Karl Olson
Karl Arthur Olson (Ole)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 6, 1930 in Kentfield, CA
High School: Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1951
Final Game: June 10, 1957
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 BOS AL 20 OF 5 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .975 2.24 2-0-3
1953 BOS AL 22 OF 24 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.33 .982 2.18 23-2-0
1954 BOS AL 23 OF 78 44 469.0 138 122 10 6 1 .957 -7.4 -18.9 -9.4 -5.0 -4.3 2 2.53 1.69 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 BOS AL 23 CF 36 30 272.1 86 78 4 4 1 .953 -6.7 -29.5 -8.7 -5.1 -3.6 2 2.71 2.28 .984 2.85 2.64
1954 BOS AL 23 LF 28 2 66.1 21 18 1 2 0 .905 0.7 12.7 0.7 1.4 -0.6 0 2.58 0.68 .981 2.25 1.93
1954 BOS AL 23 RF 17 12 130.1 30 26 4 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -12.9 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 2.07 1.76 .973 2.05 1.82
1955 BOS AL 24 OF 21 10 113.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -21.1 -2.0 -1.5 -0.6 0 2.22 1.33 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 BOS AL 24 LF 12 3 41.2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -37.4 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 0 1.73 0.67 .975 2.27 1.78
1955 BOS AL 24 CF 8 6 55.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -28.4 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 2.62 2.00 .988 2.86 2.55
1955 BOS AL 24 RF 6 1 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 42.4 0.6 -0.1 0.6 0 2.65 0.83 .980 2.06 1.73
1956 WSH AL 25 OF 101 80 737.1 198 192 4 2 0 .990 -11.2 -18.2 -10.2 -4.0 -6.2 -1 2.39 1.94 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 WSH AL 25 CF 85 75 672.1 180 175 3 2 0 .989 -8.9 -15.9 -7.9 -2.9 -5.0 -1 2.38 2.09 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 WSH AL 25 LF 15 5 59.2 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -34.2 -1.7 -0.7 -1.0 0 1.96 0.87 .977 2.10 1.69
1956 WSH AL 25 RF 3 0 5.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -135.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 3.38 0.67 .950 2.02 1.80
1957 TOT AL 26 OF 11 4 57.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -18.8 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 0 2.51 1.45 .981 2.24 1.96
1957 TOT AL 26 LF 7 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -40.0 -0.7 -0.6 0.0 0 1.71 0.57 1.000 2.10 1.70
1957 TOT AL 26 CF 5 3 36.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -6.6 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 0 2.97 2.40 .983 2.70 2.40
1957 WSH AL 26 OF 6 3 27.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.2 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 0 3.29 1.67 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 WSH AL 26 CF 4 3 25.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -28.4 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 0 2.84 2.00 .988 2.70 2.40
1957 WSH AL 26 LF 3 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0 9.00 0.67 1.000 2.25 1.70
1957 DET AL 26 OF 5 1 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -24.0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 1.80 1.20 .983 2.25 1.96
1957 DET AL 26 LF 4 1 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 0.95 0.50 1.000 2.08 1.70
1957 DET AL 26 CF 1 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 43.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.27 4.00 .975 2.70 2.40
6 Seasons OF 240 138 1377.1 421 396 16 9 1 .979 -21.5 -18.7 -22.5 -10.2 -12.2 1 2.69 1.72 .980 2.36 2.10 87-136-29
4 Seasons (incomplete) CF 134 114 1036.0 294 280 8 6 1 .980 -17.1 -19.8 -18.1 -8.4 -9.7 1 2.50 2.15 .984 2.81 2.54
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 62 11 188.2 46 41 3 2 0 .957 -3.0 -19.1 -3.0 -0.0 -2.8 0 2.10 0.71 .980 2.19 1.82
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 26 13 152.2 37 33 4 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -11.0 -1.4 -1.8 0.3 0 2.18 1.42 .973 2.05 1.80
6 Seasons TOT 240 138 1377.1 421 396 16 9 1 .979 -21.5 -18.7 -22.5 -10.2 -12.2 1 2.69 1.72 .958 2.36 2.10 87-136-29
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 BOS AL 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5
1953 BOS AL 22 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 0 24
1954 BOS AL 23 101 44 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 36 16 78 23 5
1955 BOS AL 24 26 10 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 5 21 3 3
1956 WSH AL 25 106 80 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 85 3 101 10 2
1957 DET AL 26 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 3 1
1957 WSH AL 26 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 6 2 1
6 Seasons 279 138 279 279 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 136 27 240 41 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BOS AL 23 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 11 8 1 11 3 0 4 3 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 37 19 51.4% 17 1 2.7% 3 1311 61% 78% 25% 141 57%
1955 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11.1% 8 0 0.0% 1 251 58% 80% 30% 30 53%
1956 WSH AL 25 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 39 25 1 31 2 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 14 10 0 93 39 41.9% 53 1 1.1% 2 3162 66% 76% 25% 346 51%
1957 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 127 65% 78% 34% 13 62%
1957 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 54% 74% 41% 6 67%
4 Seasons 6 0 4 2 3 8 0 5 1 1 51 33 2 49 6 0 8 3 0 13 2 0 20 15 0 141 59 41.8% 80 2 1.4% 6 4890 64% 77% 26% 536 53%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BOS AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 1 278 75% 82% 31% 38 47%
1955 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 178 71% 80% 30% 18 44%
1956 WSH AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 5 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 295 66% 79% 27% 38 34%
1957 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 91 63% 74% 27% 13 15%
1957 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 56% 89% 22% 4 50%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 10 10 0 11 1 1 8 3 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 36 20 55.6% 15 1 2.8% 2 851 70% 80% 29% 111 39%
MLB Averages 56.3% 2.2% 63% 79% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 8 3 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 18 8 44.4% 10 0 0.0% 4 591 55% 82% 27% 67 45%
1955 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 70 69% 81% 37% 7 71%
1956 WSH AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 31 61% 87% 29% 7 29%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 10 4 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 23 10 43.5% 13 0 0.0% 4 692 57% 82% 28% 81 46%
MLB Averages 44.0% 3.1% 63% 79% 30% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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