Bob Oliver
Robert Lee Oliver
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 8, 1943 in Shreveport, LA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1965
Final Game: July 3, 1975
Relatives: Father of Darren Oliver
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Standard Batting

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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
1965 22 PIT NL 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1969 26 KCR AL 118 425 394 43 100 8 4 13 43 5 5 21 74 .254 .294 .393 .687 91 155 18 2 6 2 2 893/75
1970 27 KCR AL 160 662 612 83 159 24 6 27 99 3 3 42 126 .260 .309 .451 .760 109 276 15 3 2 3 4 *35 MVP-27
1971 28 KCR AL 128 398 373 35 91 12 2 8 52 0 0 14 88 .244 .277 .351 .628 78 131 13 5 1 5 3 39/57
1972 29 TOT AL 150 609 572 54 154 22 5 20 76 5 3 29 109 .269 .305 .430 .735 123 246 17 3 0 5 8 *39/7
1972 29 KCR AL 16 65 63 7 17 2 1 1 6 1 0 2 12 .270 .292 .381 .673 101 24 2 0 0 0 0 9
1972 29 CAL AL 134 544 509 47 137 20 4 19 70 4 3 27 97 .269 .307 .436 .743 126 222 15 3 0 5 8 *3/97
1973 30 CAL AL 151 586 544 51 144 24 1 18 89 1 1 33 100 .265 .311 .412 .722 110 224 15 5 0 4 7 593D
1974 31 TOT AL 119 402 379 23 92 11 1 8 59 3 2 16 56 .243 .271 .340 .612 80 129 21 1 0 6 2 35/9D7
1974 31 CAL AL 110 382 359 22 89 9 1 8 55 2 1 16 51 .248 .277 .345 .623 84 124 21 1 0 6 2 35/9D7
1974 31 BAL AL 9 20 20 1 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 5 .150 .150 .250 .400 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1975 32 NYY AL 18 39 38 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .132 .154 .158 .312 -11 6 2 0 0 0 0 /3D5
8 Seasons 847 3123 2914 293 745 102 19 94 419 17 14 156 562 .256 .295 .400 .696 100 1167 101 19 9 25 26
162 Game Avg. 162 597 557 56 142 20 4 18 80 3 3 30 107 .256 .295 .400 .696 100 223 19 4 2 5 5
KCR (4 yrs) 422 1550 1442 168 367 46 13 49 200 9 8 79 300 .255 .296 .406 .702 96 586 48 10 9 10 9
CAL (3 yrs) 395 1512 1412 120 370 53 6 45 214 7 5 76 248 .262 .301 .404 .705 109 570 51 9 0 15 17
PIT (1 yr) 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 18 39 38 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .132 .154 .158 .312 -11 6 2 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 9 20 20 1 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 5 .150 .150 .250 .400 15 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 844 3121 2912 292 745 102 19 94 419 17 14 156 562 .256 .296 .401 .696 100 1167 101 19 9 25 26
NL (1 yr) 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1965 22 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .392 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1969 26 KCR AL 425 325 39 3.2 95 .282 .254 .254 .294 .331 .393 .384 .687 .715 91 .381 -7.3 -0.8 .562 .193 .140 7.2
1970 27 KCR AL 662 476 82 4.6 97 .286 .260 .257 .309 .331 .451 .392 .760 .723 109 .534 3.6 0.4 .682 .260 .191 5.4
1971 28 KCR AL 398 301 34 3.0 91 .294 .244 .254 .277 .326 .351 .377 .628 .702 78 .374 -12.0 -1.3 .508 .145 .107 .0
1972 29 TOT AL 609 443 71 4.3 79 .299 .269 .240 .305 .308 .430 .347 .735 .655 123 .578 12.9 1.4 .639 .215 .161 8.0
1972 29 KCR AL 65 48 7 3.9 82 .320 .270 .245 .292 .314 .381 .354 .673 .668 101 .535 -0.4 -0.1 .563 .159 .111 1.0
1972 29 CAL AL 544 395 64 4.4 78 .296 .269 .240 .307 .307 .436 .346 .743 .654 126 .583 13.3 1.5 .649 .222 .167 6.6
1973 30 CAL AL 586 420 66 4.2 87 .293 .265 .250 .311 .317 .412 .368 .722 .685 110 .487 6.0 0.6 .630 .208 .147 1.9
1974 31 TOT AL 402 316 30 2.6 84 .262 .243 .252 .271 .315 .340 .362 .612 .677 80 .293 -10.3 -1.1 .474 .142 .098 4.4
1974 31 CAL AL 382 298 29 2.6 84 .265 .248 .251 .277 .315 .345 .361 .623 .676 84 .303 -8.2 -0.8 .486 .145 .097 3.2
1974 31 BAL AL 20 18 1 1.5 87 .200 .150 .255 .150 .319 .250 .366 .400 .685 15 .134 -2.2 -0.2 .278 .100 .100 .0
1975 32 NYY AL 39 35 1 0.8 92 .172 .132 .257 .154 .327 .158 .377 .312 .704 -11 .041 -5.6 -0.6 .200 .053 .026
8 Seasons 3123 2318 323 3.8 89 .285 .256 .251 .295 .321 .400 .371 .696 .693 100 .458 -13.2 -1.4 .589 .199 .145 28.8
162 Game Avg. 597 443 62 3.8 89 .285 .256 .251 .295 .321 .400 .371 .696 .693 100 .458 -13.2 -1.4 .589 .199 .145 6
KCR (4 yrs) 1550 1150 162 3.8 94 .288 .255 .255 .296 .329 .406 .384 .702 .713 96 .455 -16.1 -1.7 .598 .207 .152 15.2
CAL (3 yrs) 1512 1113 159 3.8 83 .287 .262 .247 .301 .313 .404 .358 .705 .671 109 .478 11.2 1.2 .598 .197 .142 12.1
PIT (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .392 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NYY (1 yr) 39 35 1 0.8 92 .172 .132 .257 .154 .327 .158 .377 .312 .704 -11 .041 -5.6 -0.6 .200 .053 .026
BAL (1 yr) 20 18 1 1.5 87 .200 .150 .255 .150 .319 .250 .366 .400 .685 15 .135 -2.2 -0.2 .278 .100 .100 .0
AL (7 yrs) 3121 2316 323 3.7 89 .285 .256 .251 .296 .321 .401 .371 .696 .692 100 .458 -12.7 -1.3 .589 .200 .145 28.8
NL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .392 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1965 22 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1969 26 KCR AL 425 3.1% 17.4% 4.9% 5.9% 25% 3.52 5.3 30.3 9.2 1.15 73%
1970 27 KCR AL 662 4.1% 19.0% 6.3% 8.6% 36% 3.00 4.9 22.7 6.2 1.34 70%
1971 28 KCR AL 398 2.0% 22.1% 3.5% 5.5% 24% 6.29 4.2 46.6 7.2 1.04 71%
1972 29 TOT AL 609 3.3% 17.9% 4.8% 7.7% 31% 3.76 5.2 28.6 7.5 0.94 74%
1972 29 KCR AL 65 1.5% 18.5% 3.1% 6.2% 24% 6.00 5.3 63.0 10.5 1.27 77%
1972 29 CAL AL 544 3.5% 17.8% 5.0% 7.9% 31% 3.59 5.2 26.8 7.3 0.90 73%
1973 30 CAL AL 586 3.1% 17.1% 5.6% 7.3% 30% 3.03 5.4 30.2 6.1 1.24 73%
1974 31 TOT AL 402 2.0% 13.9% 4.0% 5.0% 22% 3.50 6.8 47.4 6.4 1.11 80%
1974 31 CAL AL 382 2.1% 13.4% 4.2% 4.7% 20% 3.19 7.0 44.9 6.5 1.11 80%
1974 31 BAL AL 20 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 10.0% 67% 4.0 5.0 1.20 75%
1975 32 NYY AL 39 0.0% 23.1% 2.6% 2.6% 20% 9.00 4.2 38.0 1.36 74%
8 Seasons 3123 3.0% 18.0% 5.0% 6.9% 29% 3.60 5.2 31.0 7.0 1.13 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 22 PIT NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 9 0 27% 155 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 54% 25 16 8 4 1 3 12 1 11
1970 27 KCR AL 10 0 32% 211 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 13 42% 40 26 14 7 3 3 12 3 8
1971 28 KCR AL 4 0 27% 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 38% 20 14 6 3 3 0 11 4 7
1972 29 TOT AL 3 0 21% 197 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 55% 37 18 19 4 3 1 14 3 10
1972 29 KCR AL 2 0 33% 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 60% 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2
1972 29 CAL AL 1 0 19% 170 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 54% 37 18 19 1 1 0 12 3 8
1973 30 CAL AL 8 0 20% 167 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 52% 31 12 17 3 3 0 10 2 6
1974 31 TOT AL 3 0 15% 109 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 4 40% 14 11 3 6 3 3 5 0 4
1974 31 CAL AL 3 0 14% 108 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 38% 14 11 3 6 3 3 4 0 3
1974 31 BAL AL 0 0 33% 1 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 32 NYY AL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
8 Seasons 37 0 24% 988 17 14 55% 17 12 0 2 0 0 8 0 37 54 48% 167 97 67 28 17 10 66 13 47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1965 22 PIT NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 425 34% 100 7 2 1 1 1.11 13 1 7 11 2 5 8 0 7 6 86% 91 18 20% 46 14 30% 254 35 14% 18 8 44% 19 7 37% 0
1970 27 KCR AL 662 30% 159 2 0 0 0 1.31 27 0 17 21 6 11 16 0 3 2 67% 137 15 11% 54 13 24% 456 74 16% 36 22 61% 34 9 26% 0
1971 28 KCR AL 398 47% 91 22 5 1 3 1.18 8 1 5 5 3 1 7 0 1 1 100% 81 13 16% 39 10 26% 269 45 17% 28 16 57% 30 7 23% 0
1972 29 TOT AL 609 32% 154 1 0 0 0 1.96 20 0 13 13 7 11 9 0 0 0 104 17 16% 53 15 28% 404 59 15% 45 20 44% 39 13 33% 0
1972 29 KCR AL 65 32% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 9 2 22% 46 5 11% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1972 29 CAL AL 544 32% 137 1 0 0 0 1.96 19 0 9 13 6 10 9 0 0 0 89 15 17% 44 13 30% 358 54 15% 42 19 45% 36 12 33% 0
1973 30 CAL AL 586 38% 144 12 2 0 2 2.26 18 0 17 10 8 6 12 0 0 0 109 15 14% 58 9 16% 402 73 18% 36 16 44% 31 9 29% 0
1974 31 TOT AL 402 56% 92 24 4 0 4 2.62 8 0 20 4 4 7 1 0 0 0 96 21 22% 47 16 34% 319 53 17% 36 24 67% 25 11 44% 0
1974 31 CAL AL 382 56% 89 19 4 0 4 2.42 8 0 17 4 4 7 1 0 0 0 91 21 23% 46 16 35% 297 49 17% 34 22 65% 24 11 46% 0
1974 31 BAL AL 20 60% 3 5 0 0 0 3.35 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 22 4 18% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
1975 32 NYY AL 39 90% 5 6 1 0 0 1.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 5 0 0% 21 1 5% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
8 Seasons 3123 39% 745 74 14 2 10 1.83 94 2 80 64 30 41 53 0 11 9 82% 627 101 16% 302 77 26% 2128 340 16% 202 106 52% 180 57 32% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1965 22 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 25 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 121 427 396 44 100 8 4 13 43 5 5 21 74 .253 .292 .391 .684 90 155 18 2 6 2 2
1970 27 281 1089 1008 127 259 32 10 40 142 8 8 63 200 .257 .302 .428 .730 101 431 33 5 8 5 6
1971 28 409 1487 1381 162 350 44 12 48 194 8 8 77 288 .253 .296 .407 .703 95 562 46 10 9 10 9
1972 29 559 2096 1953 216 504 66 17 68 270 13 11 106 397 .258 .299 .414 .712 103 808 63 13 9 15 17
1973 30 710 2682 2497 267 648 90 18 86 359 14 12 139 497 .260 .301 .413 .714 104 1032 78 18 9 19 24
1974 31 829 3084 2876 290 740 101 19 94 418 17 14 155 553 .257 .297 .404 .701 101 1161 99 19 9 25 26
1975 32 847 3123 2914 293 745 102 19 94 419 17 14 156 562 .256 .295 .400 .696 100 1167 101 19 9 25 26

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 22 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1969 26 118 415 391 47 97 8 4 13 47 5 20 74 .248 .287 .389 .675 43 118
1970 27 160 664 615 89 162 24 6 28 107 3 43 126 .263 .313 .459 .772 88 160
1971 28 129 406 381 41 97 13 2 9 61 0 15 89 .255 .288 .370 .658 39 128
1972 29 157 666 622 76 185 26 6 24 107 6 35 114 .297 .336 .474 .811 99 150
1973 30 151 603 558 61 158 26 1 20 107 1 36 100 .283 .330 .441 .771 80 151
1974 31 119 403 380 28 93 11 1 8 72 3 16 56 .245 .273 .342 .615 36 119
1975 32 18 39 38 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 .132 .154 .158 .312 1 18
8 Seasons 855 3198 2987 348 797 109 20 102 503 18 166 568 .267 .307 .419 .727 386 847
162 Game Avg. 162 606 566 66 151 21 4 19 95 3 31 108 .267 .307 .419 .727 73 847

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-AL-27-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
1970 AL--160--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1970 AL--612--8th
1972 AL--572--9th

Hits s c a p y
1972 AL--154--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1972 AL--246--6th

Triples s c a p y
1970 AL--6--9th
1972 AL--5--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL--27--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 AL--99--8th
1972 AL--76--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL--126--2nd
1972 AL--109--5th
1973 AL--100--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1972 AL--47--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1969 AL--18--9th
1972 AL--17--7th
1974 AL--21--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1970 AL--476--6th
1972 AL--443--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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