Al Oliver | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
18	9778	.303	.344	.451	.288	46.8

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1968	PIT	21	4	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.098	-0.4	0.1	-0.0
1969	PIT	22	129	502	463	55	132	19	2	17	206	21	38	13	2	3	70	8	5	.285	.333	.445	.279	10.8	2.9	1.5
1970	PIT	23	151	609	551	63	149	33	5	12	228	35	35	14	7	2	83	1	1	.270	.326	.414	.274	14.3	0.1	1.5
1971	PIT	24	143	573	529	69	149	31	7	14	236	27	72	5	10	2	64	4	3	.282	.317	.446	.283	27.4	0.0	3.1
1972	PIT	25	140	612	565	88	176	27	4	12	247	34	44	5	7	1	89	2	4	.312	.352	.437	.301	38.5	-11.8	3.2
1973	PIT	26	158	690	654	90	191	38	7	20	303	22	52	5	9	0	99	6	0	.292	.316	.463	.285	28.9	-16.8	1.3
1974	PIT	27	147	661	617	96	198	38	12	11	293	33	58	5	5	1	85	10	1	.321	.358	.475	.301	42.2	-2.0	4.4
1975	PIT	28	155	666	628	90	176	39	8	18	285	25	73	5	8	0	84	4	2	.280	.309	.454	.280	36.2	-13.3	2.5
1976	PIT	29	121	481	443	62	143	22	5	12	211	26	29	5	6	1	61	6	2	.323	.362	.476	.309	39.1	5.1	5.0
1977	PIT	30	154	622	568	75	175	29	6	19	273	40	38	4	8	2	82	13	16	.308	.353	.481	.293	34.8	8.5	4.5
1978	TEX	31	133	568	525	65	170	35	5	14	257	31	41	2	9	1	89	8	9	.324	.358	.490	.307	34.0	1.3	3.9
1979	TEX	32	136	538	492	69	159	28	4	12	231	34	34	4	7	1	76	4	5	.323	.367	.470	.297	35.0	-1.8	3.4
1980	TEX	33	163	709	656	96	209	43	3	19	315	39	47	5	8	1	117	5	7	.319	.357	.480	.299	41.4	5.1	5.0
1981	TEX	34	102	448	421	53	130	29	1	4	173	24	28	2	1	0	55	3	0	.309	.348	.411	.275	14.2	-0.0	1.6
1982	MON	35	160	687	617	90	204	43	2	22	317	61	59	4	4	1	109	5	2	.331	.392	.514	.323	42.4	10.2	5.6
1983	MON	36	157	664	614	70	184	38	3	8	252	44	44	2	3	1	84	1	3	.300	.347	.410	.266	7.0	11.5	2.0
1984	PHI	37	28	100	93	9	29	7	0	0	36	7	9	0	0	0	14	1	2	.312	.360	.387	.282	2.5	-0.6	0.2
1984	SFN	37	91	360	339	27	101	19	2	0	124	20	27	1	0	0	34	2	2	.298	.339	.366	.248	-3.8	-5.2	-1.0
1985	LAN	38	35	85	79	1	20	5	0	0	25	5	11	0	1	0	8	1	0	.253	.294	.316	.218	-1.9	-2.1	-0.4
1985	TOR	38	61	195	187	20	47	6	1	5	70	7	13	1	0	0	23	0	0	.251	.282	.374	.233	-3.2	0.0	-0.3
Career			2368	9778	9049	1189	2743	529	77	219	4083	535	756	82	95	17	1326	84	64	.303	.344	.451	.288	439.3	-8.7	46.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1968	PIT	MLB	4	8	.098	.238	.287	.340	.000	.250	97	-1	0.2	0	0.1	0.5	-0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0
1969	PIT	MLB	129	502	.279	.245	.305	.359	.000	.280	100	8.9	12.9	-7.4	2.9	-4.0	10.8	1.5	10.8	1.5
1970	PIT	MLB	151	609	.274	.255	.315	.387	.000	.268	98	8.7	16.5	-7.6	0.1	-1.4	14.3	1.5	14.3	1.5
1971	PIT	MLB	143	573	.283	.251	.309	.367	.000	.298	99	12	14.1	-0.3	0.0	1.8	27.4	3.1	27.4	3.1
1972	PIT	MLB	140	612	.301	.244	.304	.358	.000	.318	97	21.9	14.4	1.1	-11.8	4.3	38.5	3.2	38.5	3.2
1973	PIT	MLB	158	690	.285	.249	.309	.368	.000	.289	100	16.9	18.2	-2.5	-16.8	-0.9	28.9	1.3	28.9	1.3
1974	PIT	MLB	147	661	.301	.253	.318	.360	.000	.338	100	26.5	17.1	-2.4	-2.0	3.7	42.2	4.4	42.2	4.4
1975	PIT	MLB	155	666	.280	.252	.314	.363	.000	.290	98	13	17.5	1.4	-13.3	2.9	36.2	2.5	36.2	2.5
1976	PIT	MLB	121	481	.309	.253	.311	.361	.000	.321	101	22.4	12.1	0.9	5.1	1.2	39.1	5.0	39.1	5.0
1977	PIT	MLB	154	622	.293	.259	.319	.389	.000	.301	103	20.9	17.4	-2.8	8.5	2.2	34.8	4.5	34.8	4.5
1978	TEX	MLB	133	568	.307	.258	.317	.381	.000	.326	99	25.3	14.7	-4.5	1.3	-2.4	34.0	3.9	34.0	3.9
1979	TEX	MLB	136	538	.297	.265	.323	.404	.000	.325	100	20.6	15.1	-1.2	-1.8	0.7	35.0	3.4	35.0	3.4
1980	TEX	MLB	163	709	.299	.263	.319	.390	.000	.318	100	27.7	19.1	-5	5.1	0.7	41.4	5.0	41.4	5.0
1981	TEX	MLB	102	448	.275	.255	.314	.370	.000	.323	96	6.4	11.3	-7.2	-0.0	3.7	14.2	1.6	14.2	1.6
1982	MON	MLB	160	687	.323	.257	.311	.374	.000	.337	101	42.9	18.5	-11.9	10.2	-3.9	42.4	5.6	42.4	5.6
1983	MON	MLB	157	664	.266	.255	.316	.374	.000	.312	100	4.3	18.0	-11.5	11.5	-1.1	7.0	2.0	7.0	2.0
1984	PHI	MLB	28	100	.282	.261	.317	.376	.000	.345	98	2.1	2.7	-1.4	-0.6	-0.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	0.2
1984	SFN	MLB	91	360	.248	.252	.313	.363	.000	.324	94	-4.3	9.6	-6	-5.2	-2.4	-3.8	-1.0	-3.8	-1.0
1985	LAN	MLB	35	85	.218	.252	.313	.378	.000	.290	85	-3.5	2.3	-0.4	-2.1	-0.9	-1.9	-0.4	-1.9	-0.4
1985	TOR	MLB	61	195	.233	.257	.321	.394	.000	.249	99	-5.4	5.3	-3.4	0.0	0.3	-3.2	-0.3	-3.2	-0.3
Career		MLB		9778	.288	.254	.314	.374	.255	.309	99	266.3	257.0	-72.1	-8.7	4.8	439.3	46.8	439.3	46.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1968	PIT	MLB	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.000	.098	-0.4	0.1	-0.0
1969	PIT	MLB	502	55	132	19	2	17	70	21	38	8	5	.285	.333	.445	.160	.279	10.8	2.9	1.5
1970	PIT	MLB	609	63	149	33	5	12	83	35	35	1	1	.270	.326	.414	.143	.274	14.3	0.1	1.5
1971	PIT	MLB	573	69	149	31	7	14	64	27	72	4	3	.282	.317	.446	.164	.283	27.4	0.0	3.1
1972	PIT	MLB	612	88	176	27	4	12	89	34	44	2	4	.312	.352	.437	.126	.301	38.5	-11.8	3.2
1973	PIT	MLB	690	90	191	38	7	20	99	22	52	6	0	.292	.316	.463	.171	.285	28.9	-16.8	1.3
1974	PIT	MLB	661	96	198	38	12	11	85	33	58	10	1	.321	.358	.475	.154	.301	42.2	-2.0	4.4
1975	PIT	MLB	666	90	176	39	8	18	84	25	73	4	2	.280	.309	.454	.174	.280	36.2	-13.3	2.5
1976	PIT	MLB	481	62	143	22	5	12	61	26	29	6	2	.323	.362	.476	.153	.309	39.1	5.1	5.0
1977	PIT	MLB	622	75	175	29	6	19	82	40	38	13	16	.308	.353	.481	.173	.293	34.8	8.5	4.5
1978	TEX	MLB	568	65	170	35	5	14	89	31	41	8	9	.324	.358	.490	.166	.307	34.0	1.3	3.9
1979	TEX	MLB	538	69	159	28	4	12	76	34	34	4	5	.323	.367	.470	.146	.297	35.0	-1.8	3.4
1980	TEX	MLB	709	96	209	43	3	19	117	39	47	5	7	.319	.357	.480	.162	.299	41.4	5.1	5.0
1981	TEX	MLB	448	53	130	29	1	4	55	24	28	3	0	.309	.348	.411	.102	.275	14.2	-0.0	1.6
1982	MON	MLB	687	90	204	43	2	22	109	61	59	5	2	.331	.392	.514	.183	.323	42.4	10.2	5.6
1983	MON	MLB	664	70	184	38	3	8	84	44	44	1	3	.300	.347	.410	.111	.266	7.0	11.5	2.0
1984	PHI	MLB	100	9	29	7	0	0	14	7	9	1	2	.312	.360	.387	.075	.282	2.5	-0.6	0.2
1984	SFN	MLB	360	27	101	19	2	0	34	20	27	2	2	.298	.339	.366	.068	.248	-3.8	-5.2	-1.0
1985	LAN	MLB	85	1	20	5	0	0	8	5	11	1	0	.253	.294	.316	.063	.218	-1.9	-2.1	-0.4
1985	TOR	MLB	195	20	47	6	1	5	23	7	13	0	0	.251	.282	.374	.123	.233	-3.2	0.0	-0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: Nine Regression Candidates for 2013	Baseball Prospectus	2013-01-23
The BP Wayback Machine: What is a Deadline Trade Worth?, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2012-07-27
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
The Platoon Advantage: Ten Excuses for Not Voting Johnny Damon Into the HOF	Michael Bates	2012-05-16
Wezen-Ball: One Scary Collision	Larry Granillo	2012-03-13
Overthinking It: The Overlooked Overlooked Hall of Famers	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-02
Wezen-Ball: Player Rankings for Type A/B Calculations, 1982-1984	Larry Granillo	2011-11-02
The BP Broadside: The Annotated WARP Leaders II: Did Ernie Banks Write the Book of Love?	Steven Goldman	2011-05-25
The Asian Equation: The Idiosyncrasy of Ichiro	Michael Street	2011-05-11
The BP Broadside: Mitchell Page's Unfinished Sentence	Steven Goldman	2011-03-14
One-Hoppers: Gillick Gains Election, Miller Bloc'd Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-06
Prospectus Hit and Run: Billy and George	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: Examining The Expansion Era Hall of Fame Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-10
Prospectus Q&A: Eric Nadel	David Laurila	2010-05-02
Milton the Magnificent?: A Feat As Yet Unaccomplished	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-22
On the Beat: The Winter Meetings	John Perrotto	2008-12-09
Every Given Sunday: Winter Meetings Preview	John Perrotto	2008-12-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Comeback Kings	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-15
Prospectus Matchups: Exiting Stage Left	Jim Baker	2008-07-11
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-23
Every Given Sunday: Tribe Troubles	John Perrotto	2008-04-20
You Could Look It Up: More Fun With Comparables	Steven Goldman	2008-03-03
Schrodinger's Bat: My First Full Season	Dan Fox	2007-11-01
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
You Could Look It Up: The Definition of Insanity	Steven Goldman	2006-09-29
Prospectus Matchups: Headed for the Hall	Jim Baker	2006-01-20
You Could Look It Up: Any Infielder Will Do	Steven Goldman	2005-07-25
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2004-11-02
Thanks for the Memories: Expos Fans Share Their Fondest	Jonah Keri	2004-09-30
You Could Look It Up: What is a Deadline Trade Worth?, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2004-07-26
Lies, Damned Lies: Southpaw Stories, Part I	Nate Silver	2004-05-27
Prospectus Today: The Anderson Deal	Joe Sheehan	2004-04-15
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part V: Baseball Prospectus, Circa '84	Steven Goldman	2004-02-23
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part I: Sparky Was Watching	Steven Goldman	2004-02-17
"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, Part IV	Steven Goldman	2003-09-02
"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, Part III	Steven Goldman	2003-08-27
Prospectus Feature: Jose Canseco and the Keltner List	Ryan Wilkins	2002-05-23

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Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	Ever since Ben brought up Pena's scoop, I've got the Rangers version of "Talkin' Baseball" stuck in my head: "Talkin' Baseball: Buddy, Sunny, and the Scoop." I was always confused by that last--until I realized he was talking about Al Oliver, I thought it was a reference to cat litter. (Steven Goldman)

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