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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
3	3	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
4	4	Apr 20	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 21	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 22 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	9	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 27	WSH		BAL	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 28	WSH		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	15	May 3	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	16	May 4	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	18	May 6 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 6 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-13	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	20	May 8	WSH		DET	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	21	May 9	WSH		DET	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	22	May 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
23	23	May 12	WSH		BOS	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	24	May 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	25	May 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
26	26	May 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	27	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	55	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	28	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	29	May 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
30	31 (1)	May 22	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	32	May 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	33	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	34	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
34	35	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	36	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
36	38 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	41	May 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
41	43	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	L,0-15	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	44	Jun 3 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	53	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
43	45	Jun 3 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	46	Jun 4	WSH		CLE	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	47	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	48	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	49	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	50	Jun 8	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	52 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	53	Jun 10 (2)	WSH		DET	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
51	54	Jun 11 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	55	Jun 11 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	56	Jun 12	WSH		KCA	L,3-9	GS	52	12.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
54	57	Jun 13	WSH		KCA	L,4-13	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	58	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
56	59	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	61 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	62	Jun 18	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	63	Jun 19	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	64	Jun 20	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
61	65	Jun 21	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-15	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	67 (1)	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	69 (1)	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	71 (1)	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	73 (1)	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
67	75	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
68	77 (1)	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
69	78	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BAL	W,10-8	GF	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
70	81 (2)	Jul 7	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	82	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	83	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	90 (6)	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	97 (6)	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	98	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	99	Jul 29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH CF
77	100	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	101	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
79	103 (1)	Aug 3	WSH	@	KCA	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
80	105 (1)	Aug 5	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	108 (2)	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
82	113 (4)	Aug 17	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
83	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	115	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	116	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	61	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
86	117	Aug 21	WSH		DET	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
87	118	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
88	120 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		KCA	L,4-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
89	125 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	127 (1)	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	128	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	130 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	GS	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	137 (6)	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	139 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	141 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	142	Sep 15	WSH	@	KCA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
97	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	148 (4)	Sep 21	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	151 (2)	Sep 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	153 (1)	Sep 29	WSH		BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
101	155 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							103gm		737.1	189	4	2	195	0