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Tony Oliva played 15 major-league seasons (1962-1976) as a OF (1,178). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 24 | MIN | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .444 | 1.139 | 219 |
| 1963 | 25 | MIN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .857 | 149 |
| 1964 | 26 | MIN | 161 | 672 | 109 | 217 | 32 | 94 | 12 | 34 | 68 | .323 | .916 | 159 |
| 1965 | 27 | MIN | 149 | 576 | 107 | 185 | 16 | 98 | 19 | 55 | 64 | .321 | .870 | 154 |
| 1966 | 28 | MIN | 159 | 622 | 99 | 191 | 25 | 87 | 13 | 42 | 72 | .307 | .854 | 151 |
| 1967 | 29 | MIN | 146 | 557 | 76 | 161 | 17 | 83 | 11 | 44 | 61 | .289 | .810 | 146 |
| 1968 | 30 | MIN | 128 | 470 | 54 | 136 | 18 | 68 | 10 | 45 | 61 | .289 | .833 | 160 |
| 1969 | 31 | MIN | 153 | 637 | 97 | 197 | 24 | 101 | 10 | 45 | 66 | .309 | .851 | 144 |
| 1970 | 32 | MIN | 157 | 628 | 96 | 204 | 23 | 107 | 5 | 38 | 67 | .325 | .878 | 149 |
| 1971 | 33 | MIN | 126 | 487 | 73 | 164 | 22 | 81 | 4 | 25 | 44 | .337 | .915 | 166 |
| 1972 | 34 | MIN | 10 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .321 | .724 | 124 |
| 1973 | 35 | MIN | 146 | 571 | 63 | 166 | 16 | 92 | 2 | 45 | 44 | .291 | .754 | 112 |
| 1974 | 36 | MIN | 127 | 459 | 43 | 131 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 27 | 31 | .285 | .739 | 112 |
| 1975 | 37 | MIN | 131 | 455 | 46 | 123 | 13 | 58 | 0 | 41 | 45 | .270 | .722 | 105 |
| 1976 | 38 | MIN | 67 | 123 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .211 | .495 | 45 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 159 | 159 | 313 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 147 | 147 | 284 | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| 1966 | OF | 159 | 157 | 335 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 1967 | OF | 146 | 145 | 286 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 1968 | OF | 126 | 126 | 227 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1969 | OF | 152 | 151 | 311 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| 1970 | OF | 157 | 156 | 351 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 1971 | OF | 121 | 120 | 216 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 1972 | OF | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Tony Oliva won: Rookie of the Year 1964 (AL), TSN All-Star 1964 (AL), TSN All-Star 1965 (AL), Gold Glove 1966 (AL), TSN All-Star 1966 (AL), TSN All-Star 1970 (AL), TSN All-Star 1971 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 99 / 280 | 0 |
| 1964 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 19 / 20 | 19 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 174 / 280 | 1 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 71 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 6 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 5 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 157 / 336 | 5 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 36 / 336 | 0 |
Tony Oliva ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #80 | designated hitters | 1973 | 112 OPS+ |
| #87 | designated hitters | 1975 | 105 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.