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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-10 / in Starts: 1-3
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 28 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	19 (11-5-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 28 PAs	3
Avg. Runners on Base	17 (9-5-2)

Most Driven In
D Lee	1

Most Driven In By
E Torgeson	1
P Runnels	1
J Snyder	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	264	2 (1)	Apr 16	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.28	0.058	3.05	0.08%	0.54	CF LF
2	265	3	Apr 18	WSH		BAL	W,6-4	6-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	.35	0.008	.73	0.01%	0.20	PR CF
3	266	4	Apr 20	WSH		BAL	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5						LF
4	267	5	Apr 21 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,9-11	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	1.71	-0.043	4.04	-0.06%	-0.22	PH
5	268	7 (1)	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	L,6-15	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	7	.45	-0.046	1.15	-0.07%	-0.39	CF
6	269	11 (3)	Apr 26	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	5						LF
7	270	13 (1)	Apr 28 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	7	.49	-0.024	.81	-0.02%	-0.30	CF
8	271	14	Apr 28 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	7	1.97	-0.047	3.48	-0.05%	-0.14	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers
9	272	14	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	1.03	-0.026	1.83	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
10	273	19 (4)	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	3-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	.99	0.047	2.16	0.06%	0.78	PR LF
11	274	21 (1)	May 8	DET		WSH	W,11-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.58	LF
12	275	23 (1)	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	4.64	-0.099	11.00	-0.14%	-0.41	PH
13	276	26 (2)	May 15	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	8	1.09	-0.092	2.15	-0.11%	-1.08	LF
14	277	32 (5)	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	6-GF(16)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.160	.352	7	2.55	-0.173	5.32	-0.22%	-0.84	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	278	44 (11)	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	9	1.23	-0.034	3.26	-0.05%	-0.35	PH
16	279	51 (6)	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	2						LF
							6-10		28	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339		1.27	-0.472	2.76	-0.60%	-3.01

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