Al Olmsted Trades and Transactions

The Al Olmsted trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Al Olmsted has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Al Olmsted

Al Olmsted Autograph on a 1981 Topps (#244)

Al Olmsted Autograph on a 1981 Topps (#244)
 

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Birth Name:   Alan Ray Olmsted
Nickname:   Al
Born On:   03-18-1957  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Hazelwood East High School (St. Louis, MO)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-12-1980 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-03-1980
Draft:   1975 : 13th Round (304th)
Al Olmsted

Trades & Transactions

06-03-1975: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round — free-agent draft.
12-08-1980: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea and Kim Seaman) to San Diego Padres for Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and Bob Geren.
02-19-1982: Traded by San Diego Padres (with Ozzie Smith and Steve Mura) to St. Louis Cardinals for Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and Luis DeLeon.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Al Olmsted trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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