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, 10,374th in MLB 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

AB

9049

H

2743

HR

219

BA

.303

R

1189

RBI

1326

SB

OBP

.344

SLG

.451

OPS

.795

OPS+

121

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1965	18	PIT-min	A	123	553	515	77	159	19	5	10	71	13	2	26	54	.309	.350	.423	.774		218		8	2	2			GST · WCRS
1966	19	PIT-min	A	117	494	458	66	137	25	4	10	57	17	5	27	48	.299	.341	.437	.778		200		4	2	3			RAL · CARL
1967	20	PIT-min	WRk,A,AA	125	489	457	72	129	11	9	6	44	17	1	23	30	.282	.316	.385	.701		176		2	2	5			PIR,RAL,MAC · FLIL,CARL,SOUL
1968	21	PIT-min	AAA,WRk	132	506	473	61	149	22	13	14	74	6	1	21	51	.315	.349	.505	.854		239		6	2	4			CLB,PIR · IL,FLIL
1968	21	PIT	NL	4	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-24	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H9
1969	22	PIT	NL	129	502	463	55	132	19	2	17	70	8	5	21	38	.285	.333	.445	.778	119	206	18	13	3	2	11	37/H9	RoY-2
1970	23	PIT	NL	151	609	551	63	149	33	5	12	83	1	1	35	35	.270	.326	.414	.740	100	228	10	14	2	7	8	397/H
1971	24	PIT	NL	143	573	529	69	149	31	7	14	64	4	3	27	72	.282	.317	.446	.763	113	236	14	5	2	10	2	*83/H
1972	25	PIT	NL	140	612	565	88	176	27	4	12	89	2	4	34	44	.312	.352	.437	.789	126	247	13	5	1	7	4	*8/3H	AS,MVP-7
1973	26	PIT	NL	158	690	654	90	191	38	7	20	99	6	0	22	52	.292	.316	.463	.779	116	303	18	5	0	9	1	*83/H	MVP-23
1974	27	PIT	NL	147	661	617	96	198	38	12	11	85	10	1	33	58	.321	.358	.475	.832	136	293	20	5	1	5	1	83/H	MVP-7
1975	28	PIT	NL	155	666	628	90	176	39	8	18	84	4	2	25	73	.280	.309	.454	.763	112	285	19	5	0	8	3	*8/3H	AS
1976	29	PIT	NL	121	481	443	62	143	22	5	12	61	6	2	26	29	.323	.363	.476	.839	137	211	13	5	1	6	7	8H/3	AS,MVP-12
1977	30	PIT	NL	154	622	568	75	175	29	6	19	82	13	16	40	38	.308	.353	.481	.834	120	273	11	4	2	8	9	*78/H	MVP-16
1978	31	TEX	AL	133	568	525	65	170	35	5	14	89	8	9	31	41	.324	.358	.490	.848	137	257	7	2	1	9	6	7D/8	MVP-14
1979	32	TEX	AL	136	538	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	.323	.367	.470	.836	127	231	14	4	1	7	8	*87HD
1980	33	TEX	AL	*163*	709	656	96	209	43	3	19	117	5	7	39	47	.319	.357	.480	.838	132	315	14	5	1	8	9	*79/DH3	AS,MVP-11,SS
1981	34	TEX	AL	102	448	421	53	130	29	1	4	55	3	0	24	28	.309	.348	.411	.759	125	173	17	2	0	1	10	*D/3H	AS,MVP-16,SS
1982	35	MON	NL	160	687	617	90	204	43	2	22	109	5	2	61	59	.331	.392	.514	.906	150	317	11	4	1	4	15	*3/H	AS,MVP-3,SS
1983	36	MON	NL	157	664	614	70	184	38	3	8	84	1	3	44	44	.300	.347	.410	.757	111	252	21	2	1	3	17	*3/H9	AS,MVP-19
1984	37	TOT	NL	119	460	432	36	130	26	2	0	48	3	4	27	36	.301	.343	.370	.714	103	160	23	1	0	0	6	3H/7
1984	37	SFG	NL	91	360	339	27	101	19	2	0	34	2	2	20	27	.298	.339	.366	.705	101	124	19	1	0	0	4	3H
1984	37	PHI	NL	28	100	93	9	29	7	0	0	14	1	2	7	9	.312	.360	.387	.747	109	36	4	0	0	0	2	3/H7
1985	38	TOT	MLB	96	280	266	21	67	11	1	5	31	1	0	12	24	.252	.286	.357	.643	75	95	11	1	0	1	2	DH7/3
1985	38	LAD	NL	35	85	79	1	20	5	0	0	8	1	0	5	11	.253	.294	.316	.611	74	25	3	0	0	1	0	H7
1985	38	TOR	AL	61	195	187	20	47	6	1	5	23	0	0	7	13	.251	.282	.374	.656	76	70	8	1	0	0	2	DH/3
18 Yrs				2368	9778	9049	1189	2743	529	77	219	1326	84	64	535	756	.303	.344	.451	.795	121	4083	254	82	17	95	119
162 Game Avg.				162	669	619	81	188	36	5	15	91	6	4	37	52	.303	.344	.451	.795	121	279	17	6	1	6	8
				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
PIT (10 yrs)				1302	5424	5026	689	1490	276	56	135	717	54	34	263	443	.296	.335	.454	.789	119	2283	136	61	12	62	46
TEX (4 yrs)				534	2263	2094	283	668	135	13	49	337	20	21	128	150	.319	.358	.466	.824	131	976	52	13	3	25	33
MON (2 yrs)				317	1351	1231	160	388	81	5	30	193	6	5	105	103	.315	.370	.462	.832	131	569	32	6	2	7	32
SFG (1 yr)				91	360	339	27	101	19	2	0	34	2	2	20	27	.298	.339	.366	.705	101	124	19	1	0	0	4
PHI (1 yr)				28	100	93	9	29	7	0	0	14	1	2	7	9	.312	.360	.387	.747	109	36	4	0	0	0	2
LAD (1 yr)				35	85	79	1	20	5	0	0	8	1	0	5	11	.253	.294	.316	.611	74	25	3	0	0	1	0
TOR (1 yr)				61	195	187	20	47	6	1	5	23	0	0	7	13	.251	.282	.374	.656	76	70	8	1	0	0	2

NL (14 yrs)				1773	7320	6768	886	2028	388	63	165	966	64	43	400	593	.300	.342	.449	.790	120	3037	194	68	14	70	84
AL (5 yrs)				595	2458	2281	303	715	141	14	54	360	20	21	135	163	.313	.352	.459	.811	126	1046	60	14	3	25	35

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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