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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 16 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	15 (6)	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	17 (1)	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
4	18	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	21 (2)	May 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	23 (1)	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	25 (1)	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
8	29 (3)	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	32 (1)	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	33	May 17	MIL		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	34	May 18	MIL		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
13	37 (2)	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
14	38	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	39	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	42	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	43	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	44	May 30	MIL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	45	May 31	MIL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	46	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
23	51 (4)	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	52	Jun 7	MIL		DET	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	53	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	56 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
28	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	59	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	61 (1)	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	64 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
32	69 (4)	Jun 24	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	70	Jun 25	MIL		SEA	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	71	Jun 26	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	72	Jun 27	MIL		MIN	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	73	Jun 28 (1)	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	74	Jun 28 (2)	MIL		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	75	Jun 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	76	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	77	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	46	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	78	Jul 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	79	Jul 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	80	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	82 (1)	Jul 8	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
45	86 (3)	Jul 15	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
46	88 (1)	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	90 (1)	Jul 19	MIL		BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	92 (1)	Jul 21	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
49	94 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,17-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	95	Jul 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	98 (2)	Jul 27	MIL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	100 (1)	Jul 29	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	103 (2)	Aug 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
54	104	Aug 3	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
55	106 (1)	Aug 5	MIL		BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
56	107	Aug 6	MIL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
57	108	Aug 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF 1B
58	109	Aug 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
59	111 (1)	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
60	112	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B RF
61	113	Aug 12 (2)	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	8	0	2	10	0	1B
62	114	Aug 13	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	116	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	117	Aug 16 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	118	Aug 16 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
67	119	Aug 17	MIL		TOR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
68	120	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	122 (1)	Aug 20	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	124 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	125	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	126	Aug 24	MIL		CLE	L,8-9	CG	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	127	Aug 25	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	128	Aug 26	MIL	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	129	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	131	Aug 29	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
78	132	Aug 31 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	134 (1)	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	135	Sep 2	MIL		TEX	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	138 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
82	139	Sep 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
83	140	Sep 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	143 (1)	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	144	Sep 11	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	148 (3)	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	149	Sep 16	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	152 (2)	Sep 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	153	Sep 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	154	Sep 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	155	Sep 22	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
93	156	Sep 23	MIL		OAK	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
94	157	Sep 24	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	158	Sep 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	159	Sep 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
97	162 (2)	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	GS	12	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							101gm		821.1	275	8	6	289	4