Ben Oglivie

LF/RF/DH · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1971–1986 BORN: COLON, PANAMA

All-Star ×3 Silver Slugger 1980

Career

1615 H · 235 HR · 901 RBI · 87 SB

.273 AVG · .786 OPS · 1754 G

1986 Season

.283 AVG · 5 HR · 53 RBI · 1 SB

.334 OBP · .390 SLG · .724 OPS

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Ben Oglivie was a left fielder in MLB. Across 1754 career games, with a .273 batting average and 235 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	BOS	14	38	2	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	.263	.263	.342	.605
1972	BOS	94	253	27	61	10	2	8	30	1	18	61	.241	.293	.391	.684
1973	BOS	58	147	16	32	9	1	2	9	1	9	32	.218	.269	.333	.602
1974	DET	92	252	28	68	11	3	4	29	12	34	38	.270	.353	.385	.738
1975	DET	100	332	45	95	14	1	9	36	11	16	62	.286	.319	.416	.735
1976	DET	115	305	36	87	12	3	15	47	9	11	44	.285	.313	.492	.804
1977	DET	132	450	63	118	24	2	21	61	9	40	80	.262	.325	.464	.789
1978	ML4	128	469	71	142	29	4	18	72	11	52	69	.303	.370	.497	.867
1979	ML4	139	514	88	145	30	4	29	81	12	48	56	.282	.343	.525	.869
1980	ML4	156	592	94	180	26	2	41	118	11	54	71	.304	.362	.563	.925
1981	ML4	107	400	53	97	15	2	14	72	2	37	49	.243	.310	.395	.705
1982	ML4	159	602	92	147	22	1	34	102	3	70	81	.244	.326	.453	.780
1983	ML4	125	411	49	115	19	3	13	66	4	60	64	.280	.371	.436	.806
1984	ML4	131	461	49	121	16	2	12	60	0	44	56	.262	.327	.384	.711
1985	ML4	101	341	40	99	17	2	10	61	0	37	51	.290	.354	.440	.794
1986	ML4	103	346	31	98	20	1	5	53	1	30	33	.283	.334	.390	.724
Career Totals	—	1754	5913	784	1615	277	33	235	901	87	560	852	.273	.336	.450	.786

Awards & Achievements

Player of the Month (1): 1980
Player of the Week (3): 1976, 1979, 1983
Silver Slugger (1): 1980
TSN All-Star (1): 1980

All-Star Selections

1980, 1982, 1983

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1985	$560,000
1986	$766,593

Career Total: $1,326,593 (2 seasons)

Average: $663,297

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.