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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-18 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 5

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	5	5	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.00	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	1.16	0.05%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	6	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-9	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.20	4	0	2	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.036	1.28	-0.05%	-0.45	7b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
3	7	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	5-GF(8)		5	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.00	14	10	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.103	1.35	0.17%	2.05	5b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	8	14	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.13	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.029	.69	0.04%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d3	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	9	16	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7			4	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.10	8												6					0
6	10	18	May 7	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.09	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	1.13	0.05%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	11	22	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	2-8	W(1-0)	4	6.2	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.59	2.88	28	14	3	0	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	.67	0.105	1.15	0.11%	1.73	2t 12- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d2
8	12	26	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.0	10	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.13	2.87	29	10	8	3	1	8	31			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.445	3.02	-0.70%	-2.88	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out tie
9	13	27	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	10-10		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	-0.054	13.43	-0.09%	-0.24	10b -2- 1 out a1	10b 12- 1 out a1
10	14	30	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	11-13	W(2-1)	3	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.16	3.04	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.180	5.75	0.29%	-0.02	11b --- 0 out tie	13b 12- 2 out a1
11	15	34	May 28	CHC		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	6.0	5	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.41	3.12	27	14	3	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.07	-0.139	2.43	-0.19%	-1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	16	40	Jun 2(2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.10	2.95	31	14	8	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.201	1.16	0.17%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	17	46	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.72	3.30	33	18	4	1	2	8	66			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.406	1.55	0.29%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	18	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	7.0	8	4	3	5	5	0	0	2.86	3.35	34	12	5	0	2	7	47			0	0	0	29	2	1	2	0	0	1	1.04	-0.131	.98	-0.07%	-0.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
15	19	57	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.34	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.12	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
16	20	66	Jun 30(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	7-7		9	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.91	3.35	6	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.92	-0.138	3.07	-0.13%	-1.16	7b 1-3 0 out tie	7b 3 out d3
17	21	67	Jun 30(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	5-6		-1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.35	6	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.170	2.63	-0.12%	-1.51	5b 12- 1 out a3	6b 12- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	22	68	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-10	L(3-5)	0	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.06	3.61	11	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	-0.307	1.79	-0.14%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 0 out tie
19	23	73	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	GS-8	W(4-5)	3	7.1	7	5	4	3	2	2	1	3.26	4.04	33	13	7	0	2	7	45			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.62	0.043	.44	0.02%	-1.43	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 1 out a4
20	24	78	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-5)	6	9.0	5	0	0	7	7	0	0	2.88	4.01	39	19	1	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.25	0.592	.47	0.13%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	25	83	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.59	4.03	35	21	1	0	0	6	72			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	4	0	2	1.37	0.573	.41	0.10%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	26	88	Jul 21(1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	GS-6	L(6-6)	4	5.2	10	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.91	4.02	29	14	0	0	0	10	28			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.164	.19	-0.02%	-2.58	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
23	27	94	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-7)	5	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.93	25	14	6	4	1	4	66			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.190	.15	0.02%	2.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	28	101	Aug 4(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	GS-7	W(7-7)	7	6.0	7	3	1	2	2	1	0	2.73	4.02	26	10	5	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	3	0	2	.80	0.134	.14	0.01%	-0.86	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a5
25	29	106	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-7)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.51	3.95	32	18	5	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.65	0.817	.13	0.04%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	30	111	Aug 16(1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	GS-3	L(8-8)	5	2.1	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.69	3.92	16	2	0	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.215	.06	-0.01%	-2.24	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d3
27	31	117	Aug 22	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.50	3.81	31	13	8	0	0	2	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.276	.02	0.01%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	32	122	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-10	GS-	L(9-9)	3	3.1	10	8	8	3	2	0	0	2.99	3.82	22						7						19					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	33	130	Sep 2(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	W(10-9)	6	9.0	8	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.86	3.83	41	18	9	1	2	8	65			2	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.08	0.329	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
30	34	134	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(11-9)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.75	3.79	33	17	5	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.492	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	35	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	GS-4		8	4.0	9	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.97	3.82	23	10	3	1	0	6	22			1	0	0	20	0	2	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
32	36	145	Sep 21	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(12-9)	3	11.0	8	3	3	3	9	0	0	2.94	3.71	45	18	7	0	2	8	75			1	0	0	42	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	0.484	.00	0.00%	2.22	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
33	37	150	Sep 25(2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	GS-	W(13-9)	3	7.1	10	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.02	3.69	32						42						29					0
34	38	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.02	3.67	11	7	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.54	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
							16-18		W-L:13-9	3.9	172.2	172	64	58	63	72	5	2	3.02	3.67	734	3.13		3%	3%	141	54	10	80%	7	4	0	661	24	7	8	20	0	16	1.09	2.940	.81	-0.02%	21.32

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