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
Cremated
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
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	10	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	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	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	46	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	19	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	19	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

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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 28.1 (6th) 1919 NL 49.2 (1st) 1920 NL 33.5 (4th) 1922 NL 55.1 (2nd) Career 23.0 (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 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Batting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 24 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 12 (1043), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 13 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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Black Ink	Batting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 24 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1043), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 50