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Ivy Olson
Ivan Massie Olson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 14, 1885 in Kansas City, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1911
Final Game: July 21, 1924
Died: September 1, 1965 in Inglewood, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1911 25 CLE AL 140 610 545 89 142 20 8 1 50 20 34 .261 .311 .332 .643 79 181 6 25 *6/5
1912 26 CLE AL 125 522 467 68 118 13 1 0 33 16 21 .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 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 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 87 190 4 15 *6/5
1918 32 BRO NL 126 553 506 63 121 16 4 1 17 21 27 18 .239 .286 .292 .578 76 148 6 14 *6
1919 33 BRO NL 140 635 590 73 164 14 9 1 38 26 30 12 .278 .316 .337 .654 95 199 3 12 *6
1920 34 BRO NL 143 665 637 71 162 13 11 1 46 4 7 20 19 .254 .278 .314 .592 67 200 1 7 *64
1921 35 BRO NL 151 695 652 88 174 22 10 3 35 4 9 28 26 .267 .301 .345 .646 68 225 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 Seasons 1574 6630 6111 730 1575 191 69 13 446 156 36 285 222 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 1943 36 198
162 Game Avg. 162 682 629 75 162 20 7 1 46 16 29 .258 .295 .318 .613 74 200 4 20
BRO (10 yrs) 1053 4530 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 9 90 52 .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 4756 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 9 90 52 .252 .296 .303 .599 70 513 14 78

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1911 CLE AL 25 SS 139 793 293 428 72 51 .909 5.19 .927 5.42
1911 CLE AL 25 3B 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .933 3.30
1912 CLE AL 26 SS 56 325 118 180 27 10 .917 5.32 .920 5.06
1912 CLE AL 26 3B 36 144 62 74 8 2 .944 3.78 .918 3.27
1912 CLE AL 26 2B 21 120 47 64 9 6 .925 5.29 .946 4.75
1912 CLE AL 26 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .933 1.97 3-0-0
1913 CLE AL 27 3B 73 254 97 145 12 7 .953 3.32 .933 3.08
1913 CLE AL 27 1B 21 224 206 10 8 17 .964 10.29 .986 10.48
1913 CLE AL 27 2B 1 9 5 3 1 1 .889 8.00 .956 4.80
1914 CLE AL 28 SS 31 156 58 89 9 14 .942 4.74 .937 5.17
1914 CLE AL 28 2B 23 136 62 72 2 5 .985 5.83 .951 4.78
1914 CLE AL 28 3B 19 79 42 32 5 1 .937 3.89 .935 3.14
1914 CLE AL 28 OF 6 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 .953 1.92 5-0-1
1914 CLE AL 28 1B 3 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 10.13
1915 TOT NL 29 2B 40 227 88 125 14 17 .938 5.33 .956 4.79
1915 TOT NL 29 3B 16 56 17 35 4 0 .929 3.25 .946 3.00
1915 CIN NL 29 2B 39 227 88 125 14 17 .938 5.46 .956 4.79
1915 CIN NL 29 3B 15 55 17 34 4 0 .927 3.40 .947 3.00
1915 CIN NL 29 1B 7 73 65 7 1 3 .986 10.29 .990 10.23
1915 BRO NL 29 SS 7 33 16 14 3 2 .909 4.29 .933 5.21
1915 BRO NL 29 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1915 BRO NL 29 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1915 BRO NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1916 BRO NL 30 SS 103 584 234 303 47 28 .920 5.21 .927 5.18
1916 BRO NL 30 2B 3 12 7 4 1 0 .917 3.67 .950 4.73
1916 BRO NL 30 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.20
1917 BRO NL 31 SS 133 759 283 431 45 53 .941 5.37 .930 5.15
1917 BRO NL 31 3B 6 17 4 7 6 0 .647 1.83 .959 3.03
1918 BRO NL 32 SS 126 711 265 388 58 42 .918 5.18 .935 5.63
1919 BRO NL 33 SS 140 838 349 445 44 57 .947 5.67 .943 5.49
1920 BRO NL 34 SS 125 726 275 404 47 48 .935 5.43 .941 5.47
1920 BRO NL 34 2B 21 136 51 78 7 20 .949 6.14 .963 5.45
1921 BRO NL 35 SS 133 857 343 465 49 71 .943 6.08 .951 5.64
1921 BRO NL 35 2B 20 108 36 65 7 12 .935 5.05 .963 5.45
1922 BRO NL 36 2B 85 496 193 283 20 39 .960 5.60 .961 5.58
1922 BRO NL 36 SS 51 301 139 149 13 43 .957 5.65 .944 5.46
1923 BRO NL 37 2B 72 416 161 244 11 36 .974 5.63 .958 5.57
1923 BRO NL 37 3B 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 2.95
1923 BRO NL 37 1B 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .980 10.20
1923 BRO NL 37 SS 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 5.45
1924 BRO NL 38 SS 8 34 15 17 2 6 .941 4.00 .950 5.44
1924 BRO NL 38 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 5.60
13 Seasons SS 1054 6119 2389 3313 417 425 .932 5.41 .937 5.41
10 Seasons 2B 288 1661 651 938 72 136 .957 5.52 .958 5.31
7 Seasons 3B 155 555 223 296 36 10 .935 3.35 .932 3.12
5 Seasons 1B 34 322 295 18 9 20 .972 9.21 .987 10.37
3 Seasons OF 10 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 .950 1.94 8-0-2
14 Seasons TOT 1541 8675 3575 4566 534 591 .938 5.28 .881 5.25 8-0-2
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--553--5th
1919 NL--635--1st
1920 NL--665--7th
1921 NL--695--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
1918 NL--28.111--6th
1919 NL--49.167--1st
1920 NL--33.526--4th
1922 NL--55.100--2nd
Career--22.970--73rd

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--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 24 (771), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 14, 1914: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Naps.

July 17, 1915: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.

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