Al Oliver

Full Name: Albert Oliver	Primary Position: OF,CF,1B,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: September 23, 1968
Birthdate: October 14, 1946	Final Game: October 5, 1985
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Ohio	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Al Oliver (Albert Oliver) was born on October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1968 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI. Oliver played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Al Oliver's best season was 1980, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .319 average and knocked in 117 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	PIT	N	4	8	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1969	PIT	N	129	463	55	132	17	70	.285	.333	.445	19	2	21	38	13	3	8	11	18
1970	PIT	N	151	551	63	149	12	83	.270	.326	.414	33	5	35	35	14	2	1	8	10
1971	PIT	N	143	529	69	149	14	64	.282	.317	.446	31	7	27	72	5	2	4	2	14
1972	PIT	N	140	565	88	176	12	89	.312	.352	.437	27	4	34	44	5	1	2	4	13
1973	PIT	N	158	654	90	191	20	99	.292	.316	.463	38	7	22	52	5	0	6	1	18
1974	PIT	N	147	617	96	198	11	85	.321	.358	.475	38	12	33	58	5	1	10	1	20
1975	PIT	N	155	628	90	176	18	84	.280	.309	.454	39	8	25	73	5	0	4	3	19
1976	PIT	N	121	443	62	143	12	61	.323	.363	.476	22	5	26	29	5	1	6	7	13
1977	PIT	N	154	568	75	175	19	82	.308	.353	.481	29	6	40	38	4	2	13	9	11
1978	TEX	A	133	525	65	170	14	89	.324	.358	.490	35	5	31	41	2	1	8	6	7
1979	TEX	A	136	492	69	159	12	76	.323	.367	.470	28	4	34	34	4	1	4	8	14
1980	TEX	A	163	656	96	209	19	117	.319	.357	.480	43	3	39	47	5	1	5	9	14
1981	TEX	A	102	421	53	130	4	55	.309	.348	.411	29	1	24	28	2	0	3	10	17
1982	MON	N	160	617	90	204	22	109	.331	.392	.514	43	2	61	59	4	1	5	15	11
1983	MON	N	157	614	70	184	8	84	.300	.347	.410	38	3	44	44	2	1	1	17	21
1984	SF	N	91	339	27	101	0	34	.298	.339	.366	19	2	20	27	1	0	2	4	19
1984	PHI	N	28	93	9	29	0	14	.312	.360	.387	7	0	7	9	0	0	1	2	4
1984	TOT	N	119	432	36	130	0	48	.301	.343	.370	26	2	27	36	1	0	3	6	23
1985	TOR	A	61	187	20	47	5	23	.251	.282	.374	6	1	7	13	1	0	0	2	8
1985	LA	N	35	79	1	20	0	8	.253	.294	.316	5	0	5	11	0	0	1	0	3
1985	Total		96	266	21	67	5	31	.252	.286	.357	11	1	12	24	1	0	1	2	11
Total	NL		1773	6768	886	2028	165	966	.300	.342	.449	388	63	400	593	68	14	64	84	194
Total	AL		595	2281	303	715	54	360	.313	.352	.459	141	14	135	163	14	3	20	35	60
Total			2368	9049	1189	2743	219	1326	.303	.344	.451	529	77	535	756	82	17	84	119	254

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1968	PIT	N	RF	1	1	10	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	PIT	N	OF	1	1	10	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	PIT	N	LF	13	12	95	13	1	0	0	0	1.000
1969	PIT	N	1B	106	97	861	869	49	8	87	1	.991
1969	PIT	N	RF	8	8	70	19	0	1	0	0	.950
1969	PIT	N	OF	21	20	165	42	1	1	0	0	.977
1970	PIT	N	1B	77	64	575.1	582	48	7	68	1	.989
1970	PIT	N	RF	54	52	454.2	103	3	2	0	0	.981
1970	PIT	N	OF	80	79	680.1	136	4	2	1	0	.986
1970	PIT	N	LF	28	27	225.2	34	1	0	1	0	1.000
1971	PIT	N	OF	116	112	997.2	305	4	6	2	0	.981
1971	PIT	N	CF	116	112	997.2	309	4	6	2	0	.981
1971	PIT	N	1B	25	21	192.2	192	11	0	16	0	1.000
1972	PIT	N	OF	138	136	1223.1	332	4	5	1	0	.985
1972	PIT	N	CF	138	136	1223.1	333	4	5	1	0	.985
1972	PIT	N	1B	3	2	22	21	0	0	3	0	1.000
1973	PIT	N	OF	109	108	965.1	238	5	9	0	0	.964
1973	PIT	N	CF	109	108	965.1	239	5	9	0	0	.964
1973	PIT	N	1B	50	48	431.1	454	31	4	42	0	.992
1974	PIT	N	OF	98	96	886.2	284	3	4	1	0	.986
1974	PIT	N	CF	98	96	886.2	291	3	4	1	0	.987
1974	PIT	N	1B	49	48	413.2	418	23	3	28	0	.993
1975	PIT	N	1B	4	3	24	29	1	0	3	0	1.000
1975	PIT	N	OF	153	148	1322.1	380	5	5	3	0	.987
1975	PIT	N	CF	153	148	1322.1	374	5	5	3	0	.987
1976	PIT	N	1B	3	3	23.2	26	0	0	5	0	1.000
1976	PIT	N	OF	106	105	935.2	301	4	5	0	0	.984
1976	PIT	N	CF	106	105	935.2	307	4	5	0	0	.984
1977	PIT	N	CF	41	37	268.2	94	2	1	0	0	.990
1977	PIT	N	OF	148	147	1269	305	6	6	1	0	.981
1977	PIT	N	LF	133	110	1000.1	215	4	5	1	0	.978
1978	TEX	A	DH	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	TEX	A	OF	107	107	935	219	8	3	1	0	.987
1978	TEX	A	CF	8	7	58	24	1	0	0	0	1.000
1978	TEX	A	LF	100	100	877	192	7	3	1	0	.985
1979	TEX	A	CF	71	68	588.2	160	5	6	2	0	.965
1979	TEX	A	LF	49	47	399.2	96	3	1	0	0	.990
1979	TEX	A	OF	119	115	988.1	260	9	7	2	0	.975
1979	TEX	A	DH	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	TEX	A	OF	157	155	1340.2	314	9	9	2	0	.973
1980	TEX	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	TEX	A	LF	141	139	1194.1	287	9	8	2	0	.974
1980	TEX	A	1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1980	TEX	A	RF	16	16	146.1	25	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	TEX	A	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	TEX	A	DH	101	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	MON	N	1B	159	159	1379.1	1286	92	19	96	0	.986
1983	MON	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	MON	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	MON	N	1B	153	152	1301	1207	118	13	93	0	.990
1984	SF	N	1B	82	80	666.1	665	55	11	50	0	.985
1984	PHI	N	1B	19	17	142	149	5	2	8	0	.987
1984	PHI	N	LF	5	5	38	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1984	PHI	N	OF	5	5	38	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1984	TOT	N	1B	101	97	808.1	814	60	13	58	0	.985
1985	TOR	A	DH	59	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	TOR	A	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	LA	N	OF	17	17	124	13	2	2	0	0	.882
1985	LA	N	LF	17	17	124	13	2	2	0	0	.882
Total			CF	840	817	7246.1	2131	33	41	9	0	.981
Total			OF	1376	1351	11882.1	3136	65	64	14	0	.980
Total			DH	200	185	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	80	77	682	150	3	3	0	0	.981
Total			1B	733	694	6036.1	5904	433	67	499	2	.990
Total			LF	486	457	3954	854	28	19	5	0	.979

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 13, 1964).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Nelson Norman to Texas Rangers as part of 4-team trade in which Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to Atlanta Braves; Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to New York Mets; Texas Rangers sent Tom Grieve to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to Texas Rangers; New York Mets sent John Milner to Pittsburgh Pirates; Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to Pittsburgh Pirates (December 8, 1977); and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York Mets (March 15, 1978).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Montreal Expos in exchange for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler (March 31, 1982).
Traded by Montreal Expos to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Fred Breining and Max Venable (February 27, 1984); San Francisco Giants sent Andy McGaffigan (March 31, 1984) to complete trade. Traded by San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Kelly Downs and George Riley (August 20, 1984); Philadelphia Phillies received Renie Martin (August 30, 1984).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Pat Zachry (February 4, 1985).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Len Matuszek (July 9, 1985).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).