Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na Septemba 1,, ndị Pirates tinyere ihe a kwenyere na ọ bụ ndị isi ojii mbụ na akụkọ ntolite nke otu ahụ. Oliver gbara bọọlụ mbụ, sonyeere onye isi nke abụọ Rennie Stennett, onye etiti etiti Gene Clines, onye aka nri Roberto Clemente, onye aka ekpe Willie Stargell, onye na-ejide Manny Sanguillén, onye isi nke atọ Dave Cash, shortstop Jackie Hernández na onye na-agba Dock Ellis na mmalite. Oliver mechiri oge ahụ na nkezi nke.282, gụnyere 31 abụọ (8th na NL), asaa atọ (10th), 10 àjà na-efe efe (2nd), na ise hit-site-pitches (dị mma maka 9th na otu). Mgbe ha merisịrị San Francisco Giants na 1971 National League Championship Series
N'afọ 2009, ndị Pirates meriri World Series, na-eti ndị Baltimore Orioles na egwuregwu asaa na Oliver dị ka onye na-ahụkarị etiti etiti ha.