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Gene
Oliver		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: March 22, 1935 in Usa, IL, MOLINE
 
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
1959 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1964 29 TAM AL $ 580,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1965 30 NYG NL $ 1,774,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1966 31 NYG NL $ 1,774,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1967 32 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 33 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1969 34 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 35 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1971 36 LAD NL $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1972 37 KCR AL $ 748,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1973 38 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
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
1959 24 AAA   110 402 66 104 24 1 24 70 0 1 42 83 .259 .329 .502 .831 65.7  
    AA   26 86 12 21 4 0 7 18 0 0 11 17 .244 .330 .535 .865 15.5  
1960 25 TAM AL 43 145 17 36 7 0 8 35 0 0 9 28 .248 .290 .462 .752 18.6 3.4
    AAA   106 408 98 123 23 1 36 96 0 0 60 66 .301 .391 .627 1.018 94.0  
1961 26 TAM AL 95 341 42 77 13 4 12 52 0 0 26 70 .226 .283 .393 .676 36.3 4.8
1962 27 TAM AL 121 285 24 58 14 3 6 38 0 0 21 44 .204 .260 .337 .597 22.4 1.2
1963 28 TAM AL 87 136 11 31 1 1 5 24 0 0 12 26 .228 .289 .360 .649 15.1 2.1
1964 29 TAM AL 103 315 40 82 16 1 6 48 0 0 33 67 .260 .327 .375 .701 39.0 6.8
1965 30 TAM AL 49 166 13 41 6 2 1 15 0 0 11 48 .247 .292 .325 .617 14.4 2.1
  NYG NL 55 86 10 19 2 1 3 18 0 0 6 17 .221 .272 .372 .644 8.4 0.7
  TOT   104 252 23 60 8 3 4 33 0 0 17 65 .238 .285 .341 .626 22.8 2.9
1966 31 NYG NL 105 228 38 55 10 1 14 32 0 1 18 54 .241 .303 .478 .781 32.9 6.4
1967 32 TAM AL 154 537 46 124 17 3 15 59 2 0 41 135 .231 .284 .358 .642 52.4 4.6
1968 33 TAM AL 123 311 37 81 13 2 8 41 1 1 31 77 .260 .327 .392 .719 39.8 8.1
1969 34 TAM AL 111 356 38 75 13 3 5 39 1 1 28 101 .211 .270 .306 .576 28.8 2.1
1970 35 TAM AL 43 113 8 24 4 1 0 11 0 0 11 29 .212 .282 .265 .548 8.1 0.0
1971 36 LAD NL 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .154 .214 .154 .368 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   111 461 83 138 19 1 26 72 0 0 44 121 .299 .360 .514 .874 82.1  
1972 37 KCR AL 41 137 9 28 8 0 3 16 1 0 9 40 .204 .253 .328 .582 11.1 0.1
1973 38 AAA   127 387 32 96 14 2 4 33 0 0 31 87 .248 .304 .326 .629 38.5  
13 Years Sim 1135 3169 334 733 124 22 86 429 5 3 257 740 .231 .289 .366 .655 327.1 42.5
4 Years AAA 454 1658 279 461 80 5 90 271 0 1 177 357 .278 .348 .495 .843 280.3  
1 Years AA 26 86 12 21 4 0 7 18 0 0 11 17 .244 .330 .535 .865 15.5  
5 Years Minors 480 1744 291 482 84 5 97 289 0 1 188 374 .276 .347 .497 .844 295.8  
162 Game Average 452 47 104 17 3 12 61 0 0 36 105 .231 .289 .366 .655 46.7  
Career Highs 154 537 46 124 17 4 15 59 2 1 41 135 .260 .327 .478 .781 52.4  
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   1912 215 448 76 11 46 263 3 2 159 432 .234 .293 .358 .651 203.3
vs LH   1257 119 285 48 11 40 166 2 1 98 308 .227 .283 .378 .661 136.6
Home 585 1626 166 367 59 15 44 229 4 2 128 367 .226 .282 .362 .644 168.7
Away 550 1543 168 366 65 7 42 200 1 1 129 373 .237 .296 .370 .667 171.3
RISP   826 0 207 30 3 27 332 0 0 63 195 .251 .297 .392 .689 99.1
Pinch Hitting   270 32 77 4 1 12 55 0 0 26 56 .285 .346 .441 .786 41.5
Close/Late   439 47 113 15 5 15 61 0 0 29 80 .257 .303 .417 .720 55.2
Mar/Apr 194 531 68 124 16 7 22 80 0 0 50 124 .234 .300 .414 .715 67.9
May 183 523 43 124 27 4 11 61 2 1 46 125 .237 .298 .367 .666 57.8
June 197 573 55 112 23 2 12 73 1 1 50 137 .195 .260 .305 .565 46.0
July 170 472 52 124 18 3 11 58 0 0 26 102 .263 .301 .383 .684 53.4
August 206 564 60 123 20 1 15 83 1 1 47 139 .218 .281 .337 .618 54.0
Sep/Oct 185 506 56 126 20 5 15 74 1 0 38 113 .249 .300 .397 .697 60.8
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
1960 25 TAM AL C 41 39 347.0 239 13 2 0 .992 6.54 6 4 .667 2 2.3
1961 26 TAM AL C 95 91 807.3 558 25 4 1 .993 6.50 27 9 .333 6 5.5
1962 27 TAM AL C 53 52 443.0 301 11 2 0 .994 6.34 16 4 .250 1 1.1
    LF 21 21 160.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 28 TAM AL C 21 21 179.0 157 11 2 0 .988 8.45 15 5 .333 0 1.3
    1B 2 0 6.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 TAM AL C 89 84 748.0 553 52 3 2 .995 7.28 54 27 .500 7 5.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 30 TAM AL C 27 25 320.9 186 32 3 0 .986 6.11 32 16 .500 1 1.7
    LF 6 1 28.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 11.8 11 1 0 0 1.000 9.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL C 31 29 166.7 97 16 2 0 .983 6.10 17 9 .529 1 1.4
    LF 6 1 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 6.2 6 1 0 0 1.000 10.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 58 54 487.6 283 48 5 0 .985 6.11 49 25 .510 2 3.1
      LF 12 2 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
      1B 4 1 18.0 17 2 0 0 1.000 9.50   0.1
1966 31 NYG NL C 41 30 288.7 169 20 0 0 1.000 5.89 17 12 .706 1 2.4
    1B 17 12 106.3 118 12 0 11 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 16 6 70.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1967 32 TAM AL C 136 130 1180.0 596 56 6 0 .991 4.97 102 36 .353 5 6.3
    1B 9 0 19.0 18 4 1 3 .957 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 33 TAM AL C 51 50 419.7 258 18 4 1 .986 5.92 29 12 .414 3 1.5
    1B 19 13 121.0 124 16 1 13 .993 10.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 18 12 113.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 6 6 52.0 8 10 1 5 .947 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 34 TAM AL C 85 80 723.0 484 40 2 1 .996 6.52 60 31 .517 5 4.8
    1B 10 9 75.0 88 7 2 7 .979 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 8 4 45.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 35 TAM AL C 29 28 237.0 162 12 1 0 .994 6.61 21 6 .286 2 1.7
    1B 4 2 17.0 25 2 0 2 1.000 14.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 14.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 36 LAD NL C 4 4 34.0 24 2 0 0 1.000 6.88 2 2 1.000 0 0.2
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 37 KCR AL C 31 29 257.0 165 14 1 2 .994 6.27 18 9 .500 0 0.4
    1B 4 0 21.0 25 4 0 1 1.000 12.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 734 692 6151.3 3949 322 32 7 .993 6.25 416 182 .438 34 35.7
  LF 87 46 455.3 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  1B 72 37 387.3 430 47 4 38 .992 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  SS 6 6 52.0 8 10 1 5 .947 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   901 781 7048.9 4481 381 37 50 .992 6.21 416 182 .438 34 37.1
Career Highs   146 130 1202.0 616 60 7 19 1.000 8.48 102 36 1.000 7  
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
1962 27 TAM AL 8 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.167 1.667
1963 28 TAM AL 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393
1964 29 TAM AL 5 20 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200
1965 30 NYG NL 7 13 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .231 .333 .385 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 25 46 7 9 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 8 .196 .245 .326 .571
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.
Strikeouts
1967-10-135
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ed Ott (944)
  5. Don Pavletich (939)
  6. Aaron Robinson (938)
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  8. Earl Williams (932)
  9. Faye Throneberry (931)
  10. Clyde McCullough (931)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1959
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: P Humberto Robinson. Going to TAM: 1B Pancho Herrera, SS Wayne Causey, C Gene Oliver, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1960, off Ed Rakow (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1960, off Luis Arroyo (MIN)
Drove in 8 runs against Minnesota on 8/1/1960
Injured on 8/4/1961 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1964 with a Broken Hand, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,774,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 6/1/1965 (Going to NYG: C Gene Oliver. Going to TAM: C Paul Ratliff, P John O'donoghue)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,774,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/22/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $748,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 2/21/1972 (Going to KCR: C Gene Oliver. Going to BSN: 2B Marv Staehle)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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