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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1946)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Al Oliver
|image=Al Oliver Giants.jpg
|caption=Oliver with the San Francisco Giants in 1984
|position=[[Outfielder]] / [[First baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1946|10|14}}
|birth_place=[[Portsmouth, Ohio]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 23
|debutyear=1968
|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 5
|finalyear=1985
|finalteam=Toronto Blue Jays
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.303
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,743
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=219
|stat4label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,326
|teams=
*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|1968}}–{{mlby|1977}})
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1981}})
*[[Montreal Expos]] ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1983}})
*[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1984}})
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1984}})
*[[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1985}})
*[[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|1985}})
|highlights=
*7× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]], [[1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1975]], [[1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1976]], [[1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1980]]–[[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983]])
*[[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1971}})
*3× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1980–1982)
*[[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting champion]] (1982)
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1982)
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates#Pirates Hall of Fame|Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Albert Oliver Jr.''' (born October 14, 1946) is an [[Americans|American]] former professional [[baseball]] player. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] as an [[outfielder]] and [[first baseman]] from {{Baseball year|1968}} through {{Baseball year|1985}}, most notably as a member of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] teams that won five [[National League East|National League Eastern Division]] titles in six years between {{mlby|1970}} and {{mlby|1975}} and, won the [[World Series]] in {{mlby|1971}}. A seven-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], Oliver was the {{mlby|1982}} National League [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|batting champion]] and [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|RBI champion]] as a member of the [[Montreal Expos]]. Oliver surpassed the .300 batting average mark eleven times during his playing career and was also a three-time [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner. He led either league in games played, batting average, hits, doubles, RBI and total bases at least once in his career. 

After 10 seasons with the Pirates, Oliver played for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{baseball year|1978}}–{{baseball year|1981}}), [[Montreal Expos]] ({{baseball year|1982}}–{{baseball year|1983}}), [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{baseball year|1984}}), [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1984}}), [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{baseball year|1985}}), and [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{baseball year|1985}}), over the course of his 18-year MLB career. Nicknamed "'''Scoop'''", Oliver batted and threw left-handed. He was inducted into the [[Pittsburgh Pirates#Pirates Hall of Fame|Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kiki-cuyler-vern-law-al-oliver-to-be-inducted-into-pirates-hall-of-fame |title=World Series champs Cuyler, Law, Oliver to be inducted into Pirates Hall of Fame |work=mlb.com |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/pirates/history/hall-of-fame |title=Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame |work=mlb.com |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>

==Pittsburgh Pirates==
Oliver attended [[Portsmouth High School (Ohio)|Portsmouth High School]] in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguer [[Larry Hisle]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Jacob |title=Oliver, Hisle honored at Portsmouth HS |url=https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/2023/05/12/oliver-hisle-honored-at-portsmouth-hs/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=[[Portsmouth Daily Times]] |date=12 May 2023}}</ref> Oliver was a star [[basketball]] player and earned a scholarship to play [[college basketball]] for the [[Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball]] team. However, before beginning college in 1964, he attended a tryout camp for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and one for the Pittsburgh Pirates in [[Salem, Virginia]]. His father, who wanted him to attend college, allowed him to sign with the Pirates at 17 years old for $5,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Strupp |first1=Dustin Alton |title=All star |url=https://kiwanismagazine.org/2021/01/04/all-star/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=Kiwanis Magazine |publisher=[[Kiwanis]] |date=4 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Juett |first1=James |title=Former Pirate, Ohio native Oliver turns 75 |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/former-pirate-ohio-native-oliver-turns-75/article_99e3bd88-55e6-5a34-bea1-6dfabdfdc054.html |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=[[The Herald-Dispatch]] |date=17 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wulf |first1=Steve |title=You don't know me, says Al |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/04/21/you-dont-know-me-says-al-al-oliver-is-a-300-hitter-who-bats-000-in-the-recognition-department |access-date=28 November 2023 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=April 21, 1980 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Oliver was promoted to the Major Leagues on September 14, 1968, the day his father, Al Oliver Sr., died.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.al-oliver.com/bio.htm| title= Al Oliver BIO| access-date= 2009-01-20| publisher= The Official Al Oliver website| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090304032913/http://www.al-oliver.com/bio.htm| archive-date= 4 March 2009| url-status= dead}}</ref> He appeared in 4 games that season. In his official rookie season, Oliver batted .285 with 17 [[home run]]s and drove in 70 [[run (baseball)|runs]], placing second in the {{Baseball year|1969}} [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] voting. The following season, 1970, Oliver hit .270 and was fifth in the NL with seven sacrifice flies. He also finished second in the league with the 14 times he was [[hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]] (the previous year he was plunked 12 times, fourth in the league). The Pirates won the [[National League East]] title for their first trip to the postseason since winning the [[1960 World Series]]. However, they lost to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in the [[1970 National League Championship Series]].

On September 1, {{baseball year|1971}}, the Pirates fielded what is believed to be the first all-black lineup in the history of the league. Oliver played first base, joining [[second baseman]] [[Rennie Stennett]], center fielder [[Gene Clines]], [[right fielder]] [[Roberto Clemente]], [[left fielder]] [[Willie Stargell]], [[catcher]] [[Manny Sanguillén]], [[third baseman]] [[Dave Cash (baseball)|Dave Cash]], [[shortstop]] [[Jackie Hernández]] and [[pitcher]] [[Dock Ellis]] in the starting lineup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/oliveal01.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081220123946/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/oliveal01.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-20 |title=Al Oliver Facts |access-date=2009-01-20 |publisher=The Baseball Page.com}}</ref> Oliver ended the season with a .282 average, including 31 [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (8th in the NL), seven [[triple (baseball)|triples]] (10th), 10 sacrifice flies (2nd), and five hit-by-pitches (good for 9th in the league). After beating the [[San Francisco Giants]] in the [[1971 National League Championship Series]], the Pirates won the [[1971 World Series|World Series]], beating the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in seven games with Oliver as their regular center fielder.
 
In {{baseball year|1972}}, Oliver raised his [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] to .312, good for sixth in the league. He hit 12 home runs with 89 RBI (10th in the NL). He scored 88 runs (8th in the league) and totalled 176 hits, which was also 8th in the NL. Oliver was named to his first All-Star game while finishing seventh in the NL MVP voting. In 1973, Oliver hit 20 home runs and drove in 99 runs (7th in the NL) while batting .292. Again he was among the league-leaders in hits (191, fifth in the NL), total bases (303, fifth in NL), doubles (38, second in NL), triples (7, eighth in NL), sacrifice flies (nine, 3rd in NL) and extra-base hits with 65, which put him in the top ten for the first of his five times in the league's top ten in that category. The Pirates won their third consecutive NL East title, however, they lost to the Reds 3 games to 2 in the NLCS. The Pirates offense led the National League in batting average with a .274 average and led the NL with 1505 [[hit (baseball)|hits]].

In {{baseball year|1974}}, Oliver hit .321 with 198 hits, which were second and fourth in the National League respectively. He also hit 38 doubles and 12 triples, which were both second best in the NL. Oliver was seventh in NL MVP voting for the second time in three years. About Oliver, [[Willie Stargell]] said, "When it came to hitting&nbsp;... all he ever did was crush the ball. Al was the perfect number three hitter because you knew he was going to make contact". He had a 23-game [[hitting streak]] in 1974 and another streak of 21 games where he got at least one hit. The Pirates won the NL East but lost to the Dodgers 3 games to 1 in the NLCS. The Pirates offense, known as the "Pittsburgh Lumber Company" again led the NL in hitting with 1560 hits and a .274 team batting average.

Oliver's 90 runs in 1975 was tenth in the NL as he hit .280 with 18 home runs and 84 RBI and played in the All-Star game for the second time. He tied a personal mark with 65 extra base hits, which was good for 5th in the NL, 39 of which were doubles, which put him third in the NL in that category. He was named as an outfielder on [[The Sporting News]] 1975 NL All-Star Team. The Pirates won the NL East again, but were swept by the Cincinnati Reds 3 games to none in the NLCS.

[[File:Gerald Ford and Al Oliver 1976.jpg |thumb|left|Oliver speaks with then-President [[Gerald Ford]] prior to the [[1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1976 All-Star Game]]]]
In {{Baseball year|1976}} Oliver hit .323; this was his first of nine straight .300+ seasons. He played in the All-Star game once again, batting .360 at the break, but an inner ear infection sidelined him in the second half, and prevented him from finishing in the top 10 in batting categories. He was voted the National League Player of the Month for June. In 1977, as part of the so-called "Pittsburgh Lumber Company", Oliver hit .308 (tenth in the NL) with 19 home runs and 82 RBI. His 175 hits were 10th in the NL. He also stole a career-high 13 bases, although he was thrown out 16 times along the way. His 8 sacrifice flies were fifth in the league as well.

==Texas Rangers==
Oliver was traded along with [[Nelson Norman]] from the Pirates to the Rangers in the first four-team blockbuster deal in Major League Baseball history on December 8, 1977, that also involved the [[Atlanta Braves]], [[New York Mets]] and a total of eleven players changing teams. The Rangers also received [[Jon Matlack]] from the Mets. The Pirates acquired [[Bert Blyleven]] from the Rangers and [[John Milner]] from the Mets. Going to the Braves from the Rangers were [[Adrian Devine]], [[Tommy Boggs]] and [[Eddie Miller (outfielder)|Eddie Miller]]. The Mets got from the Braves [[Willie Montañez]] and from the Rangers [[Tom Grieve]] and [[Ken Henderson]] who was sent to New York to complete the transaction three months later on March 15, 1978.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/09/archives/matlack-milner-go-in-fourteam-trade.html Durso, Joseph. "Matlack, Milner Go In Four-Team Trade," ''The New York Times'', Friday, December 9, 1977.] Retrieved April 30, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/16/archives/mets-get-ken-henderson-outfielder-from-rangers-fourth-straight.html Durso, Joseph. "Mets Get Ken Henderson, Outfielder, From Rangers," ''The New York Times'', Thursday, March 16, 1978.] Retrieved April 30, 2020</ref>

In 1978 Oliver was second in the AL with a .324 batting average, and his 170 hits were good for eighth in the league, and his 35 doubles were sixth in the league. The next season, 1979, Oliver hit .323, good for fifth in the league (the fifth time he had finished among his league's top ten in batting).

Wearing the number 0 on his uniform (being the first player in the major leagues to do so,)<ref>{{Cite web|title=MLB Players Who Wore Number 0|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/numbers.cgi?number=0|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=Baseball-Reference}}</ref> Oliver played in all of Texas's 163 games in {{Baseball year|1980}}, and reached career highs in hits (209, fourth in the AL), doubles (43, second in the AL) and RBI (117, fourth in the AL) while batting .319, which was eighth in the American League. He was voted to the AL All-Star team for the first time. Oliver was the outfielder on [[The Sporting News]] 1980 AL [[Silver Slugger]] Team. On August 17 at [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], he established an [[American League]] record with 21&nbsp;[[total bases]] in a doubleheader (four home runs, a [[Double (baseball)|double]] and a [[Triple (baseball)|triple]]).

On May 23, 1979, and August 17, 1980, Oliver hit 3 home runs in each game, the first against the [[Minnesota Twins]] in a 7–2 win and a year later against the [[Detroit Tigers]] in the second game of a doubleheader in a 12–6 victory.(He added another in the 1st game, to make it 4 in the double header. In between games, the Tigers' retired Al Kaline's  #6)

In 1981 Oliver was ninth in the AL with a .309 average, sixth in hits with 130, and second in doubles with 29, while playing in the All-Star game (his fifth). He also won his second consecutive [[Silver Slugger Award]] as the best hitter at his position, which in 1981 was designated hitter. He became the first player to win Silver Slugger Awards at two different positions. He also became the Rangers' all-time leading hitter (.319) and reached the club's top ten in virtually every offensive category.

==Montreal Expos==
Oliver wanted an extension to his contract of which he was paid $320,000 annually and had four years remaining, but asked to be traded after Rangers management rejected his renegotiation request. He was set to be dealt to the [[New York Yankees]] for [[Oscar Gamble]], [[Bob Watson]] and [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Mike Morgan]] prior to the 1982 regular season. Gamble's contract listed eight teams to which he could be traded, not including the Rangers, so the deal was squashed.  Oliver was sent to the Montreal Expos for [[Larry Parrish]] and [[Dave Hostetler]] on March 31, 1982, instead. He became the Expos' starting [[first baseman]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/01/sports/gamble-bars-deal-expos-get-oliver.html Chass, Murray. "Gamble Bars Deal; Expos Get Oliver," ''The New York Times'', Thursday, April 1, 1982, 1982.] Retrieved October 31, 2020</ref>

In 1982 with the Expos, Oliver hit a career-high .331 batting average to win the National League batting crown. He also led the NL in hits (204), doubles (43), [[Extra base hit|extra bases]] (67), and total bases (317), and tied with [[Dale Murphy]] for the RBI lead with 109. His 43 doubles tied his 1980 career-high, and his 67 extra base hits was also a career-high as well as his 22 home runs, breaking his 1973 personal best. In addition to playing in his sixth All-Star game, he was third in the NL MVP voting and won his third consecutive [[Silver Slugger Award]], this time as a first baseman. He was also the first baseman on [[The Sporting News]]' NL All-Star Team.  He was voted the [[Montreal Expos Player of the Year]] at the end of the season.

In 1983 Oliver led the NL in doubles with 38 and was fourth in the NL in hits with 184. He hit .300 once again and topped the 2500 career hit level (August 10, 1983, off Mets' pitcher Carlos Diaz). and Oliver was selected for his seventh [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] game, starting at first base in the 1983 Classic.

==Giants, Phillies, Dodgers, and Blue Jays (1984–85)==
On February 27, 1984, Oliver was traded to the San Francisco Giants for [[Fred Breining]] and [[Max Venable]]. The San Francisco Giants later sent [[Andy McGaffigan]] to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade. Later that same year, on August 20, 1984, he was again traded, this time with [[Renie Martin]] to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kelly Downs and George Riley.

In the {{Baseball year|1985}} offseason, Oliver was traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for [[Pat Zachry]]. Then, on July 9, 1985, he was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Toronto Blue Jays for [[Len Matuszek]]. With the Blue Jays, Oliver delivered two game-winning hits in the first four games of the [[1985 American League Championship Series]] against Kansas City. However, the Royals rallied to win the last three games. In the seventh and deciding game, the lefty Oliver started as the DH against right-hander [[Bret Saberhagen]]. But after pitching three scoreless innings, Saberhagen departed the game in favor of lefty [[Charlie Leibrandt]], thus giving the Royals the platoon advantage. Right-handed batter [[Cliff Johnson (baseball)|Cliff Johnson]] pinch hit for Oliver, and struck out, ending a Blue Jays rally. Oliver was caught by TV cameras angrily scowling in the dugout, knowing his night—and as it turned out, his season and career—were over. Oliver batted .375 for the series.  He is one of the few players to play for both major league Canadian teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/players-who-played-for-multiple-teams-franchises.fcgi?level=franch&t1=TOR&t2=WSN&t3=--&t4=--|title=101 players who played for Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos, 1969-2004)|access-date=2023-09-03}}</ref>

Oliver claims that he was forced to retire due to collusion. Courts ruled that there was collusion among baseball owners in the mid-1980s, which included Oliver (and nine others) when a judge ruled that he was entitled to $680,031.05 in 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/al-oliver-stats-hall-of-fame-case-montreal-expos-mlb-collusion-1980s/7z0ej4s05c7p1ljnk7srsawtt | title=Collusion hurt al Oliver's Hall of Fame case; can he still get in? | date=12 August 2021 }}</ref>

Several players, including [[Kirk Gibson]], were allowed to file for free agency a second time because of the court order based on the "collusion" finding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-oliver.com/stats.htm|title=Al Oliver Career statistics|access-date=2009-01-20|publisher=The Official Al Oliver website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302103055/http://www.al-oliver.com/stats.htm|archive-date=2 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Oliver himself believes that he could have played four or five more years. [[Andre Dawson]] said, "Al, as a lifetime .300 hitter after 18 seasons, I feel is deserving of induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. There is no question in my mind had he not been forced out of the game by collusion, had he been given an all-out honest attempt to achieve 3,000&nbsp;hits, he would have done it. He was pushed out of the game when he was still a .300 hitter. I feel he deserves a place in baseball today."

==Career stats==
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|Games
|[[Plate appearances|PA]]
|[[At-bat|AB]]
|[[Run (baseball)|Runs]]
|[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|[[double (baseball)|2B]]
|[[triple (baseball)|3B]]
|[[Home runs|HR]]
|[[Runs batted in|RBI]]
|SB
|[[Walk (baseball)|BB]]
|[[Strikeout|SO]]
|[[Batting average (baseball)|Avg.]]
|[[Slugging percentage|Slg.]]
|[[On-base percentage|OBP]]
|OPS
|[[fielding percentage|Fld%]]
|-
|2368
|9778
|9049
|1189
|2743
|529
|77
|219
|1326
|84
|535
|756
|.303
|.451
|.344
|.795
|.986
|}
</div>
Oliver batted .300 or more eleven times. His 2,743 career [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] rank 58th on the all-time list. In the time of his career, he was third in hits among all players, behind [[Pete Rose]] and [[Rod Carew]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Player Batting Season & Career Stats Finder - Baseball {{!}} Stathead.com | url=https://stathead.com/tiny/jHvei | access-date=2025-08-03 | website=stathead.com}}</ref> He also ranks among all-time top 50 in games played (2368), total bases (4083), RBI (1326) and extra-base hits (825). He was among the league's top ten in doubles nine times and among the league's top ten in hits nine times as well and finished in the top ten in batting average nine times. Five times he was among the league's top ten in total bases and four times he was in the top ten in RBIs.  Because of these feats, his name has been mentioned more than once as a possible inductee into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-28 |title=Al Oliver Stats & Facts |url=https://thisdayinbaseball.com/al-oliver-page/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=This Day In Baseball |language=en-US}}</ref>

Oliver hit the last home run at [[Forbes Field]]. His shot came off [[Milt Pappas]] in the sixth inning of the last game played at the stadium, the second game of a June 28, 1970, [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[Chicago Cubs]]. He also drove in the first run ever scored at [[Three Rivers Stadium]]. His first-inning double off [[Gary Nolan (baseball)|Gary Nolan]] drove in [[Richie Hebner]] in that stadium's inaugural game, on July 16 of that same 1970 season. However, the [[Cincinnati Reds]] defeated the Pirates 3–2 .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B07160PIT1970.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Cincinnati Reds 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2|access-date=2009-01-20|publisher=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His son, [[Aaron Oliver]], played football for the [[Texas A&M University]] team that won the 1998 [[Big 12 Conference]] Championship. Aaron, a four-year letterman and three-year starter, caught the first touchdown pass in Big 12 history.<ref>http://www.kipptruth.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=7074bd1d-5fb7-4669-b007-613e8a0c9ffc {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>

On April 22, 2013, the Portsmouth City Council unanimously passed a resolution recognizing and appointing Al Oliver as "Mr. Ambassador" for the City of Portsmouth in recognition of his various efforts on behalf of the community and southern Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/view/full_story/21967660/article-Councilman--name-Al-Oliver-%E2%80%9CMr--Ambassador%E2%80%9D |title=Portsmouth Daily Times - Councilman name al Oliver "Mr Ambassador" |access-date=2013-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317135133/http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/view/full_story/21967660/article-Councilman--name-Al-Oliver-%E2%80%9CMr--Ambassador%E2%80%9D |archive-date=2013-03-17 }}</ref>

Oliver is portrayed on one of the Floodwall Murals in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]], honoring local Major League Baseball players, scouts, and umpires.

In September 2014, Oliver released his second book, titled ''Life is a Hit, Don't Strike Out'' that chronicled his life and career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.162games.us/al-oliver-an-unlikely-career/ |title=Al Oliver: An Unlikely Career – 162 Games |access-date=2015-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325191209/http://www.162games.us/al-oliver-an-unlikely-career/ |archive-date=2015-03-25 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{SABR Baseball Biography Project|61be7b74}}
*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=oliveal01 Al Oliver] at Baseball Almanac
*Al Oliver {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20071203230057/http://www.al-oliver.com/300club.htm}}
*[http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/al-oliver-stats-hall-of-fame-case-montreal-expos-mlb-collusion-1980s/7z0ej4s05c7p1ljnk7srsawtt TSN: Collusion hurt Al Oliver's Hall of Fame case; can he still get in?]
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/news/2007/election/vc/oliver.htm |title=2007 Hall of Fame candidate profile |access-date=February 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423155253/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/news/2007/election/vc/oliver.htm |archive-date=April 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
*[http://www.kipptruth.org Aaron Oliver's Work Place (KIPP TRUTH Academy)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831095106/http://www.kipptruth.org/ |date=2009-08-31 }}

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