RF Ollie Ventura #8
Age: 45 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
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RF OLLIE VENTURA #8 - AGE: 45 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/31/1929
Born in:Pinetops, NC
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:9 Years, 20 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1952, 12th Pick in Round 10
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1952 Mobile - A 22 27 70 15 4 0 1 7 18 23 0 0 13 0 0 .214 .409 .314 .723 90 97 0.1
1952 Evansville - A 22 20 39 10 0 0 0 2 6 4 1 1 14 0 0 .256 .333 .256 .590 68 69 -0.2
1953 Mobile - A 23 64 67 21 6 1 2 12 13 18 3 0 13 0 0 .313 .477 .522 1.000 165 172 0.9
1953 Evansville - A 23 18 18 4 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 .222 .333 .278 .611 63 68 -0.0
1954 Evansville - A 24 35 47 13 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 12 0 0 .277 .346 .319 .665 76 66 -0.3
1954 Nashville - AA 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 9 62 -0.0
1955 Mobile - A 25 15 32 14 4 0 0 3 7 5 0 0 5 1 0 .438 .514 .562 1.076 187 189 0.4
1955 Evansville - A 25 27 51 15 5 0 0 8 8 9 1 1 3 0 0 .294 .403 .392 .795 111 105 0.0
1955 San Antonio - AA 25 42 84 25 5 0 1 8 12 12 0 0 10 0 1 .298 .385 .393 .778 104 105 0.1
1956 San Antonio - AA 26 128 479 156 37 2 9 50 77 57 5 1 42 5 0 .326 .402 .468 .870 125 122 2.1
1957 San Antonio - AA 27 133 508 159 33 3 9 55 78 65 7 0 53 0 5 .313 .398 .443 .841 120 122 1.7
1958 San Antonio - AA 28 132 511 147 18 2 11 54 68 53 4 2 54 3 4 .288 .358 .395 .753 111 109 1.1
1959 San Antonio - AA 29 133 464 129 16 1 4 46 51 67 3 3 52 2 4 .278 .371 .343 .713 105 105 -0.2
1960 San Antonio - AA 30 131 481 133 11 0 5 41 53 53 4 2 73 7 6 .277 .352 .331 .682 99 94 -0.5
1961 San Antonio - AA 31 107 151 39 3 0 4 25 14 19 3 1 22 3 1 .258 .351 .358 .708 96 92 0.3
1962 San Antonio - AA 32 58 56 10 1 1 2 11 5 7 0 1 8 0 0 .179 .266 .339 .605 67 64 -0.2
1963 San Antonio - AA 33 79 132 34 3 0 1 12 10 9 1 0 23 0 1 .258 .310 .303 .613 78 76 -0.6
1964 San Antonio - AA 34 48 121 26 6 0 0 14 4 12 3 2 24 0 3 .215 .297 .264 .562 57 51 -1.0
Total DIX 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 9 62
Total HL 100 155 42 8 0 0 16 18 21 2 2 33 0 0 .271 .361 .323 .684 84 80
Total SEL 106 169 50 14 1 3 22 38 46 3 0 31 1 0 .296 .454 .444 .898 136 142
Total LSA 991 2987 858 133 9 46 316 372 354 30 12 361 20 25 .287 .367 .384 .751 106 105
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Evansville - A LF 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 .750 31.0 0.87 -0.9 .726
1952 Mobile - A LF 5 3 7 0 0 8 1 .875 30.0 2.10 -0.4 .865
1952 Mobile - A CF 3 3 6 0 0 7 1 .857 26.0 2.08 -0.8 .852
1952 Evansville - A RF 9 4 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 41.2 1.08 -0.8 .965
1952 Mobile - A RF 16 13 30 1 1 31 0 1.000 118.0 2.36 +0.1 .932
1953 Mobile - A SS 5 5 2 12 1 14 0 1.000 45.0 2.80 -1.4 .816
1953 Evansville - A LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Mobile - A LF 4 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 22.0 2.05 +0.0 .953
1953 Mobile - A RF 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 14.0 1.93 -0.5 .956
1954 Evansville - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Evansville - A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Nashville - AA RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.2 0.93 -0.0 .966
1954 Evansville - A RF 14 6 12 0 0 13 1 .923 66.0 1.64 -1.9 .825
1955 Evansville - A SS 4 3 5 5 1 13 3 .769 30.1 2.97 -1.7 .506
1955 San Antonio - AA LF 7 7 13 0 0 14 1 .929 61.0 1.92 -0.8 .858
1955 Evansville - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Mobile - A LF 3 3 5 0 0 6 1 .833 26.0 1.73 -0.6 .782
1955 San Antonio - AA RF 9 9 10 0 0 11 1 .909 80.0 1.12 -1.0 .910
1955 Evansville - A RF 12 7 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 72.2 1.86 -0.5 .903
1955 Mobile - A RF 5 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 21.2 1.66 -0.4 .949
1956 San Antonio - AA LF 66 66 96 1 0 103 6 .942 557.1 1.57 -7.2 .916
1956 San Antonio - AA RF 51 49 80 0 0 81 1 .988 435.1 1.65 -1.0 .967
1957 San Antonio - AA LF 47 43 67 0 0 73 6 .918 385.1 1.56 -3.0 .928
1957 San Antonio - AA RF 82 81 125 10 0 141 6 .957 684.0 1.78 -7.9 .940
1958 San Antonio - AA 1B 102 102 802 59 70 868 7 .992 873.2 8.87 -1.6 .969
1958 San Antonio - AA LF 18 16 31 2 1 34 1 .971 145.0 2.05 -1.5 .951
1958 San Antonio - AA RF 8 8 14 1 0 15 0 1.000 68.0 1.99 -2.3 .898
1959 San Antonio - AA 1B 22 20 177 11 11 192 4 .979 176.2 9.58 -1.0 .894
1959 San Antonio - AA LF 15 15 23 1 0 26 2 .923 135.1 1.60 -4.7 .865
1959 San Antonio - AA RF 88 88 117 14 1 133 2 .985 776.2 1.52 -10.2 .910
1960 San Antonio - AA 1B 20 19 130 14 11 145 1 .993 165.0 7.85 -0.0 .960
1960 San Antonio - AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.6 .000
1960 San Antonio - AA LF 8 7 19 2 0 21 0 1.000 62.0 3.05 -3.2 .844
1960 San Antonio - AA RF 94 93 162 10 2 176 4 .977 807.0 1.92 -8.9 .926
1961 San Antonio - AA 1B 11 11 92 5 10 98 1 .990 91.1 9.56 -1.4 .877
1961 San Antonio - AA LF 9 2 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 32.2 2.48 +0.3 .980
1961 San Antonio - AA RF 11 9 14 1 0 15 0 1.000 85.0 1.59 +0.4 1.009
1962 San Antonio - AA 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 -0.4 .000
1962 San Antonio - AA LF 17 3 15 0 0 16 1 .938 55.0 2.45 -1.0 .912
1962 San Antonio - AA RF 9 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 18.2 1.93 -0.1 1.013
1963 San Antonio - AA 1B 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 6.1 7.11 0.0 .000
1963 San Antonio - AA LF 17 12 27 0 0 29 2 .931 121.0 2.01 -2.9 .914
1963 San Antonio - AA RF 18 11 19 2 0 22 1 .955 114.2 1.65 -2.4 .896
1964 San Antonio - AA 1B 7 7 66 4 6 71 1 .986 63.1 9.95 -0.7 .970
1964 San Antonio - AA LF 20 17 35 0 0 36 1 .972 158.2 1.99 -1.0 .922
1964 San Antonio - AA RF 14 8 15 2 0 17 0 1.000 77.2 1.97 -2.0 .915
TOTAL 1B 166 159 1272 93 108 1379 14 .990 1377.2 8.92 -5.2 .951
TOTAL SS 10 8 7 17 2 27 3 .889 76.1 2.83 -3.7 .672
TOTAL LF 245 199 355 6 1 384 23 .940 1833.1 1.77 -26.7 .909
TOTAL CF 3 3 6 0 0 7 1 .857 26.0 2.08 -0.8 .852
TOTAL RF 446 390 629 42 4 687 16 .977 3490.2 1.73 -39.4 .929
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/21/1948 Drafted in the 1948 first-year player draft out of high school (Pinetops; Pinetops, NC) by the Toronto Wolves. (Round 19, Pick 6, 294th overall pick).
08/20/1948 Failed to sign with the Toronto Wolves and joined American Atlantic.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/19/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft out of college (American Atlantic; Boca Raton, FL) by the Cincinnati Cannons. (Round 17, Pick 11, 267th overall pick).
08/18/1951 Failed to sign with the Cincinnati Cannons and returned to college.
06/19/1952 Drafted in the 1952 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 12, 156th overall pick) by the Montreal Saints, out of college American Atlantic
09/20/1954 Wins the 1954 Championship with the Evansville Hawks!
07/04/1955 Goes 5-6 against the Arlington Patriots, with 2 2B, 2 RBI and 2 R.
07/24/1955 Released by the Montreal organization.
07/27/1955 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Galveston Gunners organization.
07/28/1955 Released by the Galveston Gunners.
07/28/1955 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the San Antonio Gunslingers organization.
02/11/1957 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at left field at the San Antonio Gunslingers development complex.
11/23/1957 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at right field at the San Antonio Gunslingers development complex.
07/07/1958 Wins the LSA Player of the Week Award.
08/04/1958 Wins the LSA Player of the Week Award.
10/28/1958 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the San Antonio Gunslingers development complex.
04/29/1960 Goes 0-1 against the Galveston Gunners, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
05/12/1961 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
04/13/1962 Injured (viral infection),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
04/01/1965 Released by the San Antonio Gunslingers.
10/16/1965 Retired from professional baseball.
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