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 Fielding

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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
1965 PIT NL 22 LF 3 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 192.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 5.40 1.00 .967 1.80 1.37
1965 PIT NL 22 OF 3 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 192.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 5.40 1.00 .967 1.98 1.73
1969 KCR AL 26 OF 98 89 799.1 215 199 11 5 4 .977 -6.9 -10.4 -4.9 -0.5 -4.2 -2 2.36 2.14 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 KCR AL 26 CF 48 44 385.2 104 99 3 2 1 .981 -9.0 -28.0 -7.0 -1.7 -5.2 -2 2.38 2.13 .982 2.50 2.18
1969 KCR AL 26 RF 45 41 371.2 102 91 8 3 2 .971 2.5 8.1 2.5 2.0 0.5 0 2.40 2.20 .975 1.91 1.60
1969 KCR AL 26 1B 12 8 72.2 78 72 6 0 6 1.000 0.2 3.3 0.2 0.9 -0.6 0 9.66 6.50 .992 9.64 8.33
1969 KCR AL 26 LF 9 4 42.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -11.4 -0.4 -0.8 0.5 0 1.71 0.89 .975 1.99 1.60
1969 KCR AL 26 3B 8 5 50.1 16 5 8 3 0 .813 -1.8 -42.9 -1.8 0.0 -1.7 0 2.32 1.63 .962 3.16 2.74
1970 KCR AL 27 1B 115 110 992.1 1093 1020 65 8 100 .993 -0.6 -0.7 -1.6 -0.3 -1.3 1 9.84 9.43 .991 9.07 8.14 MVP-27
1970 KCR AL 27 3B 46 46 408.2 143 57 80 6 11 .958 -1.2 -3.5 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 0 3.02 2.98 .948 3.07 2.67 MVP-27
1971 KCR AL 28 1B 68 44 428.0 507 470 31 6 53 .988 0.9 2.5 0.9 3.4 -2.6 0 10.54 7.37 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 KCR AL 28 OF 48 44 392.1 98 94 3 1 0 .990 -0.3 -0.9 0.7 0.5 0.1 -1 2.23 2.02 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 KCR AL 28 RF 47 44 390.1 95 91 3 1 1 .989 -0.3 -0.9 0.7 0.5 0.1 -1 2.17 2.00 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 KCR AL 28 3B 2 0 8.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.62 2.50 .967 3.04 2.75
1971 KCR AL 28 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1972 TOT AL 29 OF 24 24 208.1 61 57 1 3 0 .951 0.5 2.9 2.5 1.4 1.0 -2 2.51 2.42 .984 2.22 1.91
1972 TOT AL 29 RF 23 23 200.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 1.2 7.2 3.2 1.4 1.7 -2 2.61 2.52 .982 2.12 1.76
1972 KCR AL 29 OF 16 16 143.1 47 45 1 1 0 .979 2.9 24.3 3.9 1.9 2.0 -1 2.89 2.88 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 KCR AL 29 RF 16 16 143.1 47 46 0 1 0 .979 2.9 24.3 3.9 1.9 2.0 -1 2.89 2.88 .981 2.12 1.76
1972 CAL AL 29 1B 127 124 1100.2 1140 1079 54 7 93 .994 5.5 6.0 6.5 1.0 5.5 -1 9.26 8.92 .991 8.18 7.87
1972 CAL AL 29 OF 8 8 65.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 -2.4 -44.3 -1.4 -0.5 -1.0 -1 1.66 1.50 .986 2.22 1.91
1972 CAL AL 29 RF 7 7 57.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -1.7 -35.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.3 -1 1.89 1.71 .985 2.12 1.76
1972 CAL AL 29 LF 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.50
1973 CAL AL 30 3B 49 48 426.2 147 37 103 7 5 .952 0.4 1.1 1.4 -1.5 2.9 -1 2.95 2.86 .950 3.00 2.68
1973 CAL AL 30 OF 47 46 359.0 81 77 4 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -9.7 -2.9 -2.0 -0.8 0 2.03 1.72 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CAL AL 30 RF 47 46 359.0 78 74 4 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -9.7 -2.9 -2.0 -0.8 0 1.96 1.66 .976 2.09 1.73
1973 CAL AL 30 1B 32 31 279.1 300 282 14 4 21 .987 -0.6 -2.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 0 9.54 9.25 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 CAL AL 30 DH 12
1974 TOT AL 31 1B 61 47 425.2 435 405 23 7 41 .984 0.5 1.4 0.5 -2.3 2.8 0 9.05 7.02 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 TOT AL 31 DH 2
1974 CAL AL 31 1B 57 44 393.2 397 373 18 6 40 .985 -0.5 -1.5 -0.5 -2.3 1.8 0 8.94 6.86 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 CAL AL 31 3B 46 40 366.2 98 27 65 6 6 .939 -6.3 -20.6 -6.3 -4.1 -2.2 0 2.26 2.00 .955 3.12 2.77
1974 CAL AL 31 OF 4 2 24.0 9 6 2 1 0 .889 -0.9 -45.0 -1.9 -0.6 -1.3 1 3.00 2.00 .978 2.40 2.12
1974 CAL AL 31 RF 3 2 23.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.8 -41.7 -1.8 -0.5 -1.3 1 1.57 1.33 .980 2.19 1.87
1974 CAL AL 31 DH 1
1974 CAL AL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1974 BAL AL 31 1B 4 3 32.0 38 32 5 1 1 .974 1.0 37.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 10.41 9.25 .992 9.70 8.00
1974 BAL AL 31 DH 1
1975 NYY AL 32 1B 8 4 44.0 41 39 2 0 9 1.000 0.7 19.1 0.7 0.2 0.6 0 8.39 5.13 .990 9.84 8.32
1975 NYY AL 32 DH 3
1975 NYY AL 32 3B 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 3.15 2.80
7 Seasons 1B 423 368 3342.2 3594 3367 195 32 323 .991 6.6 2.4 6.6 2.7 3.9 0 9.59 8.42 .991 9.01 8.05
6 Seasons OF 224 205 1788.0 467 436 21 10 4 .979 -9.7 -6.5 -5.7 -1.2 -4.4 -4 2.30 2.04 .980 2.20 1.91
5 Seasons RF 165 156 1344.1 340 316 17 7 3 .979 -0.3 -0.3 1.7 1.4 0.2 -2 2.23 2.02 .978 2.04 1.69
6 Seasons 3B 152 140 1268.1 412 128 261 23 22 .944 -8.0 -7.6 -7.0 -3.8 -3.1 -1 2.76 2.56 .951 3.06 2.71
1 Season CF 48 44 385.2 104 99 3 2 1 .981 -9.0 -28.0 -7.0 -1.7 -5.2 -2 2.38 2.13 .982 2.50 2.18
3 Seasons DH 17
5 Seasons LF 15 5 58.0 13 11 1 1 1 .923 -0.4 -8.3 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 0 1.86 0.80 .977 1.96 1.56
8 Seasons TOT 799 713 6399.0 4473 3931 477 65 349 .985 -11.1 -2.1 -6.1 -2.3 -3.6 -4 -1 6.20 5.52 .972 5.93 5.32
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

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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 1
1969 KCR AL 26 118 102 118 118 0 0 12 0 8 0 9 48 45 98 7 6
1970 KCR AL 27 160 156 160 160 0 0 115 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 KCR AL 28 128 88 128 128 0 0 68 0 2 0 1 0 47 48 23 1
1972 CAL AL 29 134 132 134 134 0 0 127 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 1 0
1972 KCR AL 29 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 0
1973 CAL AL 30 151 136 151 127 0 0 32 0 49 0 0 0 47 47 11 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 0 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 847 728 847 804 0 0 423 0 152 0 15 48 165 224 15 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 26 319 63% 71% 25% 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 4337 62% 76% 24% 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 1828 61% 78% 28% 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 4759 63% 72% 25% 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 1239 69% 77% 27% 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 1762 63% 74% 24% 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 31 133 66% 80% 23% 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 32 179 66% 76% 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 14556 63% 75% 25% 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 61% 77% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 19 9 0 12 5 1 4 1 1 6 0 0 4 3 0 45 18 40.0% 25 2 4.4% 6 1635 57% 77% 30% 175 55%
1971 KCR AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 23 6 1 9 0 0 6 3 0 5 1 1 9 8 0 52 18 34.6% 32 2 3.8% 1 1689 61% 79% 26% 174 53%
1972 KCR AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 595 64% 83% 30% 73 63%
1972 CAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 256 64% 78% 27% 27 44%
1973 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 16 6 0 13 3 1 4 3 0 6 2 0 5 3 0 44 17 38.6% 26 1 2.3% 3 1599 64% 73% 23% 147 53%
1974 CAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 1 106 60% 78% 25% 14 29%
5 Seasons 7 0 7 0 3 17 0 4 2 7 67 25 1 42 10 3 14 7 1 17 3 1 18 14 0 158 59 37.3% 93 6 3.8% 11 5880 61% 77% 27% 610 54%
MLB Averages 42.2% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 26 228 57% 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 1866 57% 75% 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 1923 63% 75% 27% 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 1683 61% 73% 23% 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 32 38% 91% 38% 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 5758 60% 75% 24% 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 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 22 12 1 14 1 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 8 6 0 52 20 38.5% 31 1 1.9% 2 1726 63% 78% 29% 197 51%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 22 12 1 14 1 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 8 6 0 52 20 38.5% 31 1 1.9% 2 1726 63% 78% 29% 197 51%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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% 0 199 67% 72% 25% 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% 0 260 71% 70% 25% 25 44%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.8% 61% 77% 26% 47%

* 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.

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