Who am I?

Triad · 11-02-2007, 01:45 PM

I played primarily in the ‘70s and early ‘80s
I was mainly a center fielder in my prime
I hit 20 or more HR twice
My high OPS+ for a season was 150
I played in one World Series
I was an All-Star game starter one time
I have three career post-season home runs
My initials are AO

Who am I?

greg.simonster · 11-02-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Triad

I played primarily in the ‘70s and early ‘80s
I was mainly a center fielder in my prime
I hit 20 or more HR twice
My high OPS+ for a season was 150
I played in one World Series
I was an All-Star game starter one time
I have three career post-season home runs
My initials are AO

Who am I?

Al Oliver

jtur88 · 11-03-2007, 09:35 PM

Amos Otis. Most of the criteria also fit Al Oliver, too, but not the center-field part. Excellent, tricky question. Keep it up.

greg.simonster · 11-04-2007, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Amos Otis. Most of the criteria also fit Al Oliver, too, but not the center-field part. Excellent, tricky question. Keep it up.

Al Oliver played CF almost exclusively during the first half of the seventies...

otherwise everything else is dead on.

Tricky indeed!

Triad · 11-05-2007, 11:55 AM

You guys are good. Either answer is correct, but when somebody answers one, you can always say that's not the one you were thinking of.

I think Otis would be answered more often, so the correct solution was Oliver.

I came up with their similarities on my own. I knew they were similar-type players playing in the same era. It's rather interesting to note what they have in common. Perhaps they were separated at birth.

jtur88 · 11-09-2007, 01:11 AM

Otis played almot 1,000 more games in CF than Oliver did.

Triad · 11-09-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Otis played almot 1,000 more games in CF than Oliver did.

And don't forget, Oliver had a musical named after him too.

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Triad Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 252	Who am I? I played primarily in the ‘70s and early ‘80s I was mainly a center fielder in my prime I hit 20 or more HR twice My high OPS+ for a season was 150 I played in one World Series I was an All-Star game starter one time I have three career post-season home runs My initials are AO Who am I?

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jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,842	Amos Otis. Most of the criteria also fit Al Oliver, too, but not the center-field part. Excellent, tricky question. Keep it up. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much. Last edited by jtur88; 11-03-2007 at 09:38 PM.

11-09-2007, 01:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,842	Otis played almot 1,000 more games in CF than Oliver did. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

11-05-2007, 11:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Triad Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 252	You guys are good. Either answer is correct, but when somebody answers one, you can always say that's not the one you were thinking of. I think Otis would be answered more often, so the correct solution was Oliver. I came up with their similarities on my own. I knew they were similar-type players playing in the same era. It's rather interesting to note what they have in common. Perhaps they were separated at birth.