Bjorn
Olafsson
 
Nickname: Bear
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 264
 
Born: August 28, 1978 in Sweden
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 29 HVR PL $ 3,450,000   38 38 39 81 81 81 48 48 48 66 62 63 34 33 33
2009 30 LDR PL $ 3,450,000   38 38 39 84 84 84 46 46 46 66 62 63 31 30 30
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,450,000   38 38 39 81 81 81 46 46 46 66 62 63 31 30 30
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,450,000   38 38 39 84 84 84 48 48 48 66 62 63 34 33 33
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Roy Hobbs Award or The Moonlight Graham Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 29 HVR PL 141 507 63 106 21 0 24 75 1 0 66 134 .209 .302 .393 .694 62.9 6.3
2009 30 LDR PL 97 319 48 80 15 1 15 52 0 0 39 94 .251 .334 .445 .779 48.3 6.9
2 Years Sim 238 826 111 186 36 1 39 127 1 0 105 228 .225 .314 .413 .727 111.2 13.2
162 Game Average 562 75 126 24 0 26 86 0 0 71 155 .225 .314 .413 .727 75.7  
Career Highs 141 507 63 106 21 1 24 75 1 0 66 134 .251 .334 .445 .779 62.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   596 78 127 23 0 26 90 1 0 69 168 .213 .294 .383 .677 71.6
vs LH   230 33 59 13 1 13 37 0 0 36 60 .257 .364 .491 .856 40.9
Home 113 372 54 90 13 1 19 66 0 0 60 103 .242 .345 .435 .780 59.6
Away 125 454 57 96 23 0 20 61 1 0 45 125 .211 .288 .394 .682 53.0
RISP   227 0 53 15 1 10 86 0 0 31 57 .233 .321 .441 .761 33.6
Pinch Hitting   14 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .143 .200 .286 .486 0.6
Close/Late   88 9 21 6 1 0 5 0 0 12 21 .239 .337 .330 .666 10.0
Mar/Apr 39 147 22 36 6 0 8 27 0 0 14 49 .245 .311 .449 .760 20.9
May 43 149 19 28 4 0 7 25 0 0 23 44 .188 .295 .356 .651 17.7
June 32 107 11 18 6 1 2 14 0 0 9 31 .168 .237 .299 .536 7.3
July 36 127 15 31 8 0 2 19 1 0 18 31 .244 .340 .354 .694 16.2
August 42 139 14 29 7 0 6 17 0 0 13 33 .209 .279 .388 .668 15.5
Sep/Oct 46 157 30 44 5 0 14 25 0 0 28 40 .280 .392 .580 .972 34.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Crash Davis Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 29 HVR PL C 16 12 119.0 91 6 1 1 .990 7.34 11 4 .364 0 1.0
    2B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 30 LDR PL C 70 62 567.3 357 38 7 1 .983 6.27 63 31 .492 0 3.3
  C 86 74 686.3 448 44 8 2 .984 6.45 74 35 .473 0 4.2
  2B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   87 74 689.7 448 44 8 2 .984 6.42 74 35 .473 0 4.2
Career Highs   70 62 567.3 357 38 7 1 .990 7.14 63 31 .492 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
2008-10-24
Walks
2008-4-66
CAR-43-105
Strikeouts
2008-4-134
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 6
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20
 
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History
Signed as a free agent by Hanksville on 2/7/2008 to a 3-year deal worth $3,450,000 per year
Had first career hit (double) on 4/9/2008, off Paul Therrien (PHX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/2008, off Albert Martineau (NHB)