| Ben Oglivie | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: February 11, 1949 Colón, Panama |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 4, 1971 for the Boston Red Sox |
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| Final game | ||
| October 5, 1986 for the Milwaukee Brewers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting Average | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colón is a Sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The City lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 273 | |
| Home Runs | 235 | |
| Hits | 1615 | |
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Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie Palmer (born February 11, 1949 in Colón, Panama) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder for the Boston Red Sox (1971-1973), Detroit Tigers (1974-1977), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1986). In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colón is a Sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The City lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal A left fielder (LF is an Outfielder in the sport of Baseball who plays defense in left field. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League He batted and threw left-handed.
Oglivie debuted on September 4, 1971 for the Red Sox and played his final game on October 5, 1986 for the Brewers. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Oglivie hit for power fairly well, breaking the 40-home run mark in 1980 with 41, which was good for a tie (with Reggie Jackson) for the league lead. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18 1946) nicknamed " Mr Oglivie hit 3 home runs in a game, three times.
In a 16-year career, he posted a . 273 batting average with 235 home runs and 901 RBIs in 1754 games. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively He had 87 career stolen bases and 784 runs scored. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching Oglivie picked up 1615 hits in 5913 at bats. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, an at bat ( AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including Batting average, On base
Oglivie played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan after retiring from MLB and hit 46 home runs in two seasons, but then returned to attempt a comeback in Minor League Baseball. The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ( ja: 大阪近鉄バファローズ was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of Baseball in Japan. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North He never made it back to the Majors again.
He is currently the hitting coach for the Montgomery Biscuits (AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays).
Trivia
- Ben was the first non-American born player to lead the American League in home runs. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
See also
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
External links
| Preceded by Gorman Thomas |
American League Home Run Champion 1980 (with Reggie Jackson) |
Succeeded by Tony Armas, Dwight Evans, Bobby Grich & Eddie Murray |
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