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Wayne Tolleson

Jimmy Wayne Tolleson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 22, 1955 in Spartanburg, SC
School: Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1981
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/WhiteSox 1981-1990
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1990
Relatives: Father of Steven Tolleson
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Standard Batting

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
1978	22	TEX-min	A	70	212	212		57	4	1	0						.269	.269	.297	.566		63							AVL · WCRS
1979	23	TEX-min	AA	130	484	418	43	98	9	7	1	36	16	5	56	79	.234	.327	.297	.624		124		3	4	3			TUL · TL
1980	24	TEX-min	AA	131	535	452	69	124	19	7	1	30	46	18	68	82	.274	.375	.354	.729		160		6	7	2			TUL · TL
1981	25	TEX-min	AAA	107	426	375	58	98	9	4	3	38	36	8	44	56	.261	.338	.331	.669		124		0	6	1	0		WCH · AA
1981	25	TEX	AL	14	25	24	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	.167	.200	.167	.367	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	/56D
1982	26	TEX-min	AAA	71	314	266	48	64	9	3	4	27	19	6	40	49	.241	.337	.342	.679		91		0	5	3	1		DEN · AA
1982	26	TEX	AL	38	78	70	6	8	1	0	0	2	1	1	5	14	.114	.173	.129	.302	-13	9	1	0	3	0	0	6/54
1983	27	TEX	AL	134	521	470	64	122	13	2	3	20	33	10	40	68	.260	.319	.315	.634	78	148	8	2	7	2	0	*46/D
1984	28	TEX	AL	118	378	338	35	72	9	2	0	9	22	4	27	47	.213	.276	.251	.528	46	85	12	3	9	1	0	*4/65D8
1985	29	TEX	AL	123	355	323	45	101	9	5	1	18	21	12	21	46	.313	.353	.381	.733	101	123	6	0	9	2	0	645/D
1986	30	TOT	AL	141	546	475	61	126	16	5	3	43	17	10	52	76	.265	.338	.339	.677	84	161	6	2	13	4	0	65/4D87
1986	30	CHW	AL	81	310	260	39	65	7	3	3	29	13	6	38	43	.250	.342	.335	.677	83	87	3	0	9	3	0	56/D87
1986	30	NYY	AL	60	236	215	22	61	9	2	0	14	4	4	14	33	.284	.332	.344	.676	86	74	3	2	4	1	0	6/54
1987	31	NYY	AL	121	399	349	48	77	4	0	1	22	5	3	43	72	.221	.306	.241	.547	49	84	3	0	6	0	0	*6/5
1988	32	NYY-min	AAA,A	12	52	45	6	10	0	0	0	6	1	0	7	3	.222	.327	.222	.549		10	0	0	0	0	0		CLB,FTL · IL,FLOR
1988	32	NYY	AL	21	69	59	8	15	2	0	0	5	1	0	8	12	.254	.338	.288	.626	79	17	1	0	1	1	0	45/6
1989	33	NYY	AL	80	160	140	16	23	5	2	1	9	5	1	16	23	.164	.255	.250	.505	44	35	3	1	3	0	0	564D
1990	34	NYY	AL	73	83	74	12	11	1	1	0	4	1	0	6	21	.149	.210	.189	.399	13	14	0	0	2	1	0	64/D5
10 Yrs				863	2614	2322	301	559	60	17	9	133	108	41	219	384	.241	.307	.293	.600	66	680	40	8	53	11	0
162 Game Avg.				162	491	436	57	105	11	3	2	25	20	8	41	72	.241	.307	.293	.600	66	128	8	2	10	2	0

TEX (5 yrs)				427	1357	1225	156	307	32	9	4	50	79	27	94	180	.251	.305	.301	.607	69	369	27	5	28	5	0
NYY (5 yrs)				355	947	837	106	187	21	5	2	54	16	8	87	161	.223	.298	.268	.565	56	224	10	3	16	3	0
CHW (1 yr)				81	310	260	39	65	7	3	3	29	13	6	38	43	.250	.342	.335	.677	83	87	3	0	9	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	25	TEX	AL	14	25	-3	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/56D
1982	26	TEX	AL	38	78	-10	0	0	-6	1	-14	-1.5	2	-12	-1.3	.461	.491	-0.7	-0.4	-6	$	6/54
1983	27	TEX	AL	134	521	-12	-1	2	-4	4	-11	-0.9	16	5	0.6	.492	.493	1.0	0.2	9	$	*46/D
1984	28	TEX	AL	118	378	-22	3	-1	-2	3	-19	-1.9	12	-8	-0.9	.483	.487	-0.6	0.2	-6	$	*4/65D8
1985	29	TEX	AL	123	355	1	-2	1	-2	5	2	0.4	11	13	1.4	.502	.502	1.6	0.4	16	$135,000	645/D
1986	30	CHW	AL	81	310	-5	1	2	0	1	-0	0.1	10	9	0.9	.499	.500	0.9	0.2	9	$	56/D87
1986	30	NYY	AL	60	236	-5	1	1	7	3	8	0.9	7	15	1.5	.513	.505	0.8	1.1	8	$	6/54
1987	31	NYY	AL	121	399	-25	-0	0	2	6	-16	-1.5	12	-4	-0.4	.487	.490	-0.6	0.9	-7	$385,000	*6/5
1988	32	NYY	AL	21	69	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.2	0.1	1	$410,000	45/6
1989	33	NYY	AL	80	160	-9	0	1	-3	1	-9	-0.9	5	-4	-0.4	.488	.494	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	564D
1990	34	NYY	AL	73	83	-7	1	0	1	2	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.1	.495	.498	-0.1	0.3	-1	$425,000	64/D5
10 Seasons				863	2614	-98	3	8	-7	27	-67	-6.1	80	13	1.2	.492	.496	2.2	2.8	20	$1,355,000

TEX (5 yrs)				427	1357	-46	0	3	-15	14	-45	-4.2	42	-3	-0.4	.489	.494	1.2	0.3	12	$135,000
NYY (5 yrs)				355	947	-47	2	3	8	12	-22	-1.9	29	7	0.7	.494	.497	0.1	2.3	-0	$1,220,000
CHW (1 yr)				81	310	-5	1	2	0	1	-0	0.1	10	9	0.9	.499	.500	0.9	0.2	9	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	25	TEX	AL	25	20	1	1.4	84	.211	.167	.249	.200	.313	.167	.362	.367	.675	10	.116	-2.8	-0.3	.350	.125	.000	.0
1982	26	TEX	AL	78	67	2	0.8	93	.143	.114	.257	.173	.320	.129	.392	.302	.711	-13	.039	-10.7	-1.1	.219	.086	.014	.0
1983	27	TEX	AL	521	375	51	3.6	95	.297	.260	.262	.319	.324	.315	.395	.634	.719	78	.400	-13.5	-1.3	.582	.189	.055	5.5
1984	28	TEX	AL	378	292	25	2.3	99	.247	.213	.267	.276	.330	.251	.403	.528	.733	46	.225	-25.4	-2.6	.472	.172	.038	.0
1985	29	TEX	AL	355	251	43	4.6	100	.360	.313	.262	.353	.328	.381	.407	.733	.736	101	.499	-0.2	-0.0	.638	.161	.068	1.9
1986	30	TOT	AL	546	382	58	4.1	102	.308	.265	.264	.338	.332	.339	.411	.677	.743	84	.436	-9.8	-1.0	.608	.198	.074	5.1
1986	30	CHW	AL	310	216	33	4.1	104	.286	.250	.266	.342	.335	.335	.415	.677	.750	83	.438	-5.6	-0.6	.647	.258	.085	4.9
1986	30	NYY	AL	236	166	25	4.0	99	.333	.284	.260	.332	.328	.344	.406	.676	.734	86	.432	-4.2	-0.4	.559	.126	.060	.0
1987	31	NYY	AL	399	284	29	2.7	105	.275	.221	.264	.306	.332	.241	.424	.547	.756	49	.250	-25.3	-2.4	.464	.149	.020	1.7
1988	32	NYY	AL	69	47	7	4.0	94	.313	.254	.258	.338	.323	.288	.389	.626	.712	79	.454	-1.3	-0.1	.578	.186	.034	.0
1989	33	NYY	AL	160	124	10	2.2	92	.190	.164	.260	.255	.324	.250	.382	.505	.707	44	.217	-10.6	-1.1	.463	.229	.086	1.7
1990	34	NYY	AL	83	66	4	1.6	95	.204	.149	.259	.210	.328	.189	.388	.399	.715	13	.139	-8.9	-0.9	.333	.135	.041	.0
10 Yrs				2614	1908	230	3.2	99	.284	.241	.263	.307	.328	.293	.404	.600	.732	66	.342	-108.3	-10.8	.528	.175	.052	16.6
162 Game Avg.				491	358	43	3.2	99	.284	.241	.263	.307	.328	.293	.404	.600	.732	66	.342	-108.3	-10.8	.528	.175	.052	3

TEX (5 yrs)				1357	1005	122	3.3	97	.290	.251	.263	.305	.326	.301	.400	.607	.726	69	.352	-52.5	-5.3	.535	.170	.051	7.6
NYY (5 yrs)				947	687	75	2.9	100	.273	.223	.261	.298	.329	.268	.407	.565	.735	56	.295	-50.2	-4.9	.482	.158	.044	3.6
CHW (1 yr)				310	216	33	4.1	104	.286	.250	.266	.342	.335	.335	.415	.677	.750	83	.439	-5.6	-0.6	.647	.258	.085	4.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1981	25	TEX	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	4.8		24.0		0.88	76%
1982	26	TEX	AL	78	0.0%	18.0%	6.4%	1.3%	13%	2.80	5.0		35.0		2.19	72%
1983	27	TEX	AL	521	0.6%	13.1%	7.7%	3.5%	15%	1.70	6.9	156.7	23.5		1.58	77%
1984	28	TEX	AL	378	0.0%	12.4%	7.1%	2.9%	15%	1.74	7.2		37.6		1.52	77%
1985	29	TEX	AL	355	0.3%	13.0%	5.9%	4.2%	15%	2.19	7.0	323.0	17.9		2.22	78%
1986	30	TOT	AL	546	0.6%	13.9%	9.5%	4.4%	19%	1.46	6.3	158.3	11.0		1.31	73%
1986	30	CHW	AL	310	1.0%	13.9%	12.3%	4.2%	20%	1.13	6.0	86.7	9.0		1.33	70%
1986	30	NYY	AL	236	0.0%	14.0%	5.9%	4.7%	18%	2.36	6.5		15.4		1.28	78%
1987	31	NYY	AL	399	0.3%	18.1%	10.8%	1.3%	7%	1.67	4.8	349.0	15.9		1.54	69%
1988	32	NYY	AL	69	0.0%	17.4%	11.6%	2.9%	13%	1.50	4.9		11.8	1.25	2.40	70%	20%	0.0%	20%
1989	33	NYY	AL	160	0.6%	14.4%	10.0%	5.0%	35%	1.44	6.1	140.0	15.6	1.40	1.91	73%	17%	2.2%	6%
1990	34	NYY	AL	83	0.0%	25.3%	7.2%	2.4%	18%	3.50	3.5		18.5	1.52	2.07	65%	16%	0.0%	14%
10 Yrs				2614	0.3%	14.7%	8.4%	3.3%	15%	1.75	6.0	258.0	17.5	1.39	1.63	74%	17%	1.3%	11%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.2	41.7	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	25	TEX	AL	-2.8	-0.3	27	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.02	-0.2	0.2	-2.8	-0.3	1.00	-2.4	0.04	1
1982	26	TEX	AL	-10.8	-1.1	80	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.87	-1.0	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.95	-11.0		0
1983	27	TEX	AL	-13.5	-1.3	576	-2.6	7.9	-10.5	1.08	-1.4	-1.0	-20.0	-2.0	0.94	-17.7		0
1984	28	TEX	AL	-25.4	-2.6	410	-2.6	5.1	-7.7	1.08	-2.4	-0.0	-27.0	-2.7	0.94	-27.8	0.10	1
1985	29	TEX	AL	-0.2	-0.0	388	-0.7	5.8	-6.5	1.01	-0.5	-0.1	-14.4	-1.4	0.95	-8.0	0.89	6
1986	30	TOT	AL	-9.8	-1.0	585	-0.3	9.3	-9.6	1.03	-1.2	0.9	-5.4	-0.5	0.95	-12.1	0.47	3
1986	30	CHW	AL	-5.6	-0.6	331	-0.0	5.7	-5.8	1.11	-0.6	0.6	1.8	0.2	0.96	-5.0	0.47	3
1986	30	NYY	AL	-4.2	-0.4	254	-0.3	3.5	-3.8	.93	-0.6	0.3	-7.1	-0.7	0.93	-7.2		0
1987	31	NYY	AL	-25.3	-2.4	412	-1.6	4.6	-6.1	.87	-2.4	0.6	-21.6	-2.1	0.92	-28.3		0
1988	32	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	70	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.97	-0.3	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.89	-2.6	0.11	1
1989	33	NYY	AL	-10.6	-1.1	169	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	.98	-0.7	-0.3	-8.5	-0.9	0.97	-9.0	1.04	10
1990	34	NYY	AL	-8.9	-0.9	86	-0.3	1.2	-1.6	1.07	-0.6	0.3	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-6.9	0.89	6
10 Yrs				-108.4	-10.8	2803	-10.2	37.4	-47.6	1.01	-10.7	0.6	-117.2	-11.7	0.94	-126.0	0.81	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	25	TEX	AL	0	0	120%	19	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
1982	26	TEX	AL	1	0	46%	27	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1983	27	TEX	AL	6	0	38%	189	33	10	77%	26	9	7	1	0	6	1	12	16	52%	25	12	10	13	4	9	16	5	9
1984	28	TEX	AL	7	0	34%	124	22	4	85%	19	4	3	0	0	2	0	3	7	44%	18	11	7	2	0	2	16	7	7
1985	29	TEX	AL	4	0	36%	165	21	12	64%	19	11	2	0	1	1	1	5	7	54%	15	10	4	4	1	3	9	0	8
1986	30	TOT	AL	5	0	33%	233	17	10	63%	15	9	2	1	0	1	0	6	19	48%	41	22	19	7	4	2	6	1	5
1986	30	CHW	AL	4	0	36%	122	13	6	68%	11	5	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	53%	24	11	13	4	3	1	4	1	3
1986	30	NYY	AL	1	0	29%	111	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	11	41%	17	11	6	3	1	1	2	0	2
1987	31	NYY	AL	3	1	40%	162	5	3	63%	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	5	12	48%	21	11	10	7	4	2	12	5	7
1988	32	NYY	AL	1	0	35%	36	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	33%	6	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
1989	33	NYY	AL	3	0	39%	74	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	35%	14	11	3	1	1	0	8	3	5
1990	34	NYY	AL	3	0	71%	49	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
10 Yrs				33	1	38%	1078	108	41	72%	90	36	18	4	1	12	2	36	70	46%	157	92	61	36	16	18	74	24	44

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	25	TEX	AL	25	100%	4			1	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	1	7%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1982	26	TEX	AL	78	100%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	13	1	8%	8	5	63%	46	4	9%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1983	27	TEX	AL	521	100%	122			0	0	0	0		3	0	6	0	3	2	1	0	7	7	100%	86	8	9%	53	16	30%	238	19	8%	20	8	40%	17	8	47%	0
1984	28	TEX	AL	378	100%	72			1	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	66	12	18%	30	14	47%	210	13	6%	14	5	36%	11	8	73%	0
1985	29	TEX	AL	355	100%	101			6	1	0	0	0.89	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	9	75%	67	6	9%	37	12	32%	199	17	9%	8	4	50%	17	8	47%	0
1986	30	TOT	AL	546	100%	126			3	0	0	0	0.47	3	0	12	0	3	1	2	0	14	13	93%	100	6	6%	53	30	57%	305	40	13%	16	11	69%	21	14	67%	0
1986	30	CHW	AL	310	100%	65			3	0	0	0	0.47	3	0	7	0	3	1	2	0	10	9	90%	62	3	5%	33	22	67%	172	26	15%	12	9	75%	14	11	79%	0
1986	30	NYY	AL	236	100%	61			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	38	3	8%	20	8	40%	133	14	11%	4	2	50%	7	3	43%	0
1987	31	NYY	AL	399	100%	77			0	0	0	0		1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	10	6	60%	62	3	5%	33	10	30%	220	22	10%	20	10	50%	11	4	36%	0
1988	32	NYY	AL	69	100%	15	4	3	1	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	3	3	100%	40	5	13%	5	4	80%	2	1	50%	0
1989	33	NYY	AL	160	100%	23	4	0	10	0	0	0	1.04	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	75%	35	3	9%	17	9	53%	97	8	8%	8	5	63%	7	5	71%	0
1990	34	NYY	AL	83	100%	11	2	0	6	1	0	0	0.89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	15	0	0%	9	4	44%	51	6	12%	3	1	33%	7	2	29%	0
10 Yrs				2614	100%	559	10	3	28	3	0	0	0.81	9	0	52	2	7	3	6	0	66	53	80%	461	40	9%	247	104	42%	1421	135	10%	98	48	49%	98	52	53%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	32	NYY	AL	69	269	3.90	167	62%	36%	8%	26%	29%	64%	0%	40%	87%	22%	6%	4	0	12%	8	1	10%	7	2	25%	0	0	0
1989	33	NYY	AL	160	610	3.81	368	60%	29%	10%	28%	33%	71%	0%	43%	85%	28%	4%	6	0	16%	25	10	13%	21	11	45%	0	0	1
1990	34	NYY	AL	82	286	3.49	182	64%	24%	18%	29%	30%	76%	0%	49%	77%	38%	6%	5	0	16%	13	4	6%	5	3	24%	1	0	0
3 Yrs				311	1165	3.75	717	62%	29%	12%	28%	31%	71%	0%	44%	83%	29%	5%	15	0	15%	46	15	11%	33	16	33%	1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1981	25	14	25	24	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	.167	.200	.167	.367	10	4	0	0	0	0
1982	26	52	103	94	12	12	1	0	0	3	3	1	6	19	.128	.180	.138	.318	-7	13	1	0	3	0
1983	27	186	624	564	76	134	14	2	3	23	36	11	46	87	.238	.296	.285	.582	64	161	9	2	10	2
1984	28	304	1002	902	111	206	23	4	3	32	58	15	73	134	.228	.289	.273	.562	57	246	21	5	19	3
1985	29	427	1357	1225	156	307	32	9	4	50	79	27	94	180	.251	.305	.301	.607	69	369	27	5	28	5
1986	30	568	1903	1700	217	433	48	14	7	93	96	37	146	256	.255	.315	.312	.626	73	530	33	7	41	9
1987	31	689	2302	2049	265	510	52	14	8	115	101	40	189	328	.249	.313	.300	.613	69	614	36	7	47	9
1988	32	710	2371	2108	273	525	54	14	8	120	102	40	197	340	.249	.314	.299	.613	69	631	37	7	48	10
1989	33	790	2531	2248	289	548	59	16	9	129	107	41	213	363	.244	.310	.296	.606	68	666	40	8	51	10
1990	34	863	2614	2322	301	559	60	17	9	133	108	41	219	384	.241	.307	.293	.600	66	680	40	8	53	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	25	21	39	37	11	7	0	0	0	2	4	2	8	.189	.231	.189	.420	2	14
1982	26	38	80	71	8	9	1	0	0	3	1	6	14	.127	.195	.141	.336	2	38
1983	27	134	529	476	69	128	14	2	3	22	35	42	68	.269	.330	.326	.655	51	134
1984	28	118	381	340	36	74	9	2	0	9	23	28	47	.218	.282	.256	.538	24	118
1985	29	123	357	325	46	103	9	5	1	19	21	21	46	.317	.356	.385	.741	45	123
1986	30	141	547	476	62	127	16	5	3	44	17	52	76	.267	.339	.340	.679	55	141
1987	31	121	396	348	47	76	4	0	1	21	5	42	72	.218	.303	.239	.541	25	121
1988	32	21	69	59	8	15	2	0	0	5	1	8	12	.254	.338	.288	.626	6	21
1989	33	80	163	142	18	25	5	2	1	10	5	17	23	.176	.269	.261	.529	10	80
1990	34	73	83	74	12	11	1	1	0	4	1	6	21	.149	.210	.189	.399	3	73
10 Yrs		870	2644	2348	317	575	61	17	9	139	113	224	387	.245	.311	.297	.608	223	863
162 Game Avg.		162	492	437	59	107	11	3	2	26	21	42	72	.245	.311	.297	.608	42	863

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1983 AL 33 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1986 AL 13 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1983 AL 10 (9th) 1985 AL 12 (5th)	SB % s c a p y 1984 AL 84.62 (2nd) Career 72.48 (241st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL 33 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 AL 13 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL 10 (9th)
1985 AL 12 (5th)

SB % s c a p y
1984 AL 84.62 (2nd)
Career 72.48 (241st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Neil Berry (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nate Oliver (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rafael Landestoy (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Milbourne (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Downey (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rocky Bridges (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rocky Bridges (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Kubiak (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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