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Ben Oglivie Ben Oglivie
Full name: Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie
Born: February 11, 1949, Colon, Panama
First Game: September 4, 1971; Final Game: October 5, 1986
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 160
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1980)
AL Silver Slugger as OF (1980)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1971 BOS A Daily Splits   14    38    2   10   3   0   0    4    0   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .263  .263  .342  -0.1 1971 BOS A
1972 BOS A Daily Splits   94   253   27   61  10   2   8   30   18   2   61   1   0   1   0   5   4    1   1  .241  .293  .391  -0.8 1972 BOS A
1973 BOS A Daily Splits   58   147   16   32   9   1   2    9    9   2   32   2   1   2   0   2   4    1   1  .218  .269  .333  -0.9 1973 BOS A
1974 DET A Daily Splits   92   252   28   68  11   3   4   29   34   6   38   0   0   3   0   4   5   12   3  .270  .353  .385  -0.1 1974 DET A
1975 DET A Daily Splits  100   332   45   95  14   1   9   36   16   0   62   2   3   4   0   6  10   11   8  .286  .319  .416  -0.2 1975 DET A
1976 DET A Daily Splits  115   305   36   87  12   3  15   47   11   3   44   3   2   4   0   0  11    9   4  .285  .313  .492   0.8 1976 DET A
1977 DET A Daily Splits  132   450   63  118  24   2  21   61   40   2   80   3   1   3   0   2  11    9   9  .262  .325  .464  -0.1 1977 DET A
1978 MIL A Daily Splits  128   469   71  142  29   4  18   72   52  10   69   0   3   3   0   8  10   11   7  .303  .370  .497   2.0 1978 MIL A
1979 MIL A Daily Splits  139   514   88  145  30   4  29   81   48  12   56   2   4   4   0   5  11   12   5  .282  .343  .525   1.3 1979 MIL A
1980 MIL A Daily Splits  156   592   94  180  26   2  41  118   54  19   71   5   0   9   0   7   5   11   9  .304  .362  .563   4.8 1980 MIL A
1981 MIL A Daily Splits  107   400   53   97  15   2  14   72   37  10   49   6   1   8   0   7   9    2   2  .243  .310  .395  -0.9 1981 MIL A
1982 MIL A Daily Splits  159   602   92  147  22   1  34  102   70  13   81   4   0   1   0  10   6    3   5  .244  .326  .453   1.2 1982 MIL A
1983 MIL A Daily Splits  125   411   49  115  19   3  13   66   60  12   64   4   0   8   0   5   9    4   6  .280  .371  .436   1.7 1983 MIL A
1984 MIL A Daily Splits  131   461   49  121  16   2  12   60   44   5   56   1   1   2   0   7  12    0   6  .262  .327  .384  -1.1 1984 MIL A
1985 MIL A Daily Splits  101   341   40   99  17   2  10   61   37   3   51   2   4  10   0   5   8    0   2  .290  .354  .440   0.3 1985 MIL A
1986 MIL A Daily Splits  103   346   31   98  20   1   5   53   30   6   33   0   1   7   0   4   7    1   2  .283  .334  .390  -0.1 1986 MIL A
Total            Splits 1754  5913  784 1615 277  33 235  901  560 105  852  35  21  69   0  78 122   87  70  .273  .336  .450   7.8 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 MIL A Daily Splits    5    18    0    3   1   0   0    1    0   0    7   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .222 1981 MIL A
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1982 MIL A Daily Splits    4    15    1    2   0   0   1    1    0   0    3   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .133  .188  .333 1982 MIL A
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1982 MIL A Daily Splits    7    27    4    6   0   1   1    1    2   1    4   0   0   0   0   3   1    0   1  .222  .276  .407 1982 MIL A
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1980 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1980 AL   
1982 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 AL   
1983 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1983 AL   
Total            Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1971 BOS A Daily  OF   11    7    7    79.2    22    1    1    1   0  .958    10    0    1 
1971 BOS A        LF   10    6    6    69      17    1    1    1   0  .947
1971 BOS A        RF    1    1    1    10.2     5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 BOS A Daily  OF   65   58   53   530      98    5    2    2   0  .981    32    0   33 
1972 BOS A        RF   33   30   28   283.2    52    1    1    1   0  .981
1972 BOS A        LF   32   28   25   246.1    46    4    1    1   0  .980
1973 BOS A Daily  OF   33   28   25   261      56    2    1    0   0  .983     4    0   29 
1973 BOS A        RF   29   25   22   230      53    2    1    0   0  .982
1973 BOS A        DH   16    8    6                                      -
1973 BOS A        LF    4    3    3    31       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 DET A Daily  OF   63   51   35   455.1    87    3    5    0   0  .947    61    0    2 
1974 DET A        LF   61   49   35   441.1    87    3    5    0   0  .947
1974 DET A        1B   10    9    9    89.2    75    8    0   13   0 1.000
1974 DET A        DH    5    3    1                                      -
1974 DET A        RF    2    2    0    14       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1975 DET A Daily  OF   86   85   85   744.2   192    4    5    1   0  .975    76    0   10 
1975 DET A        LF   76   75   75   659.2   168    3    4    1   0  .977
1975 DET A        RF   10   10   10    85      24    1    1    0   0  .962
1975 DET A        1B    5    4    4    39      40    4    0    4   0 1.000
1975 DET A        DH    2    0    0                                      -
1976 DET A Daily  OF   64   58   50   522     136    7    2    0   0  .986    16   12   36 
1976 DET A        RF   36   33   31   303      74    3    2    0   0  .975
1976 DET A        LF   16   14   12   127      25    4    0    0   0 1.000
1976 DET A        CF   12   11    7    92      37    0    0    0   0 1.000
1976 DET A        1B    9    9    9    75      98    1    1   13   0  .990
1976 DET A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1977 DET A Daily  OF  118  113  108  1026     236   10    6    3   0  .976     0    0  118 
1977 DET A        RF  118  113  108  1026     239   10    6    3   0  .976
1977 DET A        DH    2    1    1                                      -
1978 MIL A Daily  OF   89   84   78   741.1   187    5    4    0   0  .980    65    0   25 
1978 MIL A        LF   65   63   61   557     145    5    3    0   0  .980
1978 MIL A        DH   27   26   26                                      -
1978 MIL A        RF   25   21   17   184.1    42    0    1    0   0  .977
1978 MIL A        1B   11    9    6    80      88    3    2    4   0  .978
1979 MIL A Daily  OF  121  113  103  1006     252    7    4    0   0  .985   102    0   24 
1979 MIL A        LF  102   95   85   822.2   208    6    1    0   0  .995
1979 MIL A        RF   24   18   18   183.1    44    1    3    0   0  .938
1979 MIL A        DH   13   12   12                                      -
1979 MIL A        1B    9    5    4    61.1    68    3    1    3   0  .986
1980 MIL A Daily  OF  152  150  146  1332     384   18    9    3   0  .978   150    1    2 
1980 MIL A        LF  150  148  144  1311     377   18    9    2   0  .978
1980 MIL A        DH    4    4    4                                      -
1980 MIL A        RF    2    2    2    18       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 MIL A        CF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 MIL A Daily  OF  101  100   92   892     211    3    4    1   0  .982   100    3    0 
1981 MIL A        LF  100   97   91   870     204    3    4    1   0  .981
1981 MIL A        DH    6    6    6                                      -
1981 MIL A        CF    3    3    1    22       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 MIL A Daily  OF  159  156  151  1395.1   359   15    7    3   0  .982   159    0    0 
1982 MIL A        LF  159  156  151  1395.1   358   15    7    2   0  .982
1983 MIL A Daily  OF  113  108  103   961.1   259    8    4    1   0  .985   113    0    0 
1983 MIL A        LF  113  108  103   961.1   259    8    4    1   0  .985
1983 MIL A        DH    8    4    3                                      -
1984 MIL A Daily  OF  125  117  103  1053.2   256    6    8    1   0  .970   113    0   23 
1984 MIL A        LF  113   97   93   891.2   210    6    7    1   0  .969
1984 MIL A        RF   23   20   10   162      38    0    1    0   0  .974
1984 MIL A        DH    1    1    1                                      -
1985 MIL A Daily  OF   91   87   73   774.2   190    4    7    0   0  .965    48    0   54 
1985 MIL A        RF   54   51   37   437.1   105    3    4    0   0  .964
1985 MIL A        LF   48   36   36   337.1    82    2    2    0   0  .977
1985 MIL A        DH    4    4    4                                      -
1986 MIL A Daily  OF   50   49   25   379.1   105    4    1    1   0  .991    50    0    2 
1986 MIL A        LF   50   48   25   371.1   105    4    1    1   0  .991
1986 MIL A        DH   42   41   39                                      -
1986 MIL A        RF    2    1    0     8       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF 1441 1364 1237 12154.1  3030  102   70   17   0  .978  1099   16  359 
Total             LF 1099 1023  945  9092    2293   82   49   11   0  .980
Total             RF  359  327  284  2945.1   682   21   20    4   0  .972
Total             DH  131  110  103                                      -
Total             1B   44   36   32   345     369   19    4   37   0  .990
Total             CF   16   14    8   117      43    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1981 MIL A Daily  OF    5    5    5    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     5    0    0 
1981 MIL A        LF    5    5    5    44      13    1    0    0   0 1.000
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1982 MIL A Daily  OF    4    4    4    34       0    0    0    0   0     -     4    0    0 
1982 MIL A        LF    4    4    4    34       5    0    2    0   0  .714
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1982 MIL A Daily  OF    7    7    7    60       0    0    0    0   0     -     7    0    0 
1982 MIL A        LF    7    7    7    60      13    0    1    0   0  .929
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1980 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1980 AL           LF    1    1    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1983 AL           RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF    2    1    0     5       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    1 
Total             RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             LF    1    1    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).

Traded by Boston Red Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dick McAuliffe (October
23, 1973).

Traded by Detroit Tigers to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Jim Slaton and Rich
Folkers (December 9, 1977).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).


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