Ivy Olson
1911–1924 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians
1,574G
.258AVG
.295OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
1,575H
13HR
446RBI
156SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 6,111 | 6,113 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 36 | 118 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 36 | 37 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 222 | 305 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,630 | 6,634 |
| Batting · Runs | 730 | 727 |
| Batting · RBI | 446 | 464 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 156 | 154 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,574 | 6,630 | 6,111 | 730 | 1,575 | 191 | 69 | 13 | 446 | 285 | 222 | 156 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1,943 | .258 | .295 | .318 | .613 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1911-05-06 to 1911-05-25
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1912-08-24 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1912-04-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1915-04-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 782 | 3240 | 801 | 5 | 240 | 149 | 157 | .270 | .293 | .339 |
| Away | 792 | 3394 | 774 | 8 | 224 | 136 | 148 | .246 | .268 | .298 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 148 | 633 | 136 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 26 | .235 | .273 | .292 |
| May | 264 | 1148 | 279 | 1 | 85 | 49 | 55 | .264 | .286 | .328 |
| June | 315 | 1337 | 336 | 5 | 89 | 57 | 55 | .271 | .294 | .335 |
| July | 300 | 1278 | 301 | 2 | 83 | 55 | 70 | .256 | .279 | .309 |
| August | 276 | 1136 | 262 | 2 | 88 | 46 | 53 | .253 | .271 | .319 |
| September | 236 | 961 | 233 | 2 | 71 | 35 | 35 | .260 | .279 | .320 |
| October | 35 | 141 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | .215 | .241 | .238 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 166 | 678 | 174 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 16 | .272 | .288 | .320 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 166 | 740 | 182 | 3 | 60 | 35 | 19 | .266 | .293 | .346 |
| new-york-giants | 164 | 678 | 151 | 1 | 42 | 32 | 33 | .241 | .270 | .293 |
| chicago-cubs | 160 | 694 | 164 | 2 | 44 | 31 | 36 | .254 | .281 | .319 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 159 | 660 | 163 | 2 | 48 | 30 | 27 | .270 | .292 | .348 |
| cincinnati-reds | 152 | 655 | 162 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 19 | .266 | .278 | .307 |
| boston-braves | 144 | 632 | 150 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 19 | .253 | .274 | .331 |
| st-louis-browns | 71 | 279 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 16 | .273 | .294 | .341 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 545 | 142 | 1 | 47 | 19 | .261 | – | – |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 125 | 469 | 118 | – | 38 | 17 | .252 | – | – |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 104 | 370 | 92 | – | 33 | 7 | .249 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 89 | 310 | 75 | 1 | 27 | 15 | .242 | – | – |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 233 | 50 | – | 17 | 10 | .215 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 108 | 351 | 89 | 1 | 42 | 14 | .254 | – | – |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 139 | 580 | 156 | 2 | 41 | 6 | .269 | – | – |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 126 | 506 | 121 | 1 | 18 | 21 | .239 | – | – |
| 1919 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 140 | 590 | 164 | 1 | 38 | 24 | .278 | – | – |
| 1920 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 143 | 638 | 162 | 1 | 46 | 4 | .254 | – | – |
| 1921 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 151 | 651 | 174 | 3 | 36 | 4 | .267 | – | – |
| 1922 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 136 | 551 | 150 | 1 | 47 | 8 | .272 | – | – |
| 1923 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 82 | 292 | 76 | 1 | 34 | 5 | .260 | – | – |
| 1924 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | .222 | – | – |