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Several baseball fans got together and compiled some career stats from Al Oliver's baseball career.

Here are some of the highlights of Al Oliver's career from September 23, 1968, when he debuted in the Major Leagues, to 18 years later, in 1985. Unfortunately, due to baseball collusion, which bought an end to a career that was destined for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Al was forced to retire.

<<<<TOTAL HITS>>>>

During his career, HE RANKED THIRD IN HITS.

This is how his stats compared to other Hall of Famers:

# 1 Hitter - Pete Rose with 3,305 hits;

#2 Hitter - Rod Carew with 2,903 hits; and

# 3 Hitter - AL OLIVER with 2,743 hits.

<<<<DOUBLES>>>>

During his career, he was baseball's SECOND HIGHEST DOUBLES HITTER - with 529 DOUBLES! He was second only to Pete Rose's 595.

<<<<RBI'S>>>>

During his career, he had 1,326 RBI's.

He ranked 4th behind baseball greats:

#1, - Reggie Jackson with 1,595;

#2, Tony Perez with 1,435; and

#3, Johnny Bench with 1,370.

A surprising note and a bit of baseball trivia:

There are SIX Major League players, over a span of 41 years -- 1950 to 1991 -- who were at bat more than 9,000 times, and hold THE HIGHEST LIFETIME batting average.

They are:

Rod Carew = .327

Roberto Clemente = .317

George Brett = .308

Hank Aaron = .305

AL OLIVER = .303

Pete Rose = .303

Every BALL PLAYER ABOVE THE RANK OF 5 -- AL OLIVER -- has been inducted into the BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

More trivia...

Who was the Major League player who had as many HITS as AL OLIVER and was not inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame when he left the game?

Answer: Vada Pinson of the Cincinnati Reds with 2,757

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