Ted Olson (baseball)

Theodore Otto Olson (August 27, 1912 – December 9, 1980) 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Olson was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College. As a collegian, he played summer baseball in 1934 and 1935 for the Barnstable town team in the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was one of the league's dominant pitchers.^[3][4][5][6]

Career

Olson made his major league debut at age 23 on June 21, 1936, with the Red Sox. As a pitcher, playing 18 games in his career, he earned a career ERA of 7.18. He earned 18 strikeouts also in his career. Olson played his final game on September 13, 1938.

Olson died on December 9, 1980, in Weymouth, Massachusetts.^[7] He is buried at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts.

References

1. ^ "Ted Olson". www.thebaseballpage.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
2. ^ "Trades of Ted Olson". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
3. ^ Bill Nowlin. "Ted Olson". sabr.org. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
4. ^ "Batteries for Barnstable". Hyannis Patriot. August 2, 1934. p. 5.^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Batteries for Barnstable". Hyannis Patriot. July 18, 1935. p. 9.^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "New Faces on Falmouth Nine". Falmouth Enterprise. June 25, 1936. p. 10. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
7. ^ "Death of Ted Olson". SportsPool.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

External links

• Sports Illustrated
• Statistics^{[dead link]}
• nyfuturestars Archived March 3, 2016 at the Wayback Machine