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Ben
Oglivie		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, , PANAMA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 23 BOS   94 253 27 61 10 2 8 30 1 1 18 61 .241 .292 .391 .683 28.8  
1973 24 BOS   58 147 16 32 9 1 2 9 1 1 9 32 .218 .263 .333 .596 12.3  
1974 25 DET   92 252 28 68 11 3 4 29 12 3 34 38 .270 .357 .385 .742 36.9  
1975 26 DET   100 332 45 95 14 1 9 36 11 8 16 62 .286 .319 .416 .735 41.7  
1976 27 DET   115 305 36 87 12 3 15 47 9 4 11 44 .285 .310 .492 .802 45.0  
1977 28 DET AL 160 580 93 145 22 5 24 77 4 1 52 71 .250 .316 .429 .746 78.2 10.1
1978 29 DET AL 161 620 97 167 42 2 24 103 2 2 61 62 .269 .335 .460 .795 93.3 18.5
1979 30 DET AL 150 533 72 136 34 4 18 86 1 3 53 50 .255 .324 .435 .760 73.0 15.8
1980 31 LAD NL 156 535 60 132 27 1 23 81 1 3 41 57 .247 .304 .430 .734 66.7 14.7
1981 32 LAD NL 161 562 84 140 33 3 22 89 5 1 45 73 .249 .306 .436 .742 73.2 14.7
1982 33 LAD NL 102 359 46 90 15 7 15 55 0 1 27 46 .251 .306 .457 .763 47.4 9.8
  KCR AL 40 119 13 27 4 1 2 19 0 0 9 18 .227 .285 .328 .612 10.7 0.5
  TOT   142 478 59 117 19 8 17 74 0 1 36 64 .245 .301 .425 .725 58.1 10.3
1983 34 LAD NL 100 331 42 90 21 1 15 52 0 0 31 55 .272 .333 .477 .811 51.2 12.9
  CIN NL 56 168 18 46 12 0 9 41 0 0 9 18 .274 .311 .506 .817 24.9 5.8
  TOT   156 499 60 136 33 1 24 93 0 0 40 73 .273 .326 .487 .813 76.1 18.7
1984 35 CIN NL 121 332 40 83 19 1 13 52 2 0 17 49 .250 .287 .431 .718 38.1 5.9
1985 36 CIN NL 141 282 36 82 26 1 8 45 2 1 18 37 .291 .337 .475 .812 40.5 10.5
1986 37 SDP NL 103 193 19 39 8 0 4 24 0 0 18 38 .202 .269 .306 .575 15.7 0.6
10 Years Sim 1451 4614 620 1177 263 26 177 724 17 12 381 574 .255 .314 .438 .752 613.0 119.7
15 Years Pro 1910 5903 772 1520 319 36 215 875 51 29 469 811 .257 .312 .433 .745 777.7  
162 Game Average 515 69 131 29 2 19 80 1 1 42 64 .255 .314 .438 .752 68.4  
Career Highs 161 620 97 167 42 8 24 103 5 3 61 73 .291 .337 .487 .813 93.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 28 DET AL CF 157 155 1342.3 314 16 11 2 .968 2.21   4.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 29 DET AL CF 112 111 983.0 225 9 8 3 .967 2.14   4.2
1979 30 DET AL CF 59 58 525.0 137 6 6 1 .960 2.45   3.9
    LF 67 53 501.3 119 2 7 1 .945 2.17    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 31 LAD NL LF 151 129 1169.7 217 8 11 2 .953 1.73   2.9
1981 32 LAD NL LF 150 132 1190.7 230 3 17 0 .932 1.76   3.8
    RF 7 6 64.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1982 33 LAD NL LF 98 91 842.8 152 5 9 0 .946 1.68   2.7
  KCR AL LF 39 36 280.2 51 2 3 0 .946 1.70   0.6
  LAD NL RF 1 1 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.40   0.0
  KCR AL RF 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 137 127 1123.0 203 7 12 0 .946 1.68   3.3
      RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1983 34 LAD NL RF 52 47 461.5 80 5 3 1 .966 1.66   0.0
    1B 25 25 238.6 281 19 5 20 .984 11.32   0.5
  CIN NL RF 29 27 224.5 39 2 1 0 .976 1.64   0.9
    1B 14 14 116.1 137 9 3 9 .980 11.32   0.0
  LAD NL LF 12 4 51.6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.22   0.0
  CIN NL LF 7 2 25.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.0
  LAD NL CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  CIN NL CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  LAD NL 3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CIN NL 3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 81 74 686.0 119 7 4 1 .969 1.65   0.9
      1B 39 39 354.7 418 28 8 29 .982 11.32   0.5
      LF 19 6 76.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
      CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1984 35 CIN NL LF 69 65 533.0 114 4 11 0 .915 1.99   2.1
    RF 15 7 77.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    CF 12 6 66.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1985 36 CIN NL LF 92 40 464.3 79 7 4 2 .956 1.67   2.0
    CF 11 8 71.7 15 2 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.05   0.1
    RF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 37 SDP NL CF 34 16 176.3 38 4 1 0 .977 2.14   1.5
    RF 15 14 117.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
    LF 13 9 82.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
  LF 699 562 5149.7 990 31 63 5 .942 1.78   14.1
  CF 387 354 3171.0 742 37 26 6 .968 2.21   13.7
  RF 126 102 960.0 173 9 4 1 .978 1.71   0.9
  1B 39 39 354.7 418 28 8 29 .982 11.32   0.5
  3B 4 0 7.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.1
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1256 1057 9645.0 2323 108 101 41 .960 2.27   29.3
Career Highs   159 156 1353.3 550 35 17 30 .987 4.68    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 30 DET AL 4 15 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .467 .717
1981 32 LAD NL 3 12 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667
1983 34 CIN NL 4 18 3 5 0 1 2 6 0 0 3 1 .278 .381 .722 1.103
1984 35 CIN NL 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1985 36 CIN NL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 49 6 13 4 1 3 10 0 0 4 5 .265 .321 .571 .892
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1983-6-.487
 Games
1981-10-161
 Doubles
1978-6-42
 Homeruns
1981-10-22
1983-7-24
 RBIs
1983-9-93
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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  1. Derek Bell (952)
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  3. George Hendrick (934)
  4. Geronimo Berroa (931)
  5. Dusty Baker (930)
  6. Mike Kelly (924)
  7. Richie Hebner (915)
  8. Dave Henderson (914)
  9. Brady Anderson (910)
  10. Bo Jackson (906)
History
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1978, hitting .344 with 6 HR, 27 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against California, driving in 6 runs on 10/1/1979
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $4,750,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis on 7/24/1982
Traded from Los Angeles to Kansas City on 7/31/1982 (Going to LAD: P N. Ryan. Going to KCR: 2B J. Remy, CF B. Oglivie, P J. Matlack)
Injured on 8/20/1982 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/24/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Traded from Los Angeles to Cincinnati on 7/31/1983 (Going to CIN: LF B. Oglivie. Going to LAD: RF G. Pettis, 1B R. Carew)
Injured on 4/15/1984 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Los Angeles on 5/30/1984
 
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