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Bob Oliver

Robert Lee Oliver

Positions: First Baseman, Rightfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels/Yankees/Orioles/Pirates 1965-1975

Final Game: July 3, 1975
Relatives: Father of Darren Oliver
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 PIT NL 22 LF 3 0 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 192 5.40 1.00 .967 1.80 1.70
1965 PIT NL 22 OF 3 0 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 192 5.40 1.00 .973 1.98 2.00
1969 KCR AL 26 OF 98 89 74 799.1 215 199 11 5 4 .977 -7 -10 2.36 2.14 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 KCR AL 26 CF 48 44 37 385.2 104 99 3 2 1 .981 -9 -28 2.38 2.13 .982 2.50 2.50
1969 KCR AL 26 RF 45 41 34 371.2 102 91 8 3 2 .971 2 8 2.40 2.20 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 KCR AL 26 1B 12 8 8 72.2 78 72 6 0 6 1.000 0 3 9.66 6.50 .992 9.64 9.62
1969 KCR AL 26 LF 9 4 3 42.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -11 1.71 0.89 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 KCR AL 26 3B 8 5 4 50.1 16 5 8 3 0 .813 -2 -43 2.32 1.63 .955 3.16 3.15
1970 KCR AL 27 1B 115 110 110 992.1 1093 1020 65 8 100 .993 -1 -1 9.84 9.43 .991 9.59 9.56 MVP-27
1970 KCR AL 27 3B 46 46 41 408.2 143 57 80 6 11 .958 -1 -4 3.02 2.98 .949 3.07 3.06 MVP-27
1971 KCR AL 28 1B 68 44 42 428.0 507 470 31 6 53 .988 1 3 10.54 7.37 .992 9.59 9.53
1971 KCR AL 28 OF 48 44 40 392.1 98 94 3 1 0 .990 -0 -1 2.23 2.02 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 KCR AL 28 RF 47 44 40 390.1 95 91 3 1 1 .989 -0 -1 2.17 2.00 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 KCR AL 28 3B 2 0 0 8.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0 60 5.62 2.50 .957 3.04 3.05
1971 KCR AL 28 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1972 TOT AL 29 OF 24 24 20 208.1 61 57 1 3 0 .951 0 3 2.51 2.42 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 TOT AL 29 RF 23 23 20 200.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 1 7 2.61 2.52 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 KCR AL 29 OF 16 16 15 143.1 47 45 1 1 0 .979 3 24 2.89 2.88 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 KCR AL 29 RF 16 16 15 143.1 47 46 0 1 0 .979 3 24 2.89 2.88 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 CAL AL 29 1B 127 124 119 1100.2 1140 1079 54 7 93 .994 6 6 9.26 8.92 .991 9.75 9.71
1972 CAL AL 29 OF 8 8 5 65.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 -2 -44 1.66 1.50 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 CAL AL 29 RF 7 7 5 57.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -2 -36 1.89 1.71 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 CAL AL 29 LF 1 1 0 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -105 1.12 1.00 .980 1.91 1.90
1973 CAL AL 30 3B 49 48 43 426.2 147 37 103 7 5 .952 0 1 2.95 2.86 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 CAL AL 30 OF 47 46 22 359.0 81 77 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -10 2.03 1.72 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CAL AL 30 RF 47 46 22 359.0 78 74 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -10 1.96 1.66 .976 2.09 2.07
1973 CAL AL 30 1B 32 31 29 279.1 300 282 14 4 21 .987 -1 -3 9.54 9.25 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 CAL AL 30 DH 12 11
1974 TOT AL 31 1B 61 47 38 425.2 435 405 23 7 41 .984 0 1 9.05 7.02 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 TOT AL 31 DH 2 1
1974 CAL AL 31 1B 57 44 35 393.2 397 373 18 6 40 .985 -0 -2 8.94 6.86 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 CAL AL 31 3B 46 40 36 366.2 98 27 65 6 6 .939 -6 -21 2.26 2.00 .954 3.12 3.10
1974 CAL AL 31 OF 4 2 1 24.0 9 6 2 1 0 .889 -1 -45 3.00 2.00 .980 2.40 2.40
1974 CAL AL 31 RF 3 2 1 23.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -1 -42 1.57 1.33 .976 2.19 2.17
1974 CAL AL 31 DH 1 1
1974 CAL AL 31 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1974 BAL AL 31 1B 4 3 3 32.0 38 32 5 1 1 .974 1 38 10.41 9.25 .992 9.70 9.65
1974 BAL AL 31 DH 1 0
1975 NYY AL 32 1B 8 4 4 44.0 41 39 2 0 9 1.000 1 19 8.39 5.13 .990 9.84 9.81
1975 NYY AL 32 DH 3 3
1975 NYY AL 32 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 75 2.25 2.00 .955 3.15 3.20
7 Seasons 1B 423 368 350 3342.2 3594 3367 195 32 323 .991 7 2 9.59 8.42 .991 9.68 9.64
6 Seasons OF 224 205 157 1788.0 467 436 21 10 4 .979 -10 -7 2.30 2.04 .980 2.20 2.19
5 Seasons RF 165 156 117 1344.1 340 316 17 7 3 .979 -0 -0 2.23 2.02 .977 2.04 2.03
6 Seasons 3B 152 140 125 1268.1 412 128 261 23 22 .944 -8 -8 2.76 2.56 .951 3.06 3.05
1 Season CF 48 44 37 385.2 104 99 3 2 1 .981 -9 -28 2.38 2.13 .982 2.50 2.50
5 Seasons LF 15 5 3 58.0 13 11 1 1 1 .923 -0 -8 1.86 0.80 .975 1.96 1.93
8 Seasons TOT 799 713 632 6399.0 4473 3931 477 65 349 .985 -11 -2 6.20 5.52 .986 6.28 6.30
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 PIT NL 22 LF 1 192 1 1 0 0
1969 KCR AL 26 CF -9 -28 -7 -5 -2 -2
1969 KCR AL 26 RF 2 8 2 0 2 0
1969 KCR AL 26 1B 0 3 0 -1 1 0
1969 KCR AL 26 LF -0 -11 -0 0 -1 0
1969 KCR AL 26 3B -2 -43 -2 -2 0 0
1970 KCR AL 27 1B -1 -1 -2 -1 -0 1
1970 KCR AL 27 3B -1 -4 -1 -2 1 0
1971 KCR AL 28 1B 1 3 1 -3 3 0
1971 KCR AL 28 RF -0 -1 1 0 0 -1
1971 KCR AL 28 3B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 28 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 29 RF 3 24 4 2 2 -1
1972 CAL AL 29 1B 6 6 6 6 1 -1
1972 CAL AL 29 RF -2 -36 -1 -0 -0 -1
1972 CAL AL 29 LF -1 -105 -1 -1 0 0
1973 CAL AL 30 3B 0 1 1 3 -2 -1
1973 CAL AL 30 RF -3 -10 -3 -1 -2 0
1973 CAL AL 30 1B -1 -3 -1 -0 -0 0
1974 CAL AL 31 1B -0 -2 -0 2 -2 0
1974 CAL AL 31 3B -6 -21 -6 -2 -4 0
1974 CAL AL 31 RF -1 -42 -2 -1 -0 1
1974 CAL AL 31 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1974 BAL AL 31 1B 1 38 1 1 0 0
1975 NYY AL 32 1B 1 19 1 1 0 0
1975 NYY AL 32 3B 0 75 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1B 7 2 7 4 3 0
5 Seasons RF -0 -0 2 0 1 -2
6 Seasons 3B -8 -8 -7 -3 -4 -1
1 Season CF -9 -28 -7 -5 -2 -2
5 Seasons LF -0 -8 -0 1 -1 0
8 Seasons TOT -11 -2 -6 -4 -2 -1 -4
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 PIT NL 22 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1969 KCR AL 26 118 102 118 112 0 0 12 0 8 0 9 48 45 98 0 7 6
1970 KCR AL 27 160 156 160 159 0 0 115 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 KCR AL 28 128 88 128 114 0 0 68 0 2 0 1 0 47 48 0 23 1
1972 CAL AL 29 134 132 134 133 0 0 127 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 0 1 0
1972 KCR AL 29 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 30 151 136 151 127 0 0 32 0 49 0 0 0 47 47 12 15 0
1974 CAL AL 31 110 87 110 105 0 0 57 0 46 0 1 0 3 4 1 21 0
1974 BAL AL 31 9 3 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
1975 NYY AL 32 18 8 18 9 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
8 Seasons 847 728 847 782 0 0 423 0 152 0 15 48 165 224 17 81 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 KCR AL 26 307 65% 74% 26% 14 100% 1 68 6 58 4 3 6 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1970 KCR AL 27 4176 64% 79% 25% 264 94% 2 1016 80 923 11 114 65 41 14 2 2 8 0 8 0 5 102 4 0 2 92 7 9 1 8 25 88%
1971 KCR AL 28 1777 63% 80% 29% 93 94% 1 480 20 456 4 44 29 17 6 1 2 6 1 5 0 3 53 2 0 1 47 5 6 3 3 6 83%
1972 CAL AL 29 4569 66% 75% 26% 247 97% 2 1085 62 1017 6 134 51 31 10 0 5 7 0 7 0 5 93 0 0 0 82 1 11 5 6 17 100%
1973 CAL AL 30 1200 71% 79% 28% 64 91% 0 285 21 261 4 27 15 12 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 21 0 0 1 19 1 2 1 1 6 100%
1974 CAL AL 31 1687 66% 77% 25% 93 94% 0 377 33 337 7 41 16 8 2 2 0 6 0 5 1 4 42 0 0 0 41 0 1 0 1 7 86%
1974 BAL AL 31 129 68% 83% 24% 13 92% 1 32 2 28 2 6 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 32 175 67% 78% 22% 13 100% 0 40 2 38 0 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 14020 66% 78% 26% 801 95% 7 3383 226 3118 38 378 189 117 36 7 11 32 2 29 1 20 327 6 0 4 296 14 30 10 20 62 92%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 KCR AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 23 10 1 12 5 1 4 1 1 6 0 0 6 3 0 51 19 37.3% 30 3 5.9% 5 1575 59% 80% 31% 175 55%
1971 KCR AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 27 8 1 9 0 0 6 3 0 5 1 1 12 10 0 59 22 37.3% 35 2 3.4% 1 1638 63% 82% 27% 174 53%
1972 KCR AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 576 66% 86% 31% 73 63%
1972 CAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 244 67% 82% 28% 27 44%
1973 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 24 8 0 13 3 1 4 3 0 6 2 0 7 4 0 54 20 37.0% 33 1 1.9% 3 1535 67% 76% 24% 147 53%
1974 CAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 1 102 63% 81% 25% 14 29%
5 Seasons 7 0 7 0 3 17 0 4 2 7 87 31 2 42 10 3 14 7 1 17 3 1 25 17 0 185 68 36.8% 111 7 3.8% 10 5670 63% 80% 28% 610 54%
MLB Averages 41.0% 3.3% 63% 80% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 KCR AL 26 227 58% 75% 26% 17 82% 1 5 4 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 KCR AL 27 1795 60% 78% 23% 138 87% 0 59 45 4 10 79 57 20 0 5 6 0 4 2 6 11 6 1 8 2 0 2 3 0%
1971 KCR AL 28 26 81% 65% 23% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 30 1852 65% 78% 28% 149 88% 1 35 21 9 5 105 82 20 0 1 7 0 6 1 7 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 4 75%
1974 CAL AL 31 1615 64% 76% 24% 108 77% 1 25 16 6 3 67 56 9 2 2 6 0 3 3 5 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 4 25%
1975 NYY AL 32 30 40% 97% 40% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5545 63% 77% 25% 420 85% 3 126 88 20 18 265 206 52 2 8 23 0 15 8 21 22 14 1 18 3 1 2 12 42%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 KCR AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 23 12 1 14 1 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 10 7 0 55 21 38.2% 33 1 1.8% 2 1668 65% 81% 30% 197 51%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 23 12 1 14 1 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 10 7 0 55 21 38.2% 33 1 1.8% 2 1668 65% 81% 30% 197 51%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.3% 63% 80% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 18 56% 83% 50% 3 100%
1969 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 3 1 20.0% 0 190 70% 76% 26% 17 41%
1971 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83% 33% 17% 0
1972 CAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 97% 58% 18% 4 25%
1974 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100% 50% 25% 1 0%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 251 73% 73% 26% 25 44%
MLB Averages 59.1% 2.9% 63% 80% 26% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1712th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1972 AL  1,136 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1972 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1970 AL  9.84 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  9.43 (2nd)
1972 AL  8.92 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  .993 (4th)
1972 AL  .994 (3rd)

                           

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