Trent Oeltjen

Former Prospect Free Agent
High Level
MLB
Years
2001-2016 (2009-2011)
Proper Name
Trent Carl Wayne Oeltjen
Positions
OF (701) ... RF (233) ... LF (214) ... CF (95) ... dh (2)
Height / Weight
6-1 / 205
Bats / Throws
Left / Left
Birthdate
February 28,1983   Age:  43.246
Drafted/Signed
Service Time
1.027 (2011)
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
oeltt001
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Trent Oeltjen [Trent Carl Wayne Oeltjen] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2009-2011. His last Major League Baseball season was with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011. Oeltjen is 43 years old and was born on February 28th, 1983 in Sydney, Australia. He was signed as an undrafted international free agent by the Minnesota Twins in 2001. Ranked by Baseball America as the Minnesota Twins No. 18 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on August 6th, 2009 at the age of 26. Started the game and batted 7th going 2/6 for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Singled in his first at bat against Kevin Hart. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were ...
Felix Molina, Jesus Merchan and Nick Blackburn. Oeltjen played 7 seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization, 3 seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 season with the Los Angeles Angels and 1 season with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) for 4 seasons [2010,2013,2014,2016]. Led the Midwest League (A) with 20 Hit By Pitch in 2003. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 11 Sacrifice Flies in 2008. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 14 Triples in 2009. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 42 Doubles in 2010. Played 1 year of Independent League Baseball in 2016.

Career Transactions: Signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 28th, 2007. Signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on December 4th, 2009. Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 6th, 2010. Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels on November 14th, 2012. Signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 27th, 2014.

Career Notes: Played for Australia in the Athens Olympics in 2004. Participated in the All-Star Weekend Futures Game (World Team) in 2006. Played for Australia in World Baseball Classic in 2006. Played for Australia in World Baseball Classic in 2009. Played for Australia in World Baseball Classic in 2017.

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2002Baseball AmericaTeamMinnesota Twins26View Rankings
2003Baseball AmericaTeamMinnesota Twins18View Rankings
2004Baseball AmericaTeamMinnesota Twins29View Rankings
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Prospect rankings are available since 1990 and are based on pre-season rankings from various ranking sites.

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#ageposlnptbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
2001Elizabethton TwinsAppRkMIN-1893041100420060110023210.033.032.067.099.100.034.0400.0018.750.000.00
2001Gulf Coast TwinsGCLRkMIN-1812145134214373018103141632402561571033.321.387.418.805.254.097.3528.9210.191.140.00
2002Elizabethton TwinsAppRkMIN8191015421536647231875163473200842431252.298.363.391.754.177.093.3396.5813.992.1371.67
2002Quad Cities River BanditsMidwAMIN-19102546100110320100172915.240.321.280.601.200.040.26110.346.900.670.00
2003Quad Cities River BanditsMidwAMIN-20111123466731391284442914375720451317953224115.298.371.384.755.197.086.3296.9510.711.54116.50
2004Fort Myers MiracleFSLA+MIN-211009032445908522825818611242261143601575.278.337.352.689.182.074.3355.0016.943.39162.00
2005Fort Myers MiracleFSLA+MIN-2210998341449817444321926772053031353952573.287.369.396.765.220.109.3576.5819.492.9685.25
2006New Britain Rock CatsEastAAMIN1023113113401611201610344231136581692131654642991.299.378.411.789.232.112.3427.7612.501.61133.67
2007Rochester Red WingsILAAAMIN122490972443358952231471044134014832711642.238.303.340.643.172.102.2833.6916.244.40122.00
2008Tucson SidewindersPCLAAAARI1025103127442751402810660157246810411162064914496.317.357.466.823.222.149.3544.8913.852.8373.67
2009Reno AcesPCLAAAARI32261121144427813429141064228311011041362214885381.303.362.500.862.299.197.3736.3520.703.2644.20
2009Arizona DiamondbacksNLMLBARI16267/8R99/26712470111741343111301100327389.243.250.457.707.257.214.2551.3717.8113.0023.33
2010Albuquerque IsotopesPCLAAALAN10271154919940691855331452343202211122262841.347.416.563.979.377.216.41810.1819.031.8739.80
2010Nashville SoundsPCLAAAMIL10271157026647802428381322159343251322973446.301.355.496.851.316.195.3567.0719.872.8133.25
2010Los Angeles DodgersNLMLBLAN4927H/78/19678142355110100481200183023.217.357.348.705.304.131.33313.3326.672.000.00
2011Albuquerque IsotopesPCLAAALAN1028121561803361143834742550421521052122536.339.429.5831.012.400.244.43111.7923.582.0022.50
2011Los Angeles DodgersNLMLBLAN4928H/79RD9/7845617110141126601330142112391410.197.322.324.646.394.127.29314.2932.972.3135.50
2012Arizona DodgersArizRkLAN-29151200010000000002502.400.400.400.800.000.000.4000.000.000.000.00
2012Albuquerque IsotopesPCLAAALAN102910611240272118228136114935106766331954564375.294.356.485.841.291.191.3637.6823.253.0330.92
2013Salt Lake BeesPCLAAAANA10301099933360853021449217371101043051613874639.255.345.483.828.381.228.3359.5628.422.9723.79
2014Tijuana TorosMexAAA -311036451015107130111094523.139.273.250.523.333.111.17415.5628.891.8636.00
2014Reno AcesPCLAAAARI243113325700111131200000103516.219.286.313.599.188.094.3168.5734.294.0032.00
2016Pittsburg DiamondsPacAssocIndy -33272300121011000006812.429.500.8571.357.714.428.40012.5012.501.007.00
Tot:MLB (3 yrs) MLB      9916426366351191185127312631941422.220.299.384.684.323.165.2799.2826.292.8332.80
Tot:NL (3 yrs) NL      9916426366351191185127312631941422.220.299.384.684.323.165.2799.2826.292.8332.80
Tot:Minors (14 yrs) Minors      12904517736132024481845692401003669171375847225019785125409911.292.360.438.798.258.146.3477.1417.892.5153.77
Tot:Indy (1 yrs) Indy      272300121011000006812.429.500.8571.357.714.429.40012.5012.501.007.00
Tot:Rk (3 yrs) Rk      1093846211015534119830561067021444372387.286.348.375.723.195.089.3226.8612.811.87128.00
Tot:A (2 yrs) A      133491771451384453014405920551418656125120.295.369.379.748.198.084.3267.1310.521.48122.75
Tot:A+ (2 yrs) A+      1886658918825967146174413832952924975540148.283.354.374.728.202.092.3465.8318.283.14110.83
Tot:AA (1 yrs) AA      113401611201610344231136581692131654642991.299.378.411.789.232.112.3427.7612.501.61133.67
Tot:AAA (8 yrs) AAA      7472576447757175496836812250216606592928183212342908292465.294.358.479.837.297.185.3577.4320.842.8137.88
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
Avg:Minors - 162 game avg Minors      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
2006Minnesota TwinsMLB Spring TrainingSpring23221100000000000001201.500.500.5001.000.000.000.5000.000.000.000.00
2007Minnesota TwinsMLB Spring TrainingSpring24583300020001000003803.375.375.375.750.000.000.4290.0012.500.000.00
2008Arizona DiamondbacksMLB Spring TrainingSpring25181836100000021000271915.333.368.389.757.056.056.3750.0010.530.000.00
2009Arizona DiamondbacksMLB Spring TrainingSpring2692245110200121000082423.227.292.364.656.182.137.2504.178.332.000.00
2010Sydney Blue SoxAustraliaAustralia27270000010113000000800.000.000.000.000.000.000.00012.5037.503.000.00
2010Milwaukee BrewersMLB Spring TrainingSpring27131422100101141000031611.143.250.214.464.071.071.2006.2525.004.000.00
2011Los Angeles DodgersMLB Spring TrainingSpring2824285102015103301000153237.357.419.536.955.321.179.3759.389.381.0028.00
2012Los Angeles DodgersMLB Spring TrainingSpring29213881121040141520000154438.289.386.395.781.184.106.4789.0934.093.750.00
2013Sydney Blue SoxAustraliaAustralia3013469205141413380000039491010.435.000.848.848.435.413.4716.1216.332.6711.50
2013Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring301216360113113700000111924.375.474.6881.162.500.313.62515.7936.842.3316.00
2014Sydney Blue SoxAustraliaAustralia3141162274616263330134400000841752422.284.000.519.519.333.235.3577.4325.143.3827.00
2016Brisbane BanditsAustraliaAustralia331454109104110191800000226354.167.000.407.407.389.240.15614.2928.572.0013.50
Tot:Australia (4 Yrs) Australia 7026946752231459452673000001452953936.279.342.539.881.353.260.3358.8124.752.8119.21
Tot:Spring (8 Yrs) Spring 10414629447321723123451002631641232.301.374.432.806.205.130.3827.3220.732.8373.00

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