José Oliva

Jose (Galvez) Oliva

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 3, 1971 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Macoris (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1994
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals 1994-1995

Final Game: October 1, 1995
Died: December 22, 1997 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
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Standard Batting

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
1988	17	TEX-min	Rk	27	74	70	5	15	3	0	1	11	0	0	3	14	.214	.243	.300	.543		21		0	0	1	1		RGS · GULF
1989	18	TEX-min	Rk	41	131	114	18	24	2	3	4	13	4	3	14	41	.211	.298	.386	.684		44		1	0	2	1		BTE · PION
1990	19	TEX-min	A	120	428	387	43	81	25	1	10	52	9	3	26	104	.209	.261	.357	.618		138		4	3	8	0		GST · SALL
1991	20	TEX-min	A+,Rk	111	453	394	55	93	18	4	14	60	9	9	46	111	.236	.319	.409	.727		161	15	5	1	7	3		CHT,RGS · FLOR,GULF
1992	21	TEX-min	AA	124	496	445	57	120	28	6	16	75	4	0	40	135	.270	.328	.467	.795		208	7	2	2	7	3		TUL · TL
1993	22	ATL-min	AAA	125	452	412	63	97	20	6	21	65	1	5	35	134	.235	.301	.466	.767		192	10	4	0	1	2		RMD · IL
1994	23	ATL-min	AAA	99	401	371	52	94	17	0	24	64	2	2	25	92	.253	.302	.493	.795		183	7	2	0	3	3		RMD · IL
1994	23	ATL	NL	19	66	59	9	17	5	0	6	11	0	1	7	10	.288	.364	.678	1.042	162	40	2	0	0	0	0	5
1995	24	TOT	NL	70	198	183	15	26	5	0	7	20	0	0	12	46	.142	.202	.284	.486	26	52	5	2	0	1	0	5/3
1995	24	ATL	NL	48	116	109	7	17	4	0	5	12	0	0	7	22	.156	.207	.330	.537	38	36	2	0	0	0	0	5/3
1995	24	STL	NL	22	82	74	8	9	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	24	.122	.195	.216	.411	10	16	3	2	0	1	0	5/3
1996	25	STL-min	AAA	118	449	413	53	100	13	0	31	86	3	3	34	101	.242	.301	.499	.799		206	11	1	0	1	5		LOU · AA
2 Yrs				89	264	242	24	43	10	0	13	31	0	1	19	56	.178	.242	.380	.623	60	92	7	2	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	481	440	44	78	18	0	24	56	0	2	35	102	.178	.242	.380	.623	60	167	13	4	0	2	0

ATL (2 yrs)				67	182	168	16	34	9	0	11	23	0	1	14	32	.202	.264	.452	.716	82	76	4	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				22	82	74	8	9	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	24	.122	.195	.216	.411	10	16	3	2	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1994	23	ATL	NL	19	66	5	-0	-0	1	0	5	0.5	2	7	0.7	.529	.503	0.6	0.1	6	$109,000	5
1995	24	ATL	NL	48	116	-9	-0	0	-2	0	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.7	.478	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$111,500	5/3
1995	24	STL	NL	22	82	-10	-0	-0	0	0	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.450	.493	-0.9	0.0	-8	$	5/3
2 Seasons				89	264	-14	-1	-0	-1	0	-15	-1.6	7	-8	-0.9	.482	.497	-0.9	0.0	-8	$220,500

ATL (2 yrs)				67	182	-4	-1	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.492	.498	0.0	-0.0	1	$220,500
STL (1 yr)				22	82	-10	-0	-0	0	0	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.450	.493	-0.9	0.0	-8	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1994	23	ATL	NL	66	45	13	7.8	111	.256	.288	.277	.364	.344	.678	.433	1.042	.777	162	.697	5.2	0.5	1.022	.492	.390	.0
1995	24	TOT	NL	198	163	10	1.6	108	.145	.142	.272	.202	.341	.284	.423	.486	.764	26	.122	-20.8	-2.0	.407	.208	.142	.0
1995	24	ATL	NL	116	94	7	2.0	109	.146	.156	.274	.207	.344	.330	.427	.537	.771	38	.165	-10.8	-1.0	.457	.239	.174	.0
1995	24	STL	NL	82	69	3	1.2	105	.143	.122	.268	.195	.337	.216	.418	.411	.755	10	.069	-10.0	-1.0	.338	.162	.095	.0
2 Yrs				264	208	23	3.0	108	.172	.178	.273	.242	.342	.380	.425	.623	.767	60	.288	-15.7	-1.6	.541	.277	.202	.0
162 Game Avg.				481	379	42	3.0	108	.172	.178	.273	.242	.342	.380	.425	.623	.767	60	.288	-15.7	-1.6	.541	.277	.202

ATL (2 yrs)				182	139	20	3.9	110	.184	.202	.275	.264	.344	.452	.429	.716	.773	82	.395	-5.7	-0.6	.640	.327	.250	.0
STL (1 yr)				82	69	3	1.2	105	.143	.122	.268	.195	.337	.216	.418	.411	.755	10	.069	-10.0	-1.0	.338	.162	.095	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1994	23	ATL	NL	66	9.1%	15.2%	10.6%	16.7%	65%	1.43	5.9	9.8	5.4	0.36	0.67	65%	33%	20.0%	17%
1995	24	TOT	NL	198	3.5%	23.2%	6.1%	6.1%	46%	3.83	4.0	26.1	9.2	0.80	0.95	66%	16%	11.5%	20%
1995	24	ATL	NL	116	4.3%	19.0%	6.0%	7.8%	53%	3.14	5.0	21.8	9.1	0.65	0.75	71%	15%	11.6%	17%
1995	24	STL	NL	82	2.4%	29.3%	6.1%	3.7%	33%	4.80	3.1	37.0	9.3	1.13	1.37	60%	18%	11.1%	25%
2 Yrs				264	4.9%	21.2%	7.2%	8.7%	54%	2.95	4.3	18.6	7.8	0.66	0.88	66%	20%	14.3%	19%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.1%	9.0%	7.7%	32%	1.78	5.5	33.7	7.5	0.85	1.12	71%	21%	8.0%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1994	23	ATL	NL	5.2	0.5	67	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	.94	0.7	-0.8	3.8	0.4	0.87	7.3	0.75	3
1995	24	TOT	NL	-20.9	-2.0	198	-2.7	2.0	-4.7	1.15	-1.6	-0.7	-23.7	-2.3	0.99	-18.3	1.87	22
1995	24	ATL	NL	-10.8	-1.0	116	-1.8	1.3	-3.1	1.27	-0.7	-0.7	-13.5	-1.3	1.00	-8.7	1.94	21
1995	24	STL	NL	-10.1	-1.0	82	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.97	-0.9	-0.0	-10.2	-1.0	0.97	-9.6	0.35	1
2 Yrs				-15.8	-1.6	265	-2.8	3.2	-6.0	1.09	-0.9	-1.6	-19.9	-2.0	0.96	-11.0	1.73	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	23	ATL	NL	0	17%	20	1	0%	1	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
1995	24	TOT	NL	3	24%	49	0		0	1	0	33%	4	4	1	1	4	2	2
1995	24	ATL	NL	3	11%	31	0		0	1	0	20%	3	3	0	0	2	1	1
1995	24	STL	NL	0	43%	18	0		0	0	0	50%	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2 Yrs				3	22%	69	1	0%	1	1	1	39%	6	6	1	1	6	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1994	23	ATL	NL	66	42%	17	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.75	6	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		9	2	22%	3	0	0%	30	5	17%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1995	24	TOT	NL	198	31%	26	0	0	22	2	0	2	1.87	7	0	10	5	2	2	5	0	1	0	0%	49	5	10%	27	7	26%	147	14	10%	18	8	44%	8	4	50%	0
1995	24	ATL	NL	116	38%	17	0	0	21	2	0	2	1.94	5	0	7	3	2	1	4	0	1	0	0%	33	2	6%	17	4	24%	90	8	9%	12	4	33%	6	4	67%	0
1995	24	STL	NL	82	21%	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.35	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		16	3	19%	10	3	30%	57	6	11%	6	4	67%	2	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				264	34%	43	0	0	25	3	0	2	1.73	13	0	10	9	4	6	7	0	1	0	0%	58	7	12%	30	7	23%	177	19	11%	21	8	38%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	23	ATL	NL	66	254	3.85	162	64%	15%	23%	31%	30%	85%	0%	54%	72%	38%	6%	4	1	21%	14	7	11%	7	4	10%	0	0	0
1995	24	TOT	NL	192	683	3.56	453	66%	19%	27%	24%	29%	81%	0%	53%	67%	39%	3%	5	2	14%	26	19	6%	12	6	24%	6	0	0
1995	24	ATL	NL	110	373	3.39	248	66%	18%	27%	21%	33%	82%	0%	54%	67%	41%	4%	4	1	15%	16	11	8%	9	5	19%	6	0	0
1995	24	STL	NL	82	310	3.78	205	66%	21%	26%	28%	25%	79%	0%	52%	67%	35%	1%	1	1	12%	10	8	4%	3	1	29%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				258	937	3.63	615	66%	18%	26%	26%	30%	82%	0%	54%	68%	38%	3%	9	3	16%	40	26	7%	19	10	22%	6	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1994	23	19	66	59	9	17	5	0	6	11	0	1	7	10	.288	.364	.678	1.042	162	40	2	0	0	0	0
1995	24	89	264	242	24	43	10	0	13	31	0	1	19	56	.178	.242	.380	.623	60	92	7	2	0	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1994	23	27	91	82	12	23	7	8	15	9	14	.280	.352	.659	1.010	20	19
1995	24	79	222	206	16	29	6	8	22	13	52	.141	.198	.286	.485	11	70
2 Yrs		106	313	288	28	52	13	16	37	22	66	.181	.243	.392	.635	31	89
162 Game Avg.		162	478	440	43	79	20	24	57	34	101	.181	.243	.392	.635	47	89

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