Tom Oliver
1930–1933 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox
514G
.277AVG
.316OBP
.340SLG
More career statistics
534H
0HR
176RBI
12SB
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 · Plate appearances | 2,072 | 2,073 |
| Batting · RBI | 176 | 170 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 12 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514 | 2,072 | 1,931 | 202 | 534 | 101 | 11 | 0 | 176 | 105 | 61 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 657 | .277 | .316 | .340 | .656 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1930-04-19 to 1930-05-09
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1930-07-15 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1930-06-20 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1930-05-07 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 260 | 1033 | 289 | 0 | 96 | 57 | 25 | .303 | .335 | .377 |
| Away | 254 | 1040 | 245 | 0 | 74 | 48 | 36 | .251 | .282 | .304 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 186 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | .341 | .360 | .464 |
| May | 104 | 447 | 121 | 0 | 39 | 20 | 11 | .289 | .315 | .363 |
| June | 86 | 323 | 70 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 9 | .241 | .291 | .290 |
| July | 95 | 346 | 94 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 11 | .297 | .329 | .372 |
| August | 103 | 404 | 102 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 11 | .270 | .300 | .315 |
| September | 83 | 367 | 86 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 8 | .247 | .278 | .290 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 76 | 297 | 89 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 9 | .317 | .343 | .413 |
| cleveland-guardians | 76 | 310 | 74 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 7 | .264 | .306 | .296 |
| chicago-white-sox | 76 | 306 | 81 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 4 | .287 | .317 | .355 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 75 | 312 | 76 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 12 | .254 | .276 | .318 |
| detroit-tigers | 72 | 283 | 69 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 14 | .266 | .307 | .324 |
| st-louis-browns | 70 | 273 | 67 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 6 | .263 | .304 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 69 | 292 | 78 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 9 | .284 | .305 | .342 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Boston Red Sox | 154 | 646 | 189 | – | 43 | 6 | .293 | – | – |
| 1931 | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 586 | 162 | – | 69 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox | 122 | 455 | 120 | – | 36 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1933 | Boston Red Sox | 90 | 244 | 63 | – | 22 | 2 | .258 | – | – |