60.3 60 27 5 27 37 4.03 .259 .333 .379 .713 3.7
  BOS AL 4 7 .364 18 16 1 1 0 95.7 113 50 9 43 70 4.70 .294 .363 .426 .789 4.0
  TOT   6 10 .375 30 26 1 1 0 156.0 173 77 14 70 107 4.44 .280 .352 .408 .760 7.7
2015 34 BOS AL 4 13 .235 20 20 0 0 0 96.7 122 74 15 47 82 6.89 .307 .384 .482 .866 0.4
    AAA   1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 28.7 32 16 3 11 26 5.02 .276 .339 .422 .761  
2016 35 BOS AL 5 8 .385 23 15 0 0 0 91.7 100 54 10 40 52 5.30 .281 .353 .410 .763 3.5
    AAA   1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 18 8 2 12 12 3.86 .257 .366 .386 .752  
2017 36 BOS AL 2 7 .222 34 6 0 0 0 93.0 110 69 16 79 65 6.68 .297 .423 .476 .899 0.0
8 Years Sim 26 59 .306 182 105 1 1 2 719.0 853 451 93 344 528 5.65 .295 .371 .448 .818 18.9
8 Years AAA 34 33 .507 114 95 3 3 0 628.3 647 291 71 249 544 4.17 .264 .332 .407 .739  
5 Years AA 30 18 .625 59 59 6 4 0 410.7 395 178 33 141 352 3.90 .252 .313 .379 .692  
1 Years A 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 19 9 1 8 12 4.34 .250 .321 .408 .729  
14 Years Minors 66 51 .564 176 157 9 7 0 1057.6 1061 478 105 398 908 4.07 .259 .325 .396 .721  
Season Average 3 7 .300 22 13 0 0 0 89.9 106 56 11 43 66 5.65 .295 .371 .448 .818  
Career Highs 6 13 .417 35 26 1 1 1 156.0 180 97 24 79 113 10.81 .385 .441 .615 1.056  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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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   443 240 50 165 274   .294 .363 .445 .808
vs LH   410 211 43 179 254   .297 .377 .451 .828
Home 13 30 .302 91 55 0 0 1 372.7 436 243 54 177 272 5.87 .292 .368 .460 .828
Away 13 29 .310 91 50 1 1 1 346.3 417 208 39 167 256 5.41 .298 .373 .434 .807
Mar/Apr 7 5 .583 33 10 0 0 0 111.6 129 60 12 43 78 4.84 .289 .351 .430 .781
May 4 9 .308 32 19 0 0 1 122.7 128 80 20 62 85 5.87 .266 .350 .432 .782
June 6 15 .286 36 20 0 0 0 144.3 183 93 23 56 109 5.80 .311 .371 .476 .847
July 2 10 .167 28 16 0 0 1 101.7 118 65 14 66 83 5.76 .292 .391 .463 .854
August 5 9 .357 28 21 1 1 0 120.0 152 73 11 55 87 5.48 .309 .378 .433 .811
Sep/Oct 2 11 .154 25 19 0 0 0 118.7 143 80 13 62 86 6.07 .299 .379 .447 .826
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 27 OAK AL P 10 0 11.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.32    
2011 30 OAK AL P 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46    
2012 31 OAK AL P 28 26 143.7 5 24 5 0 .853 1.82    
2013 32 OAK AL P 35 12 122.7 7 14 1 3 .955 1.54    
2014 33 OAK AL P 12 10 60.3 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.49    
  BOS AL P 18 16 95.7 3 12 0 2 1.000 1.41    
  TOT   P 30 26 156.0 5 20 0 3 1.000 1.44    
2015 34 BOS AL P 20 20 96.7 4 18 2 2 .917 2.05    
2016 35 BOS AL P 23 15 91.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.18    
2017 36 BOS AL P 34 6 93.0 3 17 0 0 1.000 1.94    
Career Totals   182 105 719.0 29 104 8 9 .943 1.66    
Career Highs   35 26 156.0 7 24 5 3 1.000 2.46    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
2014-8-1
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Oakland in 2005
Injured on 6/22/2005 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/19/2009 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 4/29/2011 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/23/2012
Traded from Oakland to Boston on 6/24/2014 (Going to OAK: P John Graziani, CF Alex Escobar. Going to BOS: P Manuel Olvera, P Chester Alber)
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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