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Vern Olsen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 16, 1918 in Hillsboro, OR us

Died: July 13, 1989 in Maywood, IL

Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL

Debut: September 8, 1939 (Age 21-176d, 8,704th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1946 (Age 28-181d)
vs. PHI 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Vern Jarl Olsen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

3.40

112

516.0

201

WHIP

1.432

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-19 / in Starts: 12-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	30 (17-8-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (21-13-6)

Most Driven In
B Collins	1
A Todd	1
B Mattick	1
D Dallessandro	1

Most Driven In By
B Herman	2
S Hack	0
H Leiber	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	5	5 (4)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	6	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	7	12 (5)	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.64	-0.040	4.41	-0.06%	-0.30	P
4	8	14 (1)	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
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
5	9	16 (1)	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	10	18 (1)	May 7	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	11	22 (3)	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	2-8	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	.65	0.029	1.14	0.03%	0.59	P
8	12	26 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	9	.80	-0.001	2.12	0.00%	0.00	P
9	13	27	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	8						P
10	14	30 (2)	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	11-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.41	-0.011	1.12	-0.02%	-0.31	P
11	15	34 (3)	May 28	CHC		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.99	-0.025	2.24	-0.03%	-0.23	P
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
12	16	40 (5)	Jun 2 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	9	1.77	0.077	2.48	0.06%	0.62	P
13	17	46 (5)	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	9	2.01	0.146	2.37	0.10%	0.96	P
14	18	51 (4)	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	9	.80	-0.040	.76	-0.02%	-0.31	P
15	19	57 (5)	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	9						P
16	20	66 (8)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	9						P
17	21	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	9						P
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
18	22	68	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.438	.790	9	1.34	0.028	1.01	0.01%	0.12	P
19	23	73 (4)	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733	9	.28	-0.028	.20	-0.01%	-0.52	P
20	24	78 (4)	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.364	.668	9	1.22	-0.084	.46	-0.02%	-0.90	P
21	25	83 (4)	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.360	.668	9	.91	-0.047	.28	-0.01%	-0.53	P
22	26	88 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.346	.642	9	1.08	-0.027	.21	0.00%	-0.23	P
23	27	94 (5)	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.333	.644	9	.52	-0.001	.08	0.00%	0.02	P
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
24	28	101 (6)	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.273	.290	.563	9	.45	-0.047	.08	-0.01%	-1.18	P
25	29	106 (4)	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.286	.556	9	.80	-0.057	.06	0.00%	-0.42	P
26	30	111 (4)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	9	.90	-0.025	.05	0.00%	-0.22	P
27	31	117 (5)	Aug 22	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.256	.293	.308	.600	9	.60	0.095	.02	0.00%	0.99	P
28	32	122 (4)	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-10	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.275	.310	.325	.635	9						P
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
29	33	130 (7)	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.273	.304	.318	.623	9	1.68	0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
30	34	134 (3)	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.300	.313	.613	9	.98	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
31	35	142 (7)	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.265	.294	.306	.600	9	.34	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
32	36	145 (2)	Sep 21	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	9	1.53	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
33	37	150 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	GS-0	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.298	.327	.626	9						P
34	38	153 (2)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.293	.321	.615	9						PH
35	39	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.288	.316	.604	9	.36	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
							16-19		63	57	4	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	9	0	3		1	0	2	0	.263	.288	.316	.604		.98	0.009	.63	0.02%	-2.36

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