Joe Oliver

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 215 lb

BornJuly 24, 1965 · Memphis, TN, USA

MLB debutJuly 15, 1989

Final gameOctober 6, 2001

Seasons13 (1989–2001)

Cincinnati Reds 1989–1994; Milwaukee Brewers 1995; Cincinnati Reds 1996–1997; Detroit Tigers 1998; Seattle Mariners 1998; Pittsburgh Pirates 1999; Seattle Mariners 2000; Boston Red Sox 2001; New York Yankees 2001

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified batters

139

23.5

521

10.7

482

18.1

1.3

115

51.7

45.6

RBI

56.4

36.9

97.3

.239

OBP

.276

0.7

SLG

.384

22.1

OPS

.659

6.7

wRC+

71.3

2.7

OPS+

75.2

5.4

wOBA

.292

sWAR

0.9

13.4

of 150 qualified 1993 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

77.9

8.3

OPS+

82.9

12.7

sWAR

10.7

87.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	49	161	151	13	41	8	0	3	23	6	28	0	0	.272	.300	.384	.684	90.3	92.8	.311	0.8
1990	121	409	364	34	84	23	0	8	52	37	75	1	1	.231	.304	.360	.664	70.7	79.7	.293	0.9
1991	94	291	269	21	58	11	0	11	41	18	53	0	0	.216	.265	.379	.644	69.9	77.3	.286	0.7
1992	143	534	485	42	131	25	1	10	57	35	75	2	3	.270	.316	.388	.704	85.5	96.3	.309	2.1
1993	139	521	482	40	115	28	0	14	75	27	91	0	0	.239	.276	.384	.659	71.3	75.2	.292	0.9
1994	6	21	19	1	4	0	0	1	5	2	3	0	0	.211	.286	.368	.654	56.8	70.6	.274	0.0
1995	97	369	337	43	92	20	0	12	51	27	66	2	4	.273	.332	.439	.772	95.5	95.4	.344	1.7
1996	106	325	289	31	70	12	1	11	46	28	54	2	0	.242	.311	.405	.715	83.2	87.5	.313	1.1
1997	111	386	349	28	90	13	0	14	43	25	58	1	3	.258	.313	.415	.728	86.3	88.1	.323	1.5
1998	79	263	240	20	54	11	0	6	32	17	48	1	1	.225	.272	.346	.618	56.5	59.4	.274	0.1
1999	45	146	134	10	27	8	0	1	13	10	33	2	0	.201	.253	.284	.537	32.6	36.1	.245	-0.4
2000	69	219	200	33	53	13	1	10	35	14	38	2	1	.265	.313	.490	.803	101.3	103.8	.345	1.2
2001	17	53	48	4	12	2	0	1	3	2	15	0	0	.250	.275	.354	.629	61.7	65.3	.275	0.1

Career totals

1,076

3,698

3,367

320

831

174

102

RBI

476

248

637

.2468

OBP

.2986

SLG

.3911

OPS

.6897

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1989-08-23	CIN @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	3	0	8
1991-07-04	CIN @ ATL Gameday	4	1	3	2	1	3	0	8
2000-07-29	TOR @ SEA Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	2	0	8
1993-09-08	STL @ CIN Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	4	0	8
1990-05-03	CIN @ NYM Gameday	3	2	2	0	2	3	1	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.