Bob Oliver

Positions: First Baseman, Rightfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: February 8, 1943 in Shreveport, LA us

Died: April 19, 2020 in Rio Linda, CA

Buried: Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Sacramento, CA

School: American River College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1965 (Age 22-214d, 12,413th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1975 (Age 32-145d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Robert Lee Oliver

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Relatives: Father of Darren Oliver

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

2914

745

.256

293

RBI

419

OBP

.295

SLG

.401

OPS

.696

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CAL	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	CAL	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 9	CAL		TEX	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	CAL		TEX	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	CAL		CHW	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	CAL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
9	11 (2)	Apr 16	CAL		MIN	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	12	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	13	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	14	Apr 19	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	15	Apr 20	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	48	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	16	Apr 21	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
15	17	Apr 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	7	0	1	8	1	1B
16	18	Apr 24	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
17	19	Apr 26	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	20	Apr 27	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	21	Apr 28	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	22	Apr 29	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	23	Apr 30	CAL	@	BOS	W,16-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	CAL	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	25	May 3	CAL		BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
24	26	May 4	CAL		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
25	27	May 5	CAL		BAL	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
26	28	May 6	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
27	29	May 7	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
28	30	May 8	CAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
29	31	May 10	CAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
30	33 (1)	May 12 (1)	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
31	34	May 12 (2)	CAL		KCR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
32	35	May 13	CAL	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	36	May 15	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
34	38 (1)	May 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
35	40 (1)	May 19 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
36	41	May 21	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	42	May 22	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
38	43	May 23	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
39	44	May 24	CAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	45	May 25	CAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	46	May 26	CAL		OAK	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
42	47	May 27	CAL		MIL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
43	48	May 28	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
44	49	May 29	CAL		MIL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
45	50	May 31	CAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	52 (1)	Jun 2	CAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
47	53	Jun 4	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
48	54	Jun 5	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	55	Jun 6	CAL	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	56	Jun 7	CAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
51	57	Jun 8	CAL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
52	58	Jun 9	CAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
53	59	Jun 10	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
54	62 (2)	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	W,4-3	GS	55	12.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
55	63	Jun 15	CAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	64	Jun 16	CAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
57	65	Jun 17	CAL		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
58	67 (1)	Jun 19	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
59	68	Jun 20	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	69	Jun 21 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-12	GS	44	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
61	75 (5)	Jun 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
62	77 (1)	Jun 28	CAL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
63	78	Jun 29	CAL		TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
64	79	Jun 30	CAL		TEX	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	80	Jul 1	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	81	Jul 2	CAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	83 (1)	Jul 4	CAL		OAK	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	84	Jul 5	CAL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
69	87 (2)	Jul 8	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
70	88	Jul 9	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
71	89	Jul 10	CAL		BAL	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	90	Jul 12	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
73	91	Jul 13	CAL	@	BOS	W,12-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
74	93 (1)	Jul 15	CAL	@	CLE	W,4-2		26	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
75	94	Jul 16	CAL	@	CLE	W,11-2	GS	24	6.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
76	95	Jul 17	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
77	96	Jul 19	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
78	97	Jul 20 (1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
79	98	Jul 20 (2)	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.1	8	1	0	9	2	1B
80	102 (3)	Jul 27	CAL		KCR	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
81	103	Jul 28 (1)	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
82	104	Jul 28 (2)	CAL		MIN	W,12-9	GS	24	6.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
83	105	Jul 30	CAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	109 (3)	Aug 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	110	Aug 4 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-10	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
86	112 (1)	Aug 6	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
87	114 (1)	Aug 8	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
88	116 (1)	Aug 10	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
89	117	Aug 11	CAL		NYY	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B 3B
90	118	Aug 12	CAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
91	120 (1)	Aug 14	CAL		BOS	W,5-0	GS	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
92	121	Aug 16	CAL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
93	125 (3)	Aug 20	CAL		DET	L,0-1	CG	41	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	127 (1)	Aug 23	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-10	GS	30	5.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
95	129 (1)	Aug 25	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
96	131 (1)	Aug 27	CAL	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
97	132	Aug 28	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
98	133	Aug 30	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	136 (2)	Sep 2	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	GF	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF 1B
100	137	Sep 3	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	138	Sep 4	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS	32	7.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
102	140 (1)	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
103	141	Sep 7	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
104	142	Sep 8	CAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
105	144 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CAL		TEX	L,3-5	GF	12	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
				Player went from California Angels to Baltimore Orioles
106	144	Sep 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
107	147 (2)	Sep 14	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
108	156 (8)	Sep 25	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
109	157	Sep 27	BAL		MIL	W,1-0	GF	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
							111gm		816.1	434	90	14	538	47