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Kurt
Oliverio		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 7, 1923 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952    1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 29 OMA PL $ 6,560,000  
1953 30 MIN PL $ 6,560,000  
1954 31 MIN PL $ 7,940,000  
1955 32 MIN PL $ 7,940,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,560,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,940,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 29 OMA PL 134 502 110 161 29 3 37 128 14 7 81 64 .321 .413 .612 1.024 118.1 22.9
1953 30 OMA PL 36 145 29 62 7 2 7 30 6 1 17 26 .428 .479 .648 1.127 38.4 8.3
  MIN PL 92 320 65 88 10 0 18 77 13 1 75 52 .275 .408 .475 .883 67.6 11.3
  TOT   128 465 94 150 17 2 25 107 19 2 92 78 .323 .429 .529 .958 106.0 19.6
1954 31 MIN PL 139 474 93 140 12 1 31 89 16 4 88 89 .295 .403 .521 .924 100.2 15.6
1955 32 MIN PL 138 461 79 145 16 2 30 99 15 9 72 63 .315 .409 .553 .962 98.5 16.1
4 Years Sim 539 1902 376 596 74 8 123 423 64 22 333 294 .313 .413 .555 .968 422.8 74.2
162 Game Average 571 113 179 22 2 36 127 19 6 100 88 .313 .413 .555 .968 127.1  
Career Highs 139 502 110 161 29 3 37 128 19 9 92 89 .323 .429 .612 1.024 118.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1533 299 497 65 4 100 352 56 18 286 233 .324 .428 .568 .996 361.1
vs LH   369 77 99 9 4 23 71 8 4 47 61 .268 .348 .501 .849 65.5
Home 263 918 178 279 28 3 62 202 35 8 144 150 .304 .395 .544 .938 196.9
Away 276 984 198 317 46 5 61 221 29 14 189 144 .322 .430 .565 .995 229.6
RISP   553 0 182 16 2 46 304 0 0 119 97 .329 .436 .615 1.051 143.7
Pinch Hitting   29 6 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 11 7 .207 .415 .345 .759 5.9
Close/Late   201 31 59 6 0 11 38 0 0 52 35 .294 .437 .488 .925 45.2
Mar/Apr 56 203 38 64 13 1 8 40 3 2 34 28 .315 .412 .507 .919 41.0
May 104 381 62 125 10 5 25 75 16 9 45 71 .328 .398 .577 .976 81.6
June 100 332 77 105 11 1 22 85 14 2 66 44 .316 .425 .554 .979 78.7
July 98 346 78 100 16 0 24 94 13 1 79 54 .289 .415 .543 .959 81.3
August 107 386 71 126 16 0 24 71 11 4 57 50 .326 .414 .554 .968 84.2
Sep/Oct 74 254 50 76 8 1 20 58 7 4 52 47 .299 .417 .575 .992 59.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 29 OMA PL LF 132 130 1153.7 245 5 4 1 .984 1.95   1.8
1953 30 OMA PL CF 24 24 221.6 61 2 2 1 .969 2.56   0.7
    LF 11 10 93.5 20 1 1 0 .955 2.02   0.0
  MIN PL CF 63 63 539.8 149 4 4 2 .975 2.55   1.1
    LF 28 26 227.8 49 2 1 1 .981 2.01   0.0
  TOT   CF 87 87 761.4 210 6 6 3 .973 2.55   1.8
      LF 39 36 321.3 69 3 2 1 .973 2.02   0.0
1954 31 MIN PL CF 128 124 1065.0 334 8 6 2 .983 2.89   2.5
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 32 MIN PL LF 128 120 1056.0 233 12 9 6 .965 2.09   2.1
    CF 7 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
  LF 302 286 2536.3 547 20 15 8 .974 2.01   3.9
  CF 222 211 1839.4 548 14 12 5 .979 2.75   4.3
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   525 498 4384.7 1096 36 28 13 .976 2.32   8.2
Career Highs   135 130 1153.7 335 12 9 6 .984 2.88    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1953-6-.429
 Slugging Pct
1952-2-.612
1953-9-.529
1955-8-.553
 OPS
1952-2-1.024
1953-6-.958
1955-8-.962
 XR
1952-2-118.1
1953-6-106.0
CAR-8-422.8
 Games
1955-9-138
CAR-29-539
 At-Bats
CAR-42-1902
Runs
1952-2-110
CAR-19-376
 Hits
CAR-32-596
 Total Bases
1952-2-307
CAR-12-1055
 Singles
CAR-39-391
 Homeruns
1952-2-37
1953-7-25
1954-4-31
1955-3-30
CAR-2-123
 RBIs
1952-1-128
1953-4-107
CAR-3-423
Walks
1953-3-92
1954-8-88
CAR-13-333
 Strikeouts
CAR-42-294
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 41
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 77th overall pick, by Omaha in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/16/1952, off Wilber Gullett (KC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1952, off Bryan Crossett (NO)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/12/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1952, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1952, hitting .483 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 4/24/1953
Traded from Omaha to Minneapolis on 5/26/1953 (Going to OMA: LF Waldo Threlkeld, C Samuel Gluck, 3B Bobby Singleton, P Don Kittle. Going to MIN: LF Kurt Oliverio, C Mike Tucker)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
9/24/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minneapolis, $7,940,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1954, hitting .609 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1954, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1955, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 8/17/1955
 
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