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Ivy Olson

Ivan Massie Olson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 14, 1885 in Kansas City, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1911
Teams (by GP): Robins/Naps/Reds 1911-1924

Final Game: July 21, 1924
Died: September 1, 1965 in Inglewood, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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
1911 25 CLE AL 140 610 545 89 142 20 8 1 50 20 34 56 .261 .311 .332 .643 79 181 6 25 *6/5
1912 26 CLE AL 125 522 467 68 118 13 1 0 33 16 10 21 22 .253 .291 .285 .575 63 133 4 30 654/O
1913 27 CLE AL 104 411 370 47 92 13 3 0 32 7 22 28 .249 .296 .300 .596 72 111 3 16 53/4
1914 28 CLE AL 89 331 310 22 75 6 2 1 20 15 9 13 24 .242 .275 .284 .559 65 88 1 7 645/O3
1915 29 TOT NL 81 257 233 20 50 5 5 0 17 10 6 13 13 .215 .256 .279 .535 60 65 0 11 45/36O
1915 29 CIN NL 63 226 207 18 48 5 4 0 14 10 6 12 13 .232 .274 .295 .569 71 61 0 7 45/3
1915 29 BRO NL 18 31 26 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .077 .111 .154 .265 -21 4 0 4 /645O
1916 30 BRO NL 108 393 351 29 89 13 4 1 38 14 0 21 27 .254 .298 .322 .620 88 113 1 20 *6/43
1917 31 BRO NL 139 613 580 64 156 18 5 2 38 6 14 34 .269 .291 .328 .619 88 190 4 15 *6/5
1918 32 BRO NL 126 554 506 63 121 16 4 1 17 21 27 18 .239 .286 .292 .578 77 148 6 14 *6
1919 33 BRO NL 140 636 590 73 164 14 9 1 38 26 30 12 .278 .316 .337 .654 95 199 3 12 *6
1920 34 BRO NL 143 666 637 71 162 13 11 1 46 4 7 20 19 .254 .278 .314 .592 68 200 1 7 *64
1921 35 BRO NL 151 694 652 88 174 22 10 3 35 4 9 28 26 .267 .301 .345 .646 67 225 4 11 *64
1922 36 BRO NL 136 595 551 63 150 26 6 1 47 8 5 25 10 .272 .306 .347 .653 68 191 2 17 46
1923 37 BRO NL 82 318 292 33 76 11 1 1 35 5 0 14 10 .260 .296 .315 .611 63 92 1 11 4/536
1924 38 BRO NL 10 32 27 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .300 .259 .559 53 7 0 2 /64
14 Yrs 1574 6632 6111 730 1575 191 69 13 446 156 46 285 300 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 1943 36 198
162 Game Avg. 162 683 629 75 162 20 7 1 46 16 29 31 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 200 4 20
BRO (10 yrs) 1053 4532 4212 486 1100 134 51 11 297 88 21 183 157 .261 .295 .325 .620 75 1369 22 113
CLE (4 yrs) 458 1874 1692 226 427 52 14 2 135 58 19 90 130 .252 .296 .303 .599 70 513 14 78
CIN (1 yr) 63 226 207 18 48 5 4 0 14 10 6 12 13 .232 .274 .295 .569 71 61 0 7
NL (10 yrs) 1116 4758 4419 504 1148 139 55 11 311 98 27 195 170 .260 .294 .324 .618 75 1430 22 120
AL (4 yrs) 458 1874 1692 226 427 52 14 2 135 58 19 90 130 .252 .296 .303 .599 70 513 14 78

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
1911 25 CLE AL 140 610 -16 -1 0 -6 9 -14 -1.3 21 7 0.8 .490 .491 1.3 0.4 13 $ *6/5
1912 26 CLE AL 125 522 -21 1 0 -3 5 -18 -1.9 18 -0 -0.1 .485 .488 0.1 0.2 2 $ 654/O
1913 27 CLE AL 104 411 -12 -1 0 0 2 -12 -1.4 14 3 0.1 .487 .492 0.1 0.2 3 $ 53/4
1914 28 CLE AL 89 331 -12 1 0 -4 2 -13 -1.7 11 -2 -0.5 .482 .490 0.0 -0.3 2 $ 645/O3
1915 29 CIN NL 63 226 -7 0 0 1 0 -5 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .490 .496 -0.1 0.1 0 $ 45/3
1915 29 BRO NL 18 31 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .471 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /645O
1916 30 BRO NL 108 393 -4 -0 0 -4 6 -2 -0.3 11 9 0.9 .498 .498 1.3 0.3 13 $ *6/43
1917 31 BRO NL 139 613 -8 -0 0 -2 9 -1 -0.1 17 17 1.6 .500 .500 1.9 0.9 19 $ *6/5
1918 32 BRO NL 126 554 -12 0 0 -11 8 -14 -1.8 16 1 -0.2 .486 .489 1.2 -0.3 12 $ *6
1919 33 BRO NL 140 636 -3 -0 0 -5 9 1 -0.1 18 19 1.7 .501 .501 2.4 0.4 24 $ *6
1920 34 BRO NL 143 666 -24 -0 0 2 9 -14 -1.7 19 6 0.2 .489 .490 0.0 1.2 4 $ *64
1921 35 BRO NL 151 694 -30 -1 0 2 9 -19 -2.1 20 1 -0.1 .487 .488 -0.2 1.1 -1 $ *64
1922 36 BRO NL 136 595 -25 1 0 -5 6 -23 -2.2 17 -6 -0.5 .483 .486 -0.1 0.2 -2 $ 46
1923 37 BRO NL 82 318 -15 2 0 5 3 -6 -0.6 9 4 0.4 .493 .497 -0.1 0.8 -2 $ 4/536
1924 38 BRO NL 10 32 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .490 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /64
14 Seasons 1574 6632 -195 2 0 -31 79 -144 -16.3 199 55 3.8 .490 .494 7.5 5.1 86 $
BRO (10 yrs) 1053 4532 -126 1 0 -19 61 -83 -9.4 129 46 3.5 .492 .494 6.1 4.5 65 $
CLE (4 yrs) 458 1874 -62 0 0 -13 18 -57 -6.2 65 8 0.3 .486 .490 1.5 0.5 21 $
CIN (1 yr) 63 226 -7 0 0 1 0 -5 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .490 .496 -0.1 0.1 0 $

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
1911 25 CLE AL 610 428 55 3.4 97 .289 .261 .282 .311 .349 .332 .371 .643 .720 79 .416 -17.1 -1.8 .598 .171 .072 1.9
1912 26 CLE AL 522 389 37 2.5 94 .265 .253 .276 .291 .345 .285 .363 .575 .708 63 .319 -23.9 -2.6 .457 .090 .032 .0
1913 27 CLE AL 411 294 32 2.9 90 .269 .249 .268 .296 .340 .300 .352 .596 .692 72 .400 -13.9 -1.6 .514 .130 .051 .0
1914 28 CLE AL 331 251 24 2.6 85 .260 .242 .261 .275 .335 .284 .342 .559 .677 65 .390 -14.7 -1.7 .443 .103 .042 1.9
1915 29 TOT NL 257 200 16 2.2 82 .227 .215 .258 .256 .321 .279 .345 .535 .667 60 .316 -12.1 -1.4 .434 .137 .064 .0
1915 29 CIN NL 226 172 16 2.5 82 .247 .232 .258 .274 .321 .295 .345 .569 .667 71 .378 -8.1 -1.0 .467 .140 .063 .0
1915 29 BRO NL 31 28 0 0.0 82 .077 .077 .258 .111 .321 .154 .345 .265 .667 -21 .000 -4.0 -0.5 .208 .115 .077
1916 30 BRO NL 393 282 36 3.4 80 .272 .254 .257 .298 .315 .322 .342 .620 .657 88 .507 -5.2 -0.6 .569 .168 .068 1.9
1917 31 BRO NL 613 439 54 3.3 80 .283 .269 .259 .291 .316 .328 .342 .619 .658 88 .497 -10.3 -1.2 .505 .093 .059 3.0
1918 32 BRO NL 554 399 41 2.8 79 .246 .239 .260 .286 .317 .292 .336 .578 .653 77 .404 -14.0 -1.6 .525 .148 .053 1.9
1919 33 BRO NL 636 438 62 3.8 83 .282 .278 .267 .316 .321 .337 .350 .654 .671 95 .533 -4.9 -0.6 .606 .154 .059 1.9
1920 34 BRO NL 666 489 54 3.0 93 .261 .254 .280 .278 .334 .314 .372 .592 .706 68 .387 -29.3 -3.2 .452 .086 .060 1.6
1921 35 BRO NL 694 498 64 3.4 111 .274 .267 .304 .301 .355 .345 .419 .646 .774 67 .370 -33.0 -3.3 .517 .113 .078 3.4
1922 36 BRO NL 595 423 58 3.7 112 .276 .272 .301 .306 .359 .347 .419 .653 .778 68 .368 -27.0 -2.6 .544 .125 .074 1.8
1923 37 BRO NL 318 227 28 3.3 105 .267 .260 .291 .296 .349 .315 .405 .611 .754 63 .341 -15.7 -1.5 .519 .120 .055 1.7
1924 38 BRO NL 32 23 2 2.3 101 .231 .222 .286 .300 .341 .259 .399 .559 .740 53 .228 -1.6 -0.2 .476 .148 .037
14 Yrs 6632 4780 563 3.2 93 .269 .258 .276 .295 .336 .318 .369 .613 .705 74 .406 -222.8 -23.9 .518 .125 .060 24.0
162 Game Avg. 683 492 58 3.2 93 .269 .258 .276 .295 .336 .318 .369 .613 .705 74 .406 -222.8 -23.9 .518 .125 .060 2
BRO (10 yrs) 4532 3246 399 3.3 93 .269 .261 .278 .295 .334 .325 .374 .620 .707 75 .418 -145.1 -15.3 .524 .123 .064 19.6
CLE (4 yrs) 1874 1362 148 2.9 92 .272 .252 .274 .296 .343 .303 .359 .599 .703 70 .381 -69.6 -7.7 .511 .127 .051 3.9
CIN (1 yr) 226 172 16 2.5 82 .247 .232 .258 .274 .321 .295 .345 .569 .667 71 .378 -8.1 -1.0 .467 .140 .063 .0
NL (10 yrs) 4758 3418 415 3.3 93 .268 .260 .277 .294 .333 .324 .372 .618 .706 75 .416 -153.2 -16.2 .521 .124 .064 19.8
AL (4 yrs) 1874 1362 148 2.9 92 .272 .252 .274 .296 .343 .303 .359 .599 .703 70 .381 -69.6 -7.7 .511 .127 .051 3.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1916 30 BRO NL WS BOS L 5 20 16 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 6 1 0 2 0 0
1920 34 BRO NL WS CLE L 7 28 25 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .320 .393 .360 .753 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 12 48 41 3 12 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 3 .293 .370 .366 .735 15 1 0 2 0 0
2 WS 12 48 41 3 12 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 3 .293 .370 .366 .735 15 1 0 2 0 0

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
1918 32 BRO NL 554 0.2% 3.3% 4.9% 3.8% 17% 0.67 28.1 506.0 29.8 88%
1919 33 BRO NL 636 0.2% 1.9% 4.7% 3.8% 15% 0.40 49.2 590.0 15.5 91%
1920 34 BRO NL 666 0.2% 2.9% 3.0% 3.8% 15% 0.95 33.5 637.0 13.8 93%
1921 35 BRO NL 694 0.4% 3.8% 4.0% 5.0% 20% 0.93 25.1 217.3 18.6 90%
1922 36 BRO NL 595 0.2% 1.7% 4.2% 5.6% 22% 0.40 55.1 551.0 11.7 91%
1923 37 BRO NL 318 0.3% 3.1% 4.4% 4.1% 17% 0.71 29.2 292.0 8.3 88%
1924 38 BRO NL 32 0.0% 3.1% 9.4% 3.1% 17% 0.33 27.0 81%
14 Yrs 3495 0.4% 8.6% 8.2% 7.8% 17% 1.05 20.4 470.1 13.7 166%
MLB Averages 1.4% 19.4% 16.7% 11.9% 23% 1.16 9.9 140.8 9.2 171%

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
1911 25 140 610 545 89 142 20 8 1 50 20 34 56 .261 .311 .332 .643 79 181 6 25
1912 26 265 1132 1012 157 260 33 9 1 83 36 10 55 78 .257 .302 .310 .612 71 314 10 55
1913 27 369 1543 1382 204 352 46 12 1 115 43 10 77 106 .255 .300 .308 .608 72 425 13 71
1914 28 458 1874 1692 226 427 52 14 2 135 58 19 90 130 .252 .296 .303 .599 70 513 14 78
1915 29 539 2131 1925 246 477 57 19 2 152 68 25 103 143 .248 .291 .300 .591 69 578 14 89
1916 30 647 2524 2276 275 566 70 23 3 190 82 25 124 170 .249 .292 .304 .596 72 691 15 109
1917 31 786 3137 2856 339 722 88 28 5 228 88 25 138 204 .253 .292 .308 .600 75 881 19 124
1918 32 912 3691 3362 402 843 104 32 6 245 109 25 165 222 .251 .291 .306 .597 75 1029 25 138
1919 33 1052 4327 3952 475 1007 118 41 7 283 135 25 195 234 .255 .295 .311 .605 78 1228 28 150
1920 34 1195 4993 4589 546 1169 131 52 8 329 139 32 215 253 .255 .292 .311 .604 77 1428 29 157
1921 35 1346 5687 5241 634 1343 153 62 11 364 143 41 243 279 .256 .293 .315 .609 75 1653 33 168
1922 36 1482 6282 5792 697 1493 179 68 12 411 151 46 268 289 .258 .295 .318 .613 75 1844 35 185
1923 37 1564 6600 6084 730 1569 190 69 13 446 156 46 282 299 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 1936 36 196
1924 38 1574 6632 6111 730 1575 191 69 13 446 156 46 285 300 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 1943 36 198

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
1911 25 147 634 568 88 144 20 8 1 50 20 34 59 .254 .303 .322 .625 55 140
1912 26 131 544 487 69 122 13 1 0 34 17 22 23 .251 .288 .281 .570 39 125
1913 27 109 437 393 54 101 14 3 0 36 8 24 29 .257 .305 .308 .613 37 104
1914 28 91 348 325 26 84 7 2 1 24 17 15 25 .258 .293 .302 .595 29 89
1915 29 84 275 249 25 59 6 6 0 22 12 15 14 .237 .280 .309 .590 22 81
1916 30 112 425 378 38 106 15 5 1 50 17 25 28 .280 .327 .354 .681 44 108
1917 31 144 660 623 82 183 21 6 2 49 7 16 35 .294 .317 .356 .673 70 139
1918 32 161 732 666 100 175 23 6 1 27 30 39 23 .263 .312 .320 .632 65 126
1919 33 162 759 703 100 210 18 12 1 52 33 38 14 .299 .338 .363 .701 86 140
1920 34 150 709 679 81 179 14 12 1 52 4 22 20 .264 .288 .324 .612 63 143
1921 35 160 725 681 85 175 22 10 3 34 4 28 28 .257 .290 .332 .622 65 151
1922 36 142 608 564 58 145 25 6 1 43 8 24 10 .257 .290 .328 .618 53 136
1923 37 86 330 303 32 76 11 1 1 34 5 14 11 .251 .286 .304 .590 26 82
1924 38 11 33 28 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 .214 .290 .250 .540 2 10
14 Yrs 1690 7219 6647 838 1765 210 78 13 507 182 319 320 .266 .303 .326 .630 656 1574
162 Game Avg. 162 692 637 80 169 20 7 1 49 17 31 31 .266 .303 .326 .630 63 1574

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1917 NL  0.9 (10th)
1920 NL  1.2 (7th)
1921 NL  1.1 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1918 NL  126 (5th)
1919 NL  140 (1st)
1921 NL  151 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1917 NL  580 (6th)
1918 NL  506 (2nd)
1919 NL  590 (1st)
1920 NL  637 (2nd)
1921 NL  652 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1918 NL  554 (4th)
1919 NL  636 (1st)
1920 NL  666 (6th)
1921 NL  694 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1918 NL  63 (10th)
1919 NL  73 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  156 (9th)
1919 NL  164 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1919 NL  199 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1918 NL  21 (10th)
1919 NL  26 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1917 NL  131 (6th)
1919 NL  140 (1st)
1920 NL  137 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1919 NL  197 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1918 NL  6 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1911 AL  25 (10th)
1912 AL  30 (2nd)
1916 NL  20 (9th)
Career  198 (84th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1912 AL  21.2 (4th)
1918 NL  28.1 (6th)
1919 NL  49.2 (1st)
1920 NL  33.5 (4th)
1922 NL  55.1 (2nd)
Career  20.4 (112th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1911 AL  428 (6th)
1917 NL  439 (4th)
1918 NL  399 (1st)
1919 NL  438 (1st)
1920 NL  489 (3rd)
1921 NL  498 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1921 NL  born 1885-10-14 (8th)
1922 NL  born 1885-10-14 (5th)
1923 NL  born 1885-10-14 (4th)
1924 NL  born 1885-10-14 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (344), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 24 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1236), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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