Ben Oglivie

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 160lb (188cm, 72kg)

Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, Panama pa

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY).

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY)

School: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-205d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 37-236d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.3

5913

1615

235

.273

784

RBI

901

OBP

.336

SLG

.450

OPS

.786

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	DET		MIL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 16	DET	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	6 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	12 (5)	Apr 28	DET		OAK	W,8-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (1)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,10-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
7	20 (5)	May 11	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	23 (2)	May 14	DET		CLE	L,3-6	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
9	34 (10)	May 26 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	37 (2)	May 28	DET		NYY	L,5-9	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (4)	Jun 1 (2)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	46 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
13	47	Jun 6	DET	@	TEX	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	48	Jun 7	DET	@	KCR	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	49	Jun 8	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	50	Jun 9	DET	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	51	Jun 11	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	52	Jun 12	DET		CAL	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
19	53	Jun 13	DET		CAL	L,7-10	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
20	61 (7)	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	62	Jun 22	DET	@	MIL	W,10-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	63	Jun 23	DET	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	64	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
24	65	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	66	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	71 (4)	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	76 (4)	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
28	77	Jul 9	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	85 (7)	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	89 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	91 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
32	92	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
33	94 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
34	95	Jul 27	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	101 (5)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	105 (3)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	106	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	107	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	108	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,15-5	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	109	Aug 9	DET		TEX	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
41	110	Aug 10 (1)	DET		TEX	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	112 (1)	Aug 11	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
43	113	Aug 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	114	Aug 14	DET	@	KCR	L,3-15	CG	51	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	RF
45	118 (3)	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	120 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		MIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	121	Aug 21	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	122	Aug 22	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
49	123	Aug 23	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
50	125 (1)	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
51	126	Aug 27	DET	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	128 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	42	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	129	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	130	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	134 (3)	Sep 5	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	136 (1)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	138 (1)	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
59	140	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
60	141	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	142	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
62	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
63	144	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	145	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	146	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	147	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
67	148	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	149	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	150	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	4	1B
70	151	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
71	152	Sep 24 (1)	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
72	153	Sep 24 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
73	154	Sep 25	DET		NYY	L,6-10	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							73gm		597.0	234	8	3	245	13