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Place of Birth: Colón, Colón Province, Panama
About Ben Oglivie
- Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie Palmer (born February 11, 1949) is a Panamanian former professional baseball left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1971–1973), Detroit Tigers (1974–1977), and Milwaukee Brewers (1978–1986).
- He also played two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Kintetsu Buffaloes (1987–1988).
- Oglivie batted and threw left-handed.Oglivie made his MLB debut on September 4, 1971, for the Red Sox and played his final big league game on October 5, 1986, for the Brewers.
- He hit for power fairly well, breaking the 40-home run mark in 1980 with 41, which was good for a tie (with Reggie Jackson) for the American League (AL) lead.
- Oglivie hit three home runs in a game three times.
- In the process, he became the first non-U.S.
- born player to lead the AL in home runs. In a 16-year Major League career, Oglivie posted a .273 batting average, with 235 home runs and 901 runs batted in (RBI), in 1,754 games.
- He had 87 career stolen bases and 784 runs scored.
- Oglivie picked up 1,615 hits in 5,913 at bats. Continuing his pro career in Japanese baseball (NPB), Oglivie played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, powering 46 home runs in two seasons.
- He then returned to attempt a comeback in American minor league baseball (MiLB); although Oglivie posted great offensive numbers in only two Double-A games, it proved to be the end of his pro baseball playing journey. Oglivie has coached at various levels for a number of different organizations, including Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Tampa Bay, and Detroit.
- In 2000, he joined the Padres’ MLB staff for one season.The Colón, Panama, native was one of six post-1959 players selected as part of the 2012 class inducted in the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Each Latin-American country (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela) had one player chosen for enshrinement, which took place in February 2012.
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