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Al
Oliver		  
Nickname: Scoop
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 14, 1946 in Usa, OH, PORTSMOUTH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1973    1974    1978   
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
1968 21 BOS AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1969 22 BOS AL     7 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 9
1970 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1971 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 8 9 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1972 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 9 10 10
1973 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1974 27 TAM AL $ 4,200,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1975 28 TAM AL $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 10 10
1976 29 TAM AL $ 4,200,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 10 10
1977 30 IND AL $ 3,800,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 3 3 9 9 9
1978 31 PIT NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1979 32 PIT NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1980 33 PIT NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1981 34 CLN NL $ 5,432,100   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1982 35 TAM AL $ 1,200,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1983 36 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1984 37 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
1985 38 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,432,100   9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
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
1968 21 AAA   110 425 51 116 19 4 12 46 6 4 35 29 .273 .328 .421 .749 57.7  
1969 22 AAA   137 553 86 185 32 3 26 86 8 3 43 27 .335 .383 .544 .927 105.4  
1970 23 BOS AL 51 174 16 36 12 2 4 19 2 0 7 9 .207 .236 .368 .604 15.6 1.7
    AAA   90 356 60 123 23 1 15 49 6 6 38 19 .346 .409 .542 .951 70.9  
1971 24 BOS AL 146 527 64 156 38 0 16 80 3 3 33 21 .296 .339 .459 .798 75.3 17.0
1972 25 TAM AL 149 532 69 163 43 1 9 68 5 4 34 24 .306 .347 .442 .788 71.7 13.6
1973 26 TAM AL 154 577 99 199 37 5 16 96 5 4 34 29 .345 .382 .510 .892 98.3 22.5
1974 27 TAM AL 153 590 96 194 40 2 11 99 9 0 34 21 .329 .368 .459 .827 89.5 17.1
1975 28 TAM AL 130 538 67 156 28 3 2 57 4 6 17 25 .290 .314 .364 .679 51.4 6.5
1976 29 TAM AL 150 598 67 155 30 6 7 63 4 4 34 32 .259 .302 .365 .667 56.6 6.3
1977 30 IND AL 155 594 77 170 38 2 10 63 2 7 35 23 .286 .328 .407 .735 70.5 8.2
1978 31 PIT NL 148 589 83 193 43 7 7 67 7 4 35 26 .328 .368 .460 .828 87.8 20.5
1979 32 PIT NL 141 534 76 168 30 12 3 54 10 3 21 35 .315 .343 .433 .775 69.4 13.9
1980 33 PIT NL 154 620 86 202 39 6 8 76 4 3 30 50 .326 .356 .447 .803 89.1 22.7
1981 34 CLN NL 94 188 14 48 8 0 0 15 1 0 9 17 .255 .289 .298 .587 13.2 0.9
1982 35 TAM AL 148 562 75 175 41 0 5 46 1 0 16 39 .311 .333 .411 .744 68.6 12.9
1983 36 TOR AL 153 566 56 159 33 1 5 58 1 3 28 56 .281 .313 .369 .682 58.1 7.9
1984 37 TOR AL 124 420 29 109 21 1 3 43 0 0 19 53 .260 .298 .336 .634 38.3 3.1
1985 38 A   124 436 40 88 18 3 8 54 4 0 47 92 .202 .280 .312 .591 40.4  
15 Years Sim 2050 7609 974 2283 481 48 106 904 58 41 386 460 .300 .335 .418 .753 953.5 174.9
3 Years AAA 337 1334 197 424 74 8 53 181 20 13 116 75 .318 .377 .504 .881 233.9  
1 Years A 124 436 40 88 18 3 8 54 4 0 47 92 .202 .279 .312 .591 40.4  
4 Years Minors 461 1770 237 512 92 11 61 235 24 13 163 167 .289 .352 .457 .809 274.3  
162 Game Average 601 76 180 38 3 8 71 4 3 30 36 .300 .335 .418 .753 75.4  
Career Highs 155 620 99 202 43 12 16 99 10 7 35 56 .345 .382 .510 .892 98.3  
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   5597 752 1698 343 32 78 667 49 35 305 324 .303 .341 .418 .759 742.1
vs LH   2012 222 585 138 16 28 237 9 6 81 136 .291 .320 .417 .737 248.1
Home 1026 3779 507 1174 240 20 51 460 37 20 205 231 .311 .348 .425 .773 518.4
Away 1024 3830 467 1109 241 28 55 444 21 21 181 229 .290 .323 .410 .733 471.7
RISP   1780 0 533 107 8 26 741 0 0 120 111 .299 .340 .412 .752 239.9
Pinch Hitting   137 19 42 6 0 2 23 1 0 7 7 .307 .338 .394 .732 17.6
Close/Late   921 89 289 54 6 12 107 0 0 53 53 .314 .352 .425 .777 128.2
Mar/Apr 327 1203 166 390 77 12 17 163 8 9 61 58 .324 .359 .451 .810 175.7
May 346 1319 162 403 92 12 10 146 9 12 72 79 .306 .342 .416 .758 171.9
June 328 1178 150 368 64 4 24 155 11 6 65 86 .312 .351 .435 .786 167.2
July 326 1210 161 365 90 4 13 138 9 4 52 79 .302 .332 .415 .747 153.6
August 373 1380 175 392 79 10 25 173 8 3 75 83 .284 .322 .410 .732 173.4
Sep/Oct 350 1319 160 365 79 6 17 129 13 7 61 75 .277 .310 .384 .694 148.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 23 BOS AL 1B 29 28 222.0 254 11 2 20 .993 10.74 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 24 BOS AL RF 124 122 1060.0 207 3 4 1 .981 1.78 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 20 17 158.7 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1972 25 TAM AL LF 131 128 1095.7 236 14 6 4 .977 2.05 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    1B 8 6 52.0 58 7 0 5 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 26 TAM AL LF 148 146 1266.0 231 7 2 0 .992 1.69 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 6 1 22.7 29 4 0 4 1.000 13.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 11.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1974 27 TAM AL LF 144 141 1229.0 245 10 4 3 .985 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 4 1 14.0 17 2 0 0 1.000 12.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 8.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 28 TAM AL LF 121 120 1060.0 196 10 5 2 .976 1.75 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 6 3 33.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.73 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 29 TAM AL LF 143 143 1282.0 257 10 3 5 .989 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 30 IND AL RF 146 144 1265.7 279 16 1 3 .997 2.10 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    CF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 31 PIT NL LF 144 142 1277.7 244 8 2 0 .992 1.78 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 32 PIT NL LF 135 125 1107.3 235 4 6 2 .976 1.94 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 33 PIT NL LF 152 148 1306.7 264 9 3 3 .989 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 34 CLN NL CF 44 8 143.7 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 23 13 131.7 32 1 1 0 .971 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 12 12 103.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 11.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 35 TAM AL LF 113 110 965.3 194 5 4 0 .980 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 11 4 49.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 11 3 44.7 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 2 20.0 28 1 0 3 1.000 13.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 2 17.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.82 1 0 .000 2 0.0
1983 36 TOR AL LF 143 142 1256.7 261 13 3 3 .989 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 37 TOR AL CF 100 100 845.3 220 10 4 3 .983 2.45 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 20 19 156.3 22 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 1 11.7 8 4 0 2 1.000 9.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 4.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 13.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1438 1394 12294.0 2456 94 39 22 .985 1.87 0 0 .000 0 30.0
  RF 314 282 2517.3 534 20 5 5 .991 1.98 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  CF 186 115 1126.3 291 14 5 3 .984 2.44 0 0 .000 0 4.5
  1B 65 38 358.3 413 28 2 34 .995 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 2 2 17.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.82 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  SS 3 1 16.3 10 4 0 2 1.000 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   2008 1832 16329.2 3715 160 51 66 .987 2.14 1 0 .000 2 41.5
Career Highs   159 148 1309.7 296 21 6 20 .997 10.36 1 0 .000 2  
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
1972 25 TAM AL 5 20 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .200 .473
1973 26 TAM AL 10 38 5 9 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 3 .237 .268 .395 .663
1974 27 TAM AL 6 25 4 6 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .240 .269 .360 .629
1975 28 TAM AL 11 40 2 12 2 0 0 4 1 0 3 4 .300 .341 .350 .691
1980 33 PIT NL 5 19 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 .368 .429 .474 .902
Career Post-Season Batting 37 142 17 38 10 0 1 18 2 1 9 13 .268 .312 .359 .671
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.
Batting Average
1971-8-.296
1972-8-.306
1973-2-.345
1974-2-.329
1978-2-.328
1979-7-.315
1980-1-.326
1982-6-.311
 Slugging Pct
1973-6-.510
 OPS
1973-6-.892
1978-9-.828
 XR
1973-8-98.3
 At-Bats
1974-10-590
1976-9-598
1978-8-589
1980-3-620
 Runs
1973-10-99
Hits
1973-4-199
1974-5-194
1978-1-193
1980-2-202
1982-10-175
 Total Bases
1973-5-294
1978-6-271
1980-4-277
 Singles
1973-5-141
1974-7-141
1978-6-136
1980-3-149
1982-10-129
CAR-43-1648
 Doubles
1971-1-38
1972-2-43
1973-7-37
1974-4-40
1977-8-38
1978-2-43
1980-3-39
1982-5-41
CAR-37-481
 Triples
1976-8-6
1978-3-7
1979-2-12
1980-9-6
 RBIs
1973-10-96
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 81    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1968
Injured on 4/18/1968 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 6/23/1969 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/6/1970 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/30/1970 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/14/1970 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 8/4/1970, off Sandy Koufax (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/1970, off Howie Nunn (TAM)
Injured on 7/19/1971 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1972 (Going to TAM: RF Al Oliver, 1B Willie Mccovey. Going to BOS: CF George Hendrick, P Eddie Fisher)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 9/10/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1972, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
10/14/1973: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Injured on 5/21/1975 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/21/1975
10/29/1976: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1977, hitting .632 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 9/18/1977
Traded from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh on 2/4/1978 (Going to PIT: LF Al Oliver. Going to IND: 1B Ossie Blanco)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 6/22/1979 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/26/1979 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 5/26/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1980, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 26 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/15/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $5,432,100 per year
 
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