Ben Oglivie vs Ellis Valentine

Ben OglivieEllis Valentine

Ben Oglivie and Ellis Valentine compared on their MLB careers: Ben Oglivie played 16 seasons, 1971 to 1986, Ellis Valentine 10 seasons, 1975 to 1985. Ben Oglivie has .273 batting average to Ellis Valentine's .278.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ben Oglivie and Ellis Valentine career totals
1,754GP894
5,913AB3,166
784R380
1,615H881
235HR123
901RBI474
87SB59
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.5SLG0.5
0.8OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

Ben Oglivie and Ellis Valentine all-time places
Ben OglivieAll-time rankEllis Valentine
298th (235)Home runs—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Ben Oglivie: 0 championships; AL Silver Slugger
  • Ellis Valentine: 0 championships; NL Gold Glove

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ben Oglivie and Ellis Valentine season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1971.263041975.36413
2nd1972.2418301976.279739
3rd1973.218291977.2932576
4th1974.2704291978.2892576
5th1975.2869361979.2762182
6th1976.28515471980.3151367
7th1977.26221611981.208836
8th1978.30318721982.288848
9th1979.28229811983.2401343
10th1980.304411181985.21124
11th1981.2431472————
12th1982.24434102————
13th1983.2801366————
14th1984.2621260————
15th1985.2901061————
16th1986.283553————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI