finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1917 17 october 1962 norwood , massachusetts left kirkerup , denmark 1911 june 27 .269 .392 .329 outfielder boston red sox batting average on-base percentage slugging percentage august 11 26 april 1888 olaf henriksen.jpg olaf henriksen
 boston red sox olaf henriksen left
olaf henriksen

olaf henriksen -lrb- april 26 , 1888 -- october 7 , 1962 -rrb- was a major league baseball outfielder who remains to date the only danish-born person ever to play in the major leagues .
he played seven seasons -lrb- 1911 -- 1917 -rrb- for the boston red sox -lrb- then also known as the `` boston americans '' -rrb- as a teammate of hall of famers babe ruth and tris speaker , among others , and he played a role in three world series victories , namely in 1912 , 1915 and 1916 .
defensively olaf henriksen solely played the outfield .
his primary offensive skill was to get on base , and he recorded the second highest on-base percentage in modern baseball history among rookies with more than 100 plate appearances .
he never showed much power , though , as he only had one career home run .
henriksen was mainly a bench player for the red sox , but he delivered a decisive hit against the famous pitcher christy mathewson in boston 's world series victory in 1912 .
henriksen 's nickname was `` swede '' .
in his active baseball career he was 5 ft. 7 1/2 in .
tall and weighed 158 lb .
