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Ben
Oglivie		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 11, 1949 in Panama, , COLON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1975    1976    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 22 BSN NL     6 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1972 23 BSN NL     7 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1973 24 BSN NL     9 9 8 7 8 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1974 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1975 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1976 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1977 28 BSN NL $ 2,642,857   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1978 29 BSN NL $ 3,021,429   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1979 30 BSN NL $ 3,021,429   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1980 31 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1981 32 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1982 33 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1983 34 KCR AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
1984 35 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
1985 36 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 22 AAA   133 493 77 137 18 1 29 107 6 8 55 73 .278 .350 .495 .845 83.3  
1972 23 AAA   137 514 88 143 23 2 32 86 6 3 59 73 .278 .353 .518 .870 92.3  
1973 24 AAA   133 519 109 185 26 1 38 88 8 3 55 45 .356 .418 .630 1.048 121.6  
1974 25 BSN NL 158 589 87 171 27 1 27 101 4 1 50 54 .290 .343 .477 .820 92.2 18.5
1975 26 BSN NL 154 519 86 161 39 1 19 86 2 1 43 42 .310 .365 .499 .864 83.8 19.0
1976 27 BSN NL 152 589 78 169 20 4 22 95 3 1 45 65 .287 .335 .447 .782 85.9 16.6
1977 28 BSN NL 132 479 67 141 24 0 14 74 1 3 39 51 .294 .351 .432 .783 64.5 11.9
1978 29 BSN NL 133 456 65 128 21 2 14 65 3 1 39 40 .281 .336 .428 .764 60.5 11.9
1979 30 BSN NL 156 570 78 166 22 3 25 88 0 1 32 46 .291 .328 .472 .800 83.4 18.5
1980 31 BSN NL 130 480 54 127 16 2 7 36 0 1 37 56 .265 .317 .350 .667 53.0 7.8
1981 32 BSN NL 147 550 53 157 18 1 14 65 1 0 40 69 .285 .336 .398 .734 69.1 12.2
1982 33 BSN NL 136 494 68 138 23 5 18 79 0 0 49 62 .279 .347 .455 .802 72.9 14.6
1983 34 KCR AL 129 518 63 153 21 1 16 85 4 1 29 62 .295 .331 .432 .763 73.2 16.2
1984 35 SEM AL 114 362 37 96 12 2 4 29 0 3 20 70 .265 .306 .343 .648 34.6 3.7
1985 36 SEM AL 91 312 20 46 6 0 0 20 0 0 20 75 .147 .204 .167 .370 5.7 0.0
12 Years Sim 1632 5918 756 1653 249 22 180 823 18 13 443 692 .279 .330 .420 .750 778.7 150.7
3 Years AAA 403 1526 274 465 67 4 99 281 20 14 169 191 .305 .376 .548 .925 297.2  
162 Game Average 587 75 164 24 2 17 81 1 1 43 68 .279 .330 .420 .750 77.3  
Career Highs 158 589 87 171 39 5 27 101 4 3 50 75 .310 .365 .499 .864 92.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4799 613 1391 209 16 154 698 10 12 373 539 .290 .341 .436 .778 692.5
vs LH   1119 143 262 40 6 26 125 8 1 70 153 .234 .280 .350 .630 110.1
Home 826 2961 387 826 119 11 99 420 9 6 208 338 .279 .328 .427 .755 403.6
Away 806 2957 369 827 130 11 81 403 9 7 235 354 .280 .332 .413 .745 399.0
RISP   1479 0 405 62 5 55 613 0 0 141 194 .274 .333 .434 .767 215.4
Pinch Hitting   111 12 34 7 0 3 24 0 0 7 13 .306 .347 .450 .798 16.3
Close/Late   683 62 182 26 1 15 86 0 0 65 90 .266 .335 .373 .708 85.4
Mar/Apr 258 919 123 253 36 3 33 119 2 5 72 97 .275 .330 .429 .758 126.4
May 265 951 135 284 53 7 33 164 1 1 71 101 .299 .347 .473 .820 148.4
June 279 1025 136 306 45 4 29 152 5 1 78 130 .299 .348 .435 .783 150.4
July 270 1011 120 267 42 0 31 147 4 3 59 124 .264 .306 .398 .703 120.3
August 291 1058 111 280 40 2 26 121 2 2 81 134 .265 .317 .380 .697 126.9
Sep/Oct 269 954 131 263 33 6 28 120 4 1 82 106 .276 .333 .411 .744 130.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 25 BSN NL RF 61 54 481.7 91 1 0 0 1.000 1.72   1.2
    LF 4 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1975 26 BSN NL LF 137 121 1096.3 220 1 2 0 .991 1.81   2.7
    RF 11 0 26.7 6 1 1 0 .875 2.36    
1976 27 BSN NL LF 150 148 1319.3 238 6 2 1 .992 1.66   3.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50    
1977 28 BSN NL LF 130 117 1057.3 193 6 2 1 .990 1.69   2.6
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 29 BSN NL LF 125 114 1016.7 199 5 3 2 .986 1.81   2.2
    RF 4 2 20.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.80    
1979 30 BSN NL LF 154 150 1302.7 251 7 5 4 .981 1.78   1.9
1980 31 BSN NL LF 120 115 1005.0 191 2 7 0 .965 1.73   3.1
    RF 7 7 62.7 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.44    
1981 32 BSN NL RF 114 110 993.3 202 2 6 1 .971 1.85   3.7
    LF 33 31 270.7 44 3 3 0 .940 1.56    
1982 33 BSN NL RF 127 124 1095.7 216 7 12 3 .949 1.83   2.6
    LF 10 0 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 34 KCR AL LF 123 119 1068.0 212 6 4 0 .982 1.84   1.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 35 SEM AL LF 63 59 481.0 114 5 2 2 .983 2.23   1.3
    RF 47 46 365.0 88 4 3 3 .968 2.27    
1985 36 SEM AL CF 56 55 478.3 127 3 6 1 .956 2.45   1.2
    RF 19 16 152.3 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.48    
    LF 14 11 96.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  LF 1063 986 8751.6 1686 41 30 10 .983 1.78   18.9
  RF 393 360 3210.3 648 18 22 10 .968 1.87   7.5
  CF 58 55 481.3 127 3 6 1 .956 2.43   1.2
  1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   1515 1401 12445.3 2465 62 58 21 .978 1.83   27.7
Career Highs   154 150 1323.3 251 9 12 5 1.000 2.24    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 26 BSN NL 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .211 .167 .377
1976 27 BSN NL 12 44 7 11 3 0 2 7 0 0 6 6 .250 .353 .455 .807
1978 29 BSN NL 5 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .333 .444 .333 .778
1980 31 BSN NL 5 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .105 .190 .105 .296
1983 34 KCR AL 5 18 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .222 .286 .222 .508
Career Post-Season Batting 32 114 10 25 3 0 2 10 0 0 13 15 .219 .308 .298 .606
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1974-8-.477
1975-5-.499
 OPS
1974-9-.820
1975-6-.864
 XR
1974-7-92.2
 Games
1974-2-158
1979-2-156
 At-Bats
1974-6-589
 Hits
1974-8-171
Total Bases
1974-7-281
 Doubles
1975-6-39
 Homeruns
1974-7-27
 RBIs
1974-6-101
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Willie Montanez (959)
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  3. Roger Maris (951)
  4. Tony Armas (944)
  5. Dave Winfield (942)
  6. Sam Mele (936)
  7. Al Ferrara (933)
  8. Ken Henderson (929)
  9. Dave Revering (926)
  10. Dusty Rhodes (925)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1971
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1974, off Tom Seaver (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1974, off Dan Schneider (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1974, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Bronze Rookie in 1974, hitting .290 with 27 HR, 101 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/24/1975
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/13/1977 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/9/1980 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
 
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