Wayne Tolleson
Jimmy Wayne Tolleson
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 22, 1955 in Spartanburg, SC
School: Western Carolina University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1981
Final Game: September 30, 1990
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Standard Batting

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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
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 /56
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 *4/658D
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 121 398 349 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 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 Seasons 863 2613 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) 355 946 837 106 187 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

Advanced Batting

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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 94 .143 .114 .258 .173 .321 .129 .393 .302 .715 -13 .039 -10.8 -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 .399 -13.4 -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 .439 -5.7 -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 398 284 29 2.7 105 .275 .221 .264 .306 .332 .241 .424 .547 .756 49 .250 -25.2 -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 .327 .189 .388 .399 .715 13 .139 -8.9 -0.9 .333 .135 .041 .0
10 Seasons 2613 1908 230 3.2 99 .284 .241 .263 .307 .328 .293 .404 .600 .732 66 .342 -108.4 -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 -108.4 -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 .351 -52.6 -5.3 .535 .170 .051 7.6
NYY (5 yrs) 946 687 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 -5.7 -0.6 .647 .258 .085 4.9

Ratio Batting*

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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 398 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 2.09 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 Seasons 2613 0.3% 14.7% 8.4% 3.3% 15% 1.75 6.1 258.0 17.5 1.39 1.63 74% 17% 1.3% 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 25 TEX AL 0 0 120% 19 2 0 100% 2 0 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0 3 33% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
10 Seasons 33 1 38% 1078 108 41 72% 90 36 18 4 0 1 12 2 36 70 46% 157 92 61 36 16 18 74 24 44
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 4 1 25% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 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% 5 2 40% 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% 30 6 20% 0
1984 28 TEX AL 378 100% 72 1 1 0 0 0.14 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 66 12 18% 30 14 47% 210 13 6% 14 5 36% 17 7 41% 0
1985 29 TEX AL 355 100% 101 6 1 0 0 0.90 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 12 9 75% 67 6 9% 37 12 32% 199 17 9% 8 4 50% 20 9 45% 0
1986 30 TOT AL 546 100% 126 2 0 0 0 0.52 3 0 12 0 3 1 2 0 14 13 93% 100 6 6% 53 30 57% 305 40 13% 16 11 69% 29 15 52% 0
1986 30 CHW AL 310 100% 65 2 0 0 0 0.52 3 0 7 0 3 1 2 0 10 9 90% 62 3 5% 33 22 67% 172 26 15% 12 9 75% 18 10 56% 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% 11 5 45% 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% 24 15 63% 0
1988 32 NYY AL 69 100% 15 4 3 1 0 0 0 0.13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 3 3 100% 40 5 13% 5 4 80% 2 0 0% 0
1989 33 NYY AL 160 100% 23 4 0 8 0 0 0 1.09 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 75% 35 3 9% 17 9 53% 97 8 8% 8 5 63% 6 2 33% 0
1990 34 NYY AL 83 100% 11 2 0 6 1 0 0 0.86 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 0 0% 9 4 44% 51 6 12% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 2614 100% 559 10 3 25 3 0 0 0.83 9 0 52 2 7 3 6 0 66 53 80% 461 40 9% 247 104 42% 1421 135 10% 98 48 49% 140 58 41% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 159 608 3.82 368 61% 29% 10% 28% 33% 71% 0% 43% 85% 28% 4% 6 0 16% 25 10 13% 21 11 45% 1 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 Seasons 310 1163 3.75 717 62% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 0% 44% 83% 29% 5% 15 0 15% 46 15 11% 33 16 33% 2 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 IBB
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 0
1982 26 52 103 94 12 12 1 0 0 3 3 1 6 19 .128 .180 .138 .318 -8 13 1 0 3 0 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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
1987 31 689 2301 2049 265 510 52 14 8 115 101 40 189 328 .249 .313 .300 .613 69 614 36 7 47 9 0
1988 32 710 2370 2108 273 525 54 14 8 120 102 40 197 340 .249 .314 .299 .613 69 631 37 7 48 10 0
1989 33 790 2530 2248 289 548 59 16 9 129 107 41 213 363 .244 .310 .296 .606 68 666 40 8 51 10 0
1990 34 863 2613 2322 301 559 60 17 9 133 108 41 219 384 .241 .307 .293 .600 66 680 40 8 53 11 0

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 9 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 8 .189 .231 .189 .420 2 14
1982 26 38 77 71 7 9 1 0 0 2 1 6 14 .127 .195 .141 .336 2 38
1983 27 134 530 482 69 134 14 2 3 22 36 44 68 .278 .340 .334 .674 55 134
1984 28 118 376 343 37 77 10 2 0 9 24 29 47 .224 .290 .265 .555 26 118
1985 29 123 347 324 47 102 9 5 1 19 21 21 46 .315 .354 .383 .737 44 123
1986 30 141 540 480 61 131 17 5 3 43 18 54 76 .273 .346 .348 .694 58 141
1987 31 121 398 353 47 81 4 0 1 21 5 45 72 .229 .317 .249 .566 28 121
1988 32 21 71 61 9 17 2 0 0 5 1 9 12 .279 .366 .311 .678 7 21
1989 33 80 162 143 18 26 6 2 1 10 6 18 23 .182 .278 .273 .551 11 80
1990 34 73 84 76 13 13 1 1 0 4 1 7 21 .171 .238 .211 .449 4 73
10 Seasons 870 2624 2370 317 597 64 17 9 136 117 235 387 .252 .320 .305 .625 237 863
162 Game Avg. 162 489 441 59 111 12 3 2 25 22 44 72 .252 .320 .305 .625 44 863

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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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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