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Al Oliver
Albert (Jr.) Oliver (Scoop)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 23, 1968
Final Game October 5, 1985
Born October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, OH (age 77)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 PIN NL  123  435   59  129  26   2  17   58   6   4   19   35  .297  .339  .483  .822   115   210   1   0   3   9   9  
 1970 23 PIN NL  146  579   68  131  35   4   7   50   0   3   31   40  .226  .276  .337  .613    84   195   3   6   0  11  13  
 1971 24 PIN NL  125  404   49  106  22   3   8   36   4   0   33   42  .262  .322  .391  .713    99   158   2   3   2   4  12  
 1972 25 PIN NL  162  632   94  198  31   5  14   73   1   2   43   42  .313  .364  .445  .809   120   281   0   2   1   9   9  
 1973 26 PIN NL  162  672   96  199  37   8  23  115   1   0   32   54  .296  .331  .478  .809   120   321   0   4   4   5  18  MVP-7
 1974 27 PIN NL  160  648  100  221  42  10  11   84  18   2   39   46  .341  .385  .488  .873   126   316   0   1   1   8  14  MVP-9
 1975 28 PIN NL  159  649   94  179  42  11  19   65   5   2   21   72  .276  .299  .462  .762   114   300   0   3   1   2  17  
 1976 29 PIN NL  149  492   61  165  34   6   6   66   8   4   22   33  .335  .367  .465  .832   123   229   3   3   2   4  10  
 1977 30 PIN NL  131  473   69  144  25   6  15   65   7   8   19   28  .304  .331  .478  .808   113   226   0   5   0   2  10  
 1978 31 OAA AL  149  562   79  154  24   3  21   82   0   0   44   50  .274  .327  .440  .767   110   247   0   3  12   2  11  
 1979 32 OAA AL  132  437   74  157  21   8  13   84   0   0   32   23  .359  .402  .533  .935   126   233   0   6   4   3  18  
 1980 33 OAA AL  129  465   73  171  34   4  11   89   1   1   35   30  .368  .408  .529  .937   132   246   0   6   8   1  20  
 1981 34 OAA AL  132  501   53  165  25   3   3   76   1   0   21   32  .329  .352  .409  .761   108   205   0   8   5   1  14  
 1982 35 MON NL  162  632  107  219  34   3  22  133   1   0   72   61  .347  .414  .514  .928   133   325   2   2  12   2  18  MVP-5
 1983 36 MON NL  130  424   51  152  27   1  12   68   0   0   25   28  .358  .398  .512  .910   130   217   0   0   8   3  12  
 1984 37 LAN NL   26   80    5   16   4   0   0   11   0   0    5   11  .200  .244  .250  .494    73    20   0   1   1   0   7  
         CHA AL  100  366   41  106  26   2   0   24   1   1   19   33  .290  .325  .372  .696   100   136   0   2   3   1  11  
         TOT     126  446   46  122  30   2   0   35   1   1   24   44  .274  .310  .350  .660         156   0   3   4   1  18 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2277 8451 1173 2612 489  79 202 1179  54  27  512  660  .309  .351  .457  .809        3865  11  55  67  67 223
 Per 600 PA           557   77  172  32   5  13   78   4   2   34   44                                 255   1   4   4   4  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN     1317 4984  690 1472 294  55 120  612  50  25  259  392  .295  .335  .449  .784        2236   9  27  14  54 112
   With OAA      542 1965  279  647 104  18  48  331   2   1  132  135  .329  .370  .474  .843         931   0  23  29   7  63
   With MON      292 1056  158  371  61   4  34  201   1   0   97   89  .351  .408  .513  .921         542   2   2  20   5  30
   With CHA      100  366   41  106  26   2   0   24   1   1   19   33  .290  .325  .372  .696         136   0   2   3   1  11
   With LAN       26   80    5   16   4   0   0   11   0   0    5   11  .200  .244  .250  .494          20   0   1   1   0   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2368 9049 1189 2743 529  77 219 1326  84  64  535  756  .303  .344  .451  .795        4083  17  95 119  82 254
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1969 22 PIN NL  21   68   5.8  16   4   1  .250   4   36   26  .722    0    0  .000  1B   2e14       44   
 1970 23 PIN NL  26   52   3.0   2   1   0  .500   9   47   24  .511    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e5  -127   
 1971 24 PIN NL  12   50   4.3  16   6   0  .375   3   60   24  .400    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e8   -50   
 1972 25 PIN NL  31  103   6.2   2   0   0  .000   5   82   54  .659    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6     20   
 1973 26 PIN NL  30  101   5.5   0   0   0  .000  19   92   73  .793    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e13    29   
 1974 27 PIN NL  34  122   7.4   1   1   0 1.000  11   94   66  .702    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e7     40   
 1975 28 PIN NL  23   84   4.6   5   0   0  .000   1   72   45  .625    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6     -2   
 1976 29 PIN NL  22   81   6.4  16   4   0  .250   6   52   37  .712    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e8    -7   
 1977 30 PIN NL   6   70   5.4  13   2   0  .154   3   39   28  .718    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e7   -25   
 1978 31 OAA AL  30   79   5.1   6   2   1  .333   9   58   43  .741    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e5   -81   
 1979 32 OAA AL   8   88   7.9  28   9   1  .321   3   30   26  .867    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10   98   
 1980 33 OAA AL  16   94   7.9  26  11   1  .423   2    9    7  .778    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  100   
 1981 34 OAA AL  13   69   5.3  19   6   0  .316  15   32   12  .375    0    0  .000  1B   3e25        2   
 1982 35 MON NL  28  133   8.3   0   0   0  .000  23   53   20  .377    0    0  .000  1B   4e20       22   
 1983 36 MON NL   8   82   7.9  12   4   0  .333  11   33   11  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e15      153   
 1984 37 LAN NL  52    3   1.3   5   0   0  .000   4    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  UT            -220   
         CHA AL   8   41   4.1  12   5   0  .417   4   12    5  .417    0    0  .000  1B   4e23      -18   
         TOT                    17   5   0  .294   8   18    8  .444    0    0  .000
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1327   5.8 179  55   4  .307 132  807  504  .625    0    0  .000                   7   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 44.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 113.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1969 22 PIN NL  1B   106   897    84    4   84   .996   104   950.1   9.29
 1970 23 PIN NL  RF    60    92     3    3    0   .969    60   544.1   1.57
                 1B    47   402    43    5   49   .989    47   437.2   9.15
                 LF    38    87     2    1    1   .989    37   332.1   2.41
 1971 24 PIN NL  CF   101   256     7    3    0   .989    99   866.0   2.73
                 1B     8    48     8    0    8  1.000     6    55.0   9.16
 1972 25 PIN NL  CF   162   427    13    5    1   .989   160  1402.2   2.82
                 1B     3     8     2    0    1  1.000     0     9.0  10.00
                 LF     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1973 26 PIN NL  CF   161   421    13   19    3   .958   157  1368.2   2.85
                 1B    10    66     5    0    5  1.000     5    64.0   9.98
 1974 27 PIN NL  CF   130   347    12    8    1   .978   126  1122.0   2.88
                 1B    31   261    22    3   27   .990    29   246.0  10.35
                 LF     5     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1975 28 PIN NL  CF   145   243    10    1    0   .996   139  1138.0   2.00
                 1B    41   153     7    0   11  1.000     4   145.2   9.89
                 LF     5     2     1    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   1.93
 1976 29 PIN NL  CF   131   298    10    6    0   .981   117  1036.1   2.67
                 1B     4    16     1    0    2  1.000     3    21.0   7.29
 1977 30 PIN NL  CF   105   232    10    2    2   .992   103   824.1   2.64
                 LF    21    20     2    1    0   .957    10   117.2   1.68
 1978 31 OAA AL  LF   121   248    10    8    2   .970   111  1009.2   2.30
                 CF    36    45     2    0    1  1.000    25   213.2   1.98
                 RF     7     6     0    1    0   .857     1    26.0   2.08
 1979 32 OAA AL  LF   117   159     6    3    1   .982    95   907.1   1.64
                 CF     6     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    12.0   3.00
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
 1980 33 OAA AL  LF    11    14     1    2    0   .882     9    88.0   1.53
                 RF     5    10     0    0    0  1.000     2    26.0   3.46
                 1B     7    13     1    0    3  1.000     0    17.0   7.41
                 CF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   3.21
 1981 34 OAA AL  1B   114   955    65   15   82   .986   107   972.2   9.44
 1982 35 MON NL  1B   162  1432   124   23  158   .985   162  1453.2   9.63
 1983 36 MON NL  1B   119   942    64   11   78   .989   112   935.0   9.68
 1984 37 LAN NL  LF    14    26     0    2    0   .929    13   113.1   2.06
                 1B     6    56     5    2    5   .968     6    56.0   9.80
         CHA AL  1B    34   242    23    4   19   .985    26   248.0   9.62
                 LF    10    10     1    0    0  1.000     9    77.0   1.29
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   980  2278    77   44    8   .982   927  7997.2   2.65
                 1B   692  5491   454   67  532   .989   611  5611.0   9.54
                 LF   344   567    24   17    4   .972   285  2666.1   1.99
                 RF    77   109     3    4    0   .966    63   603.1   1.67
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1972 NLCS  PIN SFN   L    5  18  2  2  1  0  0   1  1  0  .111  .200  .167  0
 1980 ALCS  OAA NYA   L    3   8  2  3  1  0  0   0  1  2  .375  .444  .500  0
 1981 ALCS  OAA DEA   W    3  11  0  2  1  0  0   2  1  3  .182  .250  .273  0
      WS    OAA MON   W    4   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .400  .500  .400  0
 1982 NLCS  MON LAN   W    4  13  4  6  1  0  0   2  1  1  .462  .500  .538  0
      WS    MON CHA   L    5  19  1  5  1  0  0   1  4  4  .263  .391  .316  1
 1983 NLCS  MON ATN   L    5  17  1  8  1  0  0   0  0  0  .471  .471  .529  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  PIN   75-87   Dave Jackson
 1970  PIN   74-88   Dave Jackson
 1971  PIN   78-84   Dave Jackson
 1972  PIN   95-67   Dave Jackson, Darren Dawson
 1973  PIN   83-79   Darren Dawson
 1974  PIN   91-71   Darren Dawson
 1975  PIN   90-72   Darren Dawson
 1976  PIN   73-89   Darren Dawson
 1977  PIN   84-78   Darren Dawson
 1978  OAA   67-95   Drew Kennedy
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy
 1980  OAA  105-57   Drew Kennedy
 1981  OAA   98-64   Drew Kennedy
 1982  MON  108-54   Steve Bivens
 1983  MON  107-55   Steve Bivens
 1984  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea

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