Carl Edwards vs. Vern Olsen — Career Comparison

Carl Edwards
MillenialSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vern Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Carl Edwards 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 3.56 and 1.231 for Carl Edwards. By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Edwards and Vern Olsen

Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.44
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.56
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
6.14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
9.54
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.88
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.75
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.35
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
10.51
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.51
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.51
10.51
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.696
1.696
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.22
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
37.51
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2247
39.19
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.32
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.81
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
3.94
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.53
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1024
32.22
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
35.77
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Carl Edwards and Vern Olsen

Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.44
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.94
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.76
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.7
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Edwards and Vern Olsen

Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
60400
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
113
364.52
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
545.16
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
35.48
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100