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Ivy Olson
Ivan Massie Olson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 12, 1911
Final Game July 21, 1924
Born October 14, 1885 in Kansas City, MO
Died September 1, 1965 in Inglewood, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 25 CLE AL 140  545   89  142  20  8   1   50  20     34      .261  .311  .332   79  181  25           6    
 1912 26 CLE AL 125  467   68  118  13  1   0   33  16     21      .253  .291  .285   63  133  30           4    
 1913 27 CLE AL 104  370   47   92  13  3   0   32   7     22  28  .249  .296  .300   72  111  16           3    
 1914 28 CLE AL  89  310   22   75   6  2   1   20  15  9  13  24  .242  .275  .284   65   88   7           1    
 1915 29 TOT NL  81  233   20   50   5  5   0   17  10  6  13  13  .215  .256  .279   60   65  11           0    
         CIN NL  63  207   18   48   5  4   0   14  10  6  12  13  .232  .274  .295   71   61   7           0    
         BRO NL  18   26    2    2   0  1   0    3   0      1   0  .077  .111  .154  -21    4   4           0    
 1916 30 BRO NL 108  351   29   89  13  4   1   38  14     21  27  .254  .298  .322   88  113  20           1    
 1917 31 BRO NL 139  580   64  156  18  5   2   38   6     14  34  .269  .291  .328   87  190  15           4    
 1918 32 BRO NL 126  506   63  121  16  4   1   17  21     27  18  .239  .286  .292   76  148  14           6    
 1919 33 BRO NL 140  590   73  164  14  9   1   38  26     30  12  .278  .316  .337   95  199  12           3    
 1920 34 BRO NL 143  637   71  162  13 11   1   46   4  7  20  19  .254  .278  .314   67  200   7           1    
 1921 35 BRO NL 151  652   88  174  22 10   3   35   4  9  28  26  .267  .301  .345   68  225  11           4    
 1922 36 BRO NL 136  551   63  150  26  6   1   47   8  5  25  10  .272  .306  .347   68  191  17           2    
 1923 37 BRO NL  82  292   33   76  11  1   1   35   5  0  14  10  .260  .296  .315   63   92  11           1    
 1924 38 BRO NL  10   27    0    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   1  .222  .300  .259   53    7   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1574 6111  730 1575 191 69  13  446 156 36 285 222  .258  .295  .318   74 1943 198   0   0  36   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        629   75  162  20  7   1   46  16  4  29  23  .258  .295  .318   74  200  20   0   0   4   0
 Career High    151  652   89  174  26 11   3   50  26  9  34  34  .278  .316  .347   95  225  30   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 25 CLE AL  610  428   55   3.4    97| .261  .282| .311  .349| .332  .371| .643  .720|  79  .416 -17.0  -1.8     
 1912 26 CLE AL  522  379   38   2.7    94| .253  .276| .291  .345| .285  .363| .576  .708|  63  .331 -23.9  -2.6     
 1913 27 CLE AL  411  294   32   2.9    89| .249  .268| .296  .340| .300  .352| .596  .692|  72  .400 -13.9  -1.5     
 1914 28 CLE AL  331  251   24   2.6    85| .242  .261| .275  .335| .284  .341| .559  .676|  65  .390 -14.7  -1.7  62%
 1915 29 TOT NL  257  200   16   2.2    82| .215  .258| .256  .321| .279  .345| .535  .667|  60  .316 -12.1  -1.5  62%
         CIN NL  226  172   16   2.5    82| .232  .258| .274  .321| .295  .345| .569  .667|  71  .378  -8.1  -1.0  62%
         BRO NL   31   28    0   0.0    82| .077  .258| .111  .321| .154  .345| .265  .667| -21  .000  -4.0  -0.5     
 1916 30 BRO NL  393  282   33   3.2    80| .254  .258| .298  .316| .322  .344| .620  .660|  88  .480  -5.5  -0.6     
 1917 31 BRO NL  613  439   54   3.3    81| .269  .260| .291  .318| .328  .343| .619  .661|  87  .497 -10.8  -1.3     
 1918 32 BRO NL  553  399   41   2.8    80| .239  .261| .286  .319| .292  .337| .578  .656|  76  .404 -14.6  -1.7     
 1919 33 BRO NL  635  438   62   3.8    83| .278  .267| .316  .321| .337  .350| .653  .671|  95  .533  -5.0  -0.6     
 1920 34 BRO NL  665  489   54   3.0    94| .254  .281| .278  .335| .314  .374| .592  .709|  67  .387 -30.0  -3.3  36%
 1921 35 BRO NL  695  498   64   3.4   110| .267  .303| .301  .354| .345  .417| .646  .771|  68  .369 -32.2  -3.2  30%
 1922 36 BRO NL  595  423   58   3.7   112| .272  .301| .306  .359| .347  .419| .653  .778|  68  .368 -27.0  -2.6  61%
 1923 37 BRO NL  318  227   28   3.3   105| .260  .290| .296  .348| .315  .403| .611  .751|  63  .342 -15.3  -1.5 100%
 1924 38 BRO NL   32   23    2   2.3   101| .222  .286| .300  .341| .259  .399| .559  .740|  53  .226  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     6630 4770  561   3.2    93| .258  .276| .295  .336| .318  .369| .613  .705|  74  .405 -223.6 -24.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 25 CLE AL SS 139 293 428 72 51 .909 .926 5.19 5.42 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 3.30 1912 26 CLE AL SS 56 118 180 27 10 .917 .920 5.32 5.06 3B 36 62 74 8 2 .944 .920 3.78 3.27 2B 21 47 64 9 6 .925 .945 5.29 4.75 OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.97 3 0 0 1913 27 CLE AL 3B 73 97 145 12 7 .953 .934 3.32 3.08 1B 21 206 10 8 17 .964 .986 10.29 10.48 2B 1 5 3 1 1 .889 .952 8.00 4.80 1914 28 CLE AL SS 31 58 89 9 14 .942 .937 4.74 5.17 2B 23 62 72 2 5 .985 .953 5.83 4.78 3B 19 42 32 5 1 .937 .936 3.89 3.14 OF 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 .955 2.50 1.92 5 0 1 1B 3 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.13 1915 29 TOT NL 2B 40 88 125 14 17 .938 .955 5.33 4.79 TOT NL 3B 16 17 35 4 0 .929 .945 3.25 3.00 CIN NL 2B 39 88 125 14 17 .938 .955 5.46 4.79 3B 15 17 34 4 0 .927 .946 3.40 3.00 1B 7 65 7 1 3 .986 .990 10.29 10.23 BRO NL SS 7 16 14 3 2 .909 .932 4.29 5.21 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1916 30 BRO NL SS 103 234 303 47 28 .920 .926 5.21 5.18 2B 3 7 4 1 0 .917 .948 3.67 4.73 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 1917 31 BRO NL SS 133 283 431 45 53 .941 .931 5.37 5.15 3B 6 4 7 6 0 .647 .940 1.83 3.03 1918 32 BRO NL SS 126 265 388 58 42 .918 .934 5.18 5.63 1919 33 BRO NL SS 140 349 445 44 57 .947 .943 5.67 5.49 1920 34 BRO NL SS 125 275 404 47 48 .935 .941 5.43 5.47 2B 21 51 78 7 20 .949 .963 6.14 5.45 1921 35 BRO NL SS 133 343 465 49 71 .943 .951 6.08 5.64 2B 20 36 65 7 12 .935 .962 5.05 5.45 1922 36 BRO NL 2B 85 193 283 20 39 .960 .961 5.60 5.58 SS 51 139 149 13 43 .957 .945 5.65 5.46 1923 37 BRO NL 2B 72 161 244 11 36 .974 .959 5.62 5.57 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.95 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 10.20 SS 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.45 1924 38 BRO NL SS 8 15 17 2 6 .941 .950 4.00 5.44 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 27 CLE AL 1B 21 206 10 8 17 .964 .986 10.29 10.48 1914 28 CLE AL 1B 3 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.13 1915 29 CIN NL 1B 7 65 7 1 3 .986 .990 10.29 10.23 1916 30 BRO NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 1923 37 BRO NL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 10.20 1912 26 CLE AL 2B 21 47 64 9 6 .925 .945 5.29 4.75 1913 27 CLE AL 2B 1 5 3 1 1 .889 .952 8.00 4.80 1914 28 CLE AL 2B 23 62 72 2 5 .985 .953 5.83 4.78 1915 29 TOT NL 2B 40 88 125 14 17 .938 .955 5.33 4.79 CIN NL 2B 39 88 125 14 17 .938 .955 5.46 4.79 BRO NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1916 30 BRO NL 2B 3 7 4 1 0 .917 .948 3.67 4.73 1920 34 BRO NL 2B 21 51 78 7 20 .949 .963 6.14 5.45 1921 35 BRO NL 2B 20 36 65 7 12 .935 .962 5.05 5.45 1922 36 BRO NL 2B 85 193 283 20 39 .960 .961 5.60 5.58 1923 37 BRO NL 2B 72 161 244 11 36 .974 .959 5.62 5.57 1924 38 BRO NL 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.60 1911 25 CLE AL 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 3.30 1912 26 CLE AL 3B 36 62 74 8 2 .944 .920 3.78 3.27 1913 27 CLE AL 3B 73 97 145 12 7 .953 .934 3.32 3.08 1914 28 CLE AL 3B 19 42 32 5 1 .937 .936 3.89 3.14 1915 29 TOT NL 3B 16 17 35 4 0 .929 .945 3.25 3.00 CIN NL 3B 15 17 34 4 0 .927 .946 3.40 3.00 BRO NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1917 31 BRO NL 3B 6 4 7 6 0 .647 .940 1.83 3.03 1923 37 BRO NL 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.95 1912 26 CLE AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.97 3 0 0 1914 28 CLE AL OF 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 .955 2.50 1.92 5 0 1 1915 29 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1911 25 CLE AL SS 139 293 428 72 51 .909 .926 5.19 5.42 1912 26 CLE AL SS 56 118 180 27 10 .917 .920 5.32 5.06 1914 28 CLE AL SS 31 58 89 9 14 .942 .937 4.74 5.17 1915 29 BRO NL SS 7 16 14 3 2 .909 .932 4.29 5.21 1916 30 BRO NL SS 103 234 303 47 28 .920 .926 5.21 5.18 1917 31 BRO NL SS 133 283 431 45 53 .941 .931 5.37 5.15 1918 32 BRO NL SS 126 265 388 58 42 .918 .934 5.18 5.63 1919 33 BRO NL SS 140 349 445 44 57 .947 .943 5.67 5.49 1920 34 BRO NL SS 125 275 404 47 48 .935 .941 5.43 5.47 1921 35 BRO NL SS 133 343 465 49 71 .943 .951 6.08 5.64 1922 36 BRO NL SS 51 139 149 13 43 .957 .945 5.65 5.46 1923 37 BRO NL SS 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.45 1924 38 BRO NL SS 8 15 17 2 6 .941 .950 4.00 5.44
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1054 2389 3313 417 425 .932 .936 5.41 5.41 2B 288 651 938 72 136 .957 .958 5.52 5.31 3B 155 223 296 36 10 .935 .932 3.35 3.12 1B 34 295 18 9 20 .972 .987 9.21 10.37 OF 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.80 1.94 8 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1541 3575 4566 534 591 .938 .942 5.28 5.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   5  16   1   4  0  1  0   2   2   2  .250  .333  .375   0  0   2   0   0 
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   7  25   2   8  1  0  0   0   3   1  .320  .393  .360   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  12  41   3  12  1  1  0   2   5   3  .293  .370  .366   0  1   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1918 NL-126-5
1919 NL-140-1
1921 NL-151-10

At Bats
1917 NL-580-6
1918 NL-506-2
1919 NL-590-1
1920 NL-637-2
1921 NL-652-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1918 NL-553-5
1919 NL-635-1
1920 NL-665-7
1921 NL-695-4

Runs
1918 NL-63-10
1919 NL-73-5

Hits
1917 NL-156-9
1919 NL-164-1

Total Bases
1919 NL-199-10

Stolen Bases
1918 NL-21-10
1919 NL-26-8

Singles
1917 NL-131-6
1919 NL-140-1
1920 NL-137-10

Times on Base
1919 NL-197-10

Hit By Pitch
1918 NL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1911 AL-25-10
1912 AL-30-2
1916 NL-20-9
Car-198-84

At Bats per Strikeout
1918 NL-28.1-6
1919 NL-49.2-1
1920 NL-33.5-4
1922 NL-55.1-2
Car-23.0-73

Outs
1911 AL-428-6
1917 NL-439-4
1918 NL-399-1
1919 NL-438-1
1920 NL-489-3
1921 NL-498-1

Oldest Player
1921 NL-35-8
1922 NL-36-5
1923 NL-37-4
1924 NL-38-3

       

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (332) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 24 (890) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1556) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1021) (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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Transactions 

December 14, 1914: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Naps.

July 17, 1915: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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