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Marv Olson
Marvin Clement Olson (Sparky)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.
School Luther College

Debut September 13, 1931
Final Game April 30, 1933
Born May 28, 1907 in Gayville, SD
Died February 5, 1998 in Tyndall, SD

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 24 BOS AL  15   53    8   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   9   3  .189  .306  .208   42   11   2           0    
 1932 25 BOS AL 115  403   58  100  14  6   0   25   1  5  61  26  .248  .347  .313   73  126  12           0    
 1933 26 BOS AL   3    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      133  457   67  110  15  6   0   30   1  5  70  30  .241  .342  .300   69  137  14   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        557   82  134  18  7   0   37   1  6  85  37  .241  .342  .300   69  167  17   0   0   0   0
 Career High    115  403   58  100  14  6   0   25   1  5  61  26  .248  .347  .313   73  126  12   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 24 BOS AL   64   45    3   1.8   102| .189  .278| .306  .344| .208  .397| .514  .740|  42  .135  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1932 25 BOS AL  476  320   43   3.6   110| .248  .284| .347  .354| .313  .417| .660  .772|  73  .354 -14.6  -1.4  16%
 1933 26 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .282| .000  .354| .000  .406| .000  .760|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       541  366   46   3.4   109| .241  .283| .342  .353| .300  .415| .642  .768|  69  .326 -18.9  -1.8  16%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 24 BOS AL 2B 15 49 55 4 9 .963 .965 6.93 5.48 1932 25 BOS AL 2B 106 266 324 28 68 .955 .968 5.57 5.67 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80 1933 26 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 24 BOS AL 2B 15 49 55 4 9 .963 .965 6.93 5.48 1932 25 BOS AL 2B 106 266 324 28 68 .955 .968 5.57 5.67 1933 26 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1932 25 BOS AL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 122 315 379 32 77 .956 .968 5.69 5.65 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 123 315 382 32 77 .956 .967 5.67 5.62
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.

Sac. Hits
1932 AL-12-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2485) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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