Karl Olson
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1930 – 2010
Who was Karl Olson?
Karl Arthur Olson of Kentfield, California, was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers. 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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- Born
- Jul 6, 1930
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- Ross
- Died
- Dec 25, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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