"Now Batting #0 Al Oliver......." Al Oliver aka Scoops Oliver he played for the Pirates,Rangers,Expos,Giants,Dodgers,Blue Jays. Led the NL in Batting Average in 1982 with an .331 when he was traded to the Expos the Rangers wanted someone with a little more bang in the bat so they traded for Larry Parrish little they knew Al would return to the Senior Circuit to lead the league in hitting as I mentioned before. When he was traded by the Pirates to the Rangers he was in a 4 team trade with another member of this set Willie Montanez in case your curious the 4 teams involved with the trade which are Rangers,Pirates,Braves,Mets.
Al was also part of the 1971 Pirates World Series Championship team as well Danny Murtaugh's 6 African-Americans 3 Latinos Starting Line-Up game on September 1st 1971 where Al went 2 for 4 during that contest. So your wondering does Al Oliver deserve to be in this set the answer is in my opinion yes he does. Another thing I will always remember of Al is back in 2024 when I was visiting my friend Greg from The Collective Mind blog was lucky to get Al's on the card Autograph on his 2024 Topps Heritage card from our case break. So my reader do you agree again with this choice or not lmk in the comments below until then on deck is Bobby Bonds & as always Rogers Hornsby once said about signing autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."
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