How Vern Olsen's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Vern Olsen posted a career ERA of 3.4, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1939, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.24 that year. The highest point came in 1942 at 4.49, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.54 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.15 in 1941 to 4.49 in 1942 and 2.79 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 4.49 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Vern Olsen Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Vern Olsen
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| Career | 3.4 | 3.85 | 3.81 |
| Season Avg. | 3.4 | 3.85 | 3.81 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.4 | 3.85 | 3.81 |
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Vern Olsen ERA Per Season
Vern Olsen's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Vern Olsen ERA by Team
Vern Olsen's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Vern Olsen ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Vern Olsen's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Vern Olsen ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Vern Olsen's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Vern Olsen ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Vern Olsen's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
