Karl Olson
Karl Olson | |||
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Center fielder | |||
Born: Ross, California | July 6, 1930|||
Died: December 25, 2010 80) Reno, Nevada | (aged|||
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MLB debut | |||
June 30, 1951 for the Boston Red Sox | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
June 10, 1957 for the Detroit Tigers | |||
Career statistics | |||
Batting average | .235 | ||
Hits | 160 | ||
RBI | 50 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Karl Arthur Olson (July 6, 1930 – December 25, 2010)[2] of Kentfield, California, was a 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.
In a six-season career, Olson was a .235 hitter with 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. [3]
Sources
- Baseball Library
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
References
- ↑ Baseball's Triple Plays - Batted Into
- ↑ http://www.recordcourier.com/ARTICLE/20110105/OBITUARIES/110109959/-1/RSS
- ↑ United Press (June 27, 1948). "Karl Olson Signed To Bosox Contract". Lodi News-Sentinel (Lodi, California). Retrieved April 25, 2010.
External links
- Nowlin, Bill. "Karl Olson". Baseball Biography Project. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 26 February 2011.