Gene
Oliver
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: March 22, 1935 in Usa, IL, MOLINE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1964 29 TAM AL $ 580,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1965 30 NYG NL $ 1,774,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1966 31 NYG NL $ 1,774,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1967 32 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 33 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1969 34 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 35 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1971 36 LAD NL $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1972 37 KCR AL $ 748,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1973 38 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 24 AAA   110 402 66 104 24 1 24 70 0 1 42 83 .259 .329 .502 .831 65.7  
    AA   26 86 12 21 4 0 7 18 0 0 11 17 .244 .330 .535 .865 15.5  
1960 25 TAM AL 43 145 17 36 7 0 8 35 0 0 9 28 .248 .290 .462 .752 18.6 3.4
    AAA   106 408 98 123 23 1 36 96 0 0 60 66 .301 .391 .627 1.018 94.0  
1961 26 TAM AL 95 341 42 77 13 4 12 52 0 0 26 70 .226 .283 .393 .676 36.3 4.8
1962 27 TAM AL 121 285 24 58 14 3 6 38 0 0 21 44 .204 .260 .337 .597 22.4 1.2
1963 28 TAM AL 87 136 11 31 1 1 5 24 0 0 12 26 .228 .289 .360 .649 15.1 2.1
1964 29 TAM AL 103 315 40 82 16 1 6 48 0 0 33 67 .260 .327 .375 .701 39.0 6.8
1965 30 TAM AL 49 166 13 41 6 2 1 15 0 0 11 48 .247 .292 .325 .617 14.4 2.1
  NYG NL 55 86 10 19 2 1 3 18 0 0 6 17 .221 .272 .372 .644 8.4 0.7
  TOT   104 252 23 60 8 3 4 33 0 0 17 65 .238 .285 .341 .626 22.8 2.9
1966 31 NYG NL 105 228 38 55 10 1 14 32 0 1 18 54 .241 .303 .478 .781 32.9 6.4
1967 32 TAM AL 154 537 46 124 17 3 15 59 2 0 41 135 .231 .284 .358 .642 52.4 4.6
1968 33 TAM AL 123 311 37 81 13 2 8 41 1 1 31 77 .260 .327 .392 .719 39.8 8.1
1969 34 TAM AL 111 356 38 75 13 3 5 39 1 1 28 101 .211 .270 .306 .576 28.8 2.1
1970 35 TAM AL 43 113 8 24 4 1 0 11 0 0 11 29 .212 .282 .265 .548 8.1 0.0
1971 36 LAD NL 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .154 .214 .154 .368 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   111 461 83 138 19 1 26 72 0 0 44 121 .299 .360 .514 .874 82.1  
1972 37 KCR AL 41 137 9 28 8 0 3 16 1 0 9 40 .204 .253 .328 .582 11.1 0.1
1973 38 AAA   127 387 32 96 14 2 4 33 0 0 31 87 .248 .304 .326 .629 38.5  
13 Years Sim 1135 3169 334 733 124 22 86 429 5 3 257 740 .231 .289 .366 .655 327.1 42.5
4 Years AAA 454 1658 279 461 80 5 90 271 0 1 177 357 .278 .348 .495 .843 280.3  
1 Years AA 26 86 12 21 4 0 7 18 0 0 11 17 .244 .330 .535 .865 15.5  
5 Years Minors 480 1744 291 482 84 5 97 289 0 1 188 374 .276 .347 .497 .844 295.8  
162 Game Average 452 47 104 17 3 12 61 0 0 36 105 .231 .289 .366 .655 46.7  
Career Highs 154 537 46 124 17 4 15 59 2 1 41 135 .260 .327 .478 .781 52.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1912 215 448 76 11 46 263 3 2 159 432 .234 .293 .358 .651 203.3
vs LH   1257 119 285 48 11 40 166 2 1 98 308 .227 .283 .378 .661 136.6
Home 585 1626 166 367 59 15 44 229 4 2 128 367 .226 .282 .362 .644 168.7
Away 550 1543 168 366 65 7 42 200 1 1 129 373 .237 .296 .370 .667 171.3
RISP   826 0 207 30 3 27 332 0 0 63 195 .251 .297 .392 .689 99.1
Pinch Hitting   270 32 77 4 1 12 55 0 0 26 56 .285 .346 .441 .786 41.5
Close/Late   439 47 113 15 5 15 61 0 0 29 80 .257 .303 .417 .720 55.2
Mar/Apr 194 531 68 124 16 7 22 80 0 0 50 124 .234 .300 .414 .715 67.9
May 183 523 43 124 27 4 11 61 2 1 46 125 .237 .298 .367 .666 57.8
June 197 573 55 112 23 2 12 73 1 1 50 137 .195 .260 .305 .565 46.0
July 170 472 52 124 18 3 11 58 0 0 26 102 .263 .301 .383 .684 53.4
August 206 564 60 123 20 1 15 83 1 1 47 139 .218 .281 .337 .618 54.0
Sep/Oct 185 506 56 126 20 5 15 74 1 0 38 113 .249 .300 .397 .697 60.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1960 25 TAM AL C 41 39 347.0 239 13 2 0 .992 6.54 6 4 .667 2 2.3
1961 26 TAM AL C 95 91 807.3 558 25 4 1 .993 6.50 27 9 .333 6 5.5
1962 27 TAM AL C 53 52 443.0 301 11 2 0 .994 6.34 16 4 .250 1 1.1
    LF 21 21 160.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 28 TAM AL C 21 21 179.0 157 11 2 0 .988 8.45 15 5 .333 0 1.3
    1B 2 0 6.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 TAM AL C 89 84 748.0 553 52 3 2 .995 7.28 54 27 .500 7 5.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 30 TAM AL C 27 25 320.9 186 32 3 0 .986 6.11 32 16 .500 1 1.7
    LF 6 1 28.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 11.8 11 1 0 0 1.000 9.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL C 31 29 166.7 97 16 2 0 .983 6.10 17 9 .529 1 1.4
    LF 6 1 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 6.2 6 1 0 0 1.000 10.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 58 54 487.6 283 48 5 0 .985 6.11 49 25 .510 2 3.1
      LF 12 2 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
      1B 4 1 18.0 17 2 0 0 1.000 9.50   0.1
1966 31 NYG NL C 41 30 288.7 169 20 0 0 1.000 5.89 17 12 .706 1 2.4
    1B 17 12 106.3 118 12 0 11 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 16 6 70.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1967 32 TAM AL C 136 130 1180.0 596 56 6 0 .991 4.97 102 36 .353 5 6.3
    1B 9 0 19.0 18 4 1 3 .957 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 33 TAM AL C 51 50 419.7 258 18 4 1 .986 5.92 29 12 .414 3 1.5
    1B 19 13 121.0 124 16 1 13 .993 10.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 18 12 113.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 6 6 52.0 8 10 1 5 .947 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 34 TAM AL C 85 80 723.0 484 40 2 1 .996 6.52 60 31 .517 5 4.8
    1B 10 9 75.0 88 7 2 7 .979 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 8 4 45.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 35 TAM AL C 29 28 237.0 162 12 1 0 .994 6.61 21 6 .286 2 1.7
    1B 4 2 17.0 25 2 0 2 1.000 14.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 14.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 36 LAD NL C 4 4 34.0 24 2 0 0 1.000 6.88 2 2 1.000 0 0.2
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 37 KCR AL C 31 29 257.0 165 14 1 2 .994 6.27 18 9 .500 0 0.4
    1B 4 0 21.0 25 4 0 1 1.000 12.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 734 692 6151.3 3949 322 32 7 .993 6.25 416 182 .438 34 35.7
  LF 87 46 455.3 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  1B 72 37 387.3 430 47 4 38 .992 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  SS 6 6 52.0 8 10 1 5 .947 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   901 781 7048.9 4481 381 37 50 .992 6.21 416 182 .438 34 37.1
Career Highs   146 130 1202.0 616 60 7 19 1.000 8.48 102 36 1.000 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 27 TAM AL 8 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.167 1.667
1963 28 TAM AL 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393
1964 29 TAM AL 5 20 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200
1965 30 NYG NL 7 13 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .231 .333 .385 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 25 46 7 9 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 8 .196 .245 .326 .571
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1967-10-135
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1959
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: P Humberto Robinson. Going to TAM: 1B Pancho Herrera, SS Wayne Causey, C Gene Oliver, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1960, off Ed Rakow (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1960, off Luis Arroyo (MIN)
Drove in 8 runs against Minnesota on 8/1/1960
Injured on 8/4/1961 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1964 with a Broken Hand, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,774,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 6/1/1965 (Going to NYG: C Gene Oliver. Going to TAM: C Paul Ratliff, P John O'donoghue)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,774,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/22/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $748,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 2/21/1972 (Going to KCR: C Gene Oliver. Going to BSN: 2B Marv Staehle)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year