Karl Olson
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Karl Arthur Olson (July 6, 1930 – December 25, 2010)Washington Senators (1956–57) and Detroit Tigers (1957). He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg) during his nine-year professional baseball career.
In all or parts of six MLB seasons, Olson was a .235 hitter with 160 hits, 25 doubles, six triples, 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
American Association, which farmed him out to the California League team in San Jose, the San Jose Red Sox
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His
minor league
career ended with the 1957 season.
Sources
- Karl Olson - Baseballbiography.com
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
References
- ^ "Karl Arthur Olson | RecordCourier.com". www.recordcourier.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
- ^ United Press (June 27, 1948). "Karl Olson Signed To Bosox Contract". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
External links
- Nowlin, Bill. "Karl Olson". Baseball Biography Project. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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