Tom
Oliver
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 178
 
Born: January 15, 1903 in Usa, AL, MONTGOMERY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930   
Gold Glove 1932   
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
1930 27 HOU NL $ 300,000   54 54 55 13 13 13 65 63 64 29 28 28 95 95 95
1931 28 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1932 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1933 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1934 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1935 32 NYG NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1936 33 NYG NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1937 34 BRK NL $ 812,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1938 35 BRK NL $ 812,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1939 36 CIN NL $ 351,301   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 812,000   54 54 55 13 13 13 65 63 64 29 28 28 95 95 95
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
1930 27 HOU NL 81 221 29 73 14 0 2 39 0 1 12 7 .330 .364 .421 .785 31.5 6.5
    AAA   17 66 8 19 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 .288 .309 .318 .627 6.3  
1931 28 HOU NL 12 29 7 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .483 .516 .552 1.068 6.8 2.1
    AAA   120 494 67 163 37 1 10 66 6 4 33 11 .330 .372 .470 .842 78.8  
1932 29 OAK AL 148 544 65 163 35 4 6 82 2 0 26 12 .300 .330 .412 .742 67.8 11.2
1933 30 OAK AL 91 291 25 79 14 0 0 31 1 0 18 5 .271 .315 .320 .635 26.0 2.2
1934 31 OAK AL 104 239 28 65 9 0 0 28 0 0 17 6 .272 .319 .310 .629 21.6 1.4
1935 32 OAK AL 55 124 19 35 12 0 0 16 0 0 6 5 .282 .321 .379 .700 12.0 1.2
  NYG NL 12 31 5 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 .194 .219 .323 .541 1.4 0.0
  TOT   67 155 24 41 14 1 0 19 0 0 7 6 .265 .301 .368 .668 13.4 1.2
1936 33 NYG NL 24 44 4 15 4 1 0 10 0 0 2 2 .341 .362 .477 .839 7.0 1.3
1937 34 BRK NL 78 221 30 59 13 1 2 21 0 0 12 12 .267 .305 .362 .667 22.4 3.5
1938 35 BRK NL 14 10 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .200 .250 .300 .550 1.2 0.1
1939 36 CIN NL 68 140 5 32 3 2 0 17 0 0 8 15 .229 .278 .279 .557 10.5 0.2
10 Years Sim 687 1894 220 543 109 9 10 254 3 1 105 67 .287 .324 .370 .694 208.2 29.7
2 Years AAA 137 560 75 182 39 1 10 70 7 4 35 12 .325 .361 .452 .813 85.1  
162 Game Average 446 51 128 25 2 2 59 0 0 24 15 .287 .324 .370 .694 49.1  
Career Highs 148 544 65 163 35 4 6 82 2 1 26 15 .483 .516 .552 1.068 67.8  
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   1182 139 349 81 5 4 162 3 0 64 37 .295 .331 .382 .713 141.1
vs LH   712 81 194 28 4 6 92 0 1 41 30 .272 .314 .348 .662 74.9
Home 338 899 105 249 47 5 5 111 1 1 46 33 .277 .312 .357 .669 95.3
Away 349 995 115 294 62 4 5 143 2 0 59 34 .295 .336 .381 .717 120.6
RISP   513 0 159 31 5 2 232 0 0 34 21 .310 .348 .402 .750 68.5
Pinch Hitting   140 16 44 5 0 0 20 0 0 6 11 .314 .342 .350 .692 15.9
Close/Late   203 15 57 12 0 1 20 0 0 9 11 .281 .310 .355 .665 21.1
Mar/Apr 113 326 43 107 16 1 2 49 1 1 11 12 .328 .350 .402 .752 42.0
May 153 447 41 110 25 1 0 51 2 0 18 13 .246 .277 .306 .583 35.2
June 117 315 35 91 25 2 1 46 0 0 18 7 .289 .325 .390 .716 37.6
July 124 335 42 89 13 2 3 36 0 0 23 18 .266 .315 .343 .658 35.5
August 93 233 30 65 14 1 3 32 0 0 22 5 .279 .344 .386 .730 30.3
Sep/Oct 84 238 29 81 16 2 1 40 0 0 13 12 .340 .370 .437 .807 35.4
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
1930 27 HOU NL CF 55 55 457.3 126 7 4 0 .971 2.62 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1931 28 HOU NL CF 5 5 36.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 2 20.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1932 29 OAK AL LF 146 143 1239.3 304 13 0 4 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 2 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1933 30 OAK AL LF 69 68 563.3 130 2 0 1 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 13 6 67.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 5 49.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0  
1934 31 OAK AL LF 28 25 215.0 44 4 0 2 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 29 21 202.0 60 4 0 1 1.000 2.85 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 5 50.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 0 0 .000 0  
1935 32 OAK AL CF 16 11 107.9 24 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 11 10 77.9 15 2 1 1 .944 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 8 8 68.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 1 8.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  NYG NL CF 4 2 26.4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 2 19.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 20 13 134.3 30 3 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.9
      RF 13 12 97.0 19 2 1 1 .955 1.95   0.0
      LF 10 10 85.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
      C 2 1 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1936 33 NYG NL CF 5 5 39.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 6 3 33.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
1937 34 BRK NL CF 43 37 302.7 90 4 1 1 .989 2.80 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 20 18 151.0 40 1 0 1 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 1 17.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 5.82 0 0 .000 0  
1938 35 BRK NL RF 4 1 11.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 5 0 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0 0 .000 0  
1939 36 CIN NL RF 37 35 282.7 72 5 1 3 .987 2.45 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 21 1 42.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 282 250 2182.0 521 20 1 7 .998 2.23 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  CF 180 142 1261.6 347 18 5 2 .986 2.60 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  RF 100 79 674.0 161 9 2 5 .988 2.27 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  C 2 1 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   565 472 4129.3 1032 47 8 14 .993 2.35 0 0 .000 1 12.8
Career Highs   148 143 1247.3 308 13 4 4 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 1  
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
1930 27 HOU NL 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .333 .400 .733
1931 28 HOU NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1936 33 NYG NL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .333 .375 .708
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 41st overall pick, by Houston in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Eddie Dyer (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1930, off Al Grabowski (NYM)
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
Injured on 4/20/1931 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1932
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to New York (G) on 7/16/1935 (Going to NYG: LF Tom Oliver. Going to OAK: 2B Bobby Reeves, P Sarge Connally, P Hank Johnson)
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/15/1937 to a 2-year deal worth $812,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/5/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $351,301 per year