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Vern Olsen
Vern Jarl Olsen

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 8, 1939
Final Game September 13, 1946
Born March 16, 1918 in Hillsboro, OR
Died July 13, 1989 in Maywood, IL

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 21 CHC NL   1   0   4   0   0   0   4  0    7.7    2    0    0   0    7    3   0   0    30       0  0.00  3.95  inf 1.174
 1940 22 CHC NL  13   9  34  20   9   4   6  0  172.7  172   64   57   5   62   71   2   0   734       0  2.97  3.77  127 1.355
 1941 23 CHC NL  10   8  37  23  10   2  10  1  185.7  202   84   65   7   59   73   1   2   807       0  3.15  3.52  112 1.406
 1942 24 CHC NL   6   9  32  17   4   1   9  1  140.3  161   75   70   6   55   46   1   3   632       1  4.49  3.21   72 1.539
 1946 28 CHC NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   3  0    9.7   10    3    3   0    9    8   0   0    44       0  2.79  3.31  118 1.966
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .536  30  26 112  60  23   7  32  2  516.0  547  226  195  18  192  201   4   5  2247       1  3.40  3.52  104 1.432
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  44  23   9   2  12  0  204.0  216   89   77   7   75   79   1   1   888   0   0  3.40  3.52  104 1.432
 Career High     13   9  37  23  10   4  10  1  185.7  202   84   70   7   62   73   2   3   807   0   1  2.97  3.77  127 1.355

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 21 CHC NL   4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   1  .000  .667  .000   91    0   0           0   0
 1940 22 CHC NL  35   57    4   15   3  0   0    5   2      2   9  .263  .288  .316   68   18   3           0   0
 1941 23 CHC NL  37   63    7   15   2  0   1    5   0      2  10  .238  .262  .317   65   20   2           0   1
 1942 24 CHC NL  32   48    4    9   1  0   0    4   0      5   2  .188  .264  .208   42   10   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      113  169   16   39   6  0   1   14   2  0  11  22  .231  .278  .284   61   48   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        242   23   56   9  0   1   20   3  0  16  32  .231  .278  .284   61   69   9   0   0   0   1
 Career High     37   63    7   15   3  0   1    5   2  0   5  10                          20   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 21 CHC NL    3    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .283| .667  .349| .000  .404| .667  .753|  91  .000   0.4   0.0     
 1940 22 CHC NL   62   45    5   3.0    96| .263  .269| .288  .334| .316  .388| .604  .721|  68  .334  -2.5  -0.3     
 1941 23 CHC NL   67   51    5   2.6    91| .238  .261| .262  .331| .317  .368| .579  .699|  65  .303  -3.1  -0.3     
 1942 24 CHC NL   54   40    3   2.0    84| .188  .251| .264  .322| .208  .349| .472  .672|  42  .238  -3.4  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       186  137   13   2.6    91| .231  .261| .278  .330| .284  .369| .562  .699|  61  .293  -8.7  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 21 CHC NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.10 1.17 2.22 0 7.7 1940 22 CHC NL P 34 9 53 0 1 1.000 .963 1.82 1.10 3.23 2.22 20 172.7 1941 23 CHC NL P 37 9 48 2 2 .966 .964 1.54 1.09 2.76 2.23 23 185.7 1942 24 CHC NL P 32 8 37 0 1 1.000 .968 1.41 1.17 2.89 2.35 17 140.3 1946 28 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.00 1.86 2.23 0 9.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 21 CHC NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.10 1.17 2.22 0 7.7 1940 22 CHC NL P 34 9 53 0 1 1.000 .963 1.82 1.10 3.23 2.22 20 172.7 1941 23 CHC NL P 37 9 48 2 2 .966 .964 1.54 1.09 2.76 2.23 23 185.7 1942 24 CHC NL P 32 8 37 0 1 1.000 .968 1.41 1.17 2.89 2.35 17 140.3 1946 28 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.00 1.86 2.23 0 9.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 112 26 141 2 4 .988 .965 1.49 1.11 2.91 2.26 60 516.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 112 26 141 2 4 .988 .965 1.49 1.11 2.91 2.26 60 516
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1940 NL-2.97-5

Shutouts
1940 NL-4-3

Adjusted ERA+
1940 NL-127-8

Youngest Player
1939 NL-21-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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