Ed Chandler vs. Vern Olsen — Career Comparison

Ed Chandler
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vern Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Chandler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Vern Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.432 compared to 6.37 and 1.449 for Ed Chandler. By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Chandler and Vern Olsen

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.37
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
9.4
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
9.54
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.12
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.64
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.35
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.51
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
39.74
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247
39.19
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.98
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
3.94
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
36.1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
35.77
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Ed Chandler and Vern Olsen

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Chandler and Vern Olsen

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
364.52
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
545.16
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.597
0.597
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
45.16
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
22.77
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
35.48
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
19.35
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100