Gene Oliver
1959–1969 · bats R / throws R · Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
786G
.246AVG
.315OBP
.427SLG
More career statistics
546H
93HR
320RBI
24SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 786 | 785 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,467 | 2,466 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 786 | 2,467 | 2,216 | 268 | 546 | 111 | 5 | 93 | 320 | 215 | 420 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 946 | .246 | .315 | .427 | .742 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1963-08-07 to 1963-08-20
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1966-07-30 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1969-06-14 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1963-08-28 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 397 | 1229 | 295 | 47 | 170 | 105 | 212 | .265 | .325 | .443 |
| Away | 388 | 1237 | 251 | 46 | 150 | 110 | 208 | .228 | .292 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 66 | 175 | 35 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 30 | .224 | .286 | .321 |
| May | 115 | 353 | 74 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 48 | .234 | .297 | .377 |
| June | 145 | 471 | 105 | 21 | 63 | 49 | 93 | .250 | .327 | .443 |
| July | 141 | 414 | 99 | 20 | 69 | 36 | 71 | .267 | .326 | .491 |
| August | 158 | 506 | 128 | 19 | 71 | 34 | 85 | .276 | .320 | .469 |
| September | 154 | 523 | 100 | 20 | 61 | 49 | 89 | .214 | .285 | .389 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .250 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| los-angeles-dodgers | 103 | 309 | 87 | 16 | 48 | 29 | 42 | .318 | .375 | .540 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 94 | 317 | 74 | 12 | 41 | 33 | 40 | .265 | .338 | .444 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 87 | 269 | 61 | 13 | 42 | 26 | 52 | .254 | .323 | .487 |
| cincinnati-reds | 87 | 250 | 56 | 12 | 32 | 16 | 49 | .245 | .288 | .432 |
| chicago-cubs | 82 | 270 | 48 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 50 | .197 | .263 | .393 |
| san-francisco-giants | 73 | 226 | 46 | 10 | 34 | 22 | 46 | .230 | .301 | .410 |
| houston-astros | 69 | 235 | 51 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 38 | .237 | .289 | .367 |
| new-york-mets | 66 | 218 | 46 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 37 | .236 | .312 | .390 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 172 | 42 | 6 | 28 | 3 | .244 | – | – |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 9 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1962 | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 345 | 89 | 14 | 45 | 5 | .258 | – | – |
| 1963 | Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 134 | 398 | 97 | 17 | 65 | 4 | .244 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Milwaukee Braves | 93 | 279 | 77 | 13 | 49 | 3 | .276 | – | – |
| 1965 | Milwaukee Braves | 122 | 392 | 106 | 21 | 58 | 5 | .270 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Atlanta Braves | 76 | 191 | 37 | 8 | 24 | 2 | .194 | – | – |
| 1967 | Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies | 102 | 314 | 69 | 10 | 40 | 2 | .220 | – | – |
| 1968 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs | 24 | 46 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .196 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Chicago Cubs | 22 | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | .222 | – | – |