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Tony Oliva

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Full Name: Tony Pedro Oliva Primary Position: OF,RF,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175 First Game: September 9, 1962
Birthdate: July 20, 1938 Final Game: September 29, 1976
Birthplace: Pinar del Rio, Cuba MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Tony Oliva (Tony Pedro Oliva) was born on July 20, 1938 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1962 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1964, his rookie year, he hit .323 with 32 home runs and 94 RBI. Oliva played for the Minnesota Twins for his entire 14 year career.

Most people believe that Tony Oliva's best season was 1964, when he slugged 32 home runs, hit for a .323 average and knocked in 94 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1962 MIN A 9 9 3 4 0 3 .444 .583 .556 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN A 7 7 0 3 0 1 .429 .429 .429 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN A 161 672 109 217 32 94 .323 .359 .557 43 9 34 68 6 3 12 8 9
1965 MIN A 149 576 107 185 16 98 .321 .378 .491 40 5 55 64 4 2 19 12 8
1966 MIN A 159 622 99 191 25 87 .307 .353 .502 32 7 42 72 5 2 13 10 16
1967 MIN A 146 557 76 161 17 83 .289 .347 .463 34 6 44 61 8 1 11 12 9
1968 MIN A 128 470 54 136 18 68 .289 .357 .477 24 5 45 61 7 1 10 16 10
1969 MIN A 153 637 97 197 24 101 .309 .355 .496 39 4 45 66 3 2 10 12 10
1970 MIN A 157 628 96 204 23 107 .325 .364 .514 36 7 38 67 3 1 5 12 16
1971 MIN A 126 487 73 164 22 81 .337 .369 .546 30 3 25 44 2 0 4 8 21
1972 MIN A 10 28 1 9 0 1 .321 .367 .357 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1
1973 MIN A 146 571 63 166 16 92 .291 .345 .410 20 0 45 44 4 0 2 14 13
1974 MIN A 127 459 43 131 13 57 .285 .325 .414 16 2 27 31 2 2 0 11 14
1975 MIN A 131 455 46 123 13 58 .270 .344 .378 10 0 41 45 13 0 0 15 10
1976 MIN A 67 123 3 26 1 16 .211 .234 .260 3 0 2 13 2 0 0 1 2
Total 1676 6301 870 1917 220 947 .304 .353 .476 329 48 448 645 59 14 86 131 139

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1962 MIN A RF 2 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 MIN A OF 2 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 MIN A CF 9 9 77.2 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 MIN A OF 159 159 1435.2 313 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1964 MIN A LF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 MIN A RF 154 150 1355.2 290 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1965 MIN A RF 142 140 1232.2 274 10 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1965 MIN A CF 11 7 47.2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 MIN A OF 147 147 1280.1 284 10 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1966 MIN A RF 140 138 1229.2 299 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1966 MIN A CF 19 19 169 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1966 MIN A OF 159 157 1398.2 335 9 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1967 MIN A OF 146 145 1281.2 286 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1967 MIN A RF 146 145 1281.2 287 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1968 MIN A RF 126 126 1099.1 229 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1968 MIN A OF 126 126 1099.1 227 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1969 MIN A OF 152 151 1370 311 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1969 MIN A RF 152 151 1370 315 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1970 MIN A OF 157 156 1375.2 351 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1970 MIN A RF 154 152 1344.2 346 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1970 MIN A CF 4 4 31 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 MIN A OF 121 120 1018 216 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1971 MIN A RF 121 120 1018 216 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1972 MIN A LF 8 8 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 MIN A RF 1 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1972 MIN A OF 9 9 54 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1973 MIN A DH 142 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 MIN A DH 112 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 MIN A DH 120 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 MIN A DH 32 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total CF 43 39 325.1 83 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total OF 1178 1172 10323.1 2332 71 61 19 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total DH 406 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 1138 1125 9949.2 2260 70 59 20 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total LF 10 8 48.1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Minnesota Twins (1961).

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