Ted Olson (baseball)

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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.

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