How Vern Olsen's Wins Compares to Similar Players

Vern Olsen totaled 30 career Wins, well below the starting pitcher average of 44.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Wins season came in 1940, posting 13, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.0 that year. The lowest point came in 1946 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.6 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Wins total went from 10 in 1941 to 6 in 1942 and 0 in 1946, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Wins profile — ranging from 0 to 13 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Vern Olsen Lifetime Wins

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Vern Olsen Wins Per Season

Vern Olsen's Wins 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 Wins per season line chart

Vern Olsen Wins by Team

Vern Olsen's career Wins totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Vern Olsen career Wins by team bar chart

Vern Olsen Cumulative Wins — Career Progression

A running total of Vern Olsen's career Wins, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Vern Olsen Wins year-over-year waterfall chart

Vern Olsen Wins Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Vern Olsen's seasonal Wins 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 Wins distribution box chart versus comparable players

Vern Olsen Wins — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Vern Olsen's MLB career with Wins 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.
Vern Olsen Wins season-by-season breakdown table