Karl Olson
1951–1957 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
279G
.235AVG
.278OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
160H
6HR
50RBI
3SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 4 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279 | 745 | 681 | 74 | 160 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 43 | 94 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 215 | .235 | .278 | .316 | .594 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1954-06-23 to 1954-07-07
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1953-08-29 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1954-09-01 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1956-04-17 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 131 | 358 | 89 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 40 | .271 | .310 | .375 |
| Away | 148 | 387 | 71 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 54 | .201 | .238 | .261 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 84 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | .347 | .381 | .542 |
| May | 53 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 24 | .215 | .241 | .274 |
| June | 59 | 205 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | .264 | .327 | .341 |
| July | 34 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .203 | .210 | .241 |
| August | 62 | 131 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | .231 | .267 | .314 |
| September | 42 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | .152 | .172 | .217 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 47 | 147 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | .304 | .327 | .413 |
| baltimore-orioles | 39 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 15 | .216 | .273 | .268 |
| chicago-white-sox | 37 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | .246 | .293 | .290 |
| detroit-tigers | 35 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .236 | .269 | .337 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .275 | .274 | .391 |
| cleveland-guardians | 29 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .133 | .221 | .160 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 21 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .259 | .297 | .414 |
| boston-red-sox | 18 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .190 | .239 | .238 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Boston Red Sox | 5 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | .123 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 101 | 227 | 59 | 1 | 20 | 2 | .260 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 26 | 48 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 106 | 313 | 77 | 4 | 22 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 16 | 26 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .154 | – | – |