Joe Oliver

C · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1989–2001 BORN: MEMPHIS, USA
Career
831 H · 102 HR · 476 RBI · 13 SB
.247 AVG · .690 OPS · 1076 G
2001 Season
.250 AVG · 1 HR · 2 RBI · 0 SB
.263 OBP · .361 SLG · .624 OPS
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Joe Oliver was a catcher in MLB. Across 1076 career games, with a .247 batting average and 102 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1989 CIN 49 151 13 41 8 0 3 23 0 6 28 .272 .300 .384 .684
1990 CIN 121 364 34 84 23 0 8 52 1 37 75 .231 .304 .360 .664
1991 CIN 94 269 21 58 11 0 11 41 0 18 53 .216 .265 .379 .644
1992 CIN 143 485 42 131 25 1 10 57 2 35 75 .270 .316 .388 .704
1993 CIN 139 482 40 115 28 0 14 75 0 27 91 .239 .276 .384 .659
1994 CIN 6 19 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 .211 .286 .368 .654
1995 ML4 97 337 43 92 20 0 12 51 2 27 66 .273 .332 .439 .772
1996 CIN 106 289 31 70 12 1 11 46 2 28 54 .242 .311 .405 .715
1997 CIN 111 349 28 90 13 0 14 43 1 25 58 .258 .313 .415 .728
1998 DET 50 155 8 35 8 0 4 22 0 7 33 .226 .253 .355 .608
1998 SEA 29 85 12 19 3 0 2 10 1 10 15 .224 .305 .329 .635
1999 PIT 45 134 10 27 8 0 1 13 2 10 33 .201 .253 .284 .537
2000 SEA 69 200 33 53 13 1 10 35 2 14 38 .265 .313 .490 .803
2001 BOS 5 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .250 .308 .333 .641
2001 NYY 12 36 3 9 1 0 1 2 0 1 12 .250 .263 .361 .624
Career Totals 1076 3367 320 831 174 3 102 476 13 248 637 .247 .299 .391 .690
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (1): 1992
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1989$68,000
1990$107,500
1991$186,000
1992$260,000
1993$1,200,000
1994$2,500,000
1995$462,100
1996$708,000
1997$375,000
1998$170,000
1998$750,000
2000$500,000
2001$1,100,000

Career Total: $8,386,600 (13 seasons)

Average: $645,123

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.