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Marv
Olson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 165
 
Born: May 28, 1907 in Usa, SD, GAYVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 24 CHN NL     3 3 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 7 8 9 9 9
1932 25 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 9 8 8 10 9 9
1933 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
1934 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
1935 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
1936 29 BOS AL $ 585,714   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
1937 30 BOS AL $ 585,714   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
1938 31 BOS AL $ 585,714   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 10 10 9 8 8
1939 32 BOS AL $ 1,851,429   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1940 33 OAK AL $ 1,500,001   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1941 34 BOS AL $ 1,500,001   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 9 9 8 8 8
1942 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,851,429   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 10 10 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 24 A   137 487 57 123 28 3 4 45 9 4 149 23 .253 .428 .347 .775 89.1  
1932 25 AAA   2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0  
    AA   132 436 62 115 27 3 3 48 6 6 113 11 .264 .415 .360 .775 74.6  
1933 26 BOS AL 79 162 21 36 8 0 0 17 0 0 35 12 .222 .357 .272 .628 18.9 1.5
1934 27 BOS AL 141 419 65 119 21 6 0 58 0 0 52 25 .284 .362 .363 .725 53.5 6.7
1935 28 BOS AL 144 460 56 116 13 3 1 62 0 0 76 28 .252 .355 .300 .655 52.9 5.0
1936 29 BOS AL 88 176 22 47 9 4 0 15 1 0 18 7 .267 .335 .364 .699 20.6 2.9
1937 30 BOS AL 98 175 27 39 9 0 1 17 0 0 28 20 .223 .327 .291 .618 17.4 1.2
1938 31 BOS AL 108 256 45 75 18 2 1 42 0 1 51 23 .293 .409 .391 .800 42.2 8.9
    AAA   2 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
1939 32 BOS AL 132 489 69 114 16 2 1 23 0 0 75 44 .233 .333 .280 .613 52.7 5.3
1940 33 OAK AL 54 113 13 31 2 1 0 7 1 0 24 10 .274 .399 .310 .708 16.0 2.9
1941 34 BOS AL 53 143 18 28 2 1 0 6 0 0 17 11 .196 .280 .224 .503 10.3 0.0
1942 35 NYG NL 8 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1
    AAA   16 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 .250 .455 .313 .767 3.3  
10 Years Sim 905 2404 338 608 99 19 4 247 2 1 376 182 .253 .352 .315 .667 285.5 34.5
3 Years AAA 20 28 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 2 .250 .382 .286 .668 3.6  
1 Years AA 132 436 62 115 27 3 3 48 6 6 113 11 .264 .410 .360 .770 74.6  
1 Years A 137 487 57 123 28 3 4 45 9 4 149 23 .253 .427 .347 .774 89.1  
5 Years Minors 289 951 122 245 56 6 7 94 16 11 268 36 .258 .418 .351 .769 167.3  
162 Game Average 430 60 108 17 3 0 44 0 0 67 32 .253 .352 .315 .667 51.1  
Career Highs 144 489 69 119 21 6 1 62 1 1 76 44 .293 .409 .391 .800 53.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1421 194 348 56 9 3 141 0 0 204 106 .245 .338 .303 .641 160.4
vs LH   983 144 260 43 10 1 106 2 1 172 76 .264 .372 .332 .704 134.9
Home 443 1188 178 294 61 11 1 125 0 1 189 90 .247 .349 .320 .669 145.4
Away 462 1216 160 314 38 8 3 122 2 0 187 92 .258 .355 .310 .665 149.8
RISP   624 0 158 25 5 0 225 0 0 94 45 .253 .343 .309 .653 74.4
Pinch Hitting   131 18 35 6 0 0 17 0 1 11 8 .267 .324 .313 .637 13.0
Close/Late   265 29 68 14 1 0 19 0 0 32 19 .257 .334 .317 .651 29.6
Mar/Apr 151 388 61 107 15 4 1 40 1 0 58 24 .276 .369 .343 .712 52.8
May 185 544 66 128 24 1 0 47 0 1 76 47 .235 .327 .283 .610 55.4
June 152 398 63 95 18 5 0 46 0 0 64 30 .239 .341 .309 .650 46.8
July 157 420 55 105 17 6 0 44 0 0 74 37 .250 .360 .319 .679 54.4
August 150 399 51 93 15 0 1 35 1 0 67 26 .233 .342 .278 .620 44.3
Sep/Oct 110 255 42 80 10 3 2 35 0 0 37 18 .314 .398 .400 .798 41.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1933 26 BOS AL 3B 52 48 390.0 30 121 4 14 .974 3.48 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 14 0 22.0 5 5 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 27 BOS AL 2B 123 108 945.0 257 471 23 89 .969 6.93 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    3B 12 9 81.7 7 23 1 3 .968 3.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1935 28 BOS AL 2B 138 136 1139.3 310 543 25 126 .972 6.74 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 29 BOS AL 2B 53 31 303.3 72 134 8 24 .963 6.11 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 18 11 105.7 5 30 2 3 .946 2.98 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1937 30 BOS AL 2B 66 29 324.7 97 158 7 33 .973 7.07 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 21 11 115.0 7 28 4 1 .897 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1938 31 BOS AL 2B 68 53 469.3 119 215 5 54 .985 6.40 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 22 16 148.0 10 53 2 2 .969 3.83 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1939 32 BOS AL 2B 129 126 1054.3 286 529 23 131 .973 6.96 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1940 33 OAK AL 2B 26 23 198.0 54 99 3 26 .981 6.95 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 7 2 21.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1941 34 BOS AL 2B 42 34 301.3 91 136 7 39 .970 6.78 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 35 NYG NL 2B 1 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 660 540 4764.3 1292 2292 101 522 .973 6.77 0 0 .000 0 22.3
  3B 138 98 880.7 60 268 13 25 .962 3.35 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   801 638 5649.0 1353 2562 114 547 .972 6.24 0 0 .000 0 26.2
Career Highs   140 136 1144.3 310 545 25 132 1.000 6.92 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 26 BOS AL 4 10 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
1934 27 BOS AL 14 47 10 11 6 1 0 6 0 0 9 1 .234 .357 .404 .761
1936 29 BOS AL 4 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 .100 .438 .100 .538
1937 30 BOS AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143
Career Post-Season Batting 26 73 14 16 6 1 0 7 0 0 16 6 .219 .360 .329 .688
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks
1935-8-76
1939-10-75
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1931
Had first career hit on 4/19/1933, off George Pipgras (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1935, off Ralph Winegarner (SEM)
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,851,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/29/1939 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/6/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,001 per year
Traded from Oakland to Boston (A) on 3/3/1941 (Going to OAK: SS Wayne Ambler. Going to BOS: 2B Marv Olson)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1942 to a minor league deal
 
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