Ben Oglivie

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 160lb (188cm, 72kg)

Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, Panama pa

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY).

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY)

School: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-205d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 37-236d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.3

5913

1615

235

.273

784

RBI

901

OBP

.336

SLG

.450

OPS

.786

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	33 (24)	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	42 (8)	May 26	DET		CLE	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	43	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,2-12	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	46 (2)	May 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
7	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	50 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		OAK	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	55 (4)	Jun 10	DET		TEX	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	58 (2)	Jun 14	DET		KCR	L,3-4	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	59	Jun 15	DET		KCR	W,11-9	GS	28	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
12	61 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	62	Jun 18	DET	@	TEX	L,0-6	GF	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	63	Jun 19	DET	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	64	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
17	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	72 (4)	Jun 29	DET		MIL	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	74 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	DET		MIL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	75	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	76	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	78 (1)	Jul 4	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	80 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	83 (2)	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	84	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
26	85	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	86	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	88 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	93 (4)	Jul 19	DET		MIN	L,5-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
30	98 (4)	Jul 27	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	101 (2)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
32	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	103	Aug 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	107 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	108	Aug 5 (1)	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	110 (1)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	112 (1)	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	113	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	67	13.2	6	3	0	9	1	LF 1B
39	114	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	115	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	116	Aug 12	DET		KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	117	Aug 13	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
43	118	Aug 14	DET		KCR	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
44	119	Aug 16	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	120	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
46	121	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	123 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
48	125 (1)	Aug 23	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	126	Aug 24	DET		TEX	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
50	127	Aug 25	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	129 (1)	Aug 27	DET		CAL	L,6-7	GS	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
52	131 (1)	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
53	132	Aug 31	DET		OAK	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	133	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	134	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	135	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	136	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	137	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
59	140 (2)	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	141	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	142	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,6-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
62	143	Sep 11	DET		MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
63	144	Sep 12	DET		MIL	W,9-7	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	145	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	146	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
66	149 (2)	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
67	150	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	152 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
69	156 (3)	Sep 26	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
70	157	Sep 27	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
71	158	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
72	161 (2)	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
							73gm		545.0	165	11	5	181	13