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Name Team Age
Oden Oliphant Retired (1970, Age 37) Died (1999, Age 67)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 19
(1952)		 1B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League 0 15 years (63 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ C  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  A  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B- B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 12/13/1932
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 3 5
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF)
B+ (74.4 %) C+ (44.7 %) C  (37.4 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1956 CIN 142 530 72 141 17 3 20 63 63 102 10 4 9 .767 .344 .423 .266
1957 CIN 142 584 68 164 29 3 21 74 47 122 22 8 2 .786 .338 .449 .281
1958 CIN-COL 142 560 87 163 29 5 22 94 69 101 13 7 8 .850 .372 .479 .291
1959 COL 142 561 106 164 25 6 25 98 52 84 16 4 3 .846 .354 .492 .292
1960 COL 142 565 93 155 23 7 17 78 62 111 21 8 21 .778 .348 .430 .274
1961 COL 125 518 97 154 26 7 18 83 47 91 21 6 14 .835 .356 .479 .297
1962 COL 142 579 100 187 35 7 18 94 45 102 16 5 3 .873 .372 .501 .323
1963 COL 126 516 105 152 28 5 24 98 58 77 18 8 3 .875 .368 .508 .295
1964 COL-DET 142 522 86 155 24 4 26 98 64 105 17 2 7 .880 .373 .508 .297
1965 DET 143 542 94 159 30 4 22 72 54 83 10 4 5 .844 .358 .485 .293
1966 DET 145 476 87 145 24 7 15 52 55 79 11 3 5 .858 .379 .479 .305
1967 DET 121 329 61 95 19 4 17 46 32 49 7 1 2 .877 .352 .526 .289
1968 DET 144 402 84 122 15 4 21 64 48 69 6 1 4 .898 .381 .517 .303
1969 DET 143 519 82 167 26 6 16 66 47 93 6 5 20 .865 .378 .487 .322
1970 DET 128 352 43 90 12 5 10 54 34 63 6 0 2 .723 .320 .403 .256
Total 2069 7555 1265 2213 362 77 292 1134 777 1331 200 66 108 .837 .360 .477 .293
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Oden Oliphant has retired from the Detroit Drillers
1968-09-27Oden Oliphant of the Detroit Drillers is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1967-04-20Oden Oliphant of the Detroit Drillers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1965-10-11Oden Oliphant of the Detroit Drillers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1964-06-11Trade #1291191 has been completed between the Colorado Smokies and the Detroit Drillers. The Detroit Drillers receive Ken Hudson, Oden Oliphant, Van Halen Hinzo from the Colorado Smokies in exchange for Chick Shea.
1963-06-23Oden Oliphant of the Colorado Smokies is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1961-08-19Oden Oliphant of the Colorado Smokies is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1958-05-22Trade #1256049 has been completed between the Colorado Smokies and the Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs receive Jack Mullen, George Jackson, Kemp Haddock, Pegleg Bundy, Draft Pick 1961 Round 1 COL (Stuffy Kern), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 PHI (Yuset Delrosario), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 TEX (Ed Hardy), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 COL (MIGUEL Fuentes) from the Colorado Smokies in exchange for Bam Bam Miller, Oden Oliphant, Heinie Hardy.
1956-04-01The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have promoted John Palmeiro to the major league team. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have promoted Oden Oliphant to the major league team.
1954-07-22The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have promoted Pi Thompson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have promoted Byung-Hyun Fariss to the major league team. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have sent Oden Oliphant to the minors. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs have sent Neal Nelson to the minors.
1954-07-22Trade #1235894 has been completed between the Oakland Kats and the Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs. The Cincinnati Smiting Smurfs receive Ferris Fink, Bill Tomberlin, Oden Oliphant, Neal Nelson from the Oakland Kats in exchange for Willard Rauch, Big D. Wilkerson, Tim Bedrosian, Alex Salazar.
1952-04-01The Oakland Kats have renamed Lefty Wilson to Oden Oliphant.