Karl Olson

Center fielder

Born: July 6, 1930
Ross, California

Died: December 25, 2010 (aged 80)
Reno, Nevada

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

Hits

160

RBI

Teams

Boston Red Sox (1951–1955)
Washington Senators (1956–1957)
Detroit Tigers (1957)

Career highlights and awards

Karl hit into two triple plays in only 681 career at bats.

Karl Arthur Olson (July 6, 1930 – December 25, 2010) 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.

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