Poulsen played three years of varsity baseball at Birmingham High School in Los Angeles, where he helped his team won the championship of the West Valley League each of those three years (1963–65), being named a first-team all-star in the league and third-team all-star on the All-City team. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the third round of the 1965 MLB draft, and played in the minor leagues in 1966 for the Winston-Salem Red Sox in the Class A Carolina League, batting .238 in 110 games with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs.\n', '

In 1967, Poulsen played 73 games with Winston-Salem, and 19 games for the Double-A Pittsfield Red Sox. He gained a promotion to Boston as a replacement for infielder Dalton Jones, who had to report for two weeks of Army Reserve duty; the departure of Jones reflected a common occurrence during the Vietnam War era.\n', '

Poulsen made his major league debut on July 3, 1967, and appeared in five games with the Red Sox. He had one hit (a double) in five at-bats for a .200 average. He also made three fielding appearances; twice at third base and once at shortstop, recording a .667 fielding percentage (one error in three chances). He played his final MLB game on July 14, 1967. The Red Sox would go on to win the American League title, in a season known as "The Impossible Dream".\n', '

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