How Ivy Olson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ivy Olson posted a career Batting Average of .258, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1919, posting .278, near the league average of .259 that year. The lowest point came in 1915 at .215, below the league average of .254 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .272 in 1922 to .260 in 1923 and .222 in 1924. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

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Ivy Olson Batting Average Per Season

Ivy Olson's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ivy Olson Batting Average per season line chart

Ivy Olson Batting Average by Team

Ivy Olson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Ivy Olson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ivy Olson's career Batting Average 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.
Ivy Olson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ivy Olson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ivy Olson's seasonal Batting Average 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.
Ivy Olson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ivy Olson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ivy Olson's MLB career with Batting Average 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.
Ivy Olson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table