Al Oliver

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, OH us

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: September 23, 1968 (Age 21-345d, 12,765th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 38-356d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Howard Mandell • Previously: Tom Reich

Full Name: Albert Oliver

Nicknames: Scoop

Twitter: @Alscoop16

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.7

9049

2743

219

.303

1189

RBI

1326

OBP

.344

SLG

.451

OPS

.795

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 10	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 11	TEX		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 12	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 13	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 14	TEX		DET	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 15	TEX		DET	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
8	8	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 18	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
10	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
11	11	Apr 21	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	12	Apr 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 23	TEX		TOR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	14	Apr 24	TEX		TOR	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 25	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-11	GS	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	17	Apr 28	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
18	18	Apr 29	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	Apr 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 2	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
22	22	May 4 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	May 4 (2)	TEX		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
24	24	May 5	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	25	May 6	TEX		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
27	27	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	28	May 9	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	2	8	0	CF
29	29	May 11	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	30	May 12	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	31	May 13 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	34 (2)	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
33	35	May 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
34	36	May 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	37	May 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	38	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	40 (1)	May 22	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	41	May 23	TEX		MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	42	May 25 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	43	May 25 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	44	May 26	TEX		SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	45	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	46	May 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	47	May 30	TEX		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	48	May 31	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	49	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
47	50	Jun 2	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	51	Jun 3	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	52	Jun 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
50	53	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	54	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	55	Jun 7	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	57 (1)	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
54	58	Jun 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	59	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	60	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
57	61	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	62	Jun 15	TEX		NYY	W,9-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
59	77 (14)	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	86 (8)	Jul 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
61	87	Jul 11	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
62	88	Jul 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	89	Jul 13	TEX	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	90	Jul 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	91	Jul 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	92	Jul 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,6-9	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	97 (4)	Jul 23	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
68	98	Jul 25	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	100 (1)	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	101	Jul 28	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	102	Jul 29	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	103	Jul 30	TEX		DET	L,4-6	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
73	104	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,11-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	105	Aug 1	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	108 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	109	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	110	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	112 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	113	Aug 8 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	114	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	115	Aug 10	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	116	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	117	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	118	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	119	Aug 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	120	Aug 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	121	Aug 16	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	122	Aug 17	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
90	123	Aug 18	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	125 (1)	Aug 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	126	Aug 21	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	127	Aug 23	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	128	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	129	Aug 25	TEX		MIL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	130	Aug 26	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	131	Aug 27	TEX		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	132	Aug 28	TEX		NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
99	133	Aug 29	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
100	134	Aug 30	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	135	Aug 31	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	137	Sep 2	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	139 (1)	Sep 4	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	140	Sep 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	141	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	142	Sep 8	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	143	Sep 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
109	150 (6)	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
110	151	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
111	152	Sep 18	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	153	Sep 19	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
113	154	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	155	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	156	Sep 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
116	157	Sep 25	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
117	158	Sep 26	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	159	Sep 27	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
119	160	Sep 28	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	GS	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							120gm		988.1	256	8	7	271	2