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Wally Joyner
Wallace Keith Joyner (Wally World)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 203 lb.
School Brigham Young University

Debut April 8, 1986
  vs. SEA 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 14, 2001
Born June 16, 1962 in Atlanta, GA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1983. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 24 CAL AL 154  593   82  172  27  3  22  100   5  2  57  58  .290  .348  .457  119  271  10  12   8   2  11 MVP-8,RoY-2,AS
 1987 25 CAL AL 149  564  100  161  33  1  34  117   8  2  72  64  .285  .366  .528  137  298   2  10  12   5  14 MVP-13
 1988 26 CAL AL 158  597   81  176  31  2  13   85   8  2  55  51  .295  .356  .419  120  250   0   6  14   5  16
 1989 27 CAL AL 159  593   78  167  30  2  16   79   3  2  46  58  .282  .335  .420  114  249   1   8   7   6  15
 1990 28 CAL AL  83  310   35   83  15  0   8   41   2  1  41  34  .268  .350  .394  111  122   1   5   4   1  10
 1991 29 CAL AL 143  551   79  166  34  3  21   96   2  0  52  66  .301  .360  .488  134  269   2   5   4   1  11
 1992 30 KCR AL 149  572   66  154  36  2   9   66  11  5  55  50  .269  .336  .386  101  221   0   2   4   4  19
 1993 31 KCR AL 141  497   83  145  36  3  15   65   5  9  66  67  .292  .375  .467  120  232   2   5  13   3   6
 1994 32 KCR AL  97  363   52  113  20  3   8   57   3  2  47  43  .311  .386  .449  112  163   2   5   3   0  12
 1995 33 KCR AL 131  465   69  144  28  0  12   83   3  2  69  65  .310  .394  .447  118  208   5   9  10   2  10
 1996 34 SDP NL 121  433   59  120  29  1   8   65   5  3  69  71  .277  .377  .404  111  175   1   4   7   3   6
 1997 35 SDP NL 135  455   59  149  29  2  13   83   3  5  51  51  .327  .390  .486  135  221   0  10   5   2  14
 1998 36 SDP NL 131  439   58  131  30  1  12   80   1  2  51  44  .298  .370  .453  124  199   0   3   8   1  11
 1999 37 SDP NL 110  323   34   80  14  2   5   43   0  1  58  54  .248  .363  .350   89  113   0   3   6   2   8
 2000 38 ATL NL 119  224   24   63  12  0   5   32   0  0  31  31  .281  .365  .402   93   90   0   4   3   1   2
 2001 39 ANA AL  53  148   14   36   5  1   3   14   1  1  13  18  .243  .304  .351   72   52   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    2033 7127  973 2060 409 26 204 1106  60 39 833 825  .289  .362  .440  117 3133  26  91 108  38 168
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   78  164  33  2  16   88   5  3  66  66  .289  .362  .440  117  250   2   7   9   3  13
 Career High    159  597  100  176  36  3  34  117  11  9  72  71  .327  .394  .528  137  298  10  12  14   6  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 24 CAL AL  674  456   96   5.6    99| .290  .260| .348  .328| .457  .406| .805  .734| 119  .584  16.2   1.6  71%
 1987 25 CAL AL  653  431  111   6.9   103| .285  .261| .366  .329| .528  .420| .894  .749| 137  .644  32.0   3.0  80%
 1988 26 CAL AL  663  445   89   5.4    92| .295  .256| .356  .320| .419  .385| .775  .706| 120  .587  17.0   1.7  80%
 1989 27 CAL AL  654  452   82   4.8    92| .282  .258| .335  .323| .420  .380| .755  .703| 114  .552  11.3   1.1  60%
 1990 28 CAL AL  358  244   43   4.7    92| .268  .256| .350  .324| .394  .382| .744  .706| 111  .533   6.2   0.6  66%
 1991 29 CAL AL  611  403   98   6.6    96| .301  .259| .360  .328| .488  .393| .848  .721| 134  .661  25.2   2.5 100%
 1992 30 KCR AL  633  444   72   4.4    96| .269  .262| .336  .331| .386  .388| .722  .719| 101  .496   1.1   0.1  68%
 1993 31 KCR AL  573  374   88   6.3   108| .292  .274| .375  .345| .467  .418| .842  .763| 120  .619  15.8   1.5  35%
 1994 32 KCR AL  417  271   63   6.2   115| .311  .277| .386  .350| .449  .442| .835  .792| 112  .568   7.6   0.7  60%
 1995 33 KCR AL  550  347   86   6.6   110| .310  .272| .394  .345| .447  .429| .841  .774| 118  .607  16.4   1.5  60%
 1996 34 SDP NL  510  327   71   5.8   102| .277  .264| .377  .332| .404  .413| .781  .745| 111  .584  11.3   1.1  62%
 1997 35 SDP NL  518  335   85   6.8   102| .327  .262| .390  .333| .486  .411| .876  .744| 135  .648  26.5   2.5  37%
 1998 36 SDP NL  494  324   73   6.0   100| .298  .259| .370  .328| .453  .409| .823  .737| 124  .599  17.2   1.6  33%
 1999 37 SDP NL  386  255   44   4.6   108| .248  .266| .363  .340| .350  .428| .713  .767|  89  .437  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 2000 38 ATL NL  260  167   36   5.8   117| .281  .274| .365  .352| .402  .448| .767  .800|  93  .535  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2001 39 ANA AL  161  116   16   3.7   108| .243  .268| .304  .336| .351  .431| .655  .766|  72  .359  -6.4  -0.6  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     8115 5391 1153   5.7   101| .289  .263| .362  .333| .440  .408| .802  .740| 117  .582 193.8  18.6  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 24 CAL AL 1B 152 1222 139 15 128 .989 .991 8.95 6.58 9.39 6.90 148 1304.7 AS 1987 25 CAL AL 1B 149 1276 92 10 133 .993 .992 9.18 6.71 9.43 6.89 145 1306.0 1988 26 CAL AL 1B 156 1369 143 8 148 .995 .992 9.69 6.41 10.13 6.70 148 1343.7 1989 27 CAL AL 1B 159 1487 99 4 146 .997 .993 9.97 6.29 10.40 6.55 150 1373.0 1990 28 CAL AL 1B 83 727 62 4 78 .995 .992 9.51 8.36 9.79 9.63 82 725.0 1991 29 CAL AL 1B 141 1335 98 8 124 .994 .992 10.16 7.09 10.42 7.27 140 1238.0 1992 30 KCR AL 1B 145 1236 137 10 138 .993 .993 9.47 6.90 9.79 7.13 141 1262.3 DH 4 1993 31 KCR AL 1B 140 1116 145 7 116 .994 .993 9.01 7.14 9.51 7.54 134 1194.0 1994 32 KCR AL 1B 86 777 64 8 68 .991 .992 9.78 8.49 10.19 9.57 82 743.0 DH 11 1995 33 KCR AL 1B 126 1111 118 3 121 .998 .993 9.75 7.94 10.34 8.41 120 1069.7 DH 2 1996 34 SDP NL 1B 119 1059 89 3 85 .997 .992 9.65 8.35 9.90 8.62 115 1044.0 1997 35 SDP NL 1B 131 1027 89 4 82 .996 .993 8.52 7.63 9.61 8.61 122 1045.7 1998 36 SDP NL 1B 127 985 81 7 101 .993 .993 8.39 7.87 9.46 8.88 113 1013.7 1999 37 SDP NL 1B 105 731 66 4 83 .995 .993 7.59 7.64 9.20 9.20 88 779.3 DH 1 2000 38 ATL NL 1B 55 353 29 3 33 .992 .992 6.95 7.73 9.80 9.25 39 350.7 DH 7 2001 39 ANA AL 1B 39 270 18 1 27 .997 .993 7.38 8.27 9.70 9.39 31 267.3 DH 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 24 CAL AL 1B 152 1222 139 15 128 .989 .991 8.95 6.58 9.39 6.90 148 1304.7 1987 25 CAL AL 1B 149 1276 92 10 133 .993 .992 9.18 6.71 9.43 6.89 145 1306.0 1988 26 CAL AL 1B 156 1369 143 8 148 .995 .992 9.69 6.41 10.13 6.70 148 1343.7 1989 27 CAL AL 1B 159 1487 99 4 146 .997 .993 9.97 6.29 10.40 6.55 150 1373.0 1990 28 CAL AL 1B 83 727 62 4 78 .995 .992 9.51 8.36 9.79 9.63 82 725.0 1991 29 CAL AL 1B 141 1335 98 8 124 .994 .992 10.16 7.09 10.42 7.27 140 1238.0 1992 30 KCR AL 1B 145 1236 137 10 138 .993 .993 9.47 6.90 9.79 7.13 141 1262.3 1993 31 KCR AL 1B 140 1116 145 7 116 .994 .993 9.01 7.14 9.51 7.54 134 1194.0 1994 32 KCR AL 1B 86 777 64 8 68 .991 .992 9.78 8.49 10.19 9.57 82 743.0 1995 33 KCR AL 1B 126 1111 118 3 121 .998 .993 9.75 7.94 10.34 8.41 120 1069.7 1996 34 SDP NL 1B 119 1059 89 3 85 .997 .992 9.65 8.35 9.90 8.62 115 1044.0 1997 35 SDP NL 1B 131 1027 89 4 82 .996 .993 8.52 7.63 9.61 8.61 122 1045.7 1998 36 SDP NL 1B 127 985 81 7 101 .993 .993 8.39 7.87 9.46 8.88 113 1013.7 1999 37 SDP NL 1B 105 731 66 4 83 .995 .993 7.59 7.64 9.20 9.20 88 779.3 2000 38 ATL NL 1B 55 353 29 3 33 .992 .992 6.95 7.73 9.80 9.25 39 350.7 2001 39 ANA AL 1B 39 270 18 1 27 .997 .993 7.38 8.27 9.70 9.39 31 267.3 1992 30 KCR AL DH 4 1994 32 KCR AL DH 11 1995 33 KCR AL DH 2 1999 37 SDP NL DH 1 2000 38 ATL NL DH 7 2001 39 ANA AL DH 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1913 16081 1469 99 1611 .994 .992 9.17 7.30 9.83 7.85 1798 16060.0 DH 34 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1913 16081 1469 99 1611 .994 .992 9.17 7.30 9.83 7.85 1798 16060
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   3  11   3   5  2  0  1   2   2   0  .455  .538  .909   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  SDP STL     L   3   9   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .111  .111  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   NLDS  SDP HOU     W   4   6   1   1  0  0  1   2   1   2  .167  .286  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  SDP ATL     W   6  16   3   5  0  0  0   2   4   3  .313  .450  .313   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SDP NYY     L   3   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   3   1  .000  .273  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   3   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  10  18   1   3  1  0  1   2   1   4  .167  .211  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  27   6  10  2  0  1   4   6   3  .370  .485  .556   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   2-4  22  53   7  13  3  0  2   6  10   8  .245  .365  .415   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   CAL AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1986 (1B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-AL-8-0.19
1987-AL-13-0.04
Car-666-0.23 shares

Batting Average
1997 NL-.327-5

Games
1988 AL-158-4
1989 AL-159-8

Doubles
1992 AL-36-8

Home Runs
1987 AL-34-3

RBI
1987 AL-117-4

Singles
1988 AL-130-9

Extra-Base Hits
1987 AL-68-9

Hit By Pitch
1989 AL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1986 AL-12-1
1987 AL-10-3
1995 AL-9-6
1997 NL-10-3
Car-91-48

Intentional Walks
1987 AL-12-4
1988 AL-14-5
1995 AL-10-9
Car-108-94

Grounded into Double Plays
1992 AL-19-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1988 AL-11.7-10
1997 NL-8.9-8

At Bats per Home Run
1987 AL-16.6-10

Salary
1992 AL-$4,200,000-9

Oldest Player
2001 AL-39-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.0 (418) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 27.5 (624) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1983.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

December 21, 1995: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Aaron Dorlarque (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).

December 22, 1999: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Reggie Sanders and Quilvio Veras to the Atlanta Braves for Bret Boone, Ryan Klesko, and Jason Shiell.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

June 16, 2001: Released by the Anaheim Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986California Angels$65,000
1987California Angels$180,000
1988California Angels$340,000
1989California Angels$920,000
1990California Angels$1,750,000
1991California Angels$2,100,000
1992Kansas City Royals$4,200,000
1993Kansas City Royals$4,400,000
1994Kansas City Royals$4,600,000
1995Kansas City Royals$4,800,000
1996San Diego Padres$2,550,000
1997San Diego Padres$3,800,000
1998San Diego Padres$3,750,000
1999San Diego Padres$2,841,680
2000Atlanta Braves$3,365,099
2001Anaheim Angels$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$39,861,779

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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