Tony Oliva
Cuban-American former baseball player and coachWikipedia
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Sep 14, 2026
1967 All-Star Game National League REMASTERED American League
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4:54Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Carl Yastrzemski of Boston in left field.
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4:57Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins is in center field.
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5:00Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tony Canigliaro of Boston is in right field.
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5:03Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Freehan of Detroit is a catcher.
6 MINS LATER
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11:05Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He can run very well, but since then, in the past few weeks, he's been hitting the ball hard, has a few home runs, extra base
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11:10Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
hits, so he's coming around very well for Minnesota.
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11:13Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And now another left-handed swinger, Tony Oliva, steps in with two down in this scoreless first inning of the All-Star Game from Anaheim, California.
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11:22Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oliva, an all-star play.
1970 07-14 All Star Game
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52:53Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A hitter getting better than .330.
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52:55Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we see Tony Oliva of Minnesota warming up down in the bullpen, and he obviously will come home in the last of this inning.
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53:01Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rose will bat third.
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53:03Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
While Hickman will bat fifth.
6 MINS LATER
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58:48Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
beginning to make their move.
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58:49Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jerry Moses of Boston has replaced Bill Breham as the catcher.
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58:53Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tony Oliva has gone to right field.
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58:55Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Frank Robinson, a lot of folks thought he might not even play tonight.
1967 10-01 Twins at Red Sox TV Audio
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16:20Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're pitching carefully to him.
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16:23Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tony Oliva.
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16:24Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting cleanup.
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16:26Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oliva batting 287.
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19:00Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Bob Ellison's up.
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19:02Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gets him, saving that one.
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19:04Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gives Tony Oliva a double.
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19:07Kurt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Charged George Scott with an error for his overthrow at home.
1971 05-15 Orioles at Red Sox
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32:52Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Davey's batting average now is .304, and that puts him right up there among the top 10 hitters in the American League.
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32:58Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Top hitter in the American League as of today is Tony Oliva hitting .407.
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33:02Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ball low and outside, and a good block and a good save by Boston catcher Dwayne Jorgensen.
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33:08Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bobby Mercer of the Yankees hitting .358, and then, uh, Rojas of the Kansas City Royals with .326, the top three hitters in the American League.
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33:20Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The pitch to Dave Johnson is outside, and the count now two balls and no strikes.
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33:26Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Home run leader in the American League is Tony Oliva with nine.
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33:29Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Boog Powell has seven.
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33:32Chuck ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Runs batted in leader of the Minnesota Twins, Harmon Killebrew, 26, Boog Powell, 25, and Carl Yastrzemski, 23.
1971 10-16 Pirates at Orioles World Series Game 6
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79:27Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Moose back, 3-2, foul to the screen.
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79:34Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Brettman, third in the American League this year behind Tony Oliva and Bobby Mercer in hitting with a .318 average.
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79:42Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Baltimore all year long employing a four outfielder system.
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79:46Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The fourth man not playing today, great center fielder Paul Blair.
1966 All-Star Game National League REMASTERED American League
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1:26Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In left field, of the Baltimore Orioles, Frank Robinson.
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1:30Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In right field, Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins.
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1:35Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Brooks Robinson batting fifth and playing third base also of the Baltimore Orioles.
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1:41Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the rookie, George Scott, at first base from the Boston Red Sox.
10 MINS LATER
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11:56Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting third, in his seventh All-Star game, the first in the American League is Frank Robinson, playing left field, hitting .312.
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12:03Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In answer to some questions, yes, other players have played on all-star squats for both leagues, including Jim Bunning, who is in this ball club and this ball game, now in the National League.
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12:12Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting cleanup, he's won the batting title in the American League the last two years in a row from Minnesota, Tony Oliva, hitting .314 now.
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12:19Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting fifth, a former most valuable player, Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles, hitting .295, and he's got 70 RBIs.
1965 World Series Game 2 Minnesota Twins REMASTERED Los Angeles Dodgers
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17:50speaker_9ADVERTISER
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17:57Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Leading off, Zolo Versailles, shortstop, Joe Nosek in center, Tony Oliva will be in right, the cleanup hitter is Harmon Killebrew at third base, Ed Batty, catching, Bob Allison goes into left field and is hitting six, Don Mincher at first base, Frank Kulisai, at second base, and Jim Cott will be the ninth hitter.
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18:23Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Second World Series game is brought to you from Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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18:29speaker_10ADVERTISER
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21:46Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Grab the ball and throw it, and there go the Twins.
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21:55Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Minnesota Twins with Earl Batty behind the plate, Harmon Killebrew at third base, Zolio Versailles, the man of the hour at shortstop, Frank Quillacy at second base, and Big Don Mincher at first base.
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22:06Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The outfield is Allison in left field, Joe Nasek in center field, and Tony Oliva in right field.
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22:13Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Figure that Koufax, a left-hander, will equalize.
1968 All-Star Game National League REMASTERED American League
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64:15Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jim, the American League will have some changes, it looks like, in the next inning.
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64:18Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rick Munday, Oakland's great young center fielder, has been warming up with Tony Oliva, the Twins' right fielder.
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64:26Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, there was a contention or the thought of people such as Frank Howard that Munday and Oliva would get in quickly.
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64:32Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yastrzemski moving to left and Horton and Howard coming out.
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68:59Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
T-R-O-P dash A-R-T-I-Z Tropic Arctic.
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69:02Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, we have a change for the American League.
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69:05Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Howard, who struck out and went 0 for 2 on the day, lining out on the pitch to Kessinger and then striking out, has been retired, and Tony Oliva, a right fielder by profession with the Minnesota Twins, has gone into right field to replace him.
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69:20Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hank Allen will lead it off in the last of the fourth inning for the National League.
1965 World Series Game 7 Los Angeles Dodgers REMASTERED Minnesota Twins
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8:39Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting third, the right fielder, Oliva.
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8:41Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tony Oliva in right field.
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8:43Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the cleanup spot, third baseman, Killebrew.
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8:46Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Harmon Killebrew at third base.
8 MINS LATER
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got the ball for
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16:59Byron SaamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
the final out.
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17:07Byron SaamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A spectacular catch by Tony Oliva for the final out in the first inning.
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17:11Byron SaamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No runs for the Dodgers.
Philadelphia Phillies REMASTERED New York Mets (Game 1)
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46:11Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Two balls and one strike.
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46:12Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The batting champion in the American League, Tony Oliva, averaged at .321 today.
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46:17Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Foul ball punt to the right side.
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46:19Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The cat now moves up to .202.
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