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	30-46 / in Starts: 26-31
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	76 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 257 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	94 (47-27-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 257 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	155 (73-53-29)

Most Driven In
H Groh	2
T Griffith	2
L McCarty	2
H Myers	1
G Getz	1
T Clarke	1

Most Driven In By
B Rodgers	2
B Herzog	1
A Nixon	1
G Cutshaw	0
F Mollwitz	0
I Wingo	0
P Schneider	0
T Clarke	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	459	1	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	6	1.28	-0.063	3.06	-0.09%	-0.89	2B
2	460	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.429	.429	.571	1.000	6	1.32	0.050	2.99	0.07%	0.20	2B
3	461	3	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.300	.300	.400	.700	6	.93	-0.051	2.28	-0.07%	-0.97	2B
4	462	4	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.308	.333	.641	6	.67	0.001	1.82	0.00%	0.03	2B
5	463	5	Apr 18	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.200	.250	.267	.517	6						2B
6	464	6	Apr 19	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.200	.211	.411	6						2B
7	465	7	Apr 20	CIN		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.217	.318	.536	6						2B
8	466	8	Apr 21	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.174	.240	.304	.544	6						2B
9	467	9	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.148	.207	.259	.466	6	.64	-0.069	2.05	-0.13%	-1.03	2B
10	468	10	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.303	.333	.636	6	.39	0.056	1.13	0.10%	0.81	2B
11	469	11	Apr 24	CIN	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.278	.303	.581	6	1.24	-0.092	3.94	-0.18%	-0.59	2B
12	470	12	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	T,4-4	CG(15)	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.205	.279	.282	.561	6						2B
13	471	13	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,13-12	CG	5	5	2	3	0	2	0	2	0		2	0	0				0		.250	.313	.409	.722	6						2B
14	472	14	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.294	.383	.677	6	1.02	-0.098	3.43	-0.20%	-0.79	2B
15	473	15	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.220	.291	.360	.651	6	2.45	-0.232	7.62	-0.43%	-1.30	2B
16	474	16	Apr 29	CIN	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.283	.345	.629	6						2B
17	475	17	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.281	.339	.620	6						2B
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
18	476	18	May 1	CIN	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.279	.333	.613	6						2B
19	477	19	May 2	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.242	.296	.348	.644	6						2B
20	478	20	May 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.284	.333	.617	6	2.01	-0.200	5.53	-0.33%	-1.45	2B
21	479	22 (1)	May 9	CIN		PIT	L,3-8	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.225	.276	.324	.600	2	1.40	-0.071	3.51	-0.11%	-0.58	2B
22	480	23	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.266	.311	.577	6	1.91	-0.224	4.06	-0.29%	-1.43	2B
23	481	24	May 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.218	.265	.308	.573	6	.74	-0.039	1.79	-0.06%	-0.47	2B
24	482	25	May 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.215	.262	.304	.566	9	2.58	-0.067	5.62	-0.09%	-0.19	PH
25	483	28 (2)	May 18	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.213	.259	.300	.559	6	.28	-0.007	.51	-0.01%	-0.20	2B
26	484	31 (2)	May 25	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.213	.259	.300	.559	8						PR
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
27	485	38 (6)	Jun 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.214	.258	.298	.556	6						3B
28	486	39	Jun 3	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.216	.258	.295	.554	6						1B 3B
29	487	40	Jun 4	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.217	.258	.293	.551	6						3B
30	488	41	Jun 5	CIN		BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.211	.250	.284	.534	6						3B
31	489	42	Jun 6	CIN		BSN	L,2-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.202	.240	.273	.513	6						3B
32	490	43	Jun 8	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.231	.262	.494	6						3B
33	491	44	Jun 9	CIN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.232	.280	.513	8	.89	0.056	1.22	0.05%	-0.24	3B
34	492	45	Jun 10	CIN		BRO	T,2-2	CG(14)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.188	.222	.268	.490	8						1B 3B
35	493	46	Jun 11	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG(15)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.190	.236	.267	.503	8						1B
36	494	47	Jun 12	CIN		BRO	W,8-1	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.185	.236	.261	.497	8						1B
37	495	48	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	T,5-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.187	.237	.260	.497	8	1.29	-0.082	1.80	-0.07%	-0.28	1B
38	496	49	Jun 15	CIN		NYG	L,0-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.239	.256	.495	8	.77	0.028	1.03	0.02%	-0.04	1B
39	497	50	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.185	.237	.262	.499	8						3B
40	498	51	Jun 17	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.195	.246	.271	.517	7	1.49	0.018	1.67	0.01%	-0.01	1B
41	499	52	Jun 19	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.199	.248	.272	.520	8	1.43	-0.079	1.83	-0.06%	-0.50	2B
42	500	53	Jun 20	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.201	.250	.281	.531	8						2B
43	501	54	Jun 22	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.204	.252	.282	.533	8	1.34	-0.052	1.38	-0.03%	-0.43	2B
44	502	55	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.258	.283	.541	8	1.10	0.003	.97	0.00%	0.17	2B
45	503	56	Jun 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.258	.282	.540	8	.89	-0.059	.67	-0.03%	-0.62	2B
46	504	57	Jun 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.222	.270	.301	.571	8	1.38	0.092	1.23	0.05%	0.99	2B
47	505	58	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.217	.263	.293	.556	8						2B
48	506	59	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.225	.271	.300	.571	8						2B
49	507	60	Jun 28	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.267	.296	.564	8	2.17	-0.117	1.76	-0.06%	-0.86	2B
50	508	61	Jun 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.218	.263	.291	.554	8	.92	-0.099	.86	-0.06%	-1.09	2B
51	509	62	Jun 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.258	.286	.544	8	1.73	-0.122	2.07	-0.09%	-0.80	2B
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
52	510	63	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.222	.265	.292	.558	8						2B
53	511	64	Jul 2	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.220	.266	.289	.555	8						2B
54	512	65	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.217	.267	.286	.553	8						2B
55	513	66	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.263	.281	.544	8						2B
56	514	67	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.214	.263	.280	.543	7						3B
57	515	68	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.214	.261	.278	.539	7						3B
58	516	69	Jul 6 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(14)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.218	.263	.280	.543	7	2.19	-0.202	3.79	-0.21%	-0.91	1B 3B
59	517	70	Jul 6 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	T,2-2	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.219	.264	.281	.545	7						3B
60	518	71	Jul 9 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.221	.265	.281	.547	7	1.18	-0.025	1.39	-0.02%	-0.02	3B
61	519	72	Jul 9 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.227	.270	.286	.555	7	1.94	0.154	1.79	0.09%	0.32	1B 3B
62	520	73	Jul 10	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.274	.295	.569	7	.83	0.059	.70	0.03%	0.76	3B
63	521	74	Jul 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.232	.274	.295	.569	5						3B
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Brooklyn Dodgers
64	522	80	Jul 17 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.273	.293	.566	6	.98	-0.023	4.45	-0.06%	-0.13	PH
65	523	85 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.271	.292	.563	2	.06	-0.001	.29	0.00%	-0.13	SS
66	524	94 (8)	Jul 31 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.230	.271	.292	.563	8						PR
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
67	525	95	Aug 1 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.270	.290	.561	9	1.90	-0.041	8.54	-0.11%	-0.17	PH
68	526	101 (5)	Aug 7	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.269	.289	.558	9						PH
69	527	111 (9)	Aug 18	BRO		CHC	L,0-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.268	.288	.556	9	.01	0.000	.08	0.00%	-0.20	PH
70	528	113 (1)	Aug 20	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	2-GF(10)	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.229	.273	.299	.572	2	2.17	0.117	19.53	0.63%	1.12	SS
71	529	114	Aug 21 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.225	.268	.294	.562	2	1.04	-0.121	7.89	-0.55%	-0.99	SS
72	530	115	Aug 21 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.222	.265	.290	.555	2	.99	0.042	7.21	0.18%	0.30	SS
73	531	116	Aug 23	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.262	.286	.547	2	1.82	-0.136	12.93	-0.58%	-0.57	SS
74	532	124 (7)	Aug 31 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.261	.284	.545	9	1.59	-0.038	9.96	-0.14%	-0.20	PH
75	533	125	Aug 31 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.217	.259	.283	.543	9	1.35	-0.032	7.41	-0.11%	-0.13	PH
Sep/Oct		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	534	128 (2)	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.258	.282	.540	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
77	535	129	Sep 6 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.216	.258	.282	.540	6						3B
78	536	132 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,1-12	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.261	.285	.546	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	RF
79	537	149 (16)	Sep 28	BRO		PHI	L,4-6	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.261	.285	.546	9	.83	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
80	538	153 (3)	Oct 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.260	.284	.544	1	.11	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.08	SS
81	539	154	Oct 6 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.215	.256	.279	.535	1	1.36	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.26	2B SS
							30-46		257	233	19	50	5	5	0	16	13	0	13	0	8		2		10		.215	.256	.279	.535		1.28	-1.781	3.38	-2.93%	-13.30

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