Vern Olsen
Career 30–26 · 3.40 ERA · 201 SO · 516.0 IP · 113 G · 39 H · 1 HR · 14 RBI · .231 AVG
Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
3
Top-5 finishes
1
Title seasons
1
Categories led
1940
Best season
Spanning 1940–1940, peaking at 1 titles in 1940.
All-Time Standing
Against every player since 1871Among league leaders
- 2,919th League titles 1
- 1,857th Best in baseball 1
- 4,654th Top-5 finishes 3
Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.
Career leaderboards
No top-500 all-time placing
His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked
category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection
on the season titles alongside.
Where He Led
led all of MLB led his league| Category | Titles | Best | Streak | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher Fielding Percentage | 1 | 1st | — | 1940 1.000 |
| Shutouts | — | #3 | — | 1940 #3 |
Title Seasons
1 seasons with at least one title| Year | Titles | Led in |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1 | P FPCT 1.000 |
Pitching
5 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CHN | NL | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1.17 |
| 1940 | CHN | NL | 13 | 9 | 2.97 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 172.2 | 172 | 57 | 5 | 62 | 71 | 1.36 |
| 1941 | CHN | NL | 10 | 8 | 3.15 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 185.2 | 202 | 65 | 7 | 59 | 73 | 1.41 |
| 1942 | CHN | NL | 6 | 9 | 4.49 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 140.1 | 161 | 70 | 6 | 55 | 46 | 1.54 |
| 1946 | CHN | NL | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1.97 |
| Career | — | — | 30 | 26 | 3.40 | 112 | 60 | 2 | 516.0 | 547 | 195 | 18 | 192 | 201 | 1.43 |
Batting
5 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CHN | NL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 |
| 1940 | CHN | NL | 35 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .263 | .288 | .316 | .604 |
| 1941 | CHN | NL | 37 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .238 | .262 | .317 | .579 |
| 1942 | CHN | NL | 32 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .264 | .208 | .472 |
| 1946 | CHN | NL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | 113 | 169 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 2 | .231 | .278 | .284 | .562 |