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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	7	Apr 14	MIL		BAL	W,11-10	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	13 (5)	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	16 (2)	Apr 26 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	17	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	19	Apr 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,11-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
8	20	Apr 29 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	21	Apr 29 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	22	Apr 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23	May 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
12	24	May 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	26 (1)	May 4	MIL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	27	May 5	MIL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	28	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	29	May 8	MIL		CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	30	May 9	MIL		CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	31	May 10	MIL		CLE	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
19	32	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	34	May 13	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	35	May 15	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	36	May 16	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	38 (1)	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	39	May 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
26	40	May 20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	0	0	1	1	0	RF
27	42 (1)	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
29	44	May 24	MIL		CAL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
30	46 (1)	May 26	MIL		OAK	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	47	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	48	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	49	May 29	MIL		NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	50	May 30	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
35	51	May 31	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	52	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
37	54 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
38	56 (1)	Jun 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	59 (2)	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
40	60	Jun 10	MIL		CHW	L,3-13	CG	53	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	61	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	11	1	0	12	2	1B
42	62	Jun 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B LF
43	63	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
44	64	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,11-14	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	65	Jun 16	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	66	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	67	Jun 19	MIL		MIN	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	68	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	69	Jun 21	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	71 (1)	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	73 (1)	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS	41	8.2	4	0	1	5	0	LF RF
52	74	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
53	75	Jun 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
54	76	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	77	Jun 30	MIL		SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	79 (1)	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
57	80	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
58	82 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	MIL		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	83	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
60	84	Jul 7	MIL		DET	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
61	85	Jul 8 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	86	Jul 8 (2)	MIL		DET	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
63	87	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	88	Jul 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	90 (1)	Jul 13	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	65	17.0	10	1	0	11	0	LF 1B
66	92 (1)	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
67	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	95 (1)	Jul 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	96	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-5	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
70	98 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	99	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	100	Jul 25	MIL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	101	Jul 26	MIL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	102	Jul 27	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	103	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	104	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
77	105	Jul 30	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
78	106	Jul 31	MIL		BAL	L,5-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	108	Aug 2	MIL		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	109	Aug 3	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	110	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	111	Aug 5 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	112	Aug 5 (2)	MIL		BOS	L,5-19	CG	59	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	114 (1)	Aug 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
86	116 (1)	Aug 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
87	117	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	119 (1)	Aug 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	120	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	121	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	122	Aug 17	MIL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	123	Aug 18	MIL		TEX	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	124	Aug 19	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	125	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	126	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
96	127	Aug 21 (2)	MIL		CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	128	Aug 22	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
98	129	Aug 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	130	Aug 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	131	Aug 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
101	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	133	Aug 28	MIL	@	KCR	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
103	134	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	GS	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
104	135	Aug 30	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	137 (1)	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	22	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	139 (1)	Sep 3	MIL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	140	Sep 5	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	141	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	142	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	144 (1)	Sep 11	MIL		OAK	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	145	Sep 12	MIL		OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	146	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
113	147	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
114	148	Sep 15	MIL		CAL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
115	150 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
116	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	153	Sep 21	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
119	154	Sep 22	MIL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
120	155	Sep 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-7	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	156	Sep 25	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	157	Sep 26	MIL		SEA	L,1-8	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	158	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	GS	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
124	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	161 (1)	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							135gm		1067.1	320	10	5	335	3