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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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 14 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	5	Apr 14 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
4	6	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	9 (2)	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	10	Apr 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	11	Apr 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	3	0	1	4	0	C
8	13 (1)	Apr 22	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	18	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
9	15 (1)	Apr 24	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	16	Apr 25	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	17	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
12	19 (1)	Apr 28	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	20	Apr 30	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21	May 1	STL		CHC	L,8-13	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	23 (1)	May 3	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	25 (1)	May 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	26	May 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
18	27	May 7	STL		LAD	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
19	28	May 8	STL		LAD	L,5-11	GS	33	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
20	29	May 9	STL		LAD	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	32 (2)	May 12 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
22	34 (1)	May 14	STL	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	35	May 15	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	36	May 16	STL	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
25	38 (1)	May 18	STL		CIN	L,7-9	GF	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
26	39	May 19	STL		CIN	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	42 (2)	May 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
28	43	May 24	STL		NYM	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	44	May 25	STL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
30	45	May 26 (1)	STL		NYM	W,7-4	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
31	47 (1)	May 28	STL		HOU	W,8-7	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	54 (6)	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	55	Jun 7	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	57 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
35	61 (3)	Jun 13	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	26	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Braves
36	64	Jun 17	MLN		PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	65	Jun 18	MLN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	66	Jun 19	MLN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
39	67	Jun 20	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
40	68	Jun 21	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	GS	22	5.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
41	69	Jun 22	MLN		SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
42	70	Jun 23	MLN		SFG	W,10-4	GS	21	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
43	71	Jun 24	MLN		HOU	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	72	Jun 25	MLN		HOU	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	73	Jun 26	MLN		HOU	L,2-7	CG	58	13.0	14	1	2	17	4	1B
46	75 (1)	Jun 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
47	76	Jun 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS	18	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	77	Jul 1	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	14	0	0	14	1	1B
49	79 (1)	Jul 3	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
50	80	Jul 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	81	Jul 5	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	82	Jul 6 (1)	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	83	Jul 6 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	84	Jul 7	MLN	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	85	Jul 11 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,3-6	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	86	Jul 11 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	87	Jul 12	MLN	@	STL	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
58	88	Jul 13	MLN	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	89	Jul 14 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	91 (1)	Jul 15	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	92	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
62	93	Jul 17	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	94	Jul 18	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	96 (1)	Jul 20	MLN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	97	Jul 21 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,7-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	98	Jul 21 (2)	MLN		LAD	W,13-7	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	99	Jul 23	MLN		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	100	Jul 24	MLN		STL	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	101	Jul 25	MLN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
70	102	Jul 26	MLN		CIN	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
71	104 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
72	105	Jul 28 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
73	106	Jul 29	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	107	Jul 30	MLN		CHC	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	108	Jul 31	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	109	Aug 1	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	113 (3)	Aug 4	MLN		NYM	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	114	Aug 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	115	Aug 7	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	0	1.2	1	0	1	2	0
80	118 (2)	Aug 10	MLN		STL	L,5-6	GF	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	119	Aug 11	MLN		STL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	120	Aug 13	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
83	121	Aug 14	MLN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
84	122	Aug 15	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
85	123	Aug 16	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
86	124	Aug 17	MLN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
87	125	Aug 18	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
88	126	Aug 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	127	Aug 21	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	128	Aug 22	MLN	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	129	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
92	130	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	15	1	1	17	2	1B
93	131	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
94	132	Aug 26	MLN	@	HOU	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	133	Aug 27	MLN	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	134	Aug 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
97	135	Aug 30	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
98	136	Aug 31	MLN	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	137	Sep 1	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	61	15.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	138	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	139	Sep 3	MLN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
102	140	Sep 4	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
103	141	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
104	142	Sep 6	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
105	143	Sep 7	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B LF
106	144	Sep 8	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
107	145	Sep 9 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
108	146	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
109	147	Sep 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B LF
110	148	Sep 11	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-14	GS	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
111	149	Sep 13	MLN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
112	150	Sep 14	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	151	Sep 15 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	152	Sep 15 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	153	Sep 16	MLN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
116	154	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	155	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
118	156	Sep 20	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
119	157	Sep 21	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-0	GS	23	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
120	158	Sep 22	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
121	160 (1)	Sep 25	MLN		CIN	W,9-5	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
122	161	Sep 27	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	6.2	6	1	0	7	0	1B
123	162	Sep 28	MLN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
124	163	Sep 29	MLN		CHC	W,2-0	GS	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
							127gm		906.1	671	34	13	718	41