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Ted
Olson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 27, 1912 in Usa, MA, QUINCY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 23 SLC NL   8 3 4 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1937 24 SLC NL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1938 25 SLC NL   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1939 26 SLC NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1940 27 SLC NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1941 28 SLC NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1942 29 SLC NL $ 2,135,714 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1943 30 STL NL $ 2,135,714 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1944 31 STL NL $ 2,135,714 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1945 32 STL NL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
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
1936 23 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 24 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 25 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 26 SLC NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 27 SLC NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 28 SLC NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 29 SLC NL $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 30 STL NL $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 31 STL NL $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 32 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1936 23 AA   7 13 .350 30 29 3 0 0 213.7 212 87 16 66 157 3.66 .261 .317 .369 .686  
1937 24 AA   7 11 .389 27 27 4 1 0 196.0 174 73 12 77 154 3.35 .237 .309 .332 .642  
1938 25 AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 7 2 2 0 7 2.35 .226 .226 .452 .677  
    AA   16 6 .727 27 27 2 0 0 209.7 179 53 9 49 160 2.28 .227 .273 .310 .583  
1939 26 SLC NL 10 22 .313 39 39 16 3 0 295.3 335 134 15 93 79 4.08 .287 .340 .386 .726 15.6
1940 27 SLC NL 8 8 .500 40 17 6 0 0 155.0 187 86 11 48 43 4.99 .300 .351 .412 .763 6.1
1941 28 SLC NL 14 16 .467 32 32 15 1 0 247.3 254 101 14 70 78 3.68 .264 .315 .370 .686 18.2
1942 29 SLC NL 2 3 .400 48 1 1 0 2 61.0 88 49 10 31 16 7.23 .336 .398 .538 .936 0.0
1943 30 STL NL 3 6 .333 27 6 0 0 0 55.7 76 46 9 30 17 7.44 .330 .402 .530 .932 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 6 6 0 0 0 36.3 41 20 3 17 14 4.95 .285 .360 .403 .763  
1944 31 AAA   7 12 .368 41 24 1 0 1 179.3 176 83 23 77 96 4.17 .259 .334 .422 .756  
1945 32 STL NL 9 19 .321 31 31 11 0 0 221.0 264 132 29 91 59 5.38 .295 .362 .452 .814 3.3
6 Years Sim 46 74 .383 217 126 49 4 2 1035.3 1204 548 88 363 292 4.76 .291 .348 .418 .766 43.1
3 Years AAA 8 14 .364 48 31 1 0 1 223.3 224 105 28 94 117 4.23 .262 .335 .420 .755  
3 Years AA 30 30 .500 84 83 9 1 0 619.3 565 213 37 192 471 3.10 .242 .300 .338 .638  
6 Years Minors 38 44 .463 132 114 10 1 1 842.6 789 318 65 286 588 3.40 .247 .309 .360 .669  
Season Average 7 12 .368 36 21 8 0 0 172.6 200 91 14 60 48 4.76 .291 .348 .418 .766  
Career Highs 14 22 .500 48 39 16 3 2 295.3 335 134 29 93 79 7.44 .336 .402 .538 .936  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   538 229 42 166 172   .272 .328 .391 .719
vs LH   666 319 46 197 120   .309 .366 .443 .810
Home 24 29 .453 106 60 22 2 0 517.3 565 245 40 178 140 4.26 .278 .336 .401 .738
Away 22 45 .328 111 66 27 2 2 518.0 639 303 48 185 152 5.26 .303 .359 .435 .794
Mar/Apr 8 18 .308 41 23 11 0 0 196.3 218 104 20 64 60 4.77 .283 .338 .435 .772
May 6 9 .400 35 17 5 0 0 141.0 187 90 15 55 47 5.75 .314 .372 .477 .850
June 6 14 .300 40 21 9 0 1 181.3 222 98 16 50 46 4.86 .304 .349 .419 .768
July 9 12 .429 40 26 7 0 1 200.3 221 113 16 87 65 5.08 .278 .349 .404 .753
August 9 8 .529 29 18 11 4 0 148.3 151 48 6 38 33 2.91 .263 .309 .341 .650
Sep/Oct 8 13 .381 32 21 6 0 0 168.0 205 95 15 69 41 5.09 .304 .369 .429 .798
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
1939 26 SLC NL 39 86 1 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 .174 .174 .186 .360 2.0 0.0
1940 27 SLC NL 40 50 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .160 .160 .200 .360 0.4 0.0
1941 28 SLC NL 32 84 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 32 .131 .141 .143 .284 -0.4 0.0
1942 29 SLC NL 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1943 30 STL NL 27 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1945 32 STL NL 31 63 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .079 .132 .079 .212 -1.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 217 297 13 40 4 0 0 10 0 0 5 104 .135 .149 .148 .297 0.0 0.0
162 Game Average 221 9 29 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 77 .135 .149 .148 .297 0.0  
Career Highs 48 86 4 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 32 .174 .174 .200 .360 2.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   193 7 25 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 67 .130 .152 .145 .297 -1.3
vs LH   104 6 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 37 .144 .143 .154 .297 -0.8
Home 106 142 6 24 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 50 .169 .169 .190 .359 1.3
Away 85 155 7 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 54 .103 .130 .110 .240 -3.4
RISP   58 0 6 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 21 .103 .145 .121 .266 -0.8
Close/Late   21 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .333 .333 .333 .667 2.2
Mar/Apr 23 58 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .121 .136 .138 .274 -0.8
May 17 39 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .154 .175 .179 .354 0.4
June 40 52 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .135 .151 .135 .286 -0.5
July 31 53 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 16 .132 .161 .151 .312 0.0
August 23 42 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .095 .095 .095 .190 -1.6
Sep/Oct 26 53 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .170 .170 .189 .358 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1939 26 SLC NL P 39 39 295.3 24 56 2 4 .976 2.44    
1940 27 SLC NL P 40 17 155.0 11 32 0 3 1.000 2.50    
1941 28 SLC NL P 32 32 247.3 16 36 1 5 .981 1.89    
1942 29 SLC NL P 48 1 61.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.21    
1943 30 STL NL P 27 6 55.7 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.59    
1945 32 STL NL P 31 31 221.0 16 54 1 1 .986 2.85    
Career Totals   217 126 1035.3 77 199 4 14 .986 2.40    
Career Highs   48 39 295.3 24 56 2 5 1.000 2.85    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1941-10-3.68
 Losses
1939-3-22
1941-8-16
1945-3-19
 Complete Games
1939-9-16
 Shutouts
1939-6-3
 Hits Allowed
1939-8-335
 Homeruns Allowed
1945-9-29
Walks Allowed
1939-9-93
 Hits per 9IP
1941-10-9.2
 OAVG
1941-9-.264
 OOPS
1941-9-.686
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Bill Hands (958)
  5. Pedro Ramos (954)
  6. Red Shea (953)
  7. Si Johnson (953)
  8. Mike Smithson (948)
  9. Nub Kleinke (946)
  10. Tom Bradley (944)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 55th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1936
Injured on 4/3/1937 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/1/1937 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/12/1939, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
Earned first career win on 4/16/1939
Injured on 8/4/1939 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1939, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1939, going 3-1, 0.75
Injured on 3/17/1940 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/6/1945 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by St. Louis on 10/18/1945
 
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