Tony Oliva
Antonio Lopez Hernandes (Javique) Oliva
also known as Pedro Oliva
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 20, 1938 in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1962
Final Game: September 29, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 MIN AL 23 OF 2 2 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.16 1.90
1962 MIN AL 23 RF 2 2 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.70 1.50 .967 1.98 1.70
1964 MIN AL 25 OF 159 159 1435.2 324 313 5 6 0 .981 5.7 4.8 7.7 3.7 4.0 -2 1.99 2.00 .980 2.04 1.79 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1
1964 MIN AL 25 RF 154 150 1355.2 300 290 4 6 0 .980 4.3 3.8 6.3 2.6 3.7 -2 1.95 1.91 .984 1.88 1.61 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1
1964 MIN AL 25 CF 9 9 77.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 24.7 1.6 1.3 0.3 0 2.78 2.67 .979 2.46 2.13 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1
1964 MIN AL 25 LF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -102.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.45 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1
1965 MIN AL 26 OF 147 147 1280.1 305 284 10 11 3 .964 6.2 5.8 7.2 6.0 1.3 -1 2.07 2.00 .978 2.04 1.78 AS,MVP-2
1965 MIN AL 26 RF 142 140 1232.2 295 274 10 11 4 .963 7.1 6.9 8.1 5.7 2.4 -1 2.07 2.00 .978 1.85 1.57 AS,MVP-2
1965 MIN AL 26 CF 11 7 47.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -22.7 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 0 1.89 0.91 .980 2.40 2.03 AS,MVP-2
1966 MIN AL 27 OF 159 157 1398.2 354 335 9 10 3 .972 15.0 12.9 12.0 7.0 5.0 3 2.21 2.16 .982 2.10 1.82 AS,MVP-6,GG
1966 MIN AL 27 RF 140 138 1229.2 316 299 9 8 3 .975 17.8 17.4 14.8 6.4 8.4 3 2.25 2.20 .979 1.94 1.69 AS,MVP-6,GG
1966 MIN AL 27 CF 19 19 169.0 41 38 1 2 0 .951 -2.8 -19.9 -2.8 0.6 -3.4 0 2.08 2.05 .985 2.52 2.09 AS,MVP-6,GG
1967 MIN AL 28 OF 146 145 1281.2 298 286 8 4 2 .987 5.4 5.1 2.4 0.9 1.5 3 2.06 2.01 .980 2.05 1.76 AS,MVP-19
1967 MIN AL 28 RF 146 145 1281.2 299 287 8 4 2 .987 5.4 5.1 2.4 0.9 1.5 3 2.07 2.02 .981 1.82 1.56 AS,MVP-19
1968 MIN AL 29 OF 126 126 1099.1 238 227 7 4 1 .983 1.6 1.7 0.6 1.3 -0.7 1 1.92 1.86 .981 2.08 1.80 AS,MVP-19
1968 MIN AL 29 RF 126 126 1099.1 240 229 7 4 1 .983 1.6 1.7 0.6 1.3 -0.7 1 1.93 1.87 .977 1.88 1.57 AS,MVP-19
1969 MIN AL 30 OF 152 151 1370.0 331 311 14 6 3 .982 11.2 9.8 6.2 -6.5 12.7 5 2.14 2.14 .978 2.13 1.84 AS,MVP-15
1969 MIN AL 30 RF 152 151 1370.0 335 315 14 6 3 .982 11.2 9.8 6.2 -6.5 12.7 5 2.16 2.16 .974 1.91 1.60 AS,MVP-15
1970 MIN AL 31 OF 157 156 1375.2 375 351 12 12 4 .968 21.0 18.3 15.0 9.0 6.0 6 2.37 2.31 .980 2.14 1.85 AS,MVP-2
1970 MIN AL 31 RF 154 152 1344.2 370 346 12 12 4 .968 21.2 18.9 15.2 9.2 6.0 6 2.40 2.32 .975 1.98 1.59 AS,MVP-2
1970 MIN AL 31 CF 4 4 31.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.19 2.75 .982 2.61 2.30 AS,MVP-2
1971 MIN AL 32 OF 121 120 1018.0 229 216 6 7 3 .969 -9.1 -10.7 -10.1 -2.5 -7.6 1 1.96 1.83 .982 2.24 1.96 AS,MVP-10
1971 MIN AL 32 RF 121 120 1018.0 229 216 6 7 3 .969 -9.1 -10.7 -10.1 -2.5 -7.6 1 1.96 1.83 .980 2.05 1.70 AS,MVP-10
1972 MIN AL 33 OF 9 9 54.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1.7 -37.8 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 1.00 0.67 .986 2.22 1.91
1972 MIN AL 33 LF 8 8 46.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -31.3 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 0 0.98 0.63 .980 1.90 1.52
1972 MIN AL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
1973 MIN AL 34 DH 142
1974 MIN AL 35 DH 112
1975 MIN AL 36 DH 120
1976 MIN AL 37 DH 32
10 Seasons OF 1178 1172 10323.1 2464 2332 71 61 19 .975 55.8 6.5 39.8 18.6 21.3 16 2.09 2.04 .980 2.10 1.82
10 Seasons RF 1138 1125 9949.2 2389 2260 70 59 20 .975 59.5 7.2 43.5 16.6 26.9 16 2.11 2.05 .978 1.91 1.61
4 Seasons DH 406
4 Seasons CF 43 39 325.1 86 83 1 2 0 .977 -2.3 -8.5 -2.3 2.0 -4.2 0 2.32 1.95 .983 2.50 2.10
2 Seasons LF 10 8 48.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -34.8 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 0 0.93 0.50 .980 1.90 1.51
15 Seasons TOT 1178 1172 10323.1 2464 2332 71 61 19 .975 55.8 6.5 39.8 18.6 21.3 16 2.09 2.04 .955 2.10 1.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 MIN AL 23 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1
1963 MIN AL 24 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 MIN AL 25 161 159 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 154 159 2 0
1965 MIN AL 26 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 142 147 2 0
1966 MIN AL 27 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 140 159 2 0
1967 MIN AL 28 146 145 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 1 0
1968 MIN AL 29 128 126 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 2 0
1969 MIN AL 30 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0
1970 MIN AL 31 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 154 157 1 0
1971 MIN AL 32 126 120 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 6 0
1972 MIN AL 33 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 1 0
1973 MIN AL 34 146 138 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 8 0
1974 MIN AL 35 127 110 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 17 0
1975 MIN AL 36 131 118 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 13 0
1976 MIN AL 37 67 32 67 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 35 0
15 Seasons 1676 1570 1676 1209 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 43 1138 1178 394 104 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 46 78% 65% 35% 4 75%
1964 MIN AL 25 6 0 5 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 37 15 0 34 4 2 13 8 0 16 6 0 22 21 0 122 54 44.3% 66 2 1.6% 2 5964 64% 74% 25% 500 59%
1965 MIN AL 26 11 0 10 1 2 10 0 2 4 1 39 13 2 20 7 0 12 6 0 12 5 0 23 13 2 106 44 41.5% 58 4 3.8% 6 5251 63% 77% 26% 473 59%
1966 MIN AL 27 8 0 8 0 2 9 0 1 0 5 32 17 0 34 7 4 7 4 1 11 3 0 23 16 1 107 47 43.9% 54 6 5.6% 3 5163 65% 77% 27% 502 61%
1967 MIN AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 1 2 4 45 16 2 32 7 2 12 7 0 12 5 1 19 14 0 120 49 40.8% 66 5 4.2% 3 5460 63% 76% 27% 523 56%
1968 MIN AL 29 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 3 3 1 45 20 0 30 9 0 11 6 1 18 5 1 15 12 0 119 52 43.7% 65 2 1.7% 5 4650 65% 76% 25% 436 54%
1969 MIN AL 30 6 0 5 1 1 14 0 4 1 6 65 33 1 36 9 2 13 6 1 21 8 1 28 24 0 163 80 49.1% 78 5 3.1% 9 5938 65% 77% 26% 574 56%
1970 MIN AL 31 12 0 12 0 2 12 0 1 2 6 65 33 4 35 12 1 10 4 0 22 7 1 29 24 0 161 80 49.7% 75 6 3.7% 6 5796 61% 76% 28% 613 58%
1971 MIN AL 32 7 0 7 0 2 6 0 2 2 1 45 24 1 34 9 0 10 4 0 21 5 1 14 10 1 124 52 41.9% 69 3 2.4% 3 4547 63% 77% 27% 446 49%
1972 MIN AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 56% 91% 29% 5 20%
10 Seasons 59 0 56 3 13 70 0 15 15 26 373 171 10 255 64 11 88 45 3 133 44 5 174 134 4 1023 458 44.8% 532 33 3.2% 37 42849 64% 76% 26% 4076 57%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 321 57% 76% 26% 44 55%
1965 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 210 54% 73% 22% 17 59%
1966 MIN AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 22 9 40.9% 13 0 0.0% 1 733 67% 75% 23% 76 51%
1970 MIN AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 136 56% 82% 26% 23 48%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 7 0 13 2 0 6 2 0 5 1 0 9 9 0 43 21 48.8% 22 0 0.0% 1 1400 62% 75% 24% 160 53%
MLB Averages 41.9% 2.2% 61% 77% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 67% 22% 0% 1 0%
1972 MIN AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 199 53% 75% 21% 15 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 208 54% 73% 20% 16 31%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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