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Joe Oliver

Joseph Melton Oliver

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mariners/Brewers/Tigers/Pirates/... 1989-2001
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks, previously: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: October 6, 2001
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1655. Derrel Thomas… #1656. Lee Handley… #1657. Ken Reitz… #1658. JOE OLIVER… #1659. Don Zimmer… #1660. Ski Melillo… #1661. Mike Hershberger… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 23 CIN NL 49 161 151 13 41 8 0 3 23 0 0 6 28 .272 .300 .384 .684 92 58 3 1 1 2 1 2
1990 24 CIN NL 121 409 364 34 84 23 0 8 52 1 1 37 75 .231 .304 .360 .664 79 131 6 2 5 1 15 *2
1991 25 CIN NL 94 291 269 21 58 11 0 11 41 0 0 18 53 .216 .265 .379 .644 77 102 14 0 4 0 5 2
1992 26 CIN NL 143 534 485 42 131 25 1 10 57 2 3 35 75 .270 .316 .388 .704 97 188 12 1 6 7 19 *2/3
1993 27 CIN NL 139 521 482 40 115 28 0 14 75 0 0 27 91 .239 .276 .384 .659 74 185 13 1 2 9 2 *23/
1994 28 CIN NL 6 21 19 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .211 .286 .368 .654 70 7 1 0 0 0 1 /2
1995 29 MIL AL 97 369 337 43 92 20 0 12 51 2 4 27 66 .273 .332 .439 .772 96 148 11 3 2 0 1 2/3
1996 30 CIN NL 106 325 289 31 70 12 1 11 46 2 0 28 54 .242 .311 .405 .715 87 117 8 2 3 3 6 2/3
1997 31 CIN NL 111 386 349 28 90 13 0 14 43 1 3 25 58 .258 .313 .415 .728 87 145 7 5 2 5 1 2/3
1998 32 TOT AL 79 263 240 20 54 11 0 6 32 1 1 17 48 .225 .272 .346 .618 60 83 8 0 2 4 0 2/3
1998 32 DET AL 50 166 155 8 35 8 0 4 22 0 1 7 33 .226 .253 .355 .608 56 55 5 0 0 4 0 2/3
1998 32 SEA AL 29 97 85 12 19 3 0 2 10 1 0 10 15 .224 .305 .329 .635 67 28 3 0 2 0 0 2
1999 33 PIT NL 45 146 134 10 27 8 0 1 13 2 0 10 33 .201 .253 .284 .537 36 38 4 0 0 2 0 2
2000 34 SEA AL 69 219 200 33 53 13 1 10 35 2 1 14 38 .265 .313 .490 .803 104 98 6 0 5 0 1 2/3
2001 35 TOT AL 17 53 48 4 12 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 15 .250 .275 .354 .629 63 17 0 0 2 1 0 2
2001 35 NYY AL 12 40 36 3 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 12 .250 .263 .361 .624 61 13 0 0 2 1 0 2
2001 35 BOS AL 5 13 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .333 .641 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
13 Seasons 1076 3698 3367 320 831 174 3 102 476 13 13 248 637 .247 .299 .391 .690 82 1317 93 15 34 34 52
162 Game Avg. 162 557 507 48 125 26 0 15 72 2 2 37 96 .247 .299 .391 .690 82 198 14 2 5 5 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CIN (8 yrs) 769 2648 2408 210 593 120 2 72 342 6 7 178 437 .246 .298 .387 .686 84 933 64 12 23 27 50
SEA (2 yrs) 98 316 285 45 72 16 1 12 45 3 1 24 53 .253 .311 .442 .753 93 126 9 0 7 0 1
PIT (1 yr) 45 146 134 10 27 8 0 1 13 2 0 10 33 .201 .253 .284 .537 36 38 4 0 0 2 0
BOS (1 yr) 5 13 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .333 .641 68 4 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 12 40 36 3 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 12 .250 .263 .361 .624 61 13 0 0 2 1 0
DET (1 yr) 50 166 155 8 35 8 0 4 22 0 1 7 33 .226 .253 .355 .608 56 55 5 0 0 4 0
MIL (1 yr) 97 369 337 43 92 20 0 12 51 2 4 27 66 .273 .332 .439 .772 96 148 11 3 2 0 1
NL (9 yrs) 814 2794 2542 220 620 128 2 73 355 8 7 188 470 .244 .296 .382 .678 81 971 68 12 23 29 50
AL (4 yrs) 262 904 825 100 211 46 1 29 121 5 6 60 167 .256 .307 .419 .726 86 346 25 3 11 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1989 23 CIN NL 161 -2 -1 0 0 3 3 5 8 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $68,000 2
1990 24 CIN NL 409 -14 -1 -1 0 7 7 12 10 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 $107,500 *2
1991 25 CIN NL 291 -11 -2 0 -3 -7 5 8 -10 -1.2 -3 -0.3 -0.9 $186,000 2
1992 26 CIN NL 534 -6 -1 -2 -1 2 9 15 16 1.4 14 1.5 -0.1 $260,000 *2/3
1993 27 CIN NL 521 -16 0 -2 -2 5 8 15 8 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $1,200,000 *23/
1994 28 CIN NL 21 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $2,500,000 /2
1995 29 MIL AL 369 0 -2 -1 -2 -5 5 13 8 0.8 13 1.3 -0.5 $462,100 2/3
1996 30 CIN NL 325 -7 0 1 -1 1 5 9 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $708,000 2/3
1997 31 CIN NL 386 -9 -6 0 0 1 6 11 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $375,000 2/3
1998 32 DET AL 166 -10 -1 0 0 1 3 6 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $750,000 2/3
1998 32 SEA AL 97 -5 1 1 -1 -3 2 3 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $170,000 2
1999 33 PIT NL 146 -13 0 -1 -1 -1 3 4 -9 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $350,000 2
2000 34 SEA AL 219 0 1 -1 -1 -1 4 8 10 1.0 11 1.1 -0.1 $500,000 2/3
2001 35 NYY AL 40 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $1,100,000 2
2001 35 BOS AL 13 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2
13 Seasons 3698 -97 -12 -5 -12 -1 61 111 44 3.8 46 4.7 -0.9 $8,736,600
CIN (8 yrs) 2648 -66 -11 -3 -7 11 43 76 42 3.5 32 3.3 0.2 $5,404,500
SEA (2 yrs) 316 -5 2 0 -2 -4 6 11 8 0.8 12 1.2 -0.4 $670,000
PIT (1 yr) 146 -13 0 -1 -1 -1 3 4 -9 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $350,000
BOS (1 yr) 13 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
NYY (1 yr) 40 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $1,100,000
DET (1 yr) 166 -10 -1 0 0 1 3 6 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $750,000
MIL (1 yr) 369 0 -2 -1 -2 -5 5 13 8 0.8 13 1.3 -0.5 $462,100

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 24 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 1 0 0 0 0
1990 24 CIN NL WS OAK W 4 18 18 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 9 1 0 0 0 0
2000 34 SEA AL ALDS CHW W 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 1 0 0
2000 34 SEA AL ALCS NYY L 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 16 44 42 4 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .238 .256 .381 .637 16 3 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 18 18 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 9 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1989 CIN NL 23 C 47 285 260 21 4 1 .986 3 5.98 .986 6.68 1 25 11 31%
1990 CIN NL 24 C 118 751 686 59 6 8 .992 7 6.31 .987 6.61 16 64 43 40%
1991 CIN NL 25 C 90 547 496 40 11 6 .980 -7 5.96 .988 6.75 10 70 28 29%
1992 CIN NL 26 C 141 997 925 64 8 8 .992 2 7.01 .991 6.67 6 88 47 35%
1992 CIN NL 26 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.80
1993 CIN NL 27 C 133 866 791 68 7 8 .992 5 6.46 .989 6.69 11 100 50 33%
1993 CIN NL 27 1B 12 36 34 2 0 5 1.000 0 3.00 .992 9.61
1993 CIN NL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.30
1993 CIN NL 27 RF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.20
1994 CIN NL 28 C 6 51 48 2 1 0 .980 -1 8.33 .991 7.05 2 5 3 38%
1995 MIL AL 29 C 91 456 408 40 8 4 .982 -5 4.92 .990 6.67 16 72 27 27%
1995 MIL AL 29 1B 2 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0 3.00 .993 9.50
1995 MIL AL 29 DH 5 5
1996 CIN NL 30 C 97 621 572 44 5 7 .992 0 6.35 .989 7.45 4 58 23 28%
1996 CIN NL 30 1B 3 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 3.33 .992 9.57
1996 CIN NL 30 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.67 .980 2.13
1996 CIN NL 30 LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 0.50 .980 1.80 1.85
1996 CIN NL 30 RF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 51 1.29 1.00 .970 2.06 2.00
1997 CIN NL 31 C 106 727 667 53 7 10 .990 0 6.79 .990 7.62 4 65 31 32%
1997 CIN NL 31 1B 4 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 1 4.00 .993 9.45
1998 TOT AL 32 C 77 68 61 597.2 466 433 25 8 2 .983 -2 -4 6.90 5.95 .990 63.58 7.05 3 30 45 21 32% 0
1998 DET AL 32 C 48 44 40 379.0 280 259 16 5 2 .982 1 3 6.53 5.73 .990 63.58 7.05 2 15 24 14 37% 0
1998 DET AL 32 1B 2 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 40 9.00 1.50 .993 99.90 9.35
1998 SEA AL 32 C 29 24 21 218.2 186 174 9 3 0 .984 -3 -16 7.53 6.31 .990 63.59 7.05 1 15 21 7 25% 0
1999 PIT NL 33 C 44 299 285 12 2 4 .993 -1 6.75 .990 7.35 1 27 6 18%
2000 SEA AL 34 C 66 374 354 18 2 1 .995 -1 5.64 .991 6.85 0 33 10 23%
2000 SEA AL 34 1B 1 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0 5.00 .992 9.30
2001 TOT AL 35 C 17 15 12 140.1 141 134 5 2 0 .986 -3 -26 8.91 8.18 .990 99.96 7.11 3 3 18 3 14% 0
2001 NYY AL 35 C 12 10 9 98.1 106 101 4 1 0 .991 -2 -24 9.61 8.75 .990 99.95 7.11 2 2 12 2 14% 0
2001 BOS AL 35 C 5 5 3 42.0 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -1 -29 7.29 6.80 .990 99.99 7.12 1 1 6 1 14% 0
13 Seasons C 1033 83 73 738.0 6581 6059 451 71 59 .989 -3 -5 7.28 6.30 .989 70.50 6.92 77 33 670 303 31% 0
7 Seasons 1B 25 0 0 3.0 77 71 6 0 7 1.000 2 600 9.00 3.08 .992 99.90 9.54
2 Seasons OF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .980 2.17
1 Season LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 0.50 .980 1.80 1.85
2 Seasons RF 2 2 0 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 0.60 0.50 .970 2.10 2.10
13 Seasons TOT 1062 83 73 741.0 6660 6132 457 71 66 .989 -1 -2 7.29 6.20 .989 70.62 6.97 77 33 670 303 31% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1992 NL  7 (8th)
1993 NL  9 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL  15 (9th)
1992 NL  19 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1990 NL  118 (4th)
1992 NL  141 (1st)
1993 NL  133 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1990 NL  686 (2nd)
1992 NL  925 (1st)
1993 NL  791 (3rd)
Career  6,059 (65th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1990 NL  59 (3rd)
1992 NL  64 (5th)
1993 NL  68 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1991 NL  11 (2nd)
1992 NL  8 (4th)
1995 AL  8 (2nd)
1998 AL  8 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1990 NL  16 (1st)
1991 NL  10 (2nd)
1993 NL  11 (4th)
1995 AL  16 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1992 NL  88 (3rd)
1993 NL  100 (3rd)
1995 AL  72 (3rd)
Career  670 (91st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1990 NL  43 (2nd)
1992 NL  47 (2nd)
1993 NL  50 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1990 NL  40.2 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1990 NL  7 (2nd)
1993 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1990 NL  7.11 (3rd)
1991 NL  7.13 (5th)
1992 NL  7.42 (3rd)
1996 NL  7.66 (4th)
Career  7.28 (32nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1990 NL  6.31 (2nd)
1992 NL  7.01 (1st)
1993 NL  6.46 (5th)
Career  6.30 (61st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1990 NL  .992 (1st)
1993 NL  .992 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (569), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198923Cincinnati Reds$68,0001989 USA Today survey
199024Cincinnati Reds$107,500USA Today
199125Cincinnati Reds$186,000USA Today survey
199226Cincinnati Reds$260,0004/2/92 USA Today
199327Cincinnati Reds$1,200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199428Cincinnati Reds$2,500,0004/5/94 USA TodayArbitration win; $1,850,000 offer
199529Milwaukee Brewers$462,1001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $90,000 earned bonus
199630Cincinnati Reds$708,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $208,000 earned bonus
199731Cincinnati Reds$375,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $75,000 earned bonus
199832Detroit Tigers$750,0004/3/98 USA TodayReleased from guaranteed contract in midseason
32Seattle Mariners$170,00011/23/98 USA Today
199933Pittsburgh Pirates$350,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200034Seattle Mariners$500,0004/5/00 AP
200135New York Yankees$1,100,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,736,600
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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