Ray Herbert vs. Vern Olsen — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Vern Olsen posted a stronger line than Ray Herbert. Vern Olsen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.4 vs 4.01) and home runs allowed (0.31 per nine innings vs 0.8). By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Vern Olsen

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.05
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.29
49.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
9.54
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.8
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.35
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.13
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.51
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.18
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.11
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2247
39.19
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.56
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
3.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7415
35.47
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
35.77
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Vern Olsen

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5280
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Vern Olsen

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
374.31
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
113
364.52
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
545.16
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.564
0.564
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
100
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
73.39
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
19.27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.96
35.74
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
42.2
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
14
45.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
82.57
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.1
34.04
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
35.48
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
133
122.02
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
4.92
4.92
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
19.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100