Héctor Olivera
Full name: Héctor Olivera Amaro
Also known as: Hector · Héctor Olivera
- Position
- Second baseman
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 100 kg
- Born
- 1985-04-05 · Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba
- Debut
- 2015-09-01
Héctor Olivera is a Cuban second baseman, born on 5 April 1985 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba. His full name is recorded as Héctor Olivera Amaro. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 12 seasons in the National League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 2003 and 2016. Most of that was with Santiago de Cuba, 10 seasons of it, with the remainder for Atlanta Braves. He appears in 7 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .323, with 1,020 hits, 105 home runs and 494 runs batted in. His highest recorded season average was .353, in 2007-08 (323 AB). His most home runs in a season was 17, in 2011-12.
Career summary
- Seasons 12 (2003–2016)
- Leagues National League, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- TeamsAtlanta Braves, Santiago de Cuba
- AVG / OBP / SLG
.323 / .407 / .500
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2003-04 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 67 | 132 | 119 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | .319 | .367 | .445 | .812 |
| 2004-05 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13 | 61 | 52 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .308 | .377 | .404 | .781 |
| 2004-05 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 83 | 308 | 282 | 47 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 128 | .326 | .356 | .454 | .810 |
| 2005-06 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 14 | 53 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | .436 | .540 | .667 | 1.207 |
| 2005-06 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 77 | 296 | 252 | 42 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 91 | .262 | .351 | .361 | .712 |
| 2006-07 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 17 | 84 | 62 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | .323 | .456 | .468 | .924 |
| 2006-07 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 89 | 409 | 359 | 72 | 113 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 148 | .315 | .370 | .412 | .782 |
| 2007-08 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13 | 62 | 52 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | .423 | .475 | .577 | 1.052 |
| 2007-08 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 84 | 394 | 323 | 91 | 114 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 175 | .353 | .467 | .542 | 1.009 |
| 2008-09 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 7 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .222 | .300 | .481 | .781 |
| 2008-09 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 84 | 398 | 332 | 84 | 115 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 196 | .346 | .444 | .590 | 1.034 |
| 2009-10 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .273 | .333 | .318 | .651 |
| 2009-10 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 89 | 411 | 345 | 76 | 111 | 34 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 195 | .322 | .415 | .565 | .980 |
| 2010-11 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 86 | 394 | 346 | 83 | 110 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 185 | .318 | .390 | .535 | .925 |
| 2011-12 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 60 | 264 | 214 | 48 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 134 | .341 | .462 | .626 | 1.088 |
| 2013-14 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 73 | 273 | 228 | 44 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 108 | .316 | .412 | .474 | .886 |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves | National League | 24 | 87 | 79 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .253 | .310 | .405 | .715 |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves | National League | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .238 | .263 | .501 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 3160 | 710 | 1020 | 185 | 30 | 105 | 494 | 59 | 31 | 413 | 289 | 57 | 20 | 54 | 30 | — | .323 | .407 | .500 | .907 |
| Career total | — | National League | 30 | 108 | 98 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | .245 | .296 | .378 | .674 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 311.0 | 28 | 94 | 7 | 10 | .946 | 129 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 110.0 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 12 | .986 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 644.0 | 157 | 223 | 10 | 58 | .974 | 390 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 123.0 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .972 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 607.0 | 211 | 257 | 7 | 69 | .985 | 475 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 142.2 | 53 | 66 | 5 | 17 | .960 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 735.0 | 262 | 332 | 7 | 88 | .988 | 601 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 105.0 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 10 | .962 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 685.2 | 154 | 258 | 18 | 54 | .958 | 430 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 56.0 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 683.2 | 267 | 290 | 14 | 91 | .975 | 571 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 · Postseason | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 46.0 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .939 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 741.2 | 255 | 282 | 12 | 82 | .978 | 549 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 689.2 | 216 | 245 | 9 | 67 | .981 | 470 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 470.2 | 142 | 175 | 3 | 51 | .991 | 320 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Santiago de Cuba | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 218.1 | 86 | 75 | 7 | 20 | .958 | 168 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6629.1 | 2054 | 2546 | 116 | 680 | .975 | 4716 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
Frequently asked questions
When was Héctor Olivera born?
Héctor Olivera was born on 1985-04-05 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba.
Which teams did Héctor Olivera play for?
Héctor Olivera appears for Atlanta Braves, Santiago de Cuba across 12 recorded seasons.
What are Héctor Olivera's career statistics?
In 12 recorded seasons Héctor Olivera batted .323 with 1020 hits, 105 home runs and 494 runs batted in.
What position did Héctor Olivera play?
Héctor Olivera is recorded as Segunda base.
Sources and licences
- Identity data from the Chadwick Bureau Register, made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0. ODC-By-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-09-21)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org". custom-permissive (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
