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Joe Oliver
Joseph Melton Oliver

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut July 15, 1989
  vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 6, 2001
Born July 24, 1965 in Memphis, TN

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 23 CIN NL  49  151   13   41   8  0   3   23   0  0   6  28  .272  .300  .384   92   58   1   2   1   1   3
 1990 24 CIN NL 121  364   34   84  23  0   8   52   1  1  37  75  .231  .304  .360   79  131   5   1  15   2   6
 1991 25 CIN NL  94  269   21   58  11  0  11   41   0  0  18  53  .216  .265  .379   77  102   4   0   5   0  14
 1992 26 CIN NL 143  485   42  131  25  1  10   57   2  3  35  75  .270  .316  .388   97  188   6   7  19   1  12
 1993 27 CIN NL 139  482   40  115  28  0  14   75   0  0  27  91  .239  .276  .384   74  185   2   9   2   1  13
 1994 28 CIN NL   6   19    1    4   0  0   1    5   0  0   2   3  .211  .286  .368   70    7   0   0   1   0   1
 1995 29 MIL AL  97  337   43   92  20  0  12   51   2  4  27  66  .273  .332  .439   95  148   2   0   1   3  11
 1996 30 CIN NL 106  289   31   70  12  1  11   46   2  0  28  54  .242  .311  .405   87  117   3   3   6   2   8
 1997 31 CIN NL 111  349   28   90  13  0  14   43   1  3  25  58  .258  .313  .415   88  145   2   5   1   5   7
 1998 32 TOT AL  79  240   20   54  11  0   6   32   1  1  17  48  .225  .272  .346   60   83   2   4   0   0   8
         DET AL  50  155    8   35   8  0   4   22   0  1   7  33  .226  .253  .355   56   55   0   4   0   0   5
         SEA AL  29   85   12   19   3  0   2   10   1  0  10  15  .224  .305  .329   67   28   2   0   0   0   3
 1999 33 PIT NL  45  134   10   27   8  0   1   13   2  0  10  33  .201  .253  .284   36   38   0   2   0   0   4
 2000 34 SEA AL  69  200   33   53  13  1  10   35   2  1  14  38  .265  .313  .490  104   98   5   0   1   0   6
 2001 35 TOT AL  17   48    4   12   2  0   1    3   0  0   2  15  .250  .275  .354   63   17   2   1   0   0   0
         NYY AL  12   36    3    9   1  0   1    2   0  0   1  12  .250  .263  .361   62   13   2   1   0   0   0
         BOS AL   5   12    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .250  .308  .333   68    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1076 3367  320  831 174  3 102  476  13 13 248 637  .247  .299  .391   82 1317  34  34  52  15  93
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        507   48  125  26  0  15   72   2  2  37  96  .247  .299  .391   82  198   5   5   8   2  14
 Career High    143  485   43  131  28  1  14   75   2  4  37  91  .273  .332  .439   97  188   6   9  19   5  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 23 CIN NL  161  116   17   4.0    94| .272  .258| .300  .326| .384  .385| .684  .711|  92  .489  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1990 24 CIN NL  409  293   40   3.7   102| .231  .270| .304  .337| .360  .406| .664  .743|  79  .417 -10.8  -1.1  50%
 1991 25 CIN NL  291  229   23   2.7    97| .216  .262| .265  .331| .379  .393| .644  .723|  77  .309 -10.0  -1.0   0%
 1992 26 CIN NL  534  382   57   4.0    95| .270  .262| .316  .328| .388  .386| .704  .715|  97  .489  -2.5  -0.3  40%
 1993 27 CIN NL  521  391   49   3.4   104| .239  .272| .276  .338| .384  .415| .660  .752|  74  .356 -18.5  -1.8   0%
 1994 28 CIN NL   21   16    2   3.4   108| .211  .273| .286  .340| .368  .427| .654  .768|  70  .331  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1995 29 MIL AL  369  262   46   4.7   114| .273  .276| .332  .351| .439  .436| .771  .787|  95  .451  -3.6  -0.3  33%
 1996 30 CIN NL  325  233   36   4.2   108| .242  .271| .311  .340| .405  .424| .716  .764|  87  .430  -6.2  -0.6 100%
 1997 31 CIN NL  386  276   45   4.4   110| .258  .273| .313  .345| .415  .428| .728  .773|  88  .451  -7.4  -0.7  25%
 1998 32 TOT AL  263  201   22   2.9   109| .225  .271| .272  .340| .346  .432| .618  .772|  60  .258 -14.5  -1.4  50%
         DET AL  166  130   13   2.7   110| .226  .272| .253  .340| .355  .432| .608  .773|  56  .228 -10.2  -1.0   0%
         SEA AL   97   71    9   3.4   109| .224  .271| .305  .339| .329  .430| .634  .769|  67  .314  -4.3  -0.4 100%
 1999 33 PIT NL  146  113   10   2.4   117| .201  .277| .253  .352| .284  .446| .537  .798|  36  .186 -13.5  -1.3 100%
 2000 34 SEA AL  219  159   29   4.9   111| .265  .270| .313  .342| .490  .435| .803  .777| 104  .442   0.4   0.0  66%
 2001 35 TOT AL   53   39    5   3.4   109| .250  .270| .275  .337| .354  .433| .629  .770|  63  .329  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         NYY AL   40   30    4   3.6   109| .250  .270| .263  .337| .361  .433| .624  .770|  62  .346  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL   13    9    1   3.0   109| .250  .270| .308  .337| .333  .433| .641  .770|  68  .274  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3698 2710  381   3.8   105| .247  .269| .299  .339| .391  .415| .690  .753|  82  .400 -92.0  -9.1  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 23 CIN NL C 47 260 21 4 1 .986 .986 5.98 5.56 7.29 6.67 37 346.7 1 3 25 11 1990 24 CIN NL C 118 686 59 6 8 .992 .987 6.31 5.44 7.11 6.65 107 943.0 16 31 64 43 1991 25 CIN NL C 90 496 40 11 6 .980 .988 5.96 5.59 7.13 6.78 78 676.3 10 27 70 28 1992 26 CIN NL C 141 925 64 8 8 .992 .991 7.01 5.68 7.42 6.67 137 1200.0 6 45 87 47 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.40 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1993 27 CIN NL C 133 791 68 7 8 .992 .989 6.46 5.75 7.01 6.74 128 1102.7 11 32 100 50 1B 12 34 2 0 5 1.000 .992 3.00 8.01 7.04 9.68 3 46.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.14 1 8.0 1994 28 CIN NL C 6 48 2 1 0 .980 .990 8.33 6.15 9.13 7.10 6 49.3 2 4 5 3 1995 29 MIL AL C 91 408 40 8 4 .982 .990 4.92 5.64 5.52 6.74 87 730.3 16 29 72 27 DH 6 1B 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.30 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 1996 30 CIN NL C 97 572 44 5 7 .992 .989 6.35 6.33 7.66 7.50 81 724.0 4 34 58 23 1B 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 3.33 8.33 7.50 9.60 1 12.0 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 1.80 2.16 1 10.0 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.45 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 1997 31 CIN NL C 106 667 53 7 10 .990 .990 6.79 6.58 7.74 7.68 93 837.0 4 33 65 31 1B 4 14 2 0 0 1.000 .994 4.00 8.15 11.08 9.55 2 13.0 1998 32 TOT AL C 77 433 25 8 2 .983 .990 5.95 6.17 6.90 7.13 68 597.7 3 30 45 21 DET AL C 48 259 16 5 2 .982 .990 5.73 6.17 6.53 7.13 44 379.0 2 15 24 14 1B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.30 9.00 9.30 0 3.0 SEA AL C 29 174 9 3 0 .984 .990 6.31 6.17 7.53 7.13 24 218.7 1 15 21 7 1999 33 PIT NL C 44 285 12 2 4 .993 .990 6.75 6.14 7.49 7.41 40 356.7 1 12 27 6 2000 34 SEA AL C 66 354 18 2 1 .995 .991 5.64 6.02 6.71 6.93 57 498.7 0 17 33 10 1B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.20 11.25 9.45 0 4.0 DH 1 2001 35 TOT AL C 17 135 4 2 0 .986 .990 8.18 6.12 8.92 7.17 15 140.3 3 3 18 3 NYY AL C 12 102 3 1 0 .991 .990 8.75 6.12 9.61 7.17 10 98.3 2 2 12 2 BOS AL C 5 33 1 1 0 .971 .991 6.80 6.12 7.29 7.18 5 42.0 1 1 6 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 26 CIN NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.40 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1993 27 CIN NL 1B 12 34 2 0 5 1.000 .992 3.00 8.01 7.04 9.68 3 46.0 1995 29 MIL AL 1B 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.30 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 1996 30 CIN NL 1B 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 3.33 8.33 7.50 9.60 1 12.0 1997 31 CIN NL 1B 4 14 2 0 0 1.000 .994 4.00 8.15 11.08 9.55 2 13.0 1998 32 DET AL 1B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.30 9.00 9.30 0 3.0 2000 34 SEA AL 1B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.20 11.25 9.45 0 4.0 1989 23 CIN NL C 47 260 21 4 1 .986 .986 5.98 5.56 7.29 6.67 37 346.7 1 3 25 11 1990 24 CIN NL C 118 686 59 6 8 .992 .987 6.31 5.44 7.11 6.65 107 943.0 16 31 64 43 1991 25 CIN NL C 90 496 40 11 6 .980 .988 5.96 5.59 7.13 6.78 78 676.3 10 27 70 28 1992 26 CIN NL C 141 925 64 8 8 .992 .991 7.01 5.68 7.42 6.67 137 1200.0 6 45 87 47 1993 27 CIN NL C 133 791 68 7 8 .992 .989 6.46 5.75 7.01 6.74 128 1102.7 11 32 100 50 1994 28 CIN NL C 6 48 2 1 0 .980 .990 8.33 6.15 9.13 7.10 6 49.3 2 4 5 3 1995 29 MIL AL C 91 408 40 8 4 .982 .990 4.92 5.64 5.52 6.74 87 730.3 16 29 72 27 1996 30 CIN NL C 97 572 44 5 7 .992 .989 6.35 6.33 7.66 7.50 81 724.0 4 34 58 23 1997 31 CIN NL C 106 667 53 7 10 .990 .990 6.79 6.58 7.74 7.68 93 837.0 4 33 65 31 1998 32 TOT AL C 77 433 25 8 2 .983 .990 5.95 6.17 6.90 7.13 68 597.7 3 30 45 21 DET AL C 48 259 16 5 2 .982 .990 5.73 6.17 6.53 7.13 44 379.0 2 15 24 14 SEA AL C 29 174 9 3 0 .984 .990 6.31 6.17 7.53 7.13 24 218.7 1 15 21 7 1999 33 PIT NL C 44 285 12 2 4 .993 .990 6.75 6.14 7.49 7.41 40 356.7 1 12 27 6 2000 34 SEA AL C 66 354 18 2 1 .995 .991 5.64 6.02 6.71 6.93 57 498.7 0 17 33 10 2001 35 TOT AL C 17 135 4 2 0 .986 .990 8.18 6.12 8.92 7.17 15 140.3 3 3 18 3 NYY AL C 12 102 3 1 0 .991 .990 8.75 6.12 9.61 7.17 10 98.3 2 2 12 2 BOS AL C 5 33 1 1 0 .971 .991 6.80 6.12 7.29 7.18 5 42.0 1 1 6 1 1995 29 MIL AL DH 6 2000 34 SEA AL DH 1 1996 30 CIN NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.45 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1993 27 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.36 1 8.0 1996 30 CIN NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 1.80 2.16 1 10.0 1993 27 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.14 1 8.0 1996 30 CIN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1033 6060 450 71 59 .989 .989 6.30 5.89 7.14 6.96 934 8202.7 77 300 669 303 1B* 25 71 6 0 7 1.000 .994 3.08 8.14 8.35 9.63 6 83.0 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 1.00 2.25 2 18.0 2 0 2# LF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.45 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 RF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 0.60 2.10 2 15.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1062 6133 456 71 66 .989 .989 6.20 5.92 7.14 6.98 942 8304
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   5  14   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   2  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN OAK     W   4  18   2   6  3  0  0   2   0   1  .333  .333  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   3   4   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1  .250  .250 1.000   0  0   1   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   4   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .167  .286  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  20   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   3  .150  .190  .150   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1  16  42   4  10  3  0  1   3   1   5  .238  .256  .381   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1992 NL-7-8
1993 NL-9-2

Intentional Walks
1990 NL-15-9
1992 NL-19-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1991 NL-14-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft.

November 3, 1994: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

March 24, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 26, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

July 16, 1998: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

July 24, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 27, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

February 3, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

July 23, 1999: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Humberto Cota to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jose Guillen and Jeff Sparks.

November 5, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 19, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 4, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 20, 2001: Released by the New York Yankees.

July 2, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Cincinnati Reds$68,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$107,500
1991Cincinnati Reds$186,000
1992Cincinnati Reds$260,000
1993Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
1994Cincinnati Reds$2,500,000
1995Milwaukee Brewers$462,100
1996Cincinnati Reds$708,000
1997Cincinnati Reds$375,000
1998Detroit Tigers$750,000
Seattle Mariners$170,000
2000Seattle Mariners$500,000
2001New York Yankees$1,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,386,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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