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Vern Olsen

Vern Jarl Olsen

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

Born: March 16, 1918 in Hillsboro, OR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1939
Team: Cubs 1939-1946

Final Game: September 13, 1946
Died: July 13, 1989 in Maywood, IL
Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 21 CHC NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 91 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 22 CHC NL 35 63 57 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .263 .288 .316 .604 69 18 0 0 3 1
1941 23 CHC NL 37 67 63 7 15 2 0 1 5 0 2 10 .238 .262 .317 .579 65 20 1 0 2 1
1942 24 CHC NL 32 54 48 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 5 2 .188 .264 .208 .472 42 10 0 0 1 1
1946 28 CHC NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 113 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6
162 Game Avg. 162 268 242 23 56 9 0 1 20 3 16 32 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 69 1 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 21 CHC NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1940 22 CHC NL 35 63 -3 0 0 0 7 4 0.5 2 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1941 23 CHC NL 37 67 -3 0 0 0 7 4 0.5 2 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1942 24 CHC NL 32 54 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.3 2 4 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ 1
1946 28 CHC NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 113 187 -8 0 0 0 20 12 1.2 6 18 1.4 .511 .502 1.4 -0.0 18 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1939 21 CHC NL 3 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .283 .667 .349 .000 .404 .667 .753 91 .000 0.4 0.0 2.000 2.000 .000
1940 22 CHC NL 63 45 5 3.0 96 .313 .263 .268 .288 .332 .316 .386 .604 .718 69 .334 -2.4 -0.2 .524 .123 .053 .0
1941 23 CHC NL 67 51 5 2.6 91 .269 .238 .261 .262 .331 .317 .368 .579 .699 65 .303 -3.1 -0.3 .449 .111 .079 .0
1942 24 CHC NL 54 40 3 2.0 84 .196 .188 .251 .264 .323 .208 .349 .472 .672 42 .238 -3.4 -0.4 .385 .125 .021
5 Yrs 187 137 13 2.6 90 .260 .231 .261 .278 .329 .284 .369 .562 .698 61 .293 -8.6 -0.9 .466 .130 .053 1.3
162 Game Avg. 268 196 19 2.6 90 .260 .231 .261 .278 .329 .284 .369 .562 .698 61 .293 -8.6 -0.9 .466 .130 .053 2

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 21 CHC NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 0.50 1.0 0%
1940 22 CHC NL 63 0.0% 14.3% 3.2% 4.8% 20% 4.50 6.3 11.4 76%
1941 23 CHC NL 67 1.5% 14.9% 3.0% 4.5% 20% 5.00 6.3 63.0 12.6 78%
1942 24 CHC NL 54 0.0% 3.7% 9.3% 1.9% 11% 0.40 24.0 12.0 85%
5 Yrs 187 0.5% 11.8% 5.9% 3.7% 18% 2.00 7.7 169.0 12.1 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.8% 6.0% 26% 1.03 9.8 70.9 8.7 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 21 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 91 0 0 0 0
1940 22 39 66 58 5 15 3 0 0 5 2 4 10 .259 .306 .310 .617 72 18 0 0 3
1941 23 76 133 121 12 30 5 0 1 10 2 6 20 .248 .283 .314 .598 69 38 1 0 5
1942 24 108 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6
1943 25 108 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6
1944 26 108 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6
1945 27 108 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6
1946 28 113 187 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 21 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 4
1940 22 37 64 59 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .254 .279 .305 .584 5 35
1941 23 38 71 67 8 17 2 0 1 6 0 2 10 .254 .275 .328 .604 6 37
1942 24 34 58 51 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 6 2 .196 .281 .216 .496 3 32
4 Yrs 113 196 178 18 42 6 0 1 16 2 12 22 .236 .284 .287 .571 14 108
162 Game Avg. 162 281 255 26 60 9 0 1 23 3 17 32 .236 .284 .287 .571 20 108

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1939 NL  born 1918-03-16 (7th)

                                         

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