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Ben Oglivie
Benjamin Ambrosio (Palmer) Oglivie
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, Panama
High School: Roosevelt (Bronx, NY)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 22 BOS AL 14 38 38 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .342 .605 65 13 0 0 0 0 0 7/9
1972 23 BOS AL 94 273 253 27 61 10 2 8 30 1 1 18 61 .241 .293 .391 .684 98 99 4 1 0 1 2 97
1973 24 BOS AL 58 161 147 16 32 9 1 2 9 1 1 9 32 .218 .269 .333 .602 65 49 4 2 1 2 2 9D/7
1974 25 DET AL 92 289 252 28 68 11 3 4 29 12 3 34 38 .270 .353 .385 .738 111 97 5 0 0 3 6 73/D9
1975 26 DET AL 100 357 332 45 95 14 1 9 36 11 8 16 62 .286 .319 .416 .735 104 138 10 2 3 4 0 79/3D
1976 27 DET AL 115 325 305 36 87 12 3 15 47 9 4 11 44 .285 .313 .492 .804 131 150 11 3 2 4 3 978/3D
1977 28 DET AL 132 497 450 63 118 24 2 21 61 9 9 40 80 .262 .325 .464 .789 109 209 11 3 1 3 2 *9/D
1978 29 MIL AL 128 527 469 71 142 29 4 18 72 11 7 52 69 .303 .370 .497 .867 143 233 10 0 3 3 10 7D93
1979 30 MIL AL 139 572 514 88 145 30 4 29 81 12 5 48 56 .282 .343 .525 .869 131 270 11 2 4 4 12 *79D/3
1980 31 MIL AL 156 660 592 94 180 26 2 41 118 11 9 54 71 .304 .362 .563 .925 153 333 5 5 0 9 19 *7/D98 AS,MVP-13,SS
1981 32 MIL AL 107 452 400 53 97 15 2 14 72 2 2 37 49 .243 .310 .395 .705 107 158 9 6 1 8 10 *7/D8
1982 33 MIL AL 159 677 602 92 147 22 1 34 102 3 5 70 81 .244 .326 .453 .780 118 273 6 4 0 1 13 *7 AS
1983 34 MIL AL 125 483 411 49 115 19 3 13 66 4 6 60 64 .280 .371 .436 .806 129 179 9 4 0 8 12 *7/D AS
1984 35 MIL AL 131 509 461 49 121 16 2 12 60 0 6 44 56 .262 .327 .384 .711 100 177 12 1 1 2 5 *79/D
1985 36 MIL AL 101 394 341 40 99 17 2 10 61 0 2 37 51 .290 .354 .440 .794 117 150 8 2 4 10 3 97/D
1986 37 MIL AL 103 384 346 31 98 20 1 5 53 1 2 30 33 .283 .334 .390 .724 95 135 7 0 1 7 6 7D/9
16 Seasons 1754 6598 5913 784 1615 277 33 235 901 87 70 560 852 .273 .336 .450 .786 118 2663 122 35 21 69 105
162 Game Avg. 162 609 546 72 149 26 3 22 83 8 6 52 79 .273 .336 .450 .786 118 246 11 3 2 6 10
MIL (9 yrs) 1149 4658 4136 567 1144 194 21 176 685 44 44 432 530 .277 .345 .461 .806 124 1908 77 24 14 52 90
DET (4 yrs) 439 1468 1339 172 368 61 9 49 173 41 24 101 224 .275 .326 .444 .770 113 594 37 8 6 14 11
BOS (3 yrs) 166 472 438 45 103 22 3 10 43 2 2 27 98 .235 .282 .368 .650 84 161 8 3 1 3 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 32 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 0 0 1 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .333 .521 5 0 1 0 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL WS STL L 7 29 27 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 .222 .276 .407 .683 11 1 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (3 Series) 16 64 60 5 11 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 14 .183 .222 .333 .556 20 1 1 1 0 1
1 ALDS 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .333 .521 5 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 27 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 .222 .276 .407 .683 11 1 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 BOS AL 22 OF 11 7 79.2 24 22 1 1 1 .958 1.7 25.6 0.7 -0.3 1.0 1 2.60 2.09 .983 2.24 1.96
1971 BOS AL 22 LF 10 6 69.0 19 17 1 1 1 .947 1.2 20.9 0.2 -0.8 1.0 1 2.35 1.80 .984 1.93 1.60
1971 BOS AL 22 RF 1 1 10.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 56.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.22 5.00 .980 2.02 1.70
1972 BOS AL 23 OF 65 58 530.0 105 98 5 2 2 .981 -5.0 -11.3 -3.0 -4.2 1.3 -2 1.75 1.58 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 BOS AL 23 RF 33 30 283.2 54 52 1 1 1 .981 -2.9 -12.3 -0.9 -1.9 1.1 -2 1.68 1.61 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 BOS AL 23 LF 32 28 246.1 51 46 4 1 1 .980 -2.1 -10.2 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 0 1.83 1.56 .980 1.89 1.53
1973 BOS AL 24 OF 32 28 261.0 59 56 2 1 0 .983 -0.6 -2.8 -0.6 1.8 -2.4 0 2.00 1.81 .980 2.29 2.02
1973 BOS AL 24 RF 29 25 230.0 56 53 2 1 0 .982 0.7 3.7 0.7 1.9 -1.2 0 2.15 1.90 .975 2.09 1.73
1973 BOS AL 24 DH 13
1973 BOS AL 24 LF 4 3 31.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -50.3 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 0 0.58 0.50 1.000 2.00 1.68
1974 DET AL 25 OF 63 51 455.1 95 87 3 5 0 .947 -0.7 -1.8 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 1.78 1.43 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 DET AL 25 LF 61 49 441.1 95 87 3 5 0 .947 -1.2 -3.3 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 1.84 1.48 .975 2.12 1.75
1974 DET AL 25 1B 10 9 89.2 83 75 8 0 13 1.000 -0.9 -12.0 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 8.33 8.30 .992 9.71 8.01
1974 DET AL 25 DH 4
1974 DET AL 25 RF 2 2 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 42.9 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0 1.93 1.50 .967 2.19 1.85
1975 DET AL 26 OF 86 85 744.2 201 192 4 5 1 .975 -2.1 -3.4 -2.1 -2.0 -0.2 0 2.37 2.28 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 DET AL 26 LF 76 75 659.2 175 168 3 4 1 .977 -2.4 -4.4 -2.4 -1.8 -0.6 0 2.33 2.25 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 DET AL 26 RF 10 10 85.0 26 24 1 1 0 .962 0.3 4.2 0.3 -0.2 0.4 0 2.65 2.50 .977 2.11 1.84
1975 DET AL 26 1B 5 4 39.0 44 40 4 0 4 1.000 0.6 18.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 10.15 8.80 .991 9.83 8.32
1975 DET AL 26 DH 2
1976 DET AL 27 OF 64 58 522.0 145 136 7 2 0 .986 3.9 9.0 3.9 4.8 -1.0 0 2.47 2.23 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 DET AL 27 RF 36 33 303.0 79 74 3 2 0 .975 1.7 6.7 1.7 2.1 -0.5 0 2.29 2.14 .980 2.21 1.92
1976 DET AL 27 LF 16 14 127.0 29 25 4 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -12.3 -1.3 -0.5 -0.8 0 2.06 1.81 .976 2.23 1.91
1976 DET AL 27 CF 12 11 92.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.5 45.7 3.5 3.2 0.3 0 3.62 3.08 .984 2.98 2.60
1976 DET AL 27 1B 9 9 75.0 100 98 1 1 13 .990 -0.5 -8.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 11.88 11.00 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 DET AL 27 DH 1
1977 DET AL 28 OF 118 113 1026.0 252 236 10 6 3 .976 2.6 3.0 2.6 -2.5 5.1 0 2.16 2.08 .978 2.34 2.03
1977 DET AL 28 RF 118 113 1026.0 255 239 10 6 3 .976 2.6 3.0 2.6 -2.5 5.1 0 2.18 2.11 .974 2.08 1.71
1977 DET AL 28 DH 2
1978 MIL AL 29 OF 89 84 741.1 196 187 5 4 0 .980 2.6 4.2 3.6 4.5 -0.9 -1 2.33 2.16 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 MIL AL 29 LF 65 63 557.0 153 145 5 3 0 .980 1.5 3.2 2.5 3.3 -0.8 -1 2.42 2.31 .974 2.21 1.78
1978 MIL AL 29 DH 27
1978 MIL AL 29 RF 25 21 184.1 43 42 0 1 0 .977 1.1 7.2 1.1 1.2 -0.1 0 2.05 1.68 .979 2.24 1.85
1978 MIL AL 29 1B 11 9 80.0 93 88 3 2 4 .978 -0.7 -10.5 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 0 10.24 8.27 .992 10.05 8.75
1979 MIL AL 30 OF 120 113 1006.0 263 252 7 4 0 .985 -2.3 -2.7 1.7 -0.1 1.9 -4 2.32 2.16 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 MIL AL 30 LF 102 95 822.2 215 208 6 1 0 .995 1.7 2.5 2.7 2.1 0.7 -1 2.34 2.10 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 MIL AL 30 RF 24 18 183.1 48 44 1 3 0 .938 -4.0 -26.2 -1.0 -2.2 1.2 -3 2.21 1.88 .981 2.25 1.88
1979 MIL AL 30 DH 13
1979 MIL AL 30 1B 9 5 61.1 72 68 3 1 3 .986 -1.4 -27.4 -1.4 -0.5 -1.0 0 10.42 7.89 .992 10.08 8.84
1980 MIL AL 31 OF 152 150 1332.0 411 384 18 9 3 .978 13.4 12.1 12.4 1.2 11.2 1 2.72 2.64 .979 2.47 2.15 AS,MVP-13,SS
1980 MIL AL 31 LF 150 148 1311.0 404 377 18 9 2 .978 13.3 12.2 12.3 1.1 11.2 1 2.71 2.63 .980 2.35 1.92 AS,MVP-13,SS
1980 MIL AL 31 DH 4 AS,MVP-13,SS
1980 MIL AL 31 RF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.15 1.75 AS,MVP-13,SS
1980 MIL AL 31 CF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.60 AS,MVP-13,SS
1981 MIL AL 32 OF 101 100 892.0 218 211 3 4 1 .982 -6.3 -8.5 -3.3 -2.3 -1.0 -3 2.16 2.12 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 MIL AL 32 LF 100 97 870.0 211 204 3 4 1 .981 -6.0 -8.3 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 -3 2.14 2.07 .979 2.38 1.99
1981 MIL AL 32 DH 6
1981 MIL AL 32 CF 3 3 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -16.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.05 1.67 .980 2.90 2.60
1982 MIL AL 33 LF 159 156 1395.1 380 358 15 7 2 .982 3.5 3.0 2.5 -3.7 6.2 1 2.41 2.35 .981 2.29 1.91 AS
1982 MIL AL 33 OF 159 156 1395.1 381 359 15 7 3 .982 3.5 3.0 2.5 -3.7 6.2 1 2.41 2.35 .982 2.47 2.15 AS
1983 MIL AL 34 LF 113 108 961.1 271 259 8 4 1 .985 3.3 4.1 5.3 3.4 2.0 -2 2.50 2.36 .977 2.32 1.90 AS
1983 MIL AL 34 OF 113 108 961.1 271 259 8 4 1 .985 3.3 4.1 5.3 3.4 2.0 -2 2.50 2.36 .981 2.50 2.16 AS
1983 MIL AL 34 DH 8 AS
1984 MIL AL 35 OF 125 117 1053.2 270 256 6 8 1 .970 -7.9 -9.0 -4.9 -8.7 3.7 -3 2.24 2.10 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 MIL AL 35 LF 113 97 891.2 223 210 6 7 1 .969 -6.7 -9.0 -4.7 -7.7 3.0 -2 2.18 1.91 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 MIL AL 35 RF 23 20 162.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 -1.2 -8.9 -0.2 -1.0 0.7 -1 2.11 1.65 .979 2.23 1.88
1984 MIL AL 35 DH 1
1985 MIL AL 36 OF 91 87 774.2 201 190 4 7 0 .965 -6.2 -9.6 -4.2 1.0 -5.2 -2 2.25 2.13 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 MIL AL 36 RF 54 51 437.1 112 105 3 4 0 .964 -2.3 -6.3 -1.3 1.5 -2.8 -1 2.22 2.00 .980 2.17 1.82
1985 MIL AL 36 LF 48 36 337.1 86 82 2 2 0 .977 -3.9 -13.9 -2.9 -0.5 -2.4 -1 2.24 1.75 .977 2.25 1.77
1985 MIL AL 36 DH 4
1986 MIL AL 37 LF 50 48 371.1 110 105 4 1 1 .991 2.7 8.7 2.7 3.2 -0.5 0 2.64 2.18 .976 2.24 1.77
1986 MIL AL 37 OF 50 49 379.1 110 105 4 1 1 .991 2.2 7.0 2.2 3.2 -1.0 0 2.59 2.18 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 MIL AL 37 DH 42
1986 MIL AL 37 RF 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
16 Seasons OF 1439 1364 12154.1 3202 3030 102 70 17 .978 2.1 0.2 16.1 -4.7 20.8 -14 2.32 2.18 .981 2.44 2.12
15 Seasons LF 1099 1023 9092.0 2424 2293 82 49 11 .980 2.3 0.3 9.3 -6.9 16.4 -7 2.35 2.16 .979 2.26 1.84
13 Seasons RF 359 327 2945.1 723 682 21 20 4 .972 -3.5 -1.4 3.5 -0.8 4.1 -7 2.15 1.96 .977 2.14 1.79
13 Seasons DH 127
5 Seasons 1B 44 36 345.0 392 369 19 4 37 .990 -2.9 -10.1 -2.9 -0.3 -2.8 0 10.12 8.82 .992 9.90 8.58
3 Seasons CF 16 14 117.0 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 3.3 33.8 3.3 3.0 0.3 0 3.31 2.69 .984 2.97 2.60
16 Seasons TOT 1483 1400 12499.1 3594 3399 121 74 54 .979 -0.8 -0.1 13.2 -5.0 18.0 -14 0 2.53 2.37 .961 2.64 2.31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1980 (LF)
1982 *
1983 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 AL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1001st)

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1978 AL  .303 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1978 AL  .497 (9th)
1980 AL  .563 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1978 AL  .867 (9th)
1980 AL  .925 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  107 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  180 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1980 AL  333 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  29 (7th)
1980 AL  41 (1st)
1982 AL  34 (4th)
Career  235 (224th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1980 AL  118 (2nd)
1981 AL  72 (3rd)
1982 AL  102 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1978 AL  143 (8th)
1980 AL  153 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1980 AL  121 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  27 (10th)
1980 AL  42 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  2.7 (10th)
1980 AL  4.1 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  63 (9th)
1980 AL  69 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1978 AL  .678 (9th)
1980 AL  .709 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (5th)
1981 AL  8 (3rd)
1983 AL  8 (7th)
1985 AL  10 (4th)
Career  69 (140th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  10 (4th)
1979 AL  12 (3rd)
1980 AL  19 (1st)
1981 AL  10 (2nd)
1982 AL  13 (4th)
1983 AL  12 (6th)
Career  105 (106th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 AL  17.0 (9th)
1980 AL  17.3 (5th)
Career  127.0 (245th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 AL  17.7 (9th)
1980 AL  14.4 (2nd)
1982 AL  17.7 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1981 AL  323 (6th)
1982 AL  467 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (589), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

October 23, 1973: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dick McAuliffe.

December 9, 1977: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Rich Folkers and Jim Slaton.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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1985Milwaukee Brewers$560,000
1986Milwaukee Brewers$766,593
Career (may be incomplete)$1,326,593
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