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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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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

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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 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 20 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1967: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Kline.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Minnesota Twins as the 19th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

May 5, 1972: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the California Angels for Tom Murphy.

September 11, 1974: Traded by the California Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later and cash. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mickey Scott (October 3, 1974) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

December 1, 1974: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles.

July 15, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 4, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

April 10, 1976: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago White Sox.

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