Karl Arthur Olson (July 6, 1930 – December 25, 2010)[1] of Kentfield, California, was an American backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1951, 1953–55), Washington Senators (1956–57) and Detroit Tigers (1957). He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg) during his nine-year professional baseball career.
| Karl Olson | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: July 6, 1930 Ross, California, U.S. | |
| Died: December 25, 2010 (aged 80) Reno, Nevada, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 30, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 10, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .235 |
| Home runs | 6 |
| Runs batted in | 50 |
| Teams | |
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In all or parts of six MLB seasons, Olson was a .235 hitter with 160 hits, 25 doubles, six triples, six home runs and 50 RBI in 279 games played. Olson missed the 1952 season due to service in the Korean War.
Olson was an all-star player for Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, where he graduated in 1948. Boston signed him in June 1948, assigning him to the Triple-A Louisville Colonels in the American Association, which farmed him out to the California League team in San Jose, the San Jose Red Sox. [2]
His minor league career ended with the 1957 season.
Sources
edit- Karl Olson - Baseballbiography.com
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
References
edit- ^ "Karl Arthur Olson | RecordCourier.com". www.recordcourier.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- ^ United Press (June 27, 1948). "Karl Olson Signed To Bosox Contract". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
External links
edit- Nowlin, Bill. "Karl Olson". Baseball Biography Project. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
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