Tom Oliver
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 168 lb
BornJanuary 15, 1903 · Montgomery, AL, USA
MLB debutApril 14, 1930
Final gameSeptember 23, 1933
Seasons4 (1930–1933)
Boston Red Sox 1930–1933
Percentile snapshot
1932 season — qualified batters
of 167 qualified 1932 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 154 | 700 | 646 | 86 | 189 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 42 | 25 | 6 | 6 | .293 | .339 | .351 | .690 | 79.7 | 78.2 | .319 | 0.7 |
| 1931 | 148 | 618 | 586 | 52 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 6 | .276 | .307 | .353 | .660 | 74.8 | 76.8 | .305 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 122 | 493 | 455 | 39 | 120 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .264 | .305 | .327 | .632 | 64.6 | 65.5 | .294 | -0.4 |
| 1933 | 90 | 261 | 244 | 25 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .258 | .296 | .303 | .599 | 55.4 | 57.5 | .282 | -0.5 |
Career totals
G
514
PA
2,072
AB
1,931
R
202
H
534
2B
101
3B
11
HR
0
RBI
176
BB
105
SO
61
SB
12
BA
.2765
OBP
.3159
SLG
.3402
OPS
.6561
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-05-03 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1930-07-02 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-09-11 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-05-07 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1932-04-19 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-04-14 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-15 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-16 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-19 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-19 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.