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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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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

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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 62 57 4 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 9 .263 .288 .316 .604 68 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 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 113 186 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 0 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 48 1 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 267 242 23 56 9 0 1 20 3 16 32 .231 .278 .284 .562 61 69 1 0 9

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 CHC NL 21 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 1.10
1940 CHC NL 22 P 34 62 9 53 0 1 1.000 1.82 .961 1.10
1941 CHC NL 23 P 37 59 9 48 2 2 .966 1.54 .964 1.09
1942 CHC NL 24 P 32 45 8 37 0 1 1.000 1.41 .967 1.17
1946 CHC NL 28 P 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 1.00
5 Seasons P 112 169 26 141 2 4 .988 1.49 .964 1.11
5 Seasons TOT 112 169 26 141 2 4 .988 1.49 .952 1.11

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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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