Joe Oliver
Joseph Melton Oliver
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 24, 1965 in Memphis, TN
High School: William R. Boone (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1989
Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1989 CIN NL 23 C 47 37 346.2 285 260 21 4 1 .986 3.0 10.4 3 7.30 5.98 .986 6.67 5.56 1 3 25 11 31%
1990 CIN NL 24 C 118 107 943.0 751 686 59 6 8 .992 7.0 8.9 7 7.11 6.31 .987 6.65 5.44 16 31 64 43 40%
1991 CIN NL 25 C 90 78 676.1 547 496 40 11 6 .980 -7.0 -12.4 -7 7.13 5.96 .988 6.78 5.59 10 27 70 28 29%
1992 CIN NL 26 C 141 137 1200.0 997 925 64 8 8 .992 2.0 2.0 2 7.42 7.01 .991 6.67 5.68 6 45 87 47 35%
1992 CIN NL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1993 CIN NL 27 C 133 128 1102.2 866 791 68 7 8 .992 5.0 5.4 5 7.01 6.46 .989 6.74 5.75 11 32 100 50 33%
1993 CIN NL 27 1B 12 3 46.0 36 34 2 0 5 1.000 0.4 10.4 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 7.04 3.00 .992 9.68 8.01
1993 CIN NL 27 OF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.36 2.00
1993 CIN NL 27 RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
1994 CIN NL 28 C 6 6 49.1 51 48 2 1 0 .980 -1.0 -24.3 -1 9.12 8.33 .990 7.10 6.15 2 4 5 3 38%
1995 MIL AL 29 C 91 87 730.1 456 408 40 8 4 .982 -5.0 -8.2 -5 5.52 4.92 .990 6.74 5.64 16 29 72 27 27%
1995 MIL AL 29 DH 6
1995 MIL AL 29 1B 2 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.67 8.30
1996 CIN NL 30 C 97 81 724.0 621 572 44 5 7 .992 0.0 0.0 0 7.66 6.35 .989 7.50 6.33 4 34 58 23 28%
1996 CIN NL 30 1B 3 1 12.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.50 3.33 .990 9.60 8.33
1996 CIN NL 30 OF 3 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 1.80 0.67 1.000 2.16 1.80
1996 CIN NL 30 LF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.45
1996 CIN NL 30 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.70
1997 CIN NL 31 C 106 93 837.0 727 667 53 7 10 .990 0.0 0.0 0 7.74 6.79 .990 7.68 6.58 4 33 65 31 32%
1997 CIN NL 31 1B 4 2 13.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 55.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 11.08 4.00 .994 9.55 8.15
1998 TOT AL 32 C 77 68 597.2 466 433 25 8 2 .983 -2.0 -4.0 -2 6.90 5.95 .990 7.13 6.17 3 30 45 21 32%
1998 DET AL 32 C 48 44 379.0 280 259 16 5 2 .982 1.0 3.2 1 6.53 5.73 .990 7.13 6.17 2 15 24 14 37%
1998 DET AL 32 1B 2 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 1.000 9.30 8.30
1998 SEA AL 32 C 29 24 218.2 186 174 9 3 0 .984 -3.0 -16.5 -3 7.53 6.31 .990 7.13 6.17 1 15 21 7 25%
1999 PIT NL 33 C 44 40 356.2 299 285 12 2 4 .993 -1.0 -3.4 -1 7.49 6.75 .990 7.41 6.14 1 12 27 6 18%
2000 SEA AL 34 C 66 57 498.2 374 354 18 2 1 .995 -1.0 -2.4 -1 6.71 5.64 .991 6.93 6.02 0 17 33 10 23%
2000 SEA AL 34 1B 1 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 11.25 5.00 1.000 9.45 8.20
2000 SEA AL 34 DH 1
2001 TOT AL 35 C 17 15 140.1 141 135 4 2 0 .986 -3.0 -25.7 -3 8.91 8.18 .990 7.17 6.12 3 3 18 3 14%
2001 NYY AL 35 C 12 10 98.1 106 102 3 1 0 .991 -2.0 -24.4 -2 9.61 8.75 .990 7.17 6.12 2 2 12 2 14%
2001 BOS AL 35 C 5 5 42.0 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -1.0 -28.6 -1 7.29 6.80 .991 7.18 6.12 1 1 6 1 14%
13 Seasons C 1033 934 8202.2 6581 6060 450 71 59 .989 -3.0 -0.4 -3 7.14 6.30 .989 6.96 5.89 77 300 669 303 31%
7 Seasons 1B 25 6 83.0 77 71 6 0 7 1.000 1.5 21.7 1.5 0.9 0.6 0 8.35 3.08 .994 9.63 8.14
2 Seasons DH 7
2 Seasons OF 4 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 20.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.85
1 Season LF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.45
2 Seasons RF 2 2 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 0.60 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75
13 Seasons TOT 1062 942 8303.2 6660 6133 456 71 66 .989 -1.2 -0.2 1.8 1.2 0.6 0 0 -3 7.14 6.20 .979 6.98 5.92 77 300 669 303 31%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1989 CIN NL 23 49 37 49 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 CIN NL 24 121 107 121 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 CIN NL 25 94 78 94 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 CIN NL 26 143 137 143 142 0 141 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 CIN NL 27 139 132 139 138 0 133 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
1994 CIN NL 28 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 29 97 92 97 91 0 91 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
1996 CIN NL 30 106 83 106 101 0 97 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 14 0
1997 CIN NL 31 111 95 111 108 0 106 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 DET AL 32 50 44 50 49 0 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 SEA AL 32 29 24 29 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 PIT NL 33 45 40 45 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 SEA AL 34 69 57 69 67 0 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 NYY AL 35 12 10 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 35 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1076 947 1076 1047 0 1033 25 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 59 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 CIN NL 23 1522 4.10 4.41 19 100% 0 1 260 11 0 8 241 21 7 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 100%
1990 CIN NL 24 4163 3.57 3.82 31 94% 0 1 688 21 1 19 647 58 8 0 0 11 6 1 1 4 0 8 0 0 1 12 92%
1991 CIN NL 25 3020 3.93 4.46 32 100% 0 0 497 27 1 6 462 40 6 0 0 6 11 1 0 10 0 6 0 2 2 1 100%
1992 CIN NL 26 5191 3.41 3.76 54 94% 0 0 924 42 2 17 863 64 9 1 0 16 8 1 2 5 0 8 0 1 1 8 75%
1993 CIN NL 27 4941 4.38 4.80 37 92% 0 0 791 18 4 17 751 68 14 0 0 7 7 0 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 15 87%
1994 CIN NL 28 234 5.11 5.66 3 100% 0 0 48 3 0 2 43 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 29 3371 4.80 5.24 19 89% 0 1 409 11 4 13 381 39 5 1 0 8 8 0 0 8 0 4 0 2 3 6 67%
1996 CIN NL 30 3190 4.13 4.54 24 100% 0 0 572 15 3 11 543 44 10 1 0 7 5 0 0 5 0 7 1 2 3 6 100%
1997 CIN NL 31 3662 3.99 4.23 35 94% 0 0 667 24 0 15 628 53 9 0 0 14 7 0 0 7 1 10 0 0 0 9 89%
1998 DET AL 32 1699 5.30 5.58 18 67% 0 0 260 10 0 3 247 15 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 6 33%
1998 SEA AL 32 1019 5.14 5.39 6 100% 0 0 174 4 0 4 166 9 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 PIT NL 33 1566 3.94 4.47 11 100% 0 0 284 7 0 5 272 12 3 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 100%
2000 SEA AL 34 2212 4.28 4.69 14 100% 0 0 355 9 1 3 341 17 5 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 100%
2001 NYY AL 35 443 5.03 5.40 1 100% 0 0 101 1 0 0 100 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 35 193 4.07 4.50 2 100% 0 0 33 2 0 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 36426 4.12 4.49 306 94% 0 3 6063 205 16 123 5716 447 79 4 0 88 71 3 5 63 1 59 2 8 13 75 84%
MLB Averages 4.29 4.72 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 CIN NL 23 1 3 516 25 11 10 31% 24 9 1 2 0 0 2 1 40 12 1.41 1.74
1990 CIN NL 24 16 31 1415 64 43 34 40% 59 40 5 3 0 0 3 0 141 53 1.41 1.44
1991 CIN NL 25 10 27 996 70 28 22 29% 60 25 10 2 0 1 1 0 148 36 1.28 1.52
1992 CIN NL 26 6 45 1755 87 47 34 35% 73 42 13 4 1 1 1 0 184 63 1.50 1.35
1993 CIN NL 27 11 32 1735 100 50 42 33% 87 44 11 2 2 4 2 0 173 56 1.40 1.29
1994 CIN NL 28 2 4 88 5 3 2 38% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 1.37 1.06
1995 MIL AL 29 16 29 1245 72 27 20 27% 65 24 7 2 0 1 1 0 160 34 1.08 1.05
1996 CIN NL 30 4 34 1114 58 23 21 28% 45 16 11 5 2 2 2 1 120 25 1.42 1.22
1997 CIN NL 31 4 33 1208 65 31 24 32% 51 27 14 2 0 2 4 0 125 36 1.10 1.13
1998 DET AL 32 2 15 579 24 14 11 37% 22 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 57 16 0.91 0.95
1998 SEA AL 32 1 15 359 21 7 4 25% 15 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 47 8 1.27 1.26
1999 PIT NL 33 1 12 547 27 6 5 18% 22 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 49 8 1.45 1.36
2000 SEA AL 34 0 17 797 33 10 4 23% 26 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 63 13 1.62 0.95
2001 NYY AL 35 2 2 156 12 2 1 14% 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 1.85 1.00
2001 BOS AL 35 1 1 84 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1.19 1.15
13 Seasons 77 300 12594 669 303 235 31% 569 267 95 24 5 12 16 2 1355 366 1.34 1.29
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 CIN NL 26 8 63% 88% 25% 0 0 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
1993 CIN NL 27 193 60% 74% 27% 4 100% 0 34 1 33 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 29 18 44% 67% 44% 3 100% 0 6 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 30 56 50% 82% 38% 3 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CIN NL 31 67 63% 76% 24% 4 100% 0 13 2 11 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 DET AL 32 12 58% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SEA AL 34 26 77% 85% 31% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 380 59% 77% 30% 16 100% 0 69 4 65 0 6 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

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%
1993 CIN NL 27 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 0 0 0 36 58% 64% 25% 2 0%
1996 CIN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 66% 71% 23% 2 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 71 62% 68% 24% 4 25%
MLB Averages 45.1% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 52%

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%
1996 CIN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 16 69% 56% 38% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 16 69% 56% 38% 3 33%
MLB Averages 60.4% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 49%

* 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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