Eddie Dyer vs. Gregg Olson — Career Comparison

Eddie Dyer
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gregg Olson
Gen XNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Eddie Dyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Gregg Olson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gregg Olson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 4.75 and 1.609 for Eddie Dyer. By the career numbers, Gregg Olson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Dyer and Gregg Olson

Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.43
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.33
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.81
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.52
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.35
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.91
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
4.75
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.46
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
27
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016
27
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
9
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
9
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
11.11
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
8.01
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.38
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
4.42
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.55
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.21
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
7.88
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.58
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
40.25
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2889
38.69
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.23
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
5.99
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.77
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.68
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.72
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1036
36.42
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2504
33.54
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.25
40.25
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Eddie Dyer and Gregg Olson

Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.33
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
27
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
9
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.07
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.74
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.66
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.46
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.282
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Dyer and Gregg Olson

Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
129
452.63
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
622
74640
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
600
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
550.88
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.642
0.642
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
1.3
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
122.81
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.7
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.56
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.53
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.02
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.11
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.54
54.53
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
172.2
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
189.47
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
157.89
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.613
0.613
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
108.77
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
45.61
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
147.37
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.13
56.61
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
165.6
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
35.09
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
49.12
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.21
12.21
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.04
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.53
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.51
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.04
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA