This would be the dawn of a new era for Major League Baseball in Baltimore after a 52 year hiatus.
The following season Dykes was replaced by Paul Richards to manage the O's and Oliver was let go. Before his coach/managing career he played 4 years in the big-leagues (1930-1933) with the Boston Red Sox.
Though his time in Baltimore and his years playing in the bigs with Boston was short lived, Tom was true baseball lifer, spending nearly 60 years in the game as a player, manager, coach, and scout.
Being part of the Orioles new era in baseball on that inaugural team, he will always have a fan in me.
Major League Career Stats: BA: .277 HR: 0 Hits: 534 RBI: 176 AB: 1931
