Ole Olsen

Arthur Ole Olsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: September 12, 1894 in South Norwalk, CT
School: Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1922
Team: Tigers 1922-1923

Final Game: September 24, 1923
Died: September 12, 1980 in Norwalk, CT
Buried: Rowayton Union Cemetery, Norwalk, CT
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1921	26	SYR	AA	14	14	.500	4.64	41						250.0	280	179	129		115							1.580	10.1		4.1			SYR · IL
1922	27	DET	AL	7	6	.538	4.53	37	15	13	5	0	3	137.0	147	84	69	8	40	52	14	0	2	597	86	1.365	9.7	0.5	2.6	3.4	1.30
1923	28	DET	AL	1	1	.500	6.31	17	2	4	1	0	0	41.1	42	30	29	1	17	12	5	0	3	180	62	1.427	9.1	0.2	3.7	2.6	0.71
1924	29	NVL,BIR	A	12	14	.462	4.00	37						227.0	216	121	101		98							1.383	8.6		3.9			NVL,BIR · SOUA
1925	30	NVL,KCY	A,AA	14	15	.483	4.66	50						197.0	232	125	102		69							1.528	10.6		3.2			NVL,KCY · SOUA,AA
1926	31	KCY,SYR	AA	8	5	.615	4.03	26						105.0	119	59	47		34							1.457	10.2		2.9			KCY,SYR · AA,IL
1927	32	KCY	AA	2	3	.400	4.86	20						50.0	62	30	27		25							1.740	11.2		4.5			KCY · AA
1928	33	ATA	A	13	8	.619	3.73	40						188.0	192	86	78		56							1.319	9.2		2.7			ATA · SOUA
1929	34	ATA	A	0	4	.000	4.67	12						52.0	63	29	27		12							1.442	10.9		2.1			ATA · SOUA
2 Yrs				8	7	.533	4.95	54	17	17	6	0	3	178.1	189	114	98	9	57	64	19	0	5	777	79	1.379	9.5	0.5	2.9	3.2	1.12
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.533	4.95	52	16	16	6	0	3	171	181	109	94	9	55	61	18	0	5	744	79	1.379	9.5	0.5	2.9	3.2	1.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1922	27	DET	AL	136.0	37	15	84	5.56	4.49	-0.08	96.8	4.42	-17	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.457	.490	$
1923	28	DET	AL	41.1	17	2	30	6.53	4.61	0.00	98.9	4.56	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.449	.495	$
2 Seasons				177.1	54	17	114	5.79	4.52	-0.06	97.3	4.45	-26	-2.5	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.454	.492	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	27	DET	AL	596	1.3%	8.7%	6.7%	3.0%	12%	78%
1923	28	DET	AL	180	0.6%	6.7%	9.4%	3.3%	14%	73%
2 Yrs				776	1.2%	8.3%	7.4%	3.1%	13%	77%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.2%	7.7%	2.6%	10%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1922	27	7	6	.538	4.53	37	15	13	5	0	3	137.0	147	84	69	8	40		52	14	0	2	597	86	1.365	9.7	0.5	2.6	3.4	1.30	86
1923	28	8	7	.533	4.95	54	17	17	6	0	3	178.1	189	114	98	9	57		64	19	0	5	777	79	1.379	9.5	0.5	2.9	3.2	1.12	79

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1922	27	7	8	.467	4.53	139.0	151	78	70	8	41	53	14	1.381	9.8	2.7	3.4	1.29	0.5	37
1923	28	1	3	.250	6.37	41.0	43	32	29	1	17	12	5	1.463	9.4	3.7	2.6	0.71	0.2	17
2 Yrs		8	11	.421	4.95	180.0	194	110	99	9	58	65	19	1.400	9.7		3.3	1.12	0.5	54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1922 AL 3 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1922 AL 14 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1922 AL 13 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1922 AL 3 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 AL 14 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1922 AL 13 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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