Vern Olsen vs. Eduardo Salazar — Career Comparison

Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Eduardo Salazar
Gen ZVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vern Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Eduardo Salazar 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 5.99 and 1.868 for Eduardo Salazar. By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Olsen and Eduardo Salazar

Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
8.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.99
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.2
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
9.54
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
12.35
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.35
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.46
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.51
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.274
1.274
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.64
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247
39.19
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
43.81
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.91
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
3.94
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.5
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.89
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.868
1.868
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
35.77
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
37.95
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.81
43.81

Fielding Stats for Vern Olsen and Eduardo Salazar

Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
8.15
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.2
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.51
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.66
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.17
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Olsen and Eduardo Salazar

Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
364.52
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
64
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
600
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
545.16
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
35.48
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA