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Dave
Oliver		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 7, 1951 in Stockton, CA, USA
 
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 26 CLE AL 25 24 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .333 .333 .667 2.9 0.4
1978 27 CLE AL 48 135 8 25 3 2 0 7 0 0 7 7 .185 .225 .237 .462 3.0 0.0
1979 28 CLE AL 44 50 6 11 0 2 1 6 0 1 6 1 .220 .298 .360 .658 5.7 0.7
1980 29 CLE AL 53 131 8 25 3 1 0 10 0 0 16 6 .191 .279 .229 .508 7.9 0.0
1981 30 CLE AL 91 275 32 74 10 0 1 30 0 0 42 12 .269 .366 .316 .682 32.0 3.8
1982 31 CLE AL 129 401 37 105 10 1 1 49 0 1 36 25 .262 .321 .299 .620 36.9 6.0
1983 32 CLE AL 120 355 33 98 12 1 1 27 1 0 35 20 .276 .338 .324 .662 38.1 4.3
1984 33 CLE AL 131 466 36 111 11 1 2 34 0 0 28 28 .238 .281 .279 .560 33.0 1.5
1985 34 CLE AL 159 584 41 124 19 4 0 39 0 0 36 34 .212 .256 .259 .515 33.8 0.0
1986 35 CLE AL 79 279 26 64 8 0 2 25 0 2 9 16 .229 .252 .280 .531 14.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 879 2700 229 643 76 13 8 228 1 4 218 152 .238 .294 .285 .579 207.5 16.7
162 Game Average 497 42 118 14 2 1 42 0 0 40 28 .238 .294 .285 .579 38.2  
Career Highs 159 584 41 124 19 4 2 49 1 2 42 34 .276 .366 .360 .682 38.1  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 26 CLE AL 2B 20 1 60.7 13 25 3 7 .927 5.64 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1978 27 CLE AL 2B 45 31 297.7 76 133 7 41 .968 6.32 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1979 28 CLE AL 2B 43 8 136.0 36 59 1 18 .990 6.29 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1980 29 CLE AL 2B 39 27 262.3 73 117 10 29 .950 6.52 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 12 12 97.0 21 42 2 11 .969 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1981 30 CLE AL 2B 91 88 747.0 187 349 20 88 .964 6.46 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 CLE AL 2B 126 108 976.3 250 401 22 105 .967 6.00 0 0 .000 0 4.4
1983 32 CLE AL 2B 26 8 109.0 23 52 1 14 .987 6.19 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 CLE AL 2B 14 3 47.7 13 19 2 7 .941 6.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 4 3 33.0 28 2 0 0 1.000 8.18 8 1 .125 8 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 34 CLE AL 2B 157 157 1418.3 343 597 33 134 .966 5.96 0 0 .000 0 6.6
1986 35 CLE AL 2B 67 64 568.7 134 238 14 48 .964 5.89 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 2 2 18.0 4 12 2 3 .889 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 628 495 4623.6 1148 1990 113 491 .965 6.11 0 0 .000 0 23.9
  SS 14 14 115.0 25 54 4 14 .952 6.18 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 4 3 33.0 28 2 0 0 1.000 8.18 8 1 .125 8 0.0
  3B 3 0 11.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   650 512 4783.6 1202 2047 117 505 .965 6.11 8 1 .125 8 24.9
Career Highs   157 157 1418.3 343 597 33 134 .990 6.67 8 1 .125 8  
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.
Games
1985-8-159
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Manny Trillo (954)
  2. Rich Dauer (952)
  3. Fred Stanley (944)
  4. Lenn Sakata (941)
  5. Dave Cash (939)
  6. Ted Sizemore (936)
  7. Glenn Hubbard (935)
  8. Alfredo Griffin (928)
  9. Ross Jones (925)
  10. Bob Heise (925)
History
Had first career hit on 4/5/1977, off Jim Palmer (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/25/1979, off Larry Mcwilliams (MIL)
Injured on 6/22/1981 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
 
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