Karl Kolseth

{{short description|American baseball player (1892-1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Karl Kolseth |position=First baseman |image= |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1892|12|25|mf=y}} |birth_place=Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1956|5|3|1892|12|25}} |death_place=Cumberland, Maryland, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 30 |debutyear=1915 |debutteam=Baltimore Terrapins |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1915 |finalteam=Baltimore Terrapins |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games |stat1value=6 |stat2label=At bats |stat2value=23 |stat3label=Hit(s) |stat3value=6 |teams= *Baltimore Terrapins ({{mlby|1915}}) }} '''Karl Dickey''' '''"Koley"''' '''Kolseth''' (December 25, 1892 – May 3, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in {{by|1915}}.

He began his professional career with the Lawrence Barristers of the class B New England League in 1911. After his single season in the major leagues, he returned to minor league baseball with the Chambersburg Maroons of the class D Blue Ridge League in 1916. His last minor league season was with the Easton Farmers of the Eastern Shore League in 1926. Overall, he had a .292 batting average in the minors, with his single best season batting average being .333 with Hanover and Waynesboro of the Blue Ridge League in 1920.

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* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/karl-kolseth/ Karl Kolseth] at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

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