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Ben Oglivie played 16 major-league seasons (1971-1986) as a OF (1,439), 1B (44). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 22 | BOS | 14 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .263 | .605 | 77 |
| 1972 | 23 | BOS | 94 | 253 | 27 | 61 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 61 | .241 | .684 | 110 |
| 1973 | 24 | BOS | 58 | 147 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 32 | .218 | .602 | 69 |
| 1974 | 25 | DET | 92 | 252 | 28 | 68 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 34 | 38 | .270 | .738 | 113 |
| 1975 | 26 | DET | 100 | 332 | 45 | 95 | 9 | 36 | 11 | 16 | 62 | .286 | .735 | 107 |
| 1976 | 27 | DET | 115 | 305 | 36 | 87 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 11 | 44 | .285 | .804 | 134 |
| 1977 | 28 | DET | 132 | 450 | 63 | 118 | 21 | 61 | 9 | 40 | 80 | .262 | .789 | 113 |
| 1978 | 29 | ML4 | 128 | 469 | 71 | 142 | 18 | 72 | 11 | 52 | 69 | .303 | .867 | 143 |
| 1979 | 30 | ML4 | 139 | 514 | 88 | 145 | 29 | 81 | 12 | 48 | 56 | .282 | .869 | 131 |
| 1980 | 31 | ML4 | 156 | 592 | 94 | 180 | 41 | 118 | 11 | 54 | 71 | .304 | .925 | 150 |
| 1981 | 32 | ML4 | 107 | 400 | 53 | 97 | 14 | 72 | 2 | 37 | 49 | .243 | .705 | 103 |
| 1982 | 33 | ML4 | 159 | 602 | 92 | 147 | 34 | 102 | 3 | 70 | 81 | .244 | .780 | 112 |
| 1983 | 34 | ML4 | 125 | 411 | 49 | 115 | 13 | 66 | 4 | 60 | 64 | .280 | .806 | 122 |
| 1984 | 35 | ML4 | 131 | 461 | 49 | 121 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 44 | 56 | .262 | .711 | 97 |
| 1985 | 36 | ML4 | 101 | 341 | 40 | 99 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 37 | 51 | .290 | .794 | 117 |
| 1986 | 37 | ML4 | 103 | 346 | 31 | 98 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 30 | 33 | .283 | .724 | 97 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | OF | 11 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 65 | 58 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973 | OF | 32 | 28 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 63 | 51 | 87 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 10 | 9 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 1975 | OF | 86 | 85 | 192 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1B | 5 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1976 | OF | 64 | 58 | 136 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 9 | 9 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1977 | OF | 118 | 113 | 236 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | OF | 89 | 84 | 187 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 11 | 9 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 1979 | OF | 120 | 113 | 252 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 9 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1980 | OF | 152 | 150 | 384 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 1981 | OF | 101 | 100 | 211 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 159 | 156 | 359 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 113 | 108 | 259 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 125 | 117 | 256 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 91 | 87 | 190 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 50 | 49 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ben Oglivie won: Silver Slugger 1980 (AL), TSN All-Star 1980 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 27 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.