Joe Oliver (baseball)

Joe Oliver
Oliver with the Nashville Sounds in 1988
Catcher
Born: (1965-07-24) July 24, 1965 (age 59) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 15, 1989, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 2001, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.247
Home runs	102
Runs batted in	476
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1989–1994) Milwaukee Brewers (1995) Cincinnati Reds (1996–1997) Detroit Tigers (1998) Seattle Mariners (1998) Pittsburgh Pirates (1999) Seattle Mariners (2000) New York Yankees (2001) Boston Red Sox (2001)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1990)

Joseph Melton Oliver (born July 24, 1965) is an American former professional baseball catcher. During a 19-year professional playing career, Oliver played parts of 13 seasons in MLB for seven different teams during 1989–2001, and was a member of the World Series-winning 1990 Cincinnati Reds. He later managed in Minor League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization from 2014 through 2020, and in collegiate summer baseball in 2021 and 2022. As a player, Oliver was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and 215 pounds (98 kg); he batted and threw right-handed.