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 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
1937	19	CHC-min	C	23	10	.697	3.45	44						295.0	295	160	113		131							1.444	9.0		4.0			PCY · WA
1938	20	TUL	A1	19	9	.679	3.05	41	30					245.0	131	105	83		100							0.943	4.8		3.7			TUL · TL
1939	21	TUL	A1	18	11	.621	3.10	39	30					250.0	235	131	86		75							1.240	8.5		2.7			TUL · TL
1939	21	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	2	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	30		1.174	2.3	0.0	8.2	3.5	0.43
1940	22	CHC	NL	13	9	.591	2.97	34	20	6	9	4	0	172.2	172	64	57	5	62	71	2	0	0	734	126	1.355	9.0	0.3	3.2	3.7	1.15
1941	23	CHC	NL	10	8	.556	3.15	37	23	10	10	2	1	185.2	202	84	65	7	59	73	1	0	2	807	111	1.406	9.8	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.24
1942	24	CHC	NL	6	9	.400	4.49	32	17	9	4	1	1	140.1	161	75	70	6	55	46	1	1	3	632	71	1.539	10.3	0.4	3.5	3.0	0.84

1946	28	CHC	NL	0	0		2.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	10	3	3	0	9	8	0	0	0	44	124	1.966	9.3	0.0	8.4	7.4	0.89
1947	29	CHC-min	AA	0	0			2						4.0	8				3							2.750	18.0		6.8			TUL · TL
5 Yrs				30	26	.536	3.40	112	60	32	23	7	2	516.0	547	226	195	18	192	201	4	1	5	2247	103	1.432	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.05
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.536	3.40	44	24	13	9	3	1	204	216	89	77	7	76	79	2	0	2	888	103	1.432	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.05

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	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1939	21	CHC	NL	7.2	4	0	0	0.00	4.23	-0.16	0.00	101.0	4.43	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.5	4	.607	.503	$
1940	22	CHC	NL	172.2	34	20	64	3.34	4.53	0.00	0.00	96.8	4.38	20	2.3	1.0	-0.1	3.8	39	.567	.514	$
1941	23	CHC	NL	185.2	37	23	84	4.07	4.21	-0.19	0.00	96.5	4.25	4	0.5	1.0	-0.1	2.1	24	.512	.503	$
1942	24	CHC	NL	140.1	32	17	75	4.81	4.05	-0.16	0.00	95.6	4.02	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.461	.492	$

1946	28	CHC	NL	9.2	5	0	3	2.79	3.93	-0.07	0.00	97.8	3.91	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.528	.501	$
5 Seasons				516.0	112	60	226	3.94	4.27	-0.11	0.00	96.4	4.23	18	2.0	1.0	-0.3	6.5	70	.518	.503	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1939	21	CHC	NL	30	0.0%	10.0%	23.3%			67%
1940	22	CHC	NL	734	0.7%	9.7%	8.5%	2.5%	11%	80%
1941	23	CHC	NL	807	0.9%	9.1%	7.3%	1.9%	7%	81%
1942	24	CHC	NL	632	1.0%	7.3%	8.7%	2.1%	8%	82%

1946	28	CHC	NL	44	0.0%	18.2%	20.5%			59%
5 Yrs				2247	0.8%	9.0%	8.5%	2.1%	8%	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1939	21	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	2	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	30		1.174	2.3	0.0	8.2	3.5	0.43
1940	22	14	9	.609	2.84	38	20	10	9	4	0	180.1	174	64	57	5	69	74	2	0	0	764	132	1.348	8.7	0.2	3.4	3.7	1.07	132
1941	23	24	17	.585	3.00	75	43	20	19	6	1	366.0	376	148	122	12	128	147	3	0	2	1571	121	1.377	9.2	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.15	121
1942	24	30	26	.536	3.41	107	60	29	23	7	2	506.1	537	223	192	18	183	193	4	1	5	2203	103	1.422	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05	103
1943	25	30	26	.536	3.41	107	60	29	23	7	2	506.1	537	223	192	18	183	193	4	1	5	2203	103	1.422	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05	103
1944	26	30	26	.536	3.41	107	60	29	23	7	2	506.1	537	223	192	18	183	193	4	1	5	2203	103	1.422	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05	103
1945	27	30	26	.536	3.41	107	60	29	23	7	2	506.1	537	223	192	18	183	193	4	1	5	2203	103	1.422	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05	103
1946	28	30	26	.536	3.40	112	60	32	23	7	2	516.0	547	226	195	18	192	201	4	1	5	2247	103	1.432	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.05	103

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
1939	21	0	0		0.00	8.0	2	0	0	0	7	3	0	1.125	2.3	7.9	3.4	0.43	0.0	4
1940	22	11	8	.579	3.23	173.0	184	69	62	5	66	71	2	1.445	9.6	3.4	3.7	1.08	0.3	34
1941	23	11	9	.550	3.55	185.0	219	81	73	8	64	73	1	1.530	10.7	3.1	3.6	1.14	0.4	37
1942	24	5	10	.333	5.59	140.0	185	97	87	7	63	46	1	1.771	11.9	4.1	3.0	0.73	0.5	32

1946	28	0	0		3.38	8.0	11	3	3	0	10	7	0	2.625	12.4	11.3	7.9	0.70	0.0	5
5 Yrs		27	27	.500	3.94	514.0	601	250	225	20	210	200	4	1.578	10.5		3.5	0.95	0.4	112

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1940 NL 2.97 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1940 NL .591 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1940 NL 4 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1940 NL 0.261 (3rd) 1941 NL 0.339 (8th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1940 NL 126 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1939 NL born 1918-03-16 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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