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Albert Pujols League
7-2-2131
Rico Oliver Shortstop
Retired (1979, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .284 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .837 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 1567 Age at Death 63 Date of Birth 11-20-1943
HR 283 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1963)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(123 games)
RBI 1000
SB 99
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 3
3B B+ (72.2%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1963 Minors 20 64.00 7 / 8 10 / 13 6 / 9 8 / 11 1 / 9 4 / 8 6 / 6 42 / 64
1963 Majors 20 0.47 6 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1964 Minors 21 51.00 11 / 13 6 / 7 4 / 4 4 / 12 1 / 5 2 / 3 5 / 7 33 / 51
1965 Minors 22 53.00 4 / 7 4 / 9 6 / 10 4 / 10 1 / 1 7 / 9 5 / 7 31 / 53
1966 Minors 23 53.00 3 / 4 4 / 11 3 / 10 2 / 5 0 / 5 7 / 11 4 / 7 23 / 53
1966 Pos (2B) 23 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 22
1967 Minors 24 16.00 0 / 1 2 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 3 6 / 16
1967 Majors 24 46.75 108 90 0 4 / 7 1 / 4 1 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 7 5 / 8 5 / 7 19 / 46
1967 Pos (2B) 24 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 8
1968 Majors 25 53.82 124 94 38 5 / 6 1 / 5 2 / 6 2 / 13 0 / 6 3 / 9 2 / 8 15 / 53
1969 Majors 26 69.20 162 135 0 3 / 9 2 / 8 5 / 12 0 / 15 1 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 7 12 / 69
1970 Majors 27 70.31 162 135 0 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 14 2 / 10 1 / 16 5 / 70
1971 Majors 28 70.12 162 135 0 3 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 9 2 / 19 0 / 3 6 / 70
1972 Majors 29 64.04 162 127 0 1 / 12 0 / 11 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 64
1973 Majors 30 62.62 162 129 0 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 11 4 / 62
1974 Majors 31 52.28 154 82 8 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 52
1975 Majors 32 50.20 162 55 0 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 50
1976 Majors 33 64.14 162 130 0 1 / 4 0 / 8 2 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 15 3 / 64
1977 Majors 34 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 13 -2 / 9 -4 / 5 -3 / 8 -8 / 9 -3 / 7 -4 / 16 -24 / 67
1978 Majors 35 52.42 137 98 25 -1 / 6 -5 / 9 -3 / 4 -2 / 13 -10 / 7 -1 / 5 0 / 8 -22 / 52
1979 Majors 36 22.83 162 12 0 -4 / 5 -2 / 1 -5 / 1 -3 / 3 -1 / 4 -3 / 0 0 / 8 -18 / 22
Total 1987 1357 71 38 / 133 21 / 140 20 / 122 14 / 160 -9 / 128 27 / 142 26 / 153 151 / 1008
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Rico Oliver has retired from the Texas Titans
1978-06-21Rico Oliver of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1976-04-14A trade has been completed between the Texas Outlaws and the Colorado Mud Ducks. The Colorado Mud Ducks receive Ed Santiago, Draft Pick 1979 Round 2 TEX (Antonio Robertson), Draft Pick 1979 Round 1 TEX (Heinie Horne) from the Texas Outlaws in exchange for Skeeter Fox, Rico Oliver. Protest This Trade.
1975-06-25The Colorado Mud Ducks have placed Rico Oliver on the trade block.
1974-06-02Rico Oliver of the Colorado Mud Ducks is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1968-05-27Rico Oliver of the Colorado Sasquatch is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1967-06-01The Colorado Sasquatch have promoted Rico Oliver to the major league team. The Colorado Sasquatch have designated John Christiansen for assignment.
1963-04-08The Colorado Cubans have renamed Mick Griffith to Rico Oliver.
1963-04-08The Colorado Cubans have promoted Marcus Swoboda to the major league team. The Colorado Cubans have sent Mick Griffith to the minors.
1963-04-01The Colorado Cubans have auto-promoted Mick Griffith to the major leagues.
1960-10-23A trade has been completed between the New York Giants and the Texas Outlaws . The Texas Outlaws receive Bill Myers from the New York Giants in exchange for Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 TEX (Rico Oliver).