Joe Oliver

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: July 24, 1965 in Memphis, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from William R. Boone HS (Orlando, FL).

High School: William R. Boone HS (Orlando, FL)

Debut: July 15, 1989 (Age 23-356d, 15,643rd in major league history)
vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 36-074d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Joseph Melton Oliver

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1990 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3367

831

102

.247

320

RBI

476

OBP

.299

SLG

.391

OPS

.690

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	DET	@	TBD	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 1	DET	@	TBD	L,8-11	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 2	DET	@	TBD	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 4	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	8 (2)	Apr 10	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	10 (1)	Apr 12	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	12 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	TEX	L,2-11	GS	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
8	13	Apr 15	DET	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
9	14	Apr 17	DET		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
10	16 (1)	Apr 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	17	Apr 21	DET		BOS	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	18	Apr 22	DET		BOS	L,5-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	20 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	2	11	0	C
14	21	Apr 27	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	22	Apr 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	23	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	26 (2)	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	27	May 3	DET	@	SEA	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	29 (1)	May 7	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	30	May 8	DET	@	ANA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	31	May 9	DET	@	ANA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	33 (1)	May 12	DET		SEA	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	35 (1)	May 14	DET		OAK	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	37 (1)	May 16	DET		ANA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	39 (1)	May 18	DET		ANA	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	42 (2)	May 21	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	43	May 22	DET	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	44	May 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	47 (2)	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
30	48	May 28	DET		CHW	L,7-11	GS	21	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
31	51 (2)	May 31	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	53 (1)	Jun 2	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
33	54	Jun 3	DET	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
34	56 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
35	57	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	60 (2)	Jun 9	DET		HOU	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	61	Jun 10	DET		HOU	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	62	Jun 12	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	64 (1)	Jun 14	DET	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
40	67 (2)	Jun 17	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	69 (1)	Jun 19	DET		KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	70	Jun 20	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	75 (4)	Jun 25	DET		CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	77 (1)	Jun 27	DET		CIN	L,5-6	GS	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	80 (2)	Jul 1	DET	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	83 (2)	Jul 4	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	87 (3)	Jul 11	DET		TOR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	89 (1)	Jul 13	DET		KCR	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	90	Jul 14	DET		KCR	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Seattle Mariners
50	103	Jul 25	SEA	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	106 (2)	Jul 29	SEA		CLE	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	107	Jul 30	SEA		CLE	L,8-9	GF	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	108	Jul 31	SEA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	110 (1)	Aug 2	SEA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	112 (1)	Aug 4	SEA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	113	Aug 7 (1)	SEA	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
57	114	Aug 7 (2)	SEA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	116 (1)	Aug 9	SEA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	118 (1)	Aug 12	SEA	@	TOR	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	120 (1)	Aug 15	SEA	@	CHW	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
61	122 (1)	Aug 17	SEA		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	123	Aug 18	SEA		DET	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	124	Aug 19	SEA		TOR	L,2-16	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	126 (1)	Aug 21	SEA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	127	Aug 22	SEA		CHW	W,5-4	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
66	128	Aug 23	SEA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
67	130 (1)	Aug 25	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
68	132 (1)	Aug 27	SEA	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	134 (1)	Aug 29	SEA	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	47	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
70	136 (1)	Aug 31	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	138 (1)	Sep 2	SEA	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	9	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
72	140 (1)	Sep 5	SEA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
73	144 (3)	Sep 9	SEA		TBD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
74	147 (2)	Sep 12	SEA	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
75	151 (3)	Sep 17	SEA	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	155 (3)	Sep 21	SEA		OAK	W,5-2	GS	8	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	159 (3)	Sep 25	SEA		TEX	W,15-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	161 (1)	Sep 27	SEA		TEX	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
							79gm		600.2	435	26	8	469	2