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| Name | Team | Age |
| Darby Oliver | Retired (1958, Age 35) | Died (2012, Age 90) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 10, Pick 147 (1950) |
3B | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Jimmy Wynn League | 0 | 2 years (45 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 12/13/1922 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (2B) | Alt Pos (LF) |
| (14.1 %) | (3.1 %) | (0.6 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year
|
Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 1950 | CLE | 143 | 554 | 71 | 142 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 84 | 56 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .751 | .321 | .430 | .256 |
| 1951 | CLE | 155 | 588 | 59 | 149 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 85 | 72 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .706 | .335 | .371 | .253 |
| 1952 | CLE | 157 | 569 | 64 | 164 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 58 | 99 | 5 | 7 | 4 | .759 | .353 | .406 | .288 |
| 1953 | CLE | 132 | 301 | 37 | 68 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .305 | .362 | .226 |
| 1954 | CLE | 88 | 140 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .582 | .275 | .307 | .214 |
| 1955 | CLE-PHI | 17 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.025 | .345 | .680 | .280 |
| 1956 | PHI-BRO-CHN | 45 | 135 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .760 | .308 | .452 | .252 |
| 1957 | CHN | 32 | 109 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .640 | .282 | .358 | .229 |
| 1958 | CHN | 10 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .749 | .343 | .406 | .281 |
| Total | 779 | 2453 | 282 | 628 | 109 | 11 | 70 | 351 | 254 | 396 | 6 | 8 | 19 | .721 | .326 | .395 | .256 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1958-11-01 | Darby Oliver has retired from the Chicago Colts |
| 1958-07-18 | The Chicago Colts have designated Darby Oliver for assignment. |
| 1958-05-20 | The Chicago Colts have promoted Darby Oliver to the major league team. |
| 1958-04-19 | The Chicago Colts have promoted Don Zimmer to the major league team. The Chicago Colts have designated Darby Oliver for assignment. |
| 1956-05-15 | The Chicago Colts have acquired Darby Oliver from the waiver wire. |
| 1956-05-10 | The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Jeff Dobbek to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Jim Gessler to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Theodore Gibson to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Ernie Tappe to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Rick Schulte to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have designated Joe Nieves for assignment. The Brooklyn Deliverance have designated Darby Oliver for assignment. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Tony Skeels to the minors. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Rolla Dizer to the minors. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Fred Moore to the minors. |
| 1956-04-22 | The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted William Drohan to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Wally Albrecht to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Del Handley to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have promoted Darby Oliver to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Theodore Gibson to the minors. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Bill Sheldon to the minors. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent John Tramell to the minors. The Brooklyn Deliverance have sent Rick Schulte to the minors. |
| 1956-04-19 | The Brooklyn Deliverance have acquired Darby Oliver from the waiver wire. |
| 1956-04-15 | The Philadelphia domiNATEors have waived Darby Oliver. |
| 1955-05-02 | A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Clamdiggers and the Philadelphia domiNATEors. The Philadelphia domiNATEors receive Omar Sveum, Carlos Humphreys, Bob Peden, Sammy Gill, Wally Albrecht, Darby Oliver, William Drohan, Draft Pick - 1956 Round 5 (CLE) from the Cleveland Clamdiggers in exchange for Marty Scoffic, Randy Wolf, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 1 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1957 Round 2 (PHI). |
| 1954-10-03 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Waite Hoyt to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Roy Weatherby to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Carney Glynn to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Darby Oliver to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Carlos Humphreys to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Larry Ujdur to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Ed Pena to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Kevin Cole to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Roy Jay to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Sean Quinn to the minors. |
| 1954-09-02 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Kevin Crawford to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Roy Jay to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Darby Oliver to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent William Drohan to the minors. |
| 1953-07-06 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Darby Oliver to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Paul Lovett to the minors. |
| 1953-06-27 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Paul Lovett to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Darby Oliver to the minors. |
| 1951-04-01 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Darby Oliver to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Russ Guthrie to the minors. |
| 1950-09-21 | The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Don Kasko to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Darby Oliver to the minors. |