Gene Oliver

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: March 22, 1935 in Moline, IL us

Died: March 3, 2007 in Rock Island, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, IL

High School: Alleman Catholic HS (Rock Island, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 24-076d, 11,643rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1969 (Age 34-155d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Eugene George Oliver

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

2216

546

.246

268

RBI

320

OBP

.315

SLG

.427

OPS

.742

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 4)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,8-10	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
2	5 (2)	Apr 18	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
3	6	Apr 19	MLN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	28	6.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
4	7	Apr 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
5	8	Apr 22	MLN		SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
6	10 (1)	Apr 25	MLN		LAD	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
7	13 (2)	Apr 29	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	GS	26	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	19 (5)	May 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	15	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	PR 1B
9	20	May 7	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
10	21	May 8	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
11	25 (3)	May 12	MLN	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
12	29 (3)	May 16	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	30	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
13	39 (9)	May 27	MLN		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	40	May 28	MLN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
15	41	May 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
16	42	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
17	43	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	45 (1)	Jun 2	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
19	46	Jun 3	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
20	47	Jun 4	MLN		CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
21	48	Jun 5	MLN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	49	Jun 6	MLN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
23	51 (1)	Jun 8	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
24	53 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
25	55 (1)	Jun 12	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
26	57 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
27	58	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
28	60 (1)	Jun 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
29	64 (3)	Jun 21 (2)	MLN		HOU	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
30	65	Jun 22	MLN		LAD	L,9-10	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
31	68 (2)	Jun 26	MLN		NYM	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	69	Jun 27	MLN		NYM	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
33	70	Jun 28 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
34	71	Jun 28 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
35	72	Jun 29	MLN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
36	73	Jun 30	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	74	Jul 1	MLN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
38	75	Jul 2	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
39	78 (2)	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
40	81 (2)	Jul 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
41	82	Jul 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
42	85 (2)	Jul 14	MLN		SFG	W,8-7	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
43	88 (2)	Jul 18	MLN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
44	93 (4)	Jul 23	MLN		PHI	L,10-13	CG	51	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	94	Jul 24	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
46	95	Jul 25	MLN	@	NYM	L,0-10	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
47	96	Jul 26 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	W,11-7	GS	25	5.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	105 (8)	Aug 4 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	2	11	0	1B
49	109 (3)	Aug 8	MLN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
50	114 (4)	Aug 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,7-8	GF	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
51	116 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
52	118 (1)	Aug 19	MLN	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	21	4.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	119	Aug 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	120	Aug 21	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
55	121	Aug 22	MLN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
56	122	Aug 23	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
57	123	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
58	124	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
59	125	Aug 26	MLN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
60	129 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	MLN		SFG	L,10-13	GF	23	5.0	9	0	0	9	0	PH 1B
61	130	Aug 30 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	131	Sep 1	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B
63	136 (4)	Sep 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
64	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
65	139	Sep 9	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
66	140	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
67	141	Sep 11	MLN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
68	142	Sep 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
69	143	Sep 13	MLN		CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	144	Sep 15 (1)	MLN		STL	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	10	0	2	12	1	1B
71	146 (1)	Sep 16	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
72	148 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
73	150 (1)	Sep 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
74	153 (2)	Sep 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
75	159 (5)	Oct 2 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
76	162 (2)	Oct 4	MLN		PIT	W,6-0	GS	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							77gm		597.0	625	35	12	672	50