Tim Olson

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1978)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Tim Olson

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|position = Infielder

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|1|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Grand Forks, North Dakota

|death_date =

|death_place =

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|debutdate = May 30

|debutyear = 2004

|debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks

|debutleague = MLB

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label = Batting average

|stat1value = .182

|stat2label = Home runs

|stat2value = 2

|stat3label = Runs batted in

|stat3value = 5

|teams =

• Arizona Diamondbacks ({{By|2004}})
• Colorado Rockies ({{By|2005}})

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Timothy Lane Olson (born August 1, 1978) is a former American professional baseball player{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsonti01.shtml | title=Tim Olson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More }} who was an infielder for two Major League Baseball teams in the 2000s. Olson played college baseball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

Olson attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Andy Lopez's Florida Gators baseball team in 2000. During his single season with the Gators, he had a school-record twenty-nine-game hitting streak, and received a variety of All-American honors. After the college season was over, Olson was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2000 MLB Draft.

He is married to Stephanie Leigh Buyok of Farmington, New Mexico.