Ivy Olson
Ivan Massie Olson
Born: October 14, 1885
Kansas City, MO USA
Deceased: 1965
Inglewood, CA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
Career: 1911-1924
Minor League Statistics
Ivy Olson compiled a career batting average of .258 with 13 home runs and 446 RBI in his 1574-game career with the Cleveland Naps, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Robins. He began playing during the 1911 season and last took the field during the 1924 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 140 | 610 | 545 | 89 | 142 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 0 | .261 | .311 | .332 | .643 | 181 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 125 | 522 | 467 | 68 | 118 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .253 | .291 | .285 | .575 | 133 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 104 | 411 | 370 | 47 | 92 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .249 | .296 | .300 | .596 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 89 | 331 | 310 | 22 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 24 | .242 | .275 | .284 | .559 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 63 | 226 | 207 | 18 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | .232 | .274 | .295 | .569 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 18 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .077 | .111 | .154 | .265 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 108 | 393 | 351 | 29 | 89 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 27 | .254 | .298 | .322 | .620 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 139 | 613 | 580 | 64 | 156 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 34 | .269 | .291 | .328 | .619 | 190 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 126 | 553 | 506 | 63 | 121 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .239 | .286 | .292 | .578 | 148 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 140 | 635 | 590 | 73 | 164 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 12 | .278 | .316 | .337 | .654 | 199 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 143 | 665 | 637 | 71 | 162 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | .254 | .278 | .314 | .592 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 151 | 695 | 652 | 88 | 174 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 26 | .267 | .301 | .345 | .646 | 225 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 136 | 595 | 551 | 63 | 150 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 10 | .272 | .306 | .347 | .653 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 82 | 318 | 292 | 33 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .260 | .296 | .315 | .611 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 10 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .259 | .559 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1574 | 6630 | 6111 | 730 | 1575 | 191 | 69 | 13 | 446 | 156 | 36 | 285 | 222 | .258 | .295 | .318 | .613 | 1943 | 0 | 36 | 198 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | |
| 1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | SS | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 293 | 428 | 72 | 51 | .909 | 5.187 | |
| 1912 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 64 | 9 | 6 | .925 | 5.286 | |
| 1912 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 3B | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 74 | 8 | 2 | .944 | 3.778 | |
| 1912 | AL | Cleveland Naps | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1912 | AL | Cleveland Naps | SS | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 180 | 27 | 10 | .917 | 5.321 | |
| 1913 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 1B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 206 | 10 | 8 | 17 | .964 | 1.286 | |
| 1913 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | |
| 1913 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 3B | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 145 | 12 | 7 | .953 | 3.315 | |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 72 | 2 | 5 | .985 | 5.826 | |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .937 | 3.895 | |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | |
| 1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | SS | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 89 | 9 | 14 | .942 | 4.742 | |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.286 | |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 125 | 14 | 17 | .938 | 5.462 | |
| 1915 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 3.400 | |
| 1915 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1915 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1915 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 4.286 | |
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | |
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 303 | 47 | 28 | .920 | 5.214 | |
| 1917 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 1.833 | |
| 1917 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 431 | 45 | 53 | .941 | 5.368 | |
| 1918 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 265 | 388 | 58 | 42 | .918 | 5.183 | |
| 1919 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 349 | 445 | 44 | 57 | .947 | 5.671 | |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 78 | 7 | 20 | .949 | 6.143 | |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 275 | 404 | 47 | 48 | .935 | 5.432 | |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 65 | 7 | 12 | .935 | 5.050 | |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 343 | 465 | 49 | 71 | .943 | 6.075 | |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 283 | 20 | 39 | .960 | 5.600 | |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 139 | 149 | 13 | 43 | .957 | 5.647 | |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 244 | 11 | 36 | .974 | 5.625 | |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 6 | .941 | 4.000 | |
| Totals | 1541 | 0 | 0.0 | 3575 | 4566 | 534 | 591 | .938 | 5.283 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | 5 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | 7 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .320 | .393 | .360 | .753 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .293 | .370 | .366 | .735 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | SS | 5 | 5 | 47.3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 3.993 | 4.200 |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | SS | 7 | 7 | 59.0 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.881 | 4.571 |
| Totals | 12 | 12 | 106.3 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .930 | 4.486 | 4.417 |
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
