Karl Olson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: July 6, 1930 in Ross, CA us

Died: December 25, 2010 in Reno, NV

Buried: Cremated

High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)

Debut: June 30, 1951 (Age 20-359d, 10,819th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1957 (Age 26-339d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Karl Arthur Olson

Nicknames: Ole

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-4.9

681

160

.235

RBI

OBP

.278

SLG

.316

OPS

.594

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
3	4 (1)	Apr 18 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GF	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
4	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	8 (2)	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	LF
7	10	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14 (3)	May 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	18 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	19	May 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	20	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF LF
13	25 (4)	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	27 (1)	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	33 (5)	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,20-10	GF	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF CF
16	34	May 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	40 (5)	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	42	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	43	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
21	44	Jun 8	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
22	45	Jun 9	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	46	Jun 10 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
24	47	Jun 10 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	52 (4)	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-13	CG	53	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
26	54 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	55	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
28	56	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
30	58	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	59	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	74	16.1	7	0	0	7	0	CF
34	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	2	6	0	CF
35	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	65 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	68	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	CF
40	69	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	70	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	71	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	72	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-0	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
44	73	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	74	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-17	CG	42	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	78 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,18-0	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	87 (8)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	98 (10)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
50	100 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	107 (5)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	110 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	111	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
55	113 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	114	Aug 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	GF	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	115	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
58	116	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-14	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	117	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
61	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	120	Aug 20	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	121	Aug 21	BOS		NYY	W,10-9	CG	54	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	122	Aug 22	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	123	Aug 24	BOS		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
66	124	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	125	Aug 26	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	126	Aug 27	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	130 (3)	Aug 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	131	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
71	133 (1)	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	135 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	138 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-7	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
74	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	142 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	148 (5)	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	68	14.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	156 (7)	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-2	GF	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							81gm		469.1	122	9	6	137	1