Tony Oliva

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: July 20, 1938 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba cu

Debut: September 9, 1962 (Age 24-051d, 12,021st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1976 (Age 38-071d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Tony Pedro Oliva

Pronunciation: \aw-LEE-vah\

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Hall of Fame
Rookie of the Year
8x All-Star
Gold Glove
3x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.0

6301

1917

220

.304

870

RBI

947

OBP

.353

SLG

.476

OPS

.830

OPS+

131

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

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
2	2	Apr 13	MIN		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	RF
7	7	Apr 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	8	Apr 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	10	Apr 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	12	May 1 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	13	May 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	15	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	16	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	17	May 8 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
18	18	May 8 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	20 (1)	May 12	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
20	21	May 13	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	22	May 14	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	23	May 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
23	24	May 16	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	25	May 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	26	May 18	MIN		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 19	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	28	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	29	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	30	May 22 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	31	May 22 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	32	May 24	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
32	33	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
33	34	May 26	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
34	35	May 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	36	May 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	37	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
37	38	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	39	May 30 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	40	May 30 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	41	May 31	MIN		BAL	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	43	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	44	Jun 3	MIN		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	45	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	46	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	47	Jun 7	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	48	Jun 8	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	49	Jun 9	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	50	Jun 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	51	Jun 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	52	Jun 12	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	53	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	54	Jun 13 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	55	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	56	Jun 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
56	57	Jun 15 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
57	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	59	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	60	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	61	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
62	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	64	Jun 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
64	65	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	RF
65	66	Jun 24 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	67	Jun 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	68	Jun 26 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	69	Jun 26 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	70	Jun 27	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	71	Jun 28	MIN		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	72	Jun 29	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
73	75	Jul 1 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	76	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	77	Jul 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
76	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	79	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	80	Jul 5	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
79	81	Jul 6	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
80	82	Jul 7	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	84	Jul 9	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	85	Jul 10	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	86	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	87	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	88	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
87	89	Jul 17 (1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	90	Jul 17 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
89	91	Jul 18	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	93	Jul 19 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	94	Jul 20	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	95	Jul 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	54	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	101	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
100	102	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	103	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 1	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	105	Aug 2	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	106	Aug 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
106	108	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
107	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
108	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	111	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
111	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
112	115 (1)	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
113	116	Aug 12	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
114	117	Aug 14 (1)	MIN		KCA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	118	Aug 14 (2)	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
116	119	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
117	120	Aug 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
118	121	Aug 17	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
119	122	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
120	123	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
121	124	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
122	125	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
123	126	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
124	127	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
125	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	GF	27	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
126	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	131	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	64	14.2	9	0	0	9	0	RF
129	132	Aug 28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
130	133	Aug 29	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	134	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	135	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	136	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
134	137	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
135	138	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
136	139	Sep 4	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	140	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
138	141	Sep 6	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
139	142	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
140	143	Sep 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
141	144	Sep 10	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
142	145	Sep 11	MIN		BAL	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
143	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
144	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
145	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
146	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
147	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
148	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
149	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
150	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
151	154	Sep 23	MIN		DET	W,12-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
152	155	Sep 24	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
153	156	Sep 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
154	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
155	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
156	159	Sep 30 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
157	160	Sep 30 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
158	161	Oct 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
159	162	Oct 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							159gm		1398.2	337	10	10	357	3