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Vern Olsen

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Full Name: Vern Jarl Olsen Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0.5"/175 First Game: September 8, 1939
Birthdate: March 16, 1918 Final Game: September 13, 1946
Birthplace: Hillsboro, Oregon MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: July 13, 1989
Deathplace: Maywood, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on March 16, 1918 in Hillsboro, Oregon, Vern Olsen (Vern Jarl Olsen) played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 5 year career. Olsen broke into the bigs on September 8, 1939 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.97 ERA in 172.2 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vern Olsen's best season was 1940, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 71 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1939 CHI N 4 0 1 0 .00 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 2 0 7 0 0 0
1940 CHI N 34 20 13 9 2.97 71 64 57 9 4 0 172.2 172 5 62 0 0 2
1941 CHI N 37 23 10 8 3.15 73 84 65 10 2 1 185.2 202 7 59 0 2 1
1942 CHI N 32 17 6 9 4.49 46 75 70 4 1 1 140.1 161 6 55 0 3 1
1946 CHI N 5 0 0 0 2.79 8 3 3 0 0 0 9.2 10 0 9 0 0 0
Total 112 60 30 26 3.40 201 226 195 23 7 2 516 547 18 192 0 5 4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1939 CHI N P 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 CHI N P 34 0 0 9 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 CHI N P 37 0 0 9 48 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1942 CHI N P 32 0 0 8 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 CHI N P 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 112 0 0 26 141 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .988

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1939 CHI N 4 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHI N 35 57 4 15 0 5 .263 .288 .316 3 0 2 9 0 3 2 0 0
1941 CHI N 37 63 7 15 1 5 .238 .262 .317 2 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1
1942 CHI N 32 48 4 9 0 4 .188 .264 .208 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0
1946 CHI N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 113 169 16 39 1 14 .231 .278 .284 6 0 11 22 0 6 2 0 1

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