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: 13-24 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 6

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	39	2	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.2	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	67.50	31.28	7	1	1	0	0	3	24			0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	-0.383	4.85	-0.64%	-4.64	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d5
2	40	6	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,0-5	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16.88	11.03	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
3	41	9	Apr 26	CHC		STL	L,2-6	5-8		2	4.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.75	5.78	16	9	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.32	-0.015	.81	-0.02%	0.82	5t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
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
4	42	18	May 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	11	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.45	4.76	37	17	5	1	1	9	65			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.254	.77	0.19%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	43	22	May 13	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	GS-5		4	4.1	4	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.60	4.18	19	9	3	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.236	1.21	-0.19%	-1.59	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
6	44	25	May 17	CHC		NYG	L,0-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.1	7	5	3	4	1	0	0	4.07	4.34	25	13	1	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.06	-0.199	1.33	-0.15%	-2.59	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
7	45	30	May 23	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	3-7		5	4.2	3	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.72	3.96	21	7	4	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	2	.38	-0.014	.63	-0.01%	-0.05	3t 1-3 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
8	46	34	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,11-12	GS-3		2	2.1	4	6	1	3	2	0	0	3.73	4.03	16	6	1	0	1	4	34			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.256	1.81	-0.27%	-3.40	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
9	47	36	May 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	4.03	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	-0.291	4.81	-0.20%	-1.00	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
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
10	48	42	Jun 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-7	2-GF(8)		5	6.2	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.84	27	16	1	0	0	8		1	1	0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.10	-0.035	.06	-0.01%	0.34	2b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
11	49	43	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	3.73	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.019	.18	0.01%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
12	50	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.57	3.56	34	12	10	0	4	7	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	4	0	1	.30	0.154	.25	0.08%	4.35	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
13	51	52	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.17	3.46	32	20	2	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.459	.59	0.16%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	52	57	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.01	3.51	34	13	7	2	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.234	.36	0.12%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	53	61	Jun 22(1)	CHC		BSN	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.0	9	4	3	4	1	0	0	2.19	3.58	33	13	8	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.00	0.006	.46	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a3
16	54	64	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	8-GF		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	3.54	5	3	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.048	.21	0.01%	1.19	8t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
17	55	67	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.13	3.61	35	19	0	0	0	11	58			1	1	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.56	0.238	.15	0.01%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	56	70	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.19	3.63	9	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.05	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
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
19	57	72	Jul 4(1)	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.1	13	5	3	2	0	1	0	2.31	3.77	38	16	9	0	0	11	34			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.508	.11	-0.02%	-2.72	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d1
20	58	74	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.47	3.77	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.097	.11	-0.01%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
21	59	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.26	3.61	36	21	4	1	1	5	75			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	0.427	.07	0.01%	3.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
22	60	81	Jul 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(6-3)	3	8.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.17	3.55	36	19	4	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.71	0.184	.07	0.00%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
23	61	84	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.13	3.50	6	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.24	8b 1-3 0 out a5	9b end a 4
24	62	87	Jul 20(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.27	3.48	38	13	14	1	4	8	50			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.154	.01	0.00%	0.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	63	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	GS-1	L(7-4)	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.48	8	5	0	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.325	.01	0.00%	-3.55	1t start tie	1t 3 out d4
26	64	93	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	W,9-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	1	8.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	1	2.25	3.47	31	19	1	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.206	.01	0.00%	1.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
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
27	65	98	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	7.0	13	5	5	3	3	0	0	2.46	3.46	35	11	5	0	0	13	31			0	0	0	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
28	66	99	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	L,6-9	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.51	3.45	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
29	67	102	Aug 5	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	4	2	1	4	5	0	0	2.42	3.43	37	17	8	1	4	3	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.77	0.294	.00	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	68	106	Aug 9	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(9-6)	3	7.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.60	3.43	31	13	4	0	0	9	38			2	1	0	27	2	0	0	3	0	1	.76	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
31	69	109	Aug 12	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-7		2	6.2	12	6	6	2	2	1	0	2.82	3.50	31	9	6	0	0	12	26			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	3	0	0	1.13	-0.405	.00	0.00%	-3.23	1b start a 2	7b 123 2 out d1
32	70	113	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	7.0	6	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.92	3.56	29	12	10	2	0	6	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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
33	71	140	Sep 12	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF		26	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	3.57	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.42	9t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	72	142	Sep 14(1)	CHC		BSN	L,3-6			1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	3.59	3												2					0
35	73	145	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(10-7)	2	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.89	3.51	40	18	5	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.265	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
36	74	150	Sep 21(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(10-8)	3	4.1	11	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.12	3.47	25	10	0	0	0	10	20			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-2.39	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
37	75	152	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.10	3.46	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.22	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							13-24		W-L:10-8,Sv:1	2.6	185.2	202	84	64	59	73	7	1	3.10	3.46	808	2.85		2%	3%	184	50	12	33%	3	3	0	732	27	2	8	25	0	22	.91	-0.539	.32	-0.92%	2.20

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