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Bob
Oliver		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: February 8, 1943 in Usa, LA, SHREVEPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 6 5 5
1966 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1967 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1968 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 4 4
1969 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1970 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1971 28 NYG NL $ 810,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
1972 29 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5
1973 30 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 5 5
1974 31 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4
1975 32 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1976 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4
1977 34 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4
1978 35 CLE AL $ 500,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1979 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1980 37 OAK AL     1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
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
1965 22 AAA   135 543 78 141 20 3 32 94 5 4 25 115 .260 .292 .484 .777 76.1  
1966 23 AAA   136 548 89 156 24 1 39 107 6 2 38 96 .285 .331 .546 .877 96.2  
1967 24 NYG NL 13 22 3 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .409 .409 .682 1.091 3.8 0.9
    AAA   106 419 58 113 12 5 23 62 4 2 37 99 .270 .329 .487 .816 66.7  
1968 25 NYG NL 24 34 7 8 2 0 3 6 0 0 2 8 .235 .278 .559 .837 5.5 1.3
    AAA   31 136 23 37 4 0 13 23 0 2 6 28 .272 .303 .588 .891 23.5  
1969 26 NYG NL 71 153 18 36 7 0 9 28 1 1 12 32 .235 .289 .458 .747 20.8 2.7
1970 27 NYG NL 89 260 26 64 15 1 12 34 1 2 8 62 .246 .277 .450 .727 29.8 4.0
    AAA   26 102 15 29 5 0 10 26 1 1 4 26 .284 .311 .627 .939 19.2  
1971 28 NYG NL 153 558 79 129 27 5 24 86 0 2 32 139 .231 .275 .427 .702 63.0 10.1
1972 29 NYG NL 149 544 58 129 29 1 17 64 1 2 30 125 .237 .278 .388 .666 53.9 7.0
1973 30 NYG NL 153 564 63 126 31 1 24 74 1 1 20 138 .223 .250 .410 .660 54.4 4.9
1974 31 NYG NL 155 529 57 123 22 4 17 63 2 3 27 131 .233 .269 .386 .654 51.0 2.7
1975 32 NYG NL 77 196 23 37 15 0 5 22 1 1 9 50 .189 .227 .342 .569 14.4 0.0
1976 33 NYG NL 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   73 90 9 25 5 0 3 20 1 2 5 15 .278 .316 .433 .749 11.4  
1977 34 CLE AL 88 236 34 62 12 1 8 33 1 1 14 56 .263 .304 .424 .728 28.3 3.7
1978 35 CLE AL 70 164 20 32 5 0 4 19 0 2 14 46 .195 .260 .299 .558 13.5 0.1
    AAA   14 23 3 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .261 .261 .565 .826 3.5  
1979 36 CLE AL 39 96 6 17 5 0 1 6 0 0 1 22 .177 .186 .260 .446 2.2 0.0
    AAA   69 116 8 29 3 1 6 26 0 0 6 33 .250 .287 .448 .735 15.0  
1980 37 A   97 377 48 87 15 3 22 79 1 1 26 76 .231 .280 .462 .742 50.0  
13 Years Sim 1088 3365 394 772 173 13 125 440 8 15 169 815 .229 .267 .400 .667 339.9 37.4
8 Years AAA 590 1977 283 536 74 10 128 362 17 13 121 416 .271 .313 .513 .826 311.7  
1 Years A 97 377 48 87 15 3 22 79 1 1 26 76 .231 .283 .462 .745 50.0  
9 Years Minors 687 2354 331 623 89 13 150 441 18 14 147 492 .265 .308 .505 .813 361.7  
162 Game Average 501 58 114 25 1 18 65 1 2 25 121 .229 .267 .400 .667 50.6  
Career Highs 155 564 79 129 31 5 24 86 2 3 32 139 .409 .409 .682 1.091 63.0  
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   2136 229 473 109 8 63 230 6 10 90 540 .221 .255 .368 .624 192.9
vs LH   1229 165 299 64 5 62 210 2 5 79 275 .243 .288 .455 .743 160.9
Home 546 1625 184 373 102 7 56 224 1 5 81 385 .230 .269 .404 .673 171.3
Away 542 1740 210 399 71 6 69 216 7 10 88 430 .229 .266 .396 .662 182.5
RISP   764 0 190 43 4 43 310 0 0 50 181 .249 .290 .484 .775 108.9
Pinch Hitting   46 7 15 3 0 2 11 0 0 1 5 .326 .340 .522 .862 7.4
Close/Late   432 50 90 19 1 15 52 0 0 22 110 .208 .246 .361 .607 38.5
Mar/Apr 160 502 62 117 33 1 25 80 2 3 23 124 .233 .267 .452 .720 60.1
May 202 614 64 138 32 0 21 71 0 5 31 157 .225 .267 .379 .646 59.0
June 167 485 55 107 30 2 14 57 0 1 27 118 .221 .263 .377 .640 46.9
July 171 522 70 129 26 5 18 68 2 0 26 122 .247 .283 .420 .702 61.3
August 193 623 71 145 32 2 24 81 3 4 34 137 .233 .273 .406 .679 68.1
Sep/Oct 195 619 72 136 20 3 23 83 1 2 28 157 .220 .253 .373 .627 58.3
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
1967 24 NYG NL 3B 2 2 18.0 3 9 1 0 .923 6.00   0.2
    SS 6 1 17.0 4 10 0 2 1.000 7.41   0.2
    2B 4 1 14.3 4 2 0 1 1.000 3.77   0.0
1968 25 NYG NL SS 12 8 72.3 8 38 2 5 .958 5.72   0.6
    2B 7 0 12.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 26 NYG NL 3B 20 20 164.7 9 47 4 4 .933 3.06   0.5
    2B 38 10 146.0 30 55 3 11 .966 5.24   0.4
    SS 11 8 76.0 10 39 1 7 .980 5.80   0.3
    RF 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
1970 27 NYG NL SS 79 73 643.3 94 269 8 44 .978 5.08   3.4
    2B 5 0 8.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.75   0.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 28 NYG NL SS 102 98 876.0 129 389 14 70 .974 5.32   4.9
    1B 49 49 425.0 524 37 4 50 .993 11.88   1.3
    2B 3 0 8.3 5 10 1 1 .938 16.21   0.2
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1972 29 NYG NL SS 146 144 1274.7 200 526 16 100 .978 5.13   5.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 30 NYG NL SS 149 146 1257.7 189 517 14 88 .981 5.05   6.7
    3B 9 0 22.3 1 4 0 2 1.000 2.02   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 31 NYG NL SS 151 148 1278.7 190 494 14 88 .980 4.81   6.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 NYG NL SS 50 49 395.0 65 165 5 32 .979 5.24   2.5
    1B 9 6 53.0 53 5 0 5 1.000 9.85   0.1
    3B 5 2 24.3 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.1
    RF 3 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    2B 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 33 NYG NL 3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    SS 2 1 7.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
    2B 3 0 4.3 0 2 1 1 .667 4.16   0.0
1977 34 CLE AL 2B 69 59 492.7 133 183 7 36 .978 5.77   2.5
    1B 12 10 83.0 97 11 0 6 1.000 11.71   0.2
    SS 10 7 60.7 8 31 0 5 1.000 5.79   0.3
1978 35 CLE AL SS 38 22 232.7 47 143 4 26 .979 7.35   2.4
    3B 9 9 71.0 4 23 0 0 1.000 3.42   0.5
    2B 9 5 51.0 9 28 1 7 .974 6.53   0.3
    RF 5 4 36.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.2
    1B 5 3 27.0 31 6 0 2 1.000 12.33   0.1
1979 36 CLE AL SS 19 10 111.0 13 44 0 7 1.000 4.62   0.5
    2B 10 9 83.0 17 44 0 8 1.000 6.61   0.5
    1B 5 2 20.0 34 2 0 2 1.000 16.20   0.1
    3B 6 1 18.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
  SS 775 715 6302.3 957 2669 78 474 .979 5.18   34.0
  2B 152 84 823.7 205 331 13 68 .976 5.86   4.0
  1B 84 70 614.0 744 61 4 66 .995 11.80   1.8
  3B 57 35 338.7 23 92 5 6 .958 3.06   1.4
  RF 16 4 57.3 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.73   0.2
Career Totals   1084 908 8135.9 1939 3154 100 615 .981 5.63   41.4
Career Highs   161 148 1312.3 658 526 19 121 1.000 7.52    
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
1967 24 NYG NL 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250
1968 25 NYG NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311
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.
Doubles
1973-10-31
 Triples
1971-7-5
 Homeruns
1973-10-24
 Strikeouts
1971-5-139
1972-10-125
1973-4-138
1974-5-131
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Nick Esasky (954)
  2. Harlond Clift (951)
  3. Al Smith (942)
  4. Rene Lachemann (931)
  5. Steve Whitaker (918)
  6. Mack Jones (915)
  7. Larry Elliot (914)
  8. Ron Cey (914)
  9. Jim Hickman (913)
  10. Harry Anderson (912)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1965
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (N) on 3/3/1965 (Going to NYG: 1B Bob Oliver. Going to BOS: LF Bill White)
Injured on 3/26/1966 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/2/1967, off Fritz Peterson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1967, off Roger Nelson (STL)
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Injured on 8/25/1970 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
10/28/1971: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 4/13/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1974, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1974, hitting .310 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
3/3/1976: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/7/1977 (Going to NYG: P Skip Guinn. Going to CLE: RF Tony Scott, 2B Bob Oliver)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/5/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/3/1980 to a minor league contract
Injured on 6/10/1980 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
 
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