Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Oliver ya sanya hannu ta hanyar Pirates a matsayin mai kyauta mai kyauta a cikin. An inganta shi zuwa Babban League a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1968, wanda shine ranar da mahaifinsa, Al Oliver Sr., ya mutu. Ya bayyana a wasanni 4 a wannan kakar. A lokacin da ya fara aiki, Oliver ya buga.285 tare da 17 gida ya gudu kuma ya gudu a cikin 70, ya zama na biyu a cikin National League Rookie of the Year zabe. A kakar wasa ta gaba, 1970, Oliver ya buga.270 kuma ya kasance na biyar a cikin NL tare da hadayu bakwai. Ya kuma gama na biyu a gasar tare da sau 14 da aka buga shi (a shekarar da ta gabata an buga shi sau 12, na huɗu a gasar). Pirates sun lashe taken National League East don tafiyarsu ta farko zuwa postseason tun lokacin da suka lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1960. Duk da haka, sun rasa zuwa Cincinnati Reds a 1970 National League Championship Series
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