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Batting average
  
.241

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Marv Olson

Runs batted in
  
30

Home runs
  
0


Marv Olson Marv Olson Society for American Baseball Research

Died
  
February 5, 1998, Tyndall, South Dakota, United States

Marvin Clement Olson [Sparky] (May 28, 1907 – February 5, 1998) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1931 through 1933 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 160 lb., Olson batted and threw right-handed. A native of Gayville, South Dakota, he attended Luther College.

In a three-season career, Olson was a .241 hitter (110-for-403) with 67 runs and 30 RBI in 133 games, including 15 doubles, six triples and one stolen base with no home runs.

Olson died at the age of 90 in Tyndall, South Dakota.

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