Ted Olson

American baseball player

PersonDied aged 68humanQ15052253

Also known as Theodore Otto Olson

Born: August 27, 1912
Died: December 9, 1980
Birthplace: Quincy
Place of death: Weymouth
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Education: Dartmouth College

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Theodore Otto Olson was an American Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. He played for the Red Sox for 3 seasons (1936–1938) as a starting pitcher. He threw and batted right-handed. He weighed 185 lb (84 kg) and his height was 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m). On April 14, 1940, Olson was sold by the Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

3 seasons · from AIDb's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	H	2B	3B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	Boston Red Sox	5	7	1	1	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429
1937	Boston Red Sox	11	10	3	0	1	2	.300	.300	.500	.800
1938	Boston Red Sox	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		18	18	4	1	1	4	.222	.222	.389	.611

MLB pitching stats — season by season

3 seasons · from AIDb's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1936	Boston Red Sox	1	1	5	3	1	18.1	24	15	3	8	5	7.36	1.745
1937	Boston Red Sox	0	0	11	0	0	32.1	42	26	4	15	11	7.24	1.763
1938	Boston Red Sox	0	0	2	0	0	7.0	9	5	0	2	2	6.43	1.571
Career		1	1	18	3	1	57.2	75	46	7	25	18	7.18	1.734

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Minneapolis Millers
Boston Red Sox
Given name: Ted
Family name: Olson
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball

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