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Shawn
Oliver		  
Nickname: Viper
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 4, 1920 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1948   
Top Fielders Award 1953   
All-Star Selections 1941    1943    1946    1949    1950   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 18 ALB EL 121 419 42 93 8 1 5 33 1 3 47 104 .222 .301 .282 .582 36.4  
1940 19 ALB EL 126 444 40 106 16 1 8 58 0 0 46 103 .239 .312 .333 .645 45.6  
1941 20 ALB EL 125 434 62 122 12 2 15 60 2 0 50 102 .281 .355 .422 .777 63.6  
1942 21 ALB EL 89 307 54 82 20 1 11 52 1 0 44 65 .267 .364 .446 .810 49.8  
  WB EL 35 119 17 38 8 0 4 13 0 0 15 15 .319 .397 .487 .884 21.6  
  TOT   124 426 71 120 28 1 15 65 1 0 59 80 .282 .373 .458 .831 71.4  
1943 22 WB EL 125 457 70 139 24 1 20 69 1 0 44 49 .304 .363 .492 .855 79.8  
1944 23 WB EL 127 420 61 121 20 0 13 45 0 1 56 65 .288 .374 .429 .803 70.3  
1945 24 ALB EL 53 188 33 59 10 0 10 31 1 0 27 22 .314 .398 .527 .925 35.0  
1946 25 ALB EL 124 469 69 143 26 0 18 81 3 0 57 68 .305 .380 .475 .856 81.2  
1947 26 ALB EL 119 426 71 108 19 0 20 62 0 1 52 70 .254 .341 .439 .780 64.1  
1948 27 ALB EL 123 430 60 120 24 1 24 66 2 0 37 71 .279 .342 .507 .849 70.6  
1949 28 ALB EL 120 422 60 110 20 0 13 67 0 0 53 69 .261 .341 .400 .741 58.5  
1950 29 ALB EL 127 459 56 125 25 1 15 51 0 0 39 83 .272 .334 .429 .763 62.9  
1951 30 ALB EL 127 445 69 120 20 1 20 65 1 0 38 69 .270 .332 .454 .786 66.0  
1953 32 MEM SA 114 420 70 112 22 0 21 80 1 1 52 57 .267 .355 .469 .824 68.1  
1954 33 MEM SA 112 398 57 100 19 0 21 74 0 2 46 56 .251 .332 .457 .789 58.1  
15 Years Sim 1767 6257 891 1698 293 9 238 907 13 8 703 1068 .271 .347 .435 .783 931.5  
162 Game Average 573 81 155 26 0 21 83 1 0 64 97 .271 .347 .435 .783 85.4  
Career Highs 127 469 71 143 28 2 24 81 3 3 59 104 .314 .398 .527 .925 81.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1939 18 ALB EL C 115 107 966.3 757 55 4 0 .995 7.56 85 25 .294 2  
1940 19 ALB EL C 122 107 978.7 750 42 4 0 .995 7.28 68 21 .309 2  
1941 20 ALB EL C 122 102 963.0 686 45 6 1 .992 6.83 92 25 .272 1  
1942 21 ALB EL C 88 75 706.8 558 28 7 1 .988 7.46 54 16 .296 1 0.0
  WB EL C 35 29 269.2 212 10 2 0 .991 7.42 20 6 .300 1 0.0
  TOT   C 123 104 976.0 770 38 9 1 .989 7.45 74 22 .297 2 0.0
1943 22 WB EL C 119 107 1006.3 723 45 6 0 .992 6.87 75 14 .187 0  
1944 23 WB EL C 120 103 952.3 732 35 8 0 .990 7.25 62 19 .306 1  
1945 24 ALB EL C 51 47 428.3 362 11 1 0 .997 7.84 37 7 .189 1  
1946 25 ALB EL C 120 114 1045.3 930 41 6 2 .994 8.36 89 20 .225 2  
1947 26 ALB EL C 113 104 981.3 942 40 3 0 .997 9.01 88 14 .159 1  
    3B 5 5 44.0 3 4 1 0 .875 1.43 0 0 .000 0  
1948 27 ALB EL C 113 101 927.3 858 46 5 1 .994 8.77 88 24 .273 0  
    LF 4 3 33.3 7 0 1 0 .875 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
1949 28 ALB EL C 119 108 1003.7 821 42 5 1 .994 7.74 82 21 .256 0  
1950 29 ALB EL C 120 108 1003.7 831 48 8 1 .991 7.88 82 24 .293 3  
    SS 3 3 26.0 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.81 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 30 ALB EL C 125 112 1018.7 881 62 4 3 .996 8.33 134 38 .284 2  
1953 32 MEM SA C 112 104 943.7 637 72 5 3 .993 6.76 87 33 .379 3  
1954 33 MEM SA C 105 99 889.3 630 43 4 1 .994 6.81 81 19 .235 1  
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1699 1527 14083.9 11310 665 78 14 .994 7.65 1224 326 .266 21 0.0
  3B 7 7 62.0 3 7 1 0 .909 1.45 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 4 3 33.3 7 0 1 0 .875 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 3 26.0 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.81 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1714 1540 14206.3 11324 679 80 14 .993 7.60 1224 326 .266 21 0.0
Career Highs   125 114 1045.3 945 72 9 3 .997 8.68 134 38 .379 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1946 25 ALB EL 4 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .143 .278 .214 .492
1948 27 ALB EL 10 41 7 15 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 7 .366 .413 .463 .876
1949 28 ALB EL 5 20 2 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .550 .591 .700 1.291
Career Post-Season Batting 19 75 9 28 5 0 1 10 0 0 9 11 .373 .430 .480 .910
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.
Batting Average
1943-10-.304
1946-9-.305
 On-Base Pct
1946-4-.380
 OPS
1946-9-.856
 XR
1946-9-81.2
CAR-27-931.5
 Games
CAR-10-1767
 At-Bats
CAR-7-6257
Runs
CAR-28-891
 Hits
1946-10-143
CAR-17-1698
 Total Bases
CAR-25-2723
 Singles
1941-5-93
1943-10-94
1946-6-99
CAR-15-1158
 Doubles
1942-9-28
CAR-23-293
 Homeruns
1951-10-20
CAR-35-238
RBIs
1946-5-81
CAR-23-907
 Walks
1946-10-57
1947-10-52
1949-6-53
CAR-15-703
 Strikeouts
1941-9-102
CAR-16-1068
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 40)
 
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  1. Nathan McGray (858)
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  3. Stanley Bent (767)
  4. Jerry Houlihan (757)
  5. Curtis Kumar (756)
  6. Robert Mahone (754)
  7. David Morganti (745)
  8. Alan Bates (741)
  9. Theodore Kelly (739)
  10. Gary Winn (734)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Albany in 1939
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/15/1939, off Gerald Foutz (WMP)
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Traded from Albany to Wilkes-Barre on 7/31/1942 (Going to ALB: P M. Foley, CF W. Green. Going to WB: C S. Oliver)
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against Scranton on 6/10/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1943, hitting .696 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Hartford on 7/30/1943
Signed as a free agent by Albany on 7/10/1945 to a 1-year deal worth $2,736,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Albany on 3/7/1946 to a 6-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Binghamton on 5/7/1948
Won Class A Championship with Albany in 1948
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1950, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 4/30/1953 to a 1-year deal worth $2,256,000 per year
Won Top Fielders Award at Catcher in 1953
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 4/22/1954 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 8/18/1954 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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