Ivy Olson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: October 14, 1885 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: September 1, 1965 in Inglewood, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Debut: April 12, 1911 (Age 25-180d, 3,441st in major league history)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: July 21, 1924 (Age 38-281d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Ivan Massie Olson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

6111

1575

.258

730

RBI

446

156

OBP

.295

SLG

.318

OPS

.613

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-60 / in Starts: 23-53
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	77 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 331 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	82 (41-27-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 331 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	201 (93-69-38)

Most Driven In
N Lajoie	3
J Graney	2
J Jackson	2
R Wood	1
D Johnston	1
J Billings	1
S O'Neill	1

Most Driven In By
R Chapman	3
J Lelivelt	1
F Carisch	1
J Graney	1
N Leibold	1
J Jackson	1
B Steen	1
R Wood	0

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	370	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.57	-0.045	1.50	-0.07%	-0.42	SS
2	371	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	6	1.51	-0.060	3.87	-0.09%	-0.69	SS
3	372	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.182	.182	.182	.364	6	1.15	-0.085	2.56	-0.11%	-0.34	SS
4	373	4	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.267	.214	.481	6	1.33	0.101	2.76	0.13%	0.79	SS
5	374	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.263	.222	.485	6						SS
6	375	6	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.217	.250	.304	.554	6						SS
7	376	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.250	.296	.546	6						SS
8	377	8	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.250	.290	.540	6	.42	-0.037	.55	-0.03%	-0.14	SS
9	378	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.265	.306	.324	.629	6	.53	0.084	.62	0.06%	0.63	SS
10	379	10	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.282	.297	.579	6	1.34	-0.102	1.76	-0.08%	-0.55	SS
11	380	11	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.300	.349	.350	.699	6						SS
12	381	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.279	.340	.326	.666	7						SS
13	382	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				1		.255	.327	.298	.625	7						SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	383	14	May 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.255	.321	.294	.616	7						SS
15	384	15	May 2	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.317	.291	.608	7	.45	0.021	.61	0.02%	0.34	SS
16	385	16	May 3	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.259	.317	.293	.611	7	1.38	0.014	2.14	0.01%	0.13	SS
17	386	17	May 4	CLE		DET	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.258	.313	.290	.604	7	2.16	0.139	2.86	0.11%	0.81	SS
18	387	18	May 5	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.258	.310	.288	.598	7	.79	-0.085	.90	-0.06%	-1.35	SS
19	388	19	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.261	.311	.290	.601	7	.49	-0.011	.59	-0.01%	0.02	SS
20	389	20	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.260	.308	.288	.595	7	1.98	0.122	1.99	0.07%	0.68	SS
21	390	21	May 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.309	.280	.589	7	.27	-0.013	.22	-0.01%	-0.44	SS
22	391	22	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.310	.295	.604	7	.33	0.007	.31	0.00%	-0.28	SS
23	392	23	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.256	.307	.293	.600	7	.44	0.034	.54	0.03%	-1.61	SS
24	393	24	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.241	.290	.276	.566	7	1.54	-0.139	2.05	-0.11%	-0.40	SS
25	394	25	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.302	.281	.583	7	1.15	0.247	1.19	0.15%	1.57	SS
26	395	26	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.293	.272	.565	7	1.18	-0.093	.93	-0.04%	-0.61	SS
27	396	27	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.242	.294	.274	.568	7	1.43	0.037	1.19	0.02%	-0.05	SS
28	397	28	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.232	.283	.263	.546	7	1.43	-0.131	1.00	-0.06%	-1.23	SS
29	398	29	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.225	.275	.255	.530	7	.21	-0.003	.12	0.00%	-0.06	SS
30	399	30	May 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.236	.283	.264	.547	7	.96	-0.015	.44	0.00%	0.41	SS
31	400	31	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.227	.274	.255	.528	7	.54	-0.051	.20	-0.01%	-0.65	3B
32	401	32	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG(11)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		2		.224	.268	.250	.518	7	1.27	-0.080	.62	-0.02%	0.49	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	402	42 (9)	Jun 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.274	.256	.531	2	1.02	0.082	.27	0.01%	1.00	PH SS
34	403	44 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.228	.269	.252	.521	5	1.57	-0.187	.36	-0.03%	-0.97	2B
35	404	45	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.228	.269	.268	.536	5						2B
36	405	46	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,8-11	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.220	.259	.258	.517	6						2B
37	406	47	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,6-9	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.235	.278	.272	.550	6						2B
38	407	48	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.277	.271	.548	6	.22	0.019	.02	0.00%	-0.72	2B
39	408	49	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.231	.272	.266	.537	6						2B
40	409	50	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.231	.271	.265	.536	6						2B
41	410	51	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	L,8-10	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.245	.288	.278	.566	6						3B
42	411	52	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	1				0		.240	.282	.273	.555	6						3B
43	412	53	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.281	.278	.560	6	1.21	0.046	.05	0.00%	0.67	3B
44	413	54	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.242	.282	.280	.562	6						3B
45	414	55	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.248	.287	.285	.572	6						3B
46	415	56	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.281	.278	.559	6	.28	-0.026	.02	0.00%	-0.75	3B
47	416	57	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		2		.250	.291	.285	.576	6	.55	0.009	.03	0.00%	0.66	3B
48	417	58	Jun 23	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.285	.278	.563	6						3B
49	418	59	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				1		.243	.283	.276	.559	6						3B
50	419	60	Jun 24 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.243	.282	.276	.558	6						3B
51	420	62 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.286	.285	.571	3						PH 1B
52	421	63	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.246	.284	.283	.568	4						2B
53	422	65 (1)	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.245	.283	.282	.565	9						PH
54	423	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.241	.279	.277	.556	5						1B
55	424	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.240	.277	.276	.553	9						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	425	68	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.245	.282	.286	.567	5						1B
57	426	69	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.241	.281	.281	.562	6						LF
58	427	70	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.245	.284	.284	.568	6						LF
59	428	71	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.249	.286	.287	.573	6						LF
60	429	72	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.249	.286	.286	.572	6						LF
61	430	74 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.284	.285	.569	9	.63	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.20	PH
62	431	79 (4)	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.243	.279	.280	.559	3						RF
63	432	80	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.239	.275	.275	.549	4						2B
64	433	81	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.239	.274	.274	.549	4						2B
65	434	82	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.239	.274	.274	.548	7						2B
66	435	83	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.235	.269	.269	.539	7						2B
67	436	84	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.269	.269	.538	7						2B
68	437	85	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.265	.264	.529	7						2B 3B
69	438	86	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.264	.263	.527	6	1.05	-0.085	.01	0.00%	-0.55	3B
70	439	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.227	.260	.259	.519	6	1.11	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.84	3B
71	440	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.224	.256	.255	.511	6	1.21	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.90	3B
72	441	89	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.263	.260	.523	6	.54	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.60	3B
73	442	90	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.228	.262	.262	.524	6						3B
74	443	91	Jul 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.225	.258	.258	.516	6						3B
75	444	92	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.226	.261	.259	.521	5						2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
76	445	99 (6)	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-0	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.227	.262	.260	.522	2	.15	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.37	2B
77	446	100	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.231	.266	.264	.529	2						2B
78	447	101	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	0		1	0	0				0		.234	.268	.280	.548	2						2B
79	448	102	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.264	.276	.540	2						2B
80	449	103	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.227	.260	.271	.531	2	1.02	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.53	2B
81	450	104	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.224	.260	.269	.528	2						2B
82	451	105	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.228	.263	.272	.535	2						2B
83	452	106	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.226	.260	.269	.529	2						2B
84	453	107	Aug 9	CLE		PHA	L,5-10	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.232	.266	.275	.540	2						2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
85	454	131 (23)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	13-GF(15)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.268	.277	.545	5	3.00	0.193	.00	0.00%	0.73	PR LF
86	455	137 (5)	Sep 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.237	.270	.279	.549	8	1.22	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
87	456	138	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.272	.282	.554	5	2.35	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
88	457	139	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.242	.275	.284	.559	8	.18	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.59	PH
89	458	155 (15)	Sep 30	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	11-12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.242	.275	.284	.559	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
							28-60		331	310	22	75	6	2	1	25	13	0	24	1	7		8		15		.242	.275	.284	.559		1.00	-0.088	.85	-0.12%	-2.89

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