Al Oliver Stats

Al Oliver was born on Monday, October 14, 1946, in Portsmouth, Ohio. Oliver was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 23, 1968, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Al Oliver baseball stats page.

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"If Willie (Stargell) asked us to jump off the Fort Pitt Bridge, we'd ask him what kind of dive he wanted. That's how much respect we have for the man." - Al Oliver in The Power Hitters (Donald Honig, Sporting News Publishers, May 1989, Page 213)

Al Oliver

Al Oliver Autograph on a 1984 Fleer (#280)

Al Oliver Autograph on a 1984 Fleer (#280)
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Birth Name:   Albert Oliver, Jr. (Twitter: @Alscoop16)
Nickname:   Al or Scoop
Born On:   10-14-1946  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Portsmouth, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, OH)
College:   Kent State University (DNP)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-23-1968 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-05-1985
Draft:   Not Applicable

Al Oliver

Al Oliver Pitching Stats
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Al Oliver

Al Oliver Hitting Stats
1968 22 Pirates 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1969 23 Pirates 129 463 55 132 19 2 17 1 70 21 11 38 3 2 13 18 .285 .333 .445
1970 24 Pirates 151 551 63 149 33 5 12 1 83 35 8 35 2 7 14 10 .270 .326 .414
1971 25 Pirates 143 529 69 149 31 7 14 0 64 27 2 72 2 10 5 14 .282 .317 .446
1972 26 Pirates 140 565 88 176 27 4 12 0 89 34 4 44 1 7 5 13 .312 .352 .437
1973 27 Pirates 158 654 90 191 38 7 20 1 99 22 1 52 0 9 5 18 .292 .316 .463
1974 28 Pirates 147 617 96 198 38 12 11 0 85 33 1 58 1 5 5 20 .321 .358 .475
1975 29 Pirates 155 628 90 176 39 8 18 1 84 25 3 73 0 8 5 19 .280 .309 .454
1976 30 Pirates 121 443 62 143 22 5 12 0 61 26 7 29 1 6 5 13 .323 .363 .476
1977 31 Pirates 154 568 75 175 29 6 19 0 82 40 9 38 2 8 4 11 .308 .353 .481
1978 32 Rangers 133 525 65 170 35 5 14 0 89 31 6 41 1 9 2 7 .324 .358 .490
1979 33 Rangers 136 492 69 159 28 4 12 0 76 34 8 34 1 7 4 14 .323 .367 .470
1980 34 Rangers 163 656 96 209 43 3 19 1 117 39 9 47 1 8 5 14 .319 .357 .480
1981 35 Rangers 102 421 53 130 29 1 4 0 55 24 10 28 0 1 2 17 .309 .348 .411
1982 36 Expos 160 617 90 204 43 2 22 0 109 61 15 59 1 4 4 11 .331 .392 .514
1983 37 Expos 157 614 70 184 38 3 8 2 84 44 17 44 1 3 2 21 .300 .347 .410
1984 38 Giants 91 339 27 101 19 2 0 0 34 20 4 27 0 0 1 19 .298 .339 .366
1984 38 Phillies 28 93 9 29 7 0 0 0 14 7 2 9 0 0 0 4 .312 .360 .387
1985 39 Dodgers 35 79 1 20 5 0 0 0 8 5 0 11 0 1 0 3 .253 .294 .316
1985 39 Blue Jays 61 187 20 47 6 1 5 0 23 7 2 13 0 0 1 8 .251 .282 .374
18 Years 2,368 9,049 1,189 2,743 529 77 219 7 1,326 535 119 756 17 95 82 254 .303 .344 .451

Al Oliver

Al Oliver Fielding Stats
1968 Pirates RF 1 1 30 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
1969 Pirates 1B 106 97 2,583 926 8.7 918 869 49 8 87 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.60
1969 Pirates LF 13 12 285 14 1.1 14 13 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.33
1969 Pirates RF 8 8 210 22 2.8 21 20 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.70
1970 Pirates 1B 77 64 1,725 637 8.3 630 582 48 7 68 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.86
1970 Pirates LF 28 27 675 35 1.3 35 34 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.40
1970 Pirates RF 54 52 1,362 108 2.0 106 103 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.10
1971 Pirates 1B 25 21 576 203 8.1 203 192 11 0 16 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.52
1971 Pirates CF 116 112 2,991 319 2.8 313 309 4 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.83
1972 Pirates 1B 3 2 66 21 7.0 21 21 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.59
1972 Pirates CF 138 136 3,669 343 2.5 338 334 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.49
1973 Pirates 1B 50 48 1,293 489 9.8 485 454 31 4 42 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.13
1973 Pirates CF 109 108 2,895 253 2.3 244 239 5 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.28
1974 Pirates 1B 49 48 1,239 444 9.1 441 418 23 3 28 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.61
1974 Pirates CF 98 96 2,658 298 3.0 294 291 3 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.99
1975 Pirates 1B 4 3 72 30 7.5 30 29 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
1975 Pirates CF 153 148 429 384 2.5 379 374 5 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .987 23.85
1976 Pirates 1B 3 3 69 26 8.7 26 26 0 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.17
1976 Pirates CF 106 105 2,805 316 3.0 311 307 4 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.99
1977 Pirates CF 41 37 804 97 2.4 96 94 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 3.22
1977 Pirates LF 133 110 3,000 224 1.7 219 215 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.97
1978 Rangers CF 8 7 174 25 3.1 25 24 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.88
1978 Rangers LF 100 100 2,631 202 2.0 199 192 7 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.04
1979 Rangers CF 71 68 1,764 171 2.4 165 160 5 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.53
1979 Rangers LF 49 47 1,197 100 2.0 99 96 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.23
1980 Rangers 1B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1980 Rangers LF 141 139 3,582 304 2.2 296 287 9 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.23
1980 Rangers RF 16 16 438 25 1.6 25 25 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.54
1981 Rangers 1B 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1982 Expos 1B 159 159 4,137 1,397 8.8 1,378 1,286 92 19 96 n/a n/a n/a .986 8.99
1983 Expos 1B 153 152 318 1,338 8.7 1,325 1,207 118 13 93 n/a n/a n/a .990 112.50
1983 Expos RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Giants 1B 82 80 1,998 731 8.9 720 665 55 11 50 n/a n/a n/a .985 9.73
1984 Phillies 1B 19 17 426 156 8.2 154 149 5 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.76
1984 Phillies LF 5 5 114 5 1.0 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.18
1985 Dodgers LF 17 17 372 17 1.0 15 13 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 1.09
1985 Blue Jays 1B 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
CF Totals 840 817 18,189 2,206 2.6 2,165 2,132 33 41 9 n/a n/a n/a .981 3.21
1B Totals 733 694 14,514 6,404 8.7 6,337 5,904 433 67 499 n/a n/a n/a .990 11.79
LF Totals 486 457 11,856 901 1.9 882 854 28 19 5 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.01
RF Totals 80 77 2,043 158 2.0 155 151 4 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.05
18 Years 2,139 2,045 46,602 9,669 4.5 9,539 9,041 498 130 513 n/a n/a n/a .987 5.53

Al Oliver

Al Oliver Miscellaneous Stats
1968 Pirates 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 - - -
1969 Pirates 8 5 .615 9 0 n/a 27.2 12.2 6.6 - - -
1970 Pirates 1 1 .500 5 0 n/a 45.9 15.7 6.6 - - -
1971 Pirates 4 3 .571 8 0 n/a 37.8 7.3 8.3 - - -
1972 Pirates 2 4 .333 1 0 n/a 47.1 12.8 6.3 - - -
1973 Pirates 6 0 1.000 2 0 n/a 32.7 12.6 6.6 - - -
1974 Pirates 10 1 .909 2 0 n/a 56.1 10.6 7.3 - - -
1975 Pirates 4 2 .667 2 0 n/a 34.9 8.6 7.5 - - -
1976 Pirates 6 2 .750 13 0 n/a 36.9 15.3 7.3 - - -
1977 Pirates 13 16 .448 7 0 n/a 29.9 14.9 6.9 - - -
1978 Rangers 8 9 .471 0 0 26 37.5 12.8 5.9 - - -
1979 Rangers 4 5 .444 13 1 10 41.0 14.5 6.5 - - -
1980 Rangers 5 7 .417 4 0 4 34.5 14.0 5.6 - - -
1981 Rangers 3 0 1.000 1 0 101 105.3 15.0 7.7 - - -
1982 Expos 5 2 .714 1 0 n/a 28.0 10.5 5.7 - - -
1983 Expos 1 3 .250 5 0 n/a 76.8 14.0 7.3 - - -
1984 Giants 2 2 .500 11 0 n/a 0.0 12.6 10.0 - - -
1984 Phillies 1 2 .333 6 0 n/a 0.0 10.3 6.6 - - -
1985 Dodgers 1 0 1.000 18 0 n/a 0.0 7.2 9.9 - - -
1985 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 13 0 59 37.4 14.4 8.1 - - -
18 Years 84 64 .568 124 1 200 41.3 12.0 6.8 - - -

Al Oliver

Al Oliver Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 29 Undetermined - -
1969 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - -
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - -
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - Stats
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined Stats -
1973 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - -
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 $80,000.00 - -
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined Stats -
1976 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 $122,500.00 Stats -
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 $165,000.00 - -
1978 Texas Rangers 0 $285,000.00 - -
1979 Texas Rangers 0 Undetermined - -
1980 Texas Rangers 0 Undetermined Stats -
1981 Texas Rangers 0 Undetermined Stats -
1982 Montreal Expos 0 $800,000.00 Stats -
1983 Montreal Expos 0 Undetermined Stats -
1984 San Francisco Giants 0 Undetermined - -
1984 Philadelphia Phillies 0 Undetermined - -
1985 Los Angeles Dodgers 0 $750,000.00 - -
1985 Toronto Blue Jays 0 Undetermined - -

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