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Karl Olson

Karl Arthur Olson (Ole)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 6, 1930 in Ross, CA
High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1951
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Tigers 1951-1957

Final Game: June 10, 1957
Died: December 25, 2010 in Reno, NV
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 BOS AL 20 OF 5 3 1 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 1.60 .978 2.47 2.44
1951 BOS AL 20 RF 3 3 1 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 2.33 .979 2.07 2.03
1951 BOS AL 20 LF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .970 2.48 2.40
1953 BOS AL 22 OF 24 12 9 128.1 33 31 1 1 0 .970 -3 -28 2.24 1.33 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 BOS AL 22 LF 19 9 7 98.1 25 23 1 1 0 .960 -1 -12 2.20 1.26 .973 2.21 2.21
1953 BOS AL 22 CF 6 3 2 30.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 2.40 1.33 .984 2.97 2.95
1954 BOS AL 23 OF 78 44 36 469.1 138 122 10 6 1 .957 -7 -19 2.53 1.69 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BOS AL 23 CF 36 30 23 272.1 86 78 4 4 1 .953 -7 -30 2.71 2.28 .983 2.85 2.83
1954 BOS AL 23 LF 28 2 2 66.2 21 18 1 2 0 .905 1 13 2.56 0.68 .977 2.25 2.24
1954 BOS AL 23 RF 17 12 11 130.1 30 26 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.07 1.76 .975 2.05 2.03
1955 BOS AL 24 OF 21 10 7 113.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -21 2.22 1.33 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 BOS AL 24 LF 12 3 2 41.2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -37 1.73 0.67 .980 2.27 2.25
1955 BOS AL 24 CF 8 6 4 55.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -28 2.62 2.00 .985 2.86 2.85
1955 BOS AL 24 RF 6 1 1 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 2.65 0.83 .980 2.06 2.03
1956 WSH AL 25 OF 101 80 76 737.1 198 192 4 2 0 .990 -11 -18 2.39 1.94 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 WSH AL 25 CF 85 75 71 672.1 180 175 3 2 0 .989 -9 -16 2.38 2.09 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 WSH AL 25 LF 15 5 5 59.2 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -34 1.96 0.87 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 WSH AL 25 RF 3 0 0 5.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -135 3.38 0.67 .975 2.02 2.07
1957 TOT AL 26 OF 11 4 2 57.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -19 2.51 1.45 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 TOT AL 26 LF 7 1 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.71 0.57 .980 2.10 2.10
1957 TOT AL 26 CF 5 3 1 36.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 2.97 2.40 .982 2.70 2.72
1957 WSH AL 26 OF 6 3 1 27.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 3.29 1.67 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 WSH AL 26 CF 4 3 1 25.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -28 2.84 2.00 .982 2.70 2.72
1957 WSH AL 26 LF 3 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 9.00 0.67 .980 2.25 2.10
1957 DET AL 26 OF 5 1 1 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 1.80 1.20 .980 2.25 2.24
1957 DET AL 26 LF 4 1 1 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -63 0.95 0.50 .980 2.08 2.10
1957 DET AL 26 CF 1 0 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 44 3.27 4.00 .982 2.70 2.70
6 Seasons OF 240 153 131 1533.0 421 396 16 9 1 .979 -24 -19 2.42 1.72 .979 2.37 2.35
5 Seasons CF 140 117 101 1066.0 302 288 8 6 1 .980 -18 -20 2.50 2.11 .984 2.81 2.80
6 Seasons LF 83 20 17 291.1 72 65 4 3 0 .958 -4 -16 2.13 0.83 .976 2.20 2.20
4 Seasons RF 29 16 13 175.2 44 40 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 2.25 1.52 .976 2.05 2.03
6 Seasons TOT 240 153 131 1533.0 421 396 16 9 1 .979 -24 -19 2.42 1.72 .979 2.37 2.35
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1951 BOS AL 20 RF
1951 BOS AL 20 LF
1953 BOS AL 22 LF -1 -12 -2 -2 1 1
1953 BOS AL 22 CF -1 -40 -1 0 -1 0
1954 BOS AL 23 CF -7 -30 -9 -4 -5 2
1954 BOS AL 23 LF 1 13 1 -1 1 0
1954 BOS AL 23 RF -1 -13 -1 -0 -1 0
1955 BOS AL 24 LF -1 -37 -1 -1 -0 0
1955 BOS AL 24 CF -1 -28 -1 0 -1 0
1955 BOS AL 24 RF 1 42 1 1 -0 0
1956 WSH AL 25 CF -9 -16 -8 -5 -3 -1
1956 WSH AL 25 LF -2 -34 -2 -1 -1 0
1956 WSH AL 25 RF -1 -135 -1 -0 -0 0
1957 WSH AL 26 CF -1 -28 -1 -1 0 0
1957 WSH AL 26 LF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 26 LF -1 -63 -1 -0 -1 0
1957 DET AL 26 CF 0 44 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons CF -18 -20 -19 -10 -9 1
6 Seasons LF -4 -16 -5 -5 1 1
4 Seasons RF -1 -10 -1 0 -2 0
6 Seasons TOT -24 -19 -25 -14 -10 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 0 1
1953 BOS AL 22 25 12 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 0 24 0 2 2
1954 BOS AL 23 101 44 101 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 36 17 78 0 23 5
1955 BOS AL 24 26 10 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 6 21 0 3 3
1956 WSH AL 25 106 80 106 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 85 3 101 0 10 2
1957 DET AL 26 8 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 3 1
1957 WSH AL 26 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 6 0 2 1
6 Seasons 279 153 279 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 140 29 240 0 43 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1953 BOS AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 133 69% 79% 26% 15 53%
1954 BOS AL 23 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 14 9 1 11 3 0 4 3 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 42 22 52.4% 19 1 2.4% 3 1278 62% 80% 26% 141 57%
1955 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 14 4 28.6% 10 0 0.0% 1 244 60% 83% 31% 30 53%
1956 WSH AL 25 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 61 38 1 31 2 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 16 11 0 117 53 45.3% 63 1 0.9% 2 3076 67% 78% 26% 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 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 120 68% 83% 36% 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 38 55% 76% 42% 6 67%
5 Seasons 6 0 4 2 3 8 0 5 1 1 84 52 2 52 6 0 8 3 0 13 2 0 27 21 0 184 84 45.7% 98 2 1.1% 6 4889 66% 79% 26% 551 53%
MLB Averages 45.1% 2.8% 63% 81% 31% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1951 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 55% 82% 27% 2 50%
1953 BOS AL 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 7 0 5 3 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 23 16 69.6% 7 0 0.0% 1 441 61% 85% 30% 54 44%
1954 BOS AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 293 74% 82% 30% 41 46%
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% 1 176 72% 81% 30% 18 44%
1956 WSH AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 5 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 13 61.9% 7 1 4.8% 0 288 68% 81% 28% 38 34%
1957 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 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%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 27 24 0 16 4 1 11 6 0 6 3 0 9 8 0 69 45 65.2% 23 1 1.4% 3 1320 67% 82% 29% 170 41%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.5% 63% 81% 31% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1951 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 95 61% 83% 34% 12 58%
1954 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 21 8 38.1% 13 0 0.0% 4 572 57% 85% 28% 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 69 70% 83% 38% 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 30 63% 90% 30% 7 29%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 15 5 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 32 12 37.5% 20 0 0.0% 4 766 59% 85% 30% 93 47%
MLB Averages 43.5% 3.3% 63% 81% 31% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  4 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  .989 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1956 AL  .990 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL  born 1930-07-06 (5th)

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