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		Pedro “Tony” Oliva Jr., born July 20, 1941, in Pinar del Río, Cuba, was one of the greatest ballplayers of his era.
		Oliva became a mainstay in Minnesota during the 1964 season when he became the first rookie ever to lead the American League in batting with a.323 average.
		Tony Oliva, arguably the greatest Latino ballplayer ever, is a credit to the game, on and off the field, and a qualified candidate for baseball’s most prestigious honor, a place in the Hall of Fame.
	www.latinobaseball.com /mlb/articles/tony.html (696 words)

	COOL OF THE EVENING: TONY OLIVA
		Unfortunately, Oliva was known for taking a loose grip on the bat, which tended to fly from his hands now and then.
		But even if Oliva never makes it, there's always a place in fans' memories for a great hitter who was also a stand-up teammate with exceptional class, poise and personality.
		Tony Oliva was born in the summer of 1941 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, into a family whose siblings could not only be their own baseball team, they could be there own baseball team in a designated hitter league.
	www.cooloftheevening.com /tony_oliva.htm (415 words)

	Tony Oliva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique (born July 20, 1938) in Pinar del Río, Cuba, better known as Tony Oliva, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder who played his entire career in the American League for the Minnesota Twins between 1962 and 1976.
		Oliva batted.342 in three minors seasons, winning one batting title and missing another by.0001 of a point.
		Tony Oliva - Article suggesting Oliva should be in the Hall of Fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Oliva (667 words)

	Tony Oliva \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Oliva was one of ten children born to his family in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
		Tony Oliva joined Joe DiMaggio as the only players to be named to the All-Star Game in their first six seasons.
		However, Oliva's relative batting average, that is his average compared to his league, is one of the best in baseball history, and one of the top ten since 1930.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/olivato01.php (1089 words)

	SITT - Tony Oliva
		Tony was reduced to pinch-hitting and DH-ing for his final four years.
		Oliva was a key component of the strong Minnesota teams of the sixties and early seventies, including the championship club of 1965, which had such luminaries as pitchers Mudcat Grant, Jim Kaat and Jim Perry and sluggers Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Early Battey and Don Mincher.
		Oliva did much better in both the 1969 and 1970 ALCS, but the bad news was the Twins were swept both times.
	www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/oliva.html (1014 words)

	Tony Oliva \| BaseballLibrary.com
		In 1969, Oliva tied Joe DiMaggio's record of having been named to the All-Star team in each of his first six seasons in the league but missed the game with the chicken pox.
		Because of his knee, Oliva was used mainly as a designated hitter and pinch hitter (Frank Quilici, the manager said, `Go up and pinch-hit for Craig Kusick, the DH.' After I batted, I stayed on the bench for an inning then went upstairs to take a shower thinking I was out of the game.
		Oliva's actual name is Pedro, but he used his brother's passport to enter the U.S. to play pro ball in 1961, and he's been known as Tony ever since.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/O/Oliva_Tony.stm (1493 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball - Fans' memories of Tony Oliva
		At the risk of minimizing his tremendous hitting prowess, my favorite memory of Tony O. was when he had a bad wrist/hand, and he had to let go of his bat quite often.
		While Oliva was known mostly as a great hitter which he was, he was also a Gold Glove-winning outfielder.
		My memmories of Tony O make it hard to believe he is not in the Hall of Fame.
	archive.sportingnews.com /oliva/memories-p.html (458 words)

	American Heroes
		Tony Oliva was born in Cuba; came to the U. by using his brother's passport and became a super star outfielder for the Minnesota Twins.
		In 1964, Tony Oliva went on to lead the American League in batting.323, in runs 109, in hits 217 and doubles with 43.
		In 1967 and 1968, Oliva had seven operations for torn ligaments in his right knee, but Oliva came back to led the AL in hits for the 4th and 5th time and in doubles for the 3rd and 4th time.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=18 (1392 words)

	Timberjay Newspapers Online
		Oliva, the outfielder and fantastic slugger on the Minnesota Twins teams of the 60s and 70s, came to Ely with Twins representatives Wednesday.
		I watched Tony Oliva, and though I knew he would be there I was surprised by the impact of his presence.
		Oliva, on the downside of his career, was the Twins’ designated hitter.
	www.timberjay.com /current.php?article=660 (849 words)

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		Oliva's career could be immortalized (.304 lifetime average, 1,917 hits, 220 home runs, three batting titles, Gold Glove winner might be enough open the Hall's door), while Mauer's career could be someday.
		Oliva, a Twins' star in the 1960s, met more challenges than most of us could imagine, growing up dirt poor in Cuba, his parents growing tobacco, vegetables and raising pigs, cows, chickens or whatever would produce a few bucks.
		Oliva, who grew up about 100 miles from Havana, said his father was able to get three or four gloves, a few baseballs and a catcher's mask during a trip to Havana.
	www.lacrossetribune.com /articles/2005/01/26/sports/01second.prt (887 words)

	Tony Oliva \| BaseballLibrary.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tony Oliva was famous for digging in at home plate.
		It was an interesting memory because of the length of time he held that left hand out to the umpire, asking for time, while digging away with his left foot at that hole he always dug for himself.
		Tony was his favorite player and he watched him play until he left Minneapolis in 1967 and lost track of him.
	www.baseballlibrary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /baseballlibrary/submit/Calhoun_Calvin1.stm (190 words)

	Tony O’s Beef? -- The Hardball Times
		Oliva also made his first All-Star team, finished fourth in the league MVP voting behind Robinson, Mantle, and Howard, and won the AL Rookie of the Year award with 19 of the 20 first-place votes (Wally Bunker somehow got the other one).
		Oliva played 15 seasons in the major leagues, which is plenty, but he had fewer than 150 plate appearances in four of those seasons, including those cups of coffee he had in 1962 and 1963.
		My uncle tells me Oliva had good speed before his knee problems and that he was a good basestealer, but he never stole 20 bases in a season and finished his career with 86 stolen bases at a lackluster 61% clip.
	www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/tony-os-beef (2410 words)

	Tony Oliva: Still waiting for a call from Cooperstown
		Oliva grew up on a family farm where he helped prepare the ground for planting tobacco, corn and potatoes by pushing a plow hooked up to an old milk cow.
		Oliva batted.291 with 16 homers and 92 RBIs in 1973, the first year of the DH rule.
		Oliva, 58, hobbled away in 1976 and has devoted his retirement years to teaching new generations of Twins hitters.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamMLBHallofFame/mar1_oli.html (948 words)

	TONY AND VADA: Will The Hall Ever Call?
		Tony Oliva who played his whole career for the Minnesota Twins and Vada Pinson who had his best years with the Reds but also enjoyed a few fine seasons with Cleveland.
		Oliva played in fifteen seasons but in truth his career was cut short due to injuries.
		To compensate for the years Oliva was not 100% and to show how impressive he was during his “prime” years I have amassed Tony’s stats over his ten best seasons.
	www.netshrine.com /amato.html (559 words)

	St. Paul Pioneer Press \| 06/11/2006 \| Twins: Mauer & Oliva
		In June of 1971 —; 35 years ago — Tony Oliva of the Twins was hitting.375 when he tore cartilage in his right knee while diving for a ball in the outfield in a game against Oakland.
		Oliva, who batted left-handed, was a.304 career hitter and led the league in hitting three times.
		Now 65, Oliva, dressed in a Twins uniform, was leaning against the back of the batting cage the other day, watching Joe Mauer, 23, and his beautiful left-handed swing spray line drives around the Metrodome.
	www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/sports/14790076.htm (791 words)

	Tony Oliva Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Tony Oliva was born on Wednesday, July 20, 1938, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
		Oliva was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1962, with the Minnesota Twins.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tony Oliva baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=olivato01 (298 words)

	Minnesota Twins : History : Retired Numbers: Tony Oliva
		Pedro "Tony" Oliva Jr., or "Tony-O" to those who followed his 24-year career as a Twins' player and coach, was a man who seemed to excell in all aspects of the game.
		His prowess as a hitter was demonstrated in the fact that he lead the league in hits five times, and his 220 career home runs rank third all-time among Twins.
		Oliva, the 1964 American League Rookie of the Year, began his coaching career in 1976.
	minnesota.twins.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/min/history/oliva.jsp (1548 words)

	Tony Conigliaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anthony Richard "Tony" Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C.", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964-67, 1969-1970, 1975) and California Angels (1971).
		Tony Oliva won American League Rookie of the Year honors.
		Currently, the Tony Conigliaro Award is given annually to the player who best overcomes an obstacle and continues to thrive through the adversity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Conigliaro (416 words)

	Eastern League Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pedro "Tony" Oliva Jr., born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, spent his entire 24-year Major League career with the Minnesota Twins as both a player and a coach.
		Oliva led the American League in hits five times (1964-66, 1969, 1970) and ranks among the Twins' career top ten in virtually every offensive category.
		Oliva is a member of the Twins Hall of Fame and his number (6) was retired in 1997.
	www.easternleague.com /release.taf?release=239 (632 words)

	Tony Oliva (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		'''Pedro Oliva López''' (born July 20, 1940) in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, better known as Tony Oliva, is a former Major League Baseball rightfielder who played his entire career in the American League for the Minnesota Twins between 1962 and 1976.
		Oliva added 16 home runs, 98 runs batted in,107 runs, and led the league in hits (185).
		In 15-seasons career, Oliva batted.304 with 220 homeruns, 947 RBI, 870 runs, 1917 hits, 329 doubles, 48 triples, and 86 stolen bases in 1676 games.
	tony-oliva.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (553 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Induction Speech - Tony Perez
		Tony Perez, Cincinnati 1964 to 1976, 1984 to 1986, Montreal 1977 to 1979, Boston Red Sox 1980 to 1982, and the Philadelphia Phillies 1983.
		When the late Tony Pacheco, a scout for the Cuban Sugar Kings, signed me at 16, my father supported me. Later on I went to my first spring training in Tampa, despite my mother's pleading, because of her love.
		I also hope in the near future Dave Concepcion, Andre Dawson, Tony Oliva, Luis Tiant, Minnie Miñoso, and Pete Rose could be here, because the feeling is wonderful.
	baseballhalloffame.org /hof_weekend/2000/speeches/perez_tony.htm (1624 words)

	Baseball America's All-Star Monthly Newsletter > Views from the Dugout > November 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Tony Oliva first came to the United States to try out for the Twins they were going to release him partially because they felt he was too old.
		One of Tony's friends told the team that the man they knew as "Tony" was in fact "Pedro", Tony's younger brother who was only 18.
		His friend said that "Pedro" had used "Tony's" passport to get into the U.S. The stories hit the papers shortly after explaining, incorrectly, that Tony was actually the 18 year old Pedro and the name has stuck for over 40 years.
	www.baseballfantasycamps.com /newsletter/1105.html (681 words)

	BBTF's Newsblog Discussion :: MLB: Tony Oliva stunned by voting
		I'm sick of players like Tony Oliva and Albert Belle and their injury-shortened careers.
		Just the other day, I got in a heated discussion with Treder and Sam M about Oliva, about what a great player he was.
		I still think he was a great player but the fact of the matter is the injuries shortened his career and you can't get elected on what you might have done if you didn't get hurt.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/newsstand/discussion/26644 (835 words)

	Tony Oliva - BR Bullpen
		Tony Pedro Oliva born Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique
		Tony Oliva was a three-time batting champion and eight-time All Star in his 15 year career.
		In the latest voting by the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee, he finished in third place with 56% of the vote out of the 75% necessary.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Tony_Oliva (136 words)

	Tony Conigliaro: How good was he? a comparison
		To bring everything up to par, I brought Rocky and Tony C’s at bats up to 3,135 to match Oliva’s then I adjusted the rest of their statistics in the line with each ones performance per at bat.
		For Colavito he was 295 at bats shy of Oliva.
		Oliva was the leader in four of the six with Colavito taking the lead in home runs and RBI’s.
	www.athomeplate.com /conigliaro.shtml (603 words)

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