Nate Oliver

Nathaniel Oliver (Pee Wee)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 13, 1940 in St. Petersburg, FL
High School: Gibbs HS (St. Petersburg, FL)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1963
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Giants/Yankees 1963-1969

Final Game: September 27, 1969
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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
1959	18	LAD-MIN-min	B	56	183	183		41	2	3	3						.224	.224	.317	.541		58							GBY,FOX · IIIL
1960	19	LAD-min	C,AAA	126	486	486		159	26	15	8						.327	.327	.492	.819		239							GRF,STP · PION,AA
1961	20	LAD-min	AAA	125	497	458	56	122	20	5	7	46	9	6	39	74	.266	.324	.378	.702		173							SPO · PCL
1962	21	LAD-min	AAA	124	536	477	76	151	34	7	6	60	12	3	42	72	.317	.369	.455	.824		217		2	7	8			SPO · PCL
1963	22	LAD-min	AAA	45	191	172	24	54	6	2	2	18	8	5	19	32	.314	.382	.407	.789		70							SPO · PCL
1963	22	LAD	NL	65	178	163	23	39	2	3	1	9	3	4	13	25	.239	.298	.307	.605	81	50	3	1	0	1	0	4/6
1964	23	LAD-min	AAA	52	212	194	17	47	5	3	4	20	4	3	14	36	.242	.299	.361	.659		70		2	1	1			SPO · PCL
1964	23	LAD	NL	99	357	321	28	78	9	0	0	21	7	4	31	57	.243	.309	.271	.580	71	87	11	0	4	1	6	4/6
1965	24	LAD-min	AAA	122	520	469	72	133	34	9	11	44	28	8	41	79	.284	.344	.465	.809		218		4	3	3			SPO · PCL
1965	24	LAD	NL	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	485	1	0	0	1	0	0	/4
1966	25	LAD	NL	80	138	119	17	23	2	0	0	3	3	3	13	17	.193	.276	.210	.486	43	25	4	1	4	1	2	4/65
1967	26	LAD-min	AAA	22	87	77	5	22	2	0	0	11	5	0	8	11	.286	.349	.312	.661		24		0	1	1			SPO · PCL
1967	26	LAD	NL	77	249	232	18	55	6	2	0	7	3	2	13	50	.237	.283	.280	.564	69	65	7	2	2	0	0	46/7
1968	27	SFG	NL	36	76	73	3	13	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	13	.178	.189	.205	.395	18	15	0	0	2	0	0	46/5
1969	28	TOT	MLB	45	50	45	15	7	3	0	1	4	0	1	1	10	.156	.191	.289	.480	27	13	1	1	3	0	0	4
1969	28	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	CHC	NL	44	49	44	15	7	3	0	1	4	0	1	1	10	.159	.196	.295	.491	29	13	1	1	3	0	0	4
1970	29	CHC-ANA-min	AAA	70	201	176	27	46	6	0	1	13	10	4	23	26	.261	.343	.313	.656		55		0	0	2			TAC,HAW · PCL
1971	30	CHW-min	AAA	75	256	223	35	62	9	3	3	34	3	5	27	35	.278	.360	.386	.745		86		2	3	1			TUC · PCL
1988	47	REN	A	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		REN · CALL
7 Yrs				410	1050	954	107	216	24	5	2	45	17	15	72	172	.226	.283	.268	.552	63	256	26	5	16	3	8
162 Game Avg.				162	415	377	42	85	9	2	1	18	7	6	28	68	.226	.283	.268	.552	63	101	10	2	6	1	3

LAD (5 yrs)				329	924	836	89	196	19	5	1	40	17	13	70	149	.234	.296	.273	.568	69	228	25	4	11	3	8
SFG (1 yr)				36	76	73	3	13	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	13	.178	.189	.205	.395	18	15	0	0	2	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				44	49	44	15	7	3	0	1	4	0	1	1	10	.159	.196	.295	.491	29	13	1	1	3	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				409	1049	953	107	216	24	5	2	45	17	15	72	172	.227	.284	.269	.552	63	256	26	5	16	3	8
AL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
1963	22	LAD	NL	65	178	-2	-0	0	-4	1	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.491	.496	0.5	-0.2	5	$	4/6
1964	23	LAD	NL	99	357	-12	-0	-1	-5	3	-16	-1.8	12	-4	-0.6	.481	.489	0.0	-0.2	1	$	4/6
1965	24	LAD	NL	8	2	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/4
1966	25	LAD	NL	80	138	-7	-0	0	2	1	-4	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.494	.497	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	4/65
1967	26	LAD	NL	77	249	-9	1	-0	-7	3	-13	-1.4	8	-4	-0.6	.481	.491	0.2	-0.4	3	$	46/7
1968	27	SFG	NL	36	76	-6	-0	0	-2	1	-7	-0.9	3	-5	-0.7	.474	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$16,000	46/5
1969	28	NYY	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.466	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$18,000
1969	28	CHC	NL	44	49	-4	-1	0	-0	0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	4
7 Seasons				410	1050	-40	-2	-1	-17	10	-50	-5.5	36	-14	-2.1	.486	.496	-0.2	-0.5	3	$34,000

LAD (5 yrs)				329	924	-29	-0	-1	-15	8	-38	-4.1	32	-6	-1.1	.487	.495	0.6	-0.5	9	$
SFG (1 yr)				36	76	-6	-0	0	-2	1	-7	-0.9	3	-5	-0.7	.474	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$16,000
CHC (1 yr)				44	49	-4	-1	0	-0	0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.466	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$18,000

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
1963	22	LAD	NL	178	132	14	2.9	83	.275	.239	.245	.298	.305	.307	.366	.605	.672	81	.359	-3.9	-0.4	.481	.141	.067	1.5
1964	23	LAD	NL	357	263	26	2.6	88	.294	.243	.255	.309	.312	.271	.379	.580	.691	71	.311	-11.0	-1.2	.469	.134	.028	.0
1965	24	LAD	NL	2	1	1	27.0	88	1.000	1.000	.250	1.000	.312	1.000	.378	2.000	.690	485	.969	0.5	0.0		1.000	.000	.0
1966	25	LAD	NL	138	108	7	1.8	89	.223	.193	.255	.276	.313	.210	.385	.486	.697	43	.166	-8.3	-0.9	.379	.126	.017	.0
1967	26	LAD	NL	249	188	18	2.6	83	.302	.237	.248	.283	.309	.280	.364	.564	.672	69	.314	-9.1	-1.0	.435	.103	.043	.0
1968	27	SFG	NL	76	63	3	1.3	82	.217	.178	.253	.189	.312	.205	.357	.395	.668	18	.134	-7.4	-0.8	.246	.027	.027
1969	28	TOT	MLB	50	43	2	1.2	104	.176	.156	.273	.191	.346	.289	.405	.480	.751	27	.099	-4.8	-0.5	.350	.133	.133	.0
1969	28	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.250	.000	.326	.000	.377	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1969	28	CHC	NL	49	42	2	1.3	105	.182	.159	.274	.196	.346	.295	.406	.491	.752	29	.103	-4.5	-0.5	.359	.136	.136	.0
7 Yrs				1050	798	71	2.4	86	.273	.226	.252	.283	.312	.268	.373	.552	.685	63	.280	-44.1	-4.7	.430	.119	.042	3.6
162 Game Avg.				415	315	28	2.4	86	.273	.226	.252	.283	.312	.268	.373	.552	.685	63	.280	-44.1	-4.7	.430	.119	.042	1

LAD (5 yrs)				924	692	66	2.6	86	.283	.234	.251	.296	.310	.273	.373	.568	.683	69	.303	-31.8	-3.4	.451	.127	.038	1.9
SFG (1 yr)				76	63	3	1.3	82	.217	.178	.253	.189	.312	.205	.357	.395	.668	18	.134	-7.4	-0.8	.246	.027	.027
CHC (1 yr)				49	42	2	1.3	105	.182	.159	.274	.196	.346	.295	.406	.491	.752	29	.103	-4.5	-0.5	.359	.136	.136	.0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.250	.000	.326	.000	.377	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (7 yrs)				1049	797	71	2.4	86	.274	.227	.252	.284	.312	.269	.373	.552	.685	63	.280	-43.8	-4.7	.431	.120	.042	3.6
AL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.250	.000	.326	.000	.377	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	25	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	22	LAD	NL	178	0.6%	14.0%	7.3%	3.4%	15%	1.92	6.5	163.0	18.1	0.85	78%
1964	23	LAD	NL	357	0.0%	16.0%	8.7%	2.5%	12%	1.84	5.6		15.3	1.97	74%
1965	24	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						50%
1966	25	LAD	NL	138	0.0%	12.3%	9.4%	1.5%	9%	1.31	7.0		39.7	2.00	75%
1967	26	LAD	NL	249	0.0%	20.1%	5.2%	3.2%	15%	3.85	4.6		33.1	1.72	73%
1968	27	SFG	NL	76	0.0%	17.1%	1.3%	2.6%	15%	13.00	5.6		73.0	0.78	79%
1969	28	TOT	MLB	50	2.0%	20.0%	2.0%	8.0%	57%	10.00	4.5	45.0	11.3	1.58	68%
1969	28	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1969	28	CHC	NL	49	2.0%	20.4%	2.0%	8.2%	57%	10.00	4.4	44.0	11.0	1.50	67%
7 Yrs				1050	0.2%	16.4%	6.9%	3.0%	14%	2.39	5.5	477.0	21.2	1.51	75%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.6%	8.0%	6.1%	28%	1.94	5.8	43.1	9.3	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	22	LAD	NL	-4.1	-0.4	192	-0.4	2.4	-2.8	.93	-0.4	-0.0	0.5	0.1	0.96	-2.5	0.51	6
1964	23	LAD	NL	-11.0	-1.2	377	-1.9	4.6	-6.5	.97	-1.5	-0.5	-14.9	-1.6	0.97	-15.9	1.83	1
1965	24	LAD	NL	0.5	0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.67	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.21	-0.1	4.12	0
1966	25	LAD	NL	-8.3	-0.9	151	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	.99	-0.7	-0.0	-9.5	-1.0	0.97	-7.5	0.55	3
1967	26	LAD	NL	-9.1	-1.0	261	-1.2	3.3	-4.4	.99	-1.2	0.0	-11.0	-1.2	0.93	-11.5	1.75	11
1968	27	SFG	NL	-7.4	-0.8	77	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.79	-0.8	-0.1	-7.2	-0.8	0.85	-7.7	0.97	5
1969	28	TOT	MLB	-4.8	-0.5	53	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.83	-0.7	0.0	-5.3	-0.5	1.06	-5.4	0.89	7
1969	28	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0.24	1
1969	28	CHC	NL	-4.5	-0.5	52	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.84	-0.7	0.0	-5.1	-0.5	1.06	-5.2	1.00	6
7 Yrs				-44.3	-4.7	1115	-5.4	12.9	-18.3	.96	-5.2	-0.4	-47.9	-5.2	0.96	-50.7	1.12	33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	22	LAD	NL	4	42%	84	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	5	9	44%	14	8	5	0	0	0	4	1	3
1964	23	LAD	NL	4	26%	139	7	4	64%	6	4	1	2	0	5	7	51%	22	12	8	1	0	1	12	1	9
1965	24	LAD	NL	0	300%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1966	25	LAD	NL	4	46%	75	3	3	50%	3	3	0	1	1	4	9	50%	13	7	6	3	2	1	10	3	6
1967	26	LAD	NL	1	26%	106	3	2	60%	3	2	0	1	0	2	8	58%	12	4	8	3	2	1	4	2	2
1968	27	SFG	NL	1	21%	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	75%	7	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	0
1969	28	TOT	MLB	1	175%	47	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	56%	9	6	3	1	1	0	8	1	7
1969	28	NYY	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	CHC	NL	1	175%	47	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	56%	9	6	3	1	1	0	8	1	7
7 Yrs				15	36%	489	17	15	53%	16	15	1	7	1	17	34	54%	79	40	36	9	5	4	39	8	28

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
1963	22	LAD	NL	178	35%	39			6	0	0	0	0.51	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		38	3	8%	15	2	13%	87	9	10%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1964	23	LAD	NL	357	36%	78			1	0	0	0	1.83	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	62	11	18%	35	7	20%	224	22	10%	18	6	33%	9	4	44%	0
1965	24	LAD	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0	4.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	25	LAD	NL	138	45%	23			3	1	0	0	0.55	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	31	4	13%	20	8	40%	79	3	4%	8	3	38%	9	7	78%	0
1967	26	LAD	NL	249	35%	55			11	2	0	0	1.75	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	34	7	21%	15	5	33%	108	7	6%	4	1	25%	6	4	67%	0
1968	27	SFG	NL	76	28%	13			5	1	0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	7	2	29%	35	1	3%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	28	TOT	MLB	50	42%	7			7	0	0	0	0.89	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	12	1	8%	7	4	57%	35	3	9%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1969	28	NYY	AL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1969	28	CHC	NL	49	43%	7			6	0	0	0	1.00	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	12	1	8%	7	4	57%	35	3	9%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				1050	36%	216			33	4	0	0	1.12	2	0	18	2	0	1	1	0	19	16	84%	186	26	14%	100	29	29%	570	45	8%	39	14	36%	32	18	56%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

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
1963	22	65	178	163	23	39	2	3	1	9	3	4	13	25	.239	.298	.307	.605	81	50	3	1	0	1	0
1964	23	164	535	484	51	117	11	3	1	30	10	8	44	82	.242	.305	.283	.588	74	137	14	1	4	2	6
1965	24	172	537	485	54	118	11	3	1	30	11	8	44	82	.243	.306	.285	.591	75	138	14	1	5	2	6
1966	25	252	675	604	71	141	13	3	1	33	14	11	57	99	.233	.300	.270	.570	68	163	18	2	9	3	8
1967	26	329	924	836	89	196	19	5	1	40	17	13	70	149	.234	.296	.273	.568	69	228	25	4	11	3	8
1968	27	365	1000	909	92	209	21	5	1	41	17	14	71	162	.230	.288	.267	.555	65	243	25	4	13	3	8
1969	28	410	1050	954	107	216	24	5	2	45	17	15	72	172	.226	.283	.268	.552	63	256	26	5	16	3	8

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	22	65	186	169	30	45	2	3	1	12	3	15	25	.266	.328	.331	.659	19	65
1964	23	99	368	329	33	86	10	0	0	25	8	34	57	.261	.330	.292	.621	32	99
1965	24	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	8
1966	25	80	141	121	20	25	2	0	0	4	3	14	17	.207	.292	.223	.515	8	80
1967	26	77	259	240	23	63	7	2	0	9	3	15	50	.263	.311	.308	.620	23	77
1968	27	36	79	76	4	16	2	0	0	1	0	1	13	.211	.221	.237	.458	4	36
1969	28	45	50	45	13	7	3	0	1	3	0	1	10	.156	.191	.289	.480	2	45
7 Yrs		410	1085	981	126	243	26	5	2	54	18	80	172	.248	.307	.291	.597	89	410
162 Game Avg.		162	429	388	50	96	10	2	1	21	7	32	68	.248	.307	.291	.597	35	410

* 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.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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