Al Oliver

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, OH us

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: September 23, 1968 (Age 21-345d, 12,765th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 38-356d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Howard Mandell • Previously: Tom Reich

Full Name: Albert Oliver

Nicknames: Scoop

Twitter: @Alscoop16

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.7

9049

2743

219

.303

1189

RBI

1326

OBP

.344

SLG

.451

OPS

.795

OPS+

121

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	1	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
2	2	Apr 9	TEX		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 10	TEX		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		DET	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 12	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS	37	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 22	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
12	13 (1)	Apr 24	TEX		KCR	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	14	Apr 25	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	15	Apr 26	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
15	16	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
16	17	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
17	18	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	19	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 3	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	24 (3)	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	25	May 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	26	May 12	TEX		BAL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
23	27	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	28	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
25	29	May 15	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	31 (1)	May 17	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	32	May 18	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	33	May 19 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	34	May 19 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	35	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS	14	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	38 (2)	May 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	39	May 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	42 (2)	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	43	May 29 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	45 (1)	May 30	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	48 (2)	Jun 3	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	49	Jun 4	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	50	Jun 6	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	51	Jun 8 (1)	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	52	Jun 8 (2)	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	53	Jun 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	54	Jun 10	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	55	Jun 11	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	56	Jun 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	57	Jun 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
46	58	Jun 14	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	91 (32)	Jul 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
48	92	Jul 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	93	Jul 21	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	94	Jul 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	GS	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	96	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	97	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	98	Jul 26	TEX		BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	99	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	100	Jul 28	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	102	Jul 30 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	103	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
60	104	Jul 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	105	Aug 1	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	106	Aug 4	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	107	Aug 5	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	108	Aug 6	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	110 (1)	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	114 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	115	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	116	Aug 15	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	117	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	119 (1)	Aug 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	122 (2)	Aug 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	123	Aug 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
74	124	Aug 23	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	125	Aug 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	126	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	127	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	128	Aug 27	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	129	Aug 28	TEX		TOR	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	130	Aug 29	TEX		TOR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
82	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	135	Sep 6 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	137 (1)	Sep 7	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	140	Sep 10 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	141	Sep 11	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
91	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
92	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
93	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,1-16	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	146 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
95	147	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
96	148	Sep 17	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	149	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	152 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	153	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	154	Sep 24 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
102	156 (1)	Sep 25	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	157	Sep 26	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	158	Sep 27	TEX		MIN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	159	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF CF
106	160	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
107	162 (1)	Oct 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
							108gm		935.0	216	8	3	227	1