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Bobby Tolan
Robert Tolan
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 19, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1965
Final Game: September 19, 1979
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 19 STL NL 17 71 69 8 13 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 4 .188 .197 .217 .415 12 15 1 1 0 1 0 9
1966 20 STL NL 43 103 93 10 16 5 1 1 6 1 2 6 15 .172 .233 .280 .513 42 26 1 2 0 2 2 97/3
1967 21 STL NL 110 294 265 35 67 7 3 6 32 12 7 19 43 .253 .309 .370 .679 95 98 6 4 3 3 0 893/7
1968 22 STL NL 92 296 278 28 64 12 1 5 17 9 5 13 42 .230 .272 .335 .607 83 93 8 3 2 0 3 9/387
1969 23 CIN NL 152 691 637 104 194 25 10 21 93 26 12 27 92 .305 .347 .474 .821 124 302 9 15 10 2 2 *89
1970 24 CIN NL 152 675 589 112 186 34 6 16 80 57 20 62 94 .316 .384 .475 .860 126 280 9 8 9 7 3 *8 MVP-16
1972 26 CIN NL 149 667 604 88 171 28 5 8 82 42 15 44 88 .283 .334 .386 .720 110 233 15 6 6 7 5 *8 MVP-20
1973 27 CIN NL 129 501 457 42 94 14 2 9 51 15 10 27 68 .206 .251 .304 .555 57 139 11 3 7 7 2 *89
1974 28 SDP NL 95 394 357 45 95 16 1 8 40 7 9 20 41 .266 .320 .384 .703 101 137 5 9 6 2 4 98
1975 29 SDP NL 147 560 506 58 129 19 4 5 43 11 13 28 45 .255 .306 .338 .644 84 171 15 10 14 2 3 *7398
1976 30 PHI NL 110 290 272 32 71 7 0 5 35 10 5 7 39 .261 .285 .342 .627 75 93 8 4 2 5 3 378/9
1977 31 TOT NL 64 97 90 8 17 4 0 2 10 1 1 5 14 .189 .229 .300 .529 40 27 1 0 1 1 0 3/7
1977 31 PHI NL 15 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .125 .301 -19 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1977 31 PIT NL 49 80 74 7 15 4 0 2 9 1 1 4 10 .203 .241 .338 .578 52 25 1 0 1 1 0 3/7
1979 33 SDP NL 22 25 21 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .286 .476 33 6 2 0 4 0 0 /39
13 Seasons 1282 4664 4238 572 1121 173 34 86 497 193 100 258 587 .265 .314 .382 .696 95 1620 91 65 64 39 27
162 Game Avg. 162 589 536 72 142 22 4 11 63 24 13 33 74 .265 .314 .382 .696 95 205 11 8 8 5 3
STL (4 yrs) 262 764 705 81 160 26 5 12 61 24 15 38 104 .227 .274 .329 .603 74 232 16 10 5 6 5
CIN (4 yrs) 582 2534 2287 346 645 101 23 54 306 140 57 160 342 .282 .335 .417 .752 108 954 44 32 32 23 12
SDP (3 yrs) 264 979 884 105 228 35 6 13 85 18 22 48 88 .258 .309 .355 .664 90 314 22 19 24 4 7
PHI (2 yrs) 125 307 288 33 73 7 0 5 36 10 5 8 43 .253 .279 .330 .609 69 95 8 4 2 5 3
PIT (1 yr) 49 80 74 7 15 4 0 2 9 1 1 4 10 .203 .241 .338 .578 52 25 1 0 1 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 21 STL NL WS BOS W 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 22 STL NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 13 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 .417 .462 .667 1.128 8 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 CIN NL WS BAL L 5 22 19 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 .211 .318 .421 .739 8 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 21 21 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 4 .238 .238 .381 .619 8 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 CIN NL WS OAK L 7 27 26 2 7 1 0 0 6 5 0 1 4 .269 .296 .308 .604 8 0 0 0 0 0
1976 30 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons (7 Series) 27 90 83 14 21 3 1 2 13 7 3 7 13 .253 .311 .386 .697 32 0 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 11 37 35 6 10 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 5 .286 .324 .457 .781 16 0 0 0 0 1
4 WS 16 53 48 8 11 2 0 1 7 6 1 5 8 .229 .302 .333 .635 16 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 STL NL 19 OF 17 17 153.2 33 32 0 1 0 .970 0.5 3.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 -1 1.87 1.88 .976 2.00 1.75
1965 STL NL 19 RF 17 17 153.2 34 33 0 1 0 .971 0.5 3.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 -1 1.93 1.94 .976 1.96 1.73
1966 STL NL 20 OF 26 22 204.0 42 39 1 2 0 .952 2.1 12.4 2.1 0.6 1.5 0 1.76 1.54 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 STL NL 20 RF 15 14 128.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 -0.6 0.3 0 1.41 1.33 .981 1.96 1.68
1966 STL NL 20 LF 11 8 76.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2.4 37.9 2.4 1.2 1.2 0 2.49 1.91 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 STL NL 20 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1967 STL NL 21 OF 80 47 479.2 123 118 4 1 1 .992 1.1 2.8 1.1 -0.1 1.1 0 2.29 1.53 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 STL NL 21 CF 54 33 327.2 87 83 3 1 1 .989 -0.5 -1.8 -0.5 -1.4 0.8 0 2.36 1.59 .980 2.30 2.04
1967 STL NL 21 RF 26 12 129.1 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 14.8 1.6 1.1 0.5 0 2.23 1.23 .975 2.04 1.76
1967 STL NL 21 1B 13 8 94.0 112 107 5 0 7 1.000 0.1 1.3 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 10.72 8.62 .991 9.96 8.82
1967 STL NL 21 LF 5 2 22.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 1.59 0.80 .975 1.75 1.50
1968 STL NL 22 OF 67 56 530.2 123 116 3 4 1 .967 -0.1 -0.2 0.9 -1.8 2.7 -1 2.02 1.78 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 STL NL 22 RF 59 48 454.2 96 93 1 2 1 .979 -1.0 -2.6 0.0 -1.6 1.6 -1 1.86 1.59 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 STL NL 22 1B 9 7 78.2 92 83 9 0 7 1.000 2.5 38.1 2.5 0.1 2.5 0 10.53 10.22 .992 10.09 8.91
1968 STL NL 22 CF 9 7 68.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 1.1 19.4 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 3.44 2.89 .979 2.40 2.18
1968 STL NL 22 LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.69 1.40
1969 CIN NL 23 OF 150 149 1332.1 378 362 6 10 3 .974 7.9 7.1 8.9 2.7 6.2 -1 2.49 2.45 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 CIN NL 23 CF 87 86 777.1 249 240 3 6 1 .976 7.0 10.8 7.0 2.4 4.6 0 2.81 2.79 .977 2.30 2.07
1969 CIN NL 23 RF 63 63 555.0 134 127 3 4 2 .970 0.9 1.9 1.9 0.3 1.6 -1 2.11 2.06 .975 1.89 1.60
1970 CIN NL 24 CF 150 146 1301.0 357 342 7 8 0 .978 5.2 4.8 -1.8 -4.3 2.5 7 2.41 2.33 .978 2.34 2.07 MVP-16
1970 CIN NL 24 OF 150 146 1301.0 364 349 7 8 0 .978 5.2 4.8 -1.8 -4.3 2.5 7 2.46 2.37 .976 2.07 1.78 MVP-16
1972 CIN NL 26 CF 149 148 1323.2 417 404 9 4 3 .990 10.5 9.5 5.5 3.9 1.6 5 2.81 2.77 .980 2.60 2.35 MVP-20
1972 CIN NL 26 OF 149 148 1323.2 414 401 9 4 3 .990 10.5 9.5 5.5 3.9 1.6 5 2.79 2.75 .978 2.18 1.96 MVP-20
1973 CIN NL 27 OF 120 116 1033.1 298 279 9 10 1 .966 -1.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1 2.51 2.40 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 CIN NL 27 CF 76 69 597.1 193 185 1 7 0 .964 -2.8 -5.6 0.2 -0.3 0.5 -3 2.80 2.45 .980 2.63 2.27
1973 CIN NL 27 RF 67 47 436.0 98 88 7 3 1 .969 1.4 3.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 2 1.96 1.42 .973 2.01 1.77
1974 SDP NL 28 OF 88 84 741.1 171 161 5 5 0 .971 -13.5 -21.9 -6.5 1.5 -7.8 -7 2.02 1.89 .979 2.27 1.96
1974 SDP NL 28 RF 84 74 664.1 149 139 5 5 0 .966 -10.3 -18.6 -5.3 0.4 -5.6 -5 1.95 1.71 .975 2.04 1.66
1974 SDP NL 28 CF 10 10 77.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -49.9 -1.2 1.1 -2.2 -2 2.57 2.20 .986 2.77 2.42
1975 SDP NL 29 OF 120 114 1004.1 242 230 5 7 1 .971 -0.7 -0.8 -2.7 1.4 -3.9 2 2.11 1.96 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 SDP NL 29 LF 94 83 747.1 167 158 4 5 1 .970 0.6 1.0 -1.4 4.0 -5.3 2 1.95 1.72 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 SDP NL 29 1B 27 10 126.2 121 106 15 0 7 1.000 2.3 21.8 2.3 0.7 1.6 0 8.60 4.48 .990 9.98 8.52
1975 SDP NL 29 RF 20 18 155.1 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -1.6 -12.4 -1.6 -2.4 0.8 0 2.09 1.80 .974 2.05 1.74
1975 SDP NL 29 CF 13 13 101.2 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 3.5 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0 3.01 2.62 .982 2.72 2.44
1976 PHI NL 30 1B 50 41 375.2 370 354 13 3 36 .992 -3.6 -11.5 -3.6 -3.6 0.1 0 8.79 7.34 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 PHI NL 30 OF 35 20 192.0 44 41 1 2 0 .955 -3.8 -23.7 -2.8 -3.0 0.2 -1 1.97 1.20 .980 2.34 2.03
1976 PHI NL 30 LF 26 7 94.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -0.3 -3.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 2.01 0.81 .977 2.02 1.59
1976 PHI NL 30 CF 13 11 81.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -31.1 -3.1 -3.7 0.6 1 2.22 1.54 .985 2.84 2.50
1976 PHI NL 30 RF 4 2 17.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.4 -98.8 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -1 2.12 1.00 .980 2.17 1.82
1977 TOT NL 31 1B 25 11 118.1 130 122 7 1 10 .992 -2.4 -24.3 -2.4 -1.9 -0.6 0 9.81 5.16 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 PHI NL 31 1B 5 1 15.0 18 16 1 1 1 .944 -0.3 -24.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 10.20 3.40 .989 9.90 8.32
1977 PIT NL 31 1B 20 10 103.1 112 106 6 0 9 1.000 -2.1 -24.4 -2.1 -2.0 -0.2 0 9.75 5.60 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 PIT NL 31 LF 2 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.50 1.50 .967 1.95 1.50
1977 PIT NL 31 OF 2 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.50 1.50 .967 2.25 1.95
1979 SDP NL 33 1B 5 0 13.0 12 10 2 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 8.31 2.40 .992 9.90 8.60
1979 SDP NL 33 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
1979 SDP NL 33 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
13 Seasons OF 1005 919 8305.0 2235 2131 50 54 10 .976 8.4 1.2 6.4 2.7 4.0 2 2.36 2.17 .976 2.14 1.88
9 Seasons CF 561 523 4654.2 1407 1353 26 28 5 .980 15.5 4.0 7.5 -2.5 10.1 8 2.67 2.46 .979 2.47 2.20
10 Seasons RF 356 295 2696.1 607 570 18 19 4 .969 -10.2 -4.5 -3.2 -1.3 -1.8 -7 1.96 1.65 .976 1.99 1.71
6 Seasons LF 139 101 954.0 218 206 5 7 1 .968 3.1 3.9 2.1 6.5 -4.3 1 1.99 1.52 .972 2.05 1.65
7 Seasons 1B 130 77 807.1 839 784 51 4 69 .995 -1.1 -1.6 -1.1 -4.9 3.9 0 9.31 6.42 .991 9.96 8.57
13 Seasons TOT 1135 996 9112.1 3074 2915 101 58 79 .981 7.3 1.0 5.3 -2.2 7.9 2 0 2.98 2.66 .961 2.84 2.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL-16-5%
1972-NL-20-2%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 NL--.305--9th
1970 NL--.316--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1969 NL--637--6th
1972 NL--604--6th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1969 NL--691--9th
1972 NL--667--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1969 NL--104--6th
1970 NL--112--5th
1972 NL--88--8th

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL--194--4th
1970 NL--186--8th
1972 NL--171--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 NL--302--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1970 NL--34--8th

Triples s c a p y
1969 NL--10--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 NL--93--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1969 NL--26--5th
1970 NL--57--1st
1972 NL--42--5th

Singles s c a p y
1969 NL--138--6th
1970 NL--130--10th
1972 NL--130--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 NL--15--2nd
1970 NL--8--6th
1972 NL--6--5th
1974 NL--9--3rd
1975 NL--10--3rd
Career--65--219th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 NL--10--10th
1975 NL--14--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 NL--7--5th
1972 NL--7--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1969 NL--12--4th
1970 NL--20--1st
1972 NL--15--4th
1973 NL--10--9th
1975 NL--13--3rd
Career--100--109th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 NL--23.2--3rd
1970 NL--25.0--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 NL--476--7th
1972 NL--476--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL--born 1945-11-19--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (595), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Lee Mazzilli (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lee Mazzilli (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Piersall (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Piersall (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Morales (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1963 first-year draft.

October 11, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Wayne Granger to the Cincinnati Reds for Vada Pinson.

November 9, 1973: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Dave Tomlin to the San Diego Padres for Clay Kirby.

February 12, 1976: Released by the San Diego Padres.

April 1, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 25, 1977: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 10, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 25, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

July 5, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 19, 1979: Released by the San Diego Padres.

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