Vern Olsen
Vern Jarl Olsen
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 16, 1918 in Hillsboro, OR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1939
Final Game: September 13, 1946
Died: July 13, 1989 in Maywood, IL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg 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 Awards
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 0 734 127 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 2 807 112 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 72 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 44 118 1.966 9.3 0.0 8.4 7.4 0.89
5 Seasons 30 26 .536 3.40 112 60 32 23 7 2 516.0 547 226 195 18 192 201 4 1 5 2247 104 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 2 888 104 1.432 9.5 0.3 3.3 3.5 1.05

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
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 0 764 133 1.348 8.7 0.2 3.4 3.7 1.07 133
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 122 1.377 9.2 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.15 122
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 104 1.432 9.5 0.3 3.3 3.5 1.05 104

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 6.0 3 0 0 0 10 2 0 2.167 4.5 15.0 3.0 0.20 0.0 4
1940 22 12 7 .632 3.14 175.0 181 68 61 5 65 72 2 1.406 9.3 3.3 3.7 1.11 0.3 34
1941 23 11 9 .550 3.55 185.0 218 81 73 8 64 73 1 1.524 10.6 3.1 3.6 1.14 0.4 37
1942 24 5 10 .333 5.53 140.0 184 96 86 7 63 46 1 1.764 11.8 4.1 3.0 0.73 0.5 32
1946 28 0 0 4.50 8.0 11 4 4 0 10 7 0 2.625 12.4 11.3 7.9 0.70 0.0 5
5 Seasons 28 26 .519 3.92 514.0 597 249 224 20 212 200 4 1.574 10.5 3.5 0.94 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  2.971 (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  .261 (3rd)
1941 NL  .339 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1940 NL  127 (8th)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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