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Tom Oliver (baseball)
Thomas Noble Oliver (January 15, 1903 – February 26, 1988) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1930 through to 1933 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 168 pounds
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Thomas Noble Oliver (January 15, 1903 – February 26, 1988) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1930 through to 1933 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 168 pounds (76 kg), Oliver batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Oliver was a slap hitter who rarely tried to drive the ball. As an outfielder, his arm and speed were already well above average, while his graceful style prompted baseball historian Fred Lieb to compare him to Joe DiMaggio and Tris Speaker. In his rookie season for Boston, Oliver led the American League in games played (154), outs (472) and at-bats (646), while hitting a career-high .293 and leading his team in runs (86), hits (186) and singles (153). He enjoyed another good season in 1931, when he hit .276 and posted career-numbers in doubles (35) and RBI (75). He also led his team in singles (122), triples (5) and outs (436), and was considered in the American League MVP vote. The next two years he shared duties at center field with Dusty Cooke and Carl Reynolds. In a four-season career, Oliver was a .277 hitter with 202 runs and 176 RBI in 514 games, including 191 doubles, 11 tr
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