Chick Tolson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1895–1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Chick Tolson

|position=First baseman

|image=Chick Tolson 1929.jpg

|width=250px

|caption=Tolson, circa 1929

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1895|5|3}}

|birth_place=Washington, D.C.

|death_date={{death date and age|1965|4|16|1895|5|3}}

|death_place=Washington, D.C.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 3

|debutyear=1925

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 16

|finalyear=1930

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.284

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=45

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians ({{baseball year|1925}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1926}}–{{baseball year|1927}}, {{baseball year|1929}}–{{baseball year|1930}})

}}

Charles Julius "Chick" Tolson (May 3, 1895 – April 16, 1965) was a professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues over parts of five seasons from 1925–1930, for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.

In 144 games over five seasons, Tolson posted a .284 batting average (78-for-275) with 23 runs, 4 home runs and 45 RBIs. Defensively, he recorded a .985 fielding percentage playing every inning in the majors at first base.