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Gene Oliver

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: March 22, 1935 in Moline, IL us

Died: March 3, 2007 in Rock Island, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, IL

High School: Alleman Catholic HS (Rock Island, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 24-076d, 11,643rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1969 (Age 34-155d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Eugene George Oliver

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

2216

546

.246

268

RBI

320

OBP

.315

SLG

.427

OPS

.742

OPS+

103

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

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 24	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	9	Apr 27	MLN		STL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	10	Apr 28	MLN		STL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (6)	May 5	MLN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	19	1	0	20	0	1B
5	18	May 8	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B C
6	19	May 9 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B C
7	20	May 9 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
8	21	May 11	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	22	May 12	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
10	23	May 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
11	25 (1)	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
12	26	May 16	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	51	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B C
13	29 (2)	May 20	MLN		NYM	W,7-1	GS	16	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
14	32 (2)	May 23	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	GS	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	33	May 24	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	34	May 25	MLN	@	SFG	W,14-1	GS	19	5.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
17	35	May 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-4	GS	24	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
18	36	May 27	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
19	37	May 28	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	38	May 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	41 (2)	Jun 1	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
22	42	Jun 3	MLN		SFG	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
23	43	Jun 4	MLN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
24	44	Jun 5	MLN		LAD	W,9-1	GS	30	7.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
25	45	Jun 6 (1)	MLN		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
26	46	Jun 6 (2)	MLN		LAD	W,6-4	GS	29	6.2	6	2	0	8	0	1B
27	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	48	Jun 9	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
29	49	Jun 10	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	50	Jun 11	MLN	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	52 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
32	53	Jun 13 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-12	GS	18	3.1	2	0	1	3	0	C
33	57 (3)	Jun 18	MLN		STL	L,4-5	GS	46	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B C
34	58	Jun 19	MLN		STL	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
35	59	Jun 20	MLN		STL	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	60	Jun 22	MLN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
37	61	Jun 23	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
38	62	Jun 24	MLN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
39	63	Jun 25	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
40	64	Jun 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
41	65	Jun 27 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,9-10	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
42	69 (3)	Jun 29	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	26	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
43	70	Jun 30	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	3	0	11	4	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	72 (1)	Jul 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
45	73	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
46	74	Jul 4	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
47	76 (1)	Jul 7	MLN		HOU	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
48	77	Jul 8	MLN		HOU	W,9-8	CG	53	12.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
49	79 (1)	Jul 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	82 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
51	83	Jul 15	MLN		PIT	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
52	84	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	85	Jul 17	MLN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	86	Jul 18 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	87	Jul 18 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
56	88	Jul 19	MLN		NYM	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	89	Jul 20	MLN		NYM	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
58	90	Jul 21	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	30	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	98 (7)	Jul 30	MLN		SFG	L,2-9	GF	20	4.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
60	99	Jul 31	MLN		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	100	Aug 1 (1)	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
62	101	Aug 1 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	102	Aug 2	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
64	103	Aug 4 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
65	104	Aug 4 (2)	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
66	105	Aug 5	MLN		LAD	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	106	Aug 6	MLN		HOU	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
68	107	Aug 7	MLN		HOU	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	108	Aug 8 (1)	MLN		HOU	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	109	Aug 8 (2)	MLN		HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	110	Aug 10	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	111	Aug 11	MLN		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	112	Aug 12	MLN		STL	L,4-5	CG	54	13.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
74	113	Aug 13	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
75	114	Aug 14	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
76	115	Aug 15	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	116	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	117	Aug 17	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	118	Aug 18	MLN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
80	119	Aug 19	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	C
81	120	Aug 20	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
82	121	Aug 21	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	122	Aug 22	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
84	123	Aug 23	MLN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
85	124	Aug 24	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	125	Aug 25	MLN		CIN	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
87	126	Aug 26	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	129 (2)	Aug 29	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	130	Aug 31	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	131	Sep 1 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
91	132	Sep 1 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
92	133	Sep 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
93	136 (2)	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
94	137	Sep 6 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	140 (2)	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
96	141	Sep 11	MLN	@	NYM	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
97	142	Sep 12	MLN	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
98	143	Sep 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	26	5.0	2	1	1	4	1	1B
99	146 (2)	Sep 16	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	147	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	148	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
102	149	Sep 19	MLN		SFG	L,2-4	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF C
103	150	Sep 20	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	GS	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
104	152 (1)	Sep 22	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	50	11.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
105	153	Sep 24	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
106	154	Sep 25	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-7	GS	13	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
107	155	Sep 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
108	156	Sep 27	MLN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	15	1	0	16	0	1B
109	160 (3)	Oct 1	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	161	Oct 2	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
							117gm		905.0	750	71	17	838	37