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Al
Oliver		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, OH, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980    1982   
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
1977 30 PIT NL 162 610 76 211 37 6 14 90 3 2 33 21 .346 .379 .495 .874 102.9 25.2
1978 31 PIT NL 153 576 70 152 34 0 13 84 3 7 43 27 .264 .320 .391 .711 66.2 9.5
1979 32 PIT NL 145 550 68 156 36 5 11 85 1 2 32 17 .284 .328 .427 .755 67.4 16.0
1980 33 PIT NL 153 565 58 169 29 6 18 86 1 1 32 33 .299 .333 .467 .801 83.7 17.1
1981 34 CHW AL 123 484 57 138 39 7 5 61 0 0 26 30 .285 .322 .426 .748 59.1 8.0
1982 35 CHW AL 157 591 77 194 43 6 17 93 1 2 30 37 .328 .362 .508 .870 93.3 24.9
1983 36 CHW AL 146 548 58 153 26 0 9 69 0 0 30 65 .279 .323 .376 .699 63.1 10.3
7 Years Sim 1039 3924 464 1173 244 30 87 568 9 14 226 230 .299 .339 .443 .782 535.7 111.1
162 Game Average 611 72 182 38 4 13 88 1 2 35 35 .299 .339 .443 .782 83.5  
Career Highs 162 610 77 211 43 7 18 93 3 7 43 65 .346 .379 .508 .874 102.9  
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 30 PIT NL LF 158 153 1374.3 311 6 6 1 .981 2.08   3.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1978 31 PIT NL LF 148 147 1339.7 229 11 7 3 .972 1.61   4.7
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1979 32 PIT NL LF 143 139 1240.3 254 4 7 0 .974 1.87   4.9
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 33 PIT NL LF 135 133 1159.7 242 3 6 1 .976 1.90   4.1
    RF 18 6 76.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1981 34 CHW AL LF 123 123 1071.3 232 7 3 2 .988 2.01   0.9
1982 35 CHW AL LF 124 118 1054.0 245 10 4 3 .985 2.18   2.5
    SS 1 0 6.0 2 6 1 1 .889 12.00   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 36 CHW AL LF 14 14 124.0 29 1 1 0 .968 2.18   0.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 845 827 7363.3 1542 42 34 10 .979 1.94   20.7
  RF 27 6 92.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.23    
  SS 1 0 6.0 2 6 1 1 .889 12.00   0.2
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   874 833 7465.0 1567 48 35 11 .979 1.95   20.9
Career Highs   160 153 1379.3 312 16 7 4 .988 2.23    
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
1982 35 CHW AL 3 12 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917
Career Post-Season Batting 3 12 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917
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.
Batting Average
1977-2-.346
1980-8-.299
1982-3-.328
 Slugging Pct
1977-9-.495
1980-9-.467
1982-7-.508
 OPS
1977-9-.874
1982-8-.870
 XR
1977-9-102.9
 Games
1977-1-162
 Hits
1977-2-211
1982-2-194
Total Bases
1977-7-302
1982-7-300
 Singles
1977-5-154
 Doubles
1979-10-36
1981-10-39
1982-2-43
 RBIs
1982-10-93
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Carl Everett (948)
  2. Joe Hall (940)
  3. Paul O'Neill (933)
  4. Chris Gwynn (933)
  5. Mickey Rivers (926)
  6. Derrick May (921)
  7. Rod Craig (918)
  8. Chris Singleton (911)
  9. Rob Butler (911)
  10. Scott Lusader (908)
History
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 5/19/1977
Sets a new season NL-Record for Hits with 207 on 10/5/1977
Injured on 6/10/1978 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/16/1979 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1980, hitting .352 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 10/6/1980, off Bob Forsch (STL)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/15/1981 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/5/1981 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/20/1981 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1982, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1982, hitting .429 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/18/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Injured on 4/19/1984 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
 
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