Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Satumba,, Pirates sun sanya abin da aka yi imanin shine farkon jerin baki baki a tarihin gasar. Oliver ya buga wasa na farko, tare da dan wasa na biyu Rennie Stennett, dan wasan tsakiya Gene Clines, dan wasan dama Roberto Clemente, dan wasan hagu Willie Stargell, mai karɓar Manny Sanguillén, dan wasa na uku Dave Cash, dan wasan Jackie Hernández da kuma Dock Ellis a cikin farawa. Oliver ya ƙare kakar wasa tare da matsakaicin.282, gami da sau biyu sau 31 (na 8 a cikin NL), sau uku sau bakwai (na 10), sau 10 na sadaukarwa (na 2), da kuma sau biyar da aka buga (mai kyau ga na 9 a cikin gasar). Bayan ya doke San Francisco Giants a gasar zakarun kasa ta 1971
A shekara ta 2008, Pirates sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya, inda suka doke Baltimore Orioles a wasanni bakwai tare da Oliver a matsayin mai tsaron gida na yau da kullun.