What years did Darren O'Day play?

Darren O'Day played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022.

Was Darren O'Day a pitcher?

Yes. Darren O'Day pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 637 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Darren O'Day hit?

Darren O'Day hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Darren O'Day play for?

Darren O'Day played for 6 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2008), the New York Mets (2009), the Texas Rangers (2009–2011), the Baltimore Orioles (2012–2018), the Atlanta Braves (2019–2020, 2022), and the New York Yankees (2021).

Did Darren O'Day win a Cy Young Award?

No. Darren O'Day did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Darren O'Day win?

Darren O'Day was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Darren O'Day's career stats?

In 644 games, Darren O'Day went 42-21 with a 2.59 ERA, 637 strikeouts, 609.0 innings pitched, and 21 saves.

What was Darren O'Day's salary?

Darren O'Day's last recorded salary was $5,854,712, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,854,712, in 2016, and his lowest was $390,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Darren O'Day play?

Darren O'Day played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Darren O'Day and how much did he weigh?

Darren O'Day was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.

What was Darren O'Day's career ERA?

Darren O'Day finished with a 2.59 career ERA, going 42-21 with 637 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Darren O'Day have?

Darren O'Day recorded 637 career strikeouts.

Is Darren O'Day in the Hall of Fame?

No. Darren O'Day has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Darren O'Day

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2022)

Darren O'Day was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022 for 6 teams, including the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a span of 15 seasons. Across 644 career appearances, he went 42-21 with a 2.59 ERA, 637 strikeouts, and 21 saves. Darren O'Day was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8945.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 42–21

ERA 2.59

WHIP 1.03

SO 637

Pitcher PIV 8945.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 220 lb
Born: 10/22/1982 in Jacksonville, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-03-31
Last Game: 2022-07-11
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Darren Christopher O'Day

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Career Pitching Statistics

Darren O'Day — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
42	21	644	0	0	0	21	609.0	458	175	64	172	637	2.59	8945.5

Career ERA 2.59 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 37.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Darren O'Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	LAA	AL	0	1	30	0	43.1	49	22	14	29	4.57	4.32 (-6%)	747.7
2009	NYN	NL	0	0	4	0	3.0	5	0	1	2	0.00	—	0.0
2009	TEX	AL	2	1	64	2	55.2	36	12	17	54	1.94	4.32 (+55%)	1875.6
2010	TEX	AL	6	2	72	0	62.0	43	14	12	45	2.03	4.08 (+50%)	912.7
2011	TEX	AL	0	1	16	0	16.2	17	10	5	18	5.40	3.94 (-37%)	-1517.9
2012	BAL	AL	7	1	69	0	67.0	49	17	14	69	2.28	4.01 (+43%)	1790.2
2013	BAL	AL	5	3	68	2	62.0	47	15	15	59	2.18	3.87 (+44%)	448.0
2014	BAL	AL	5	2	68	4	68.2	42	13	19	73	1.70	3.74 (+54%)	729.6
2015	BAL	AL	6	2	68	6	65.1	47	11	14	82	1.52	3.96 (+62%)	2434.5
2016	BAL	AL	3	1	34	3	31.0	25	13	13	38	3.77	4.19 (+10%)	-291.4
2017	BAL	AL	2	3	64	2	60.1	41	23	24	76	3.43	4.36 (+21%)	997.8
2018	BAL	AL	0	2	20	2	20.0	18	8	4	27	3.60	4.15 (+13%)	345.5
2019	ATL	NL	0	0	8	0	5.1	3	1	1	6	1.69	—	0.0
2020	ATL	NL	4	0	19	0	16.1	8	2	5	22	1.10	4.45 (+75%)	692.6
2021	NYA	AL	0	0	12	0	10.2	9	4	4	11	3.38	4.27 (+21%)	-182.9
2022	ATL	NL	2	2	28	0	21.2	19	10	10	26	4.15	3.97 (-5%)	-36.4
Career · 16 seasons			42	21	644	21	609.0	458	175	172	637	2.59	—	8,945

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Darren O'Day — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
644	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Darren O'Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	LAA	AL	30	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	NYN	NL	4	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TEX	AL	64	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TEX	AL	72	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TEX	AL	16	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BAL	AL	69	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BAL	AL	68	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BAL	AL	68	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BAL	AL	68	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BAL	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BAL	AL	64	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	BAL	AL	20	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	ATL	NL	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	ATL	NL	19	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYA	AL	12	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	ATL	NL	28	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			644	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Darren O'Day — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Darren O'Day — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2020	NLCS	ATL	2	.000
2020	NLDS2	ATL	2	.000
2020	NLWC4	ATL	1	.000
2019	NLDS2	ATL	4	.000
2016	ALWC	BAL	1	.000
2014	ALCS	BAL	3	.000
2014	ALDS2	BAL	1	.000
2012	ALDS1	BAL	4	.000
2012	ALWC	BAL	1	.000
2010	ALCS	TEX	3	.000
2010	ALDS1	TEX	4	.000
2010	WS	TEX	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Darren O'Day — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	3	30	0	0	20.1	16	10	6	21	4.43

Playoff Pitching by Year

Darren O'Day — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	NLCS	ATL	0	2	0.2	2	2	0	1	27.00
2020	NLDS2	ATL	0	2	1.1	1	0	1	1	0.00
2020	NLWC4	ATL	0	1	0.1	1	0	2	1	0.00
2019	NLDS2	ATL	0	4	2.0	1	0	0	2	0.00
2016	ALWC	BAL	0	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	0.00
2014	ALCS	BAL	2	3	1.2	2	3	1	2	16.20
2014	ALDS2	BAL	0	1	1.0	2	1	0	0	9.00
2012	ALDS1	BAL	0	4	5.0	0	0	1	4	0.00
2012	ALWC	BAL	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2010	ALCS	TEX	1	3	0.2	1	1	1	1	13.50
2010	ALDS1	TEX	0	4	2.0	2	0	0	4	0.00
2010	WS	TEX	0	4	2.0	3	3	0	3	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Darren O'Day — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	333	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	311	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Darren O'Day — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	333	317.0	230	106	94	342	3.01
Away	311	292.0	228	69	78	295	2.13

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Darren O'Day — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-07-11	ATL	NYN	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2022-07-10	ATL	WAS	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2022-07-07	ATL	STL	—	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0
2022-07-06	ATL	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-07-04	ATL	STL	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2022-06-30	ATL	PHI	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0
2022-06-26	ATL	LAD	L	0.2	2	2	1	0	1	0
2022-06-24	ATL	LAD	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-06-21	ATL	SFG	L	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0
2022-06-14	ATL	WAS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Darren O'Day — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	644	0	29	66	7	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Darren O'Day — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2008	LAA	P	30	3	9	1	1
2009	NYN	P	4	0	0	0	0
2009	TEX	P	64	1	6	0	0
2010	TEX	P	72	4	5	1	0
2011	TEX	P	16	2	2	1	0
2012	BAL	P	69	3	6	0	0
2013	BAL	P	68	4	3	1	2
2014	BAL	P	68	4	11	1	0
2015	BAL	P	68	2	4	0	1
2016	BAL	P	34	1	1	0	0
2017	BAL	P	64	3	10	1	0
2018	BAL	P	20	0	4	0	0
2019	ATL	P	8	0	0	0	0
2020	ATL	P	19	1	2	1	0
2021	NYA	P	12	0	1	0	0
2022	ATL	P	28	1	2	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Darren O'Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	644

Awards & Honors

Darren O'Day — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2017	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - MLB Player

Salary History

Darren O'Day's recorded salaries total $19,328,412 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and O'Day's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

Darren O'Day — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BAL	AL	$5,854,712
2015	BAL	AL	$4,250,000
2014	BAL	AL	$3,200,000
2013	BAL	AL	$2,200,000
2012	BAL	AL	$1,350,000
2011	TEX	AL	$1,251,000
2010	TEX	AL	$426,700
2009	NYN	NL	$406,000
2008	LAA	AL	$390,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$19,328,412

College History

Darren O'Day — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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Darren O'Day: the record in brief

March 31, 2008 and July 11, 2022 bracket Darren O'Day's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. O'Day played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2008), the New York Mets (2009), the Texas Rangers (2009 through 2011), the Baltimore Orioles (2012 to 2018), the Atlanta Braves (2019 to 2022), and the New York Yankees (2021). Born on October 22, 1982, in Jacksonville, FL, USA, O'Day is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. O'Day's listed size is 6'4" and 220 pounds. The bio lists the given name Darren Christopher.

The pitching table credits O'Day with a 42-21 record and a 2.59 ERA in 644 games. Also on O'Day's record: 637 strikeouts and 21 saves. That 2.59 ERA compares with a 4.13 league average across the same seasons, 37.4% better. No season topped the 7 wins of 2012. O'Day struck out 82 batters in 2015, a career high. 2015 was O'Day's sharpest full season, a 1.52 ERA against the league's 3.96.

Frequently Asked Questions about Darren O'Day

What years did Darren O'Day play?: Darren O'Day played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022.
Was Darren O'Day a pitcher?: Yes. Darren O'Day pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 637 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Darren O'Day hit?: Darren O'Day hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Darren O'Day play for?: Darren O'Day played for 6 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2008), the New York Mets (2009), the Texas Rangers (2009–2011), the Baltimore Orioles (2012–2018), the Atlanta Braves (2019–2020, 2022), and the New York Yankees (2021).
Did Darren O'Day win a Cy Young Award?: No. Darren O'Day did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Darren O'Day win?: Darren O'Day was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Darren O'Day's career stats?: In 644 games, Darren O'Day went 42-21 with a 2.59 ERA, 637 strikeouts, 609.0 innings pitched, and 21 saves.
How much did Darren O'Day earn in his career?: Darren O'Day's recorded salaries total $19,328,412 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and O'Day's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Darren O'Day's salary?: Darren O'Day's last recorded salary was $5,854,712, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,854,712, in 2016, and his lowest was $390,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Darren O'Day play?: Darren O'Day played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Darren O'Day and how much did he weigh?: Darren O'Day was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.
What was Darren O'Day's career ERA?: Darren O'Day finished with a 2.59 career ERA, going 42-21 with 637 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Darren O'Day have?: Darren O'Day recorded 637 career strikeouts.
Is Darren O'Day in the Hall of Fame?: No. Darren O'Day has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.