Ben Oglivie

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 160lb (188cm, 72kg)

Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, Panama pa

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY).

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY)

School: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-205d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 37-236d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.3

5913

1615

235

.273

784

RBI

901

OBP

.336

SLG

.450

OPS

.786

OPS+

118

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

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	11 (6)	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
3	13 (1)	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	16 (2)	Apr 30	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17	May 1	DET	@	MIL	L,3-17	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
6	20 (2)	May 7	DET		MIL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
7	22 (1)	May 9	DET		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
8	23	May 10	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
9	29 (5)	May 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
10	32 (2)	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
11	33	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	45 (11)	Jun 5	DET	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	64 (18)	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
14	71 (6)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	79 (7)	Jul 6 (2)	DET		MIL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	80	Jul 7	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	81	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	85 (3)	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	87 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	88	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	89	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	90	Jul 19	DET		KCR	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
23	91	Jul 20	DET		KCR	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	92	Jul 21	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	93	Jul 22 (1)	DET		OAK	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	94	Jul 22 (2)	DET		OAK	L,4-16	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
27	95	Jul 23	DET		OAK	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	96	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	97	Jul 25	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	98	Jul 26	DET		CLE	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	100	Jul 27 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
33	101	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
34	102	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	103	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	104	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	105	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	106	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	107	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	108	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
41	109	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	110	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
43	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	112	Aug 6 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	113	Aug 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	114	Aug 8	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	115	Aug 9	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	116	Aug 10	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
49	117	Aug 11	DET		TEX	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	118	Aug 12	DET		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	119	Aug 13	DET		TEX	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	120	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
53	121	Aug 16	DET	@	CAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	122	Aug 17	DET	@	CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	123	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	124	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	125	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	126	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	127	Aug 23	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	128	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
61	129	Aug 25	DET	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	130	Aug 26	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	50	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF
63	131	Aug 27	DET	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	132	Aug 29	DET		CAL	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	133	Aug 30	DET		CAL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	134	Sep 1	DET		MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	135	Sep 2	DET		MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
68	136	Sep 3	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
69	137	Sep 4	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	138	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	139	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	140	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	141	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	142	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	143	Sep 9	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	144	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	145	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	146	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	147	Sep 12	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
80	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	149	Sep 14	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	150	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	151	Sep 17	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	152	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	153	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	154	Sep 20	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	155	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	156	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	157	Sep 26	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	158	Sep 27	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
91	159	Sep 28	DET	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
							91gm		783.2	232	8	5	245	5