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 Fielding

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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
1981 TEX AL 25 3B 6 4 47.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -12.6 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 0 2.45 2.17 .946 2.95 2.52
1981 TEX AL 25 SS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
1982 TEX AL 26 SS 26 23 198.0 120 47 68 5 20 .958 -5.3 -32.1 -4.3 -3.7 -0.6 -1 5.23 4.42 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 TEX AL 26 3B 4 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.25 0.50 .950 3.04 2.62
1982 TEX AL 26 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1983 TEX AL 27 2B 112 107 945.0 577 246 315 16 69 .972 -4.9 -6.2 -3.9 -2.8 -1.1 -1 5.34 5.01 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 TEX AL 27 SS 26 20 168.0 80 22 57 1 12 .988 1.0 7.1 1.0 0.9 0.1 0 4.23 3.04 .962 4.75 4.15
1983 TEX AL 27 DH 1
1984 TEX AL 28 2B 109 94 853.2 477 191 276 10 61 .979 -1.2 -1.7 -0.2 2.3 -2.5 -1 4.92 4.28 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 TEX AL 28 SS 7 2 23.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -10.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.7 0 3.80 1.43 .960 4.75 3.93
1984 TEX AL 28 3B 5 0 10.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 .940 2.79 2.20
1984 TEX AL 28 CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.60
1984 TEX AL 28 DH 1
1984 TEX AL 28 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.20
1985 TEX AL 29 SS 81 67 588.1 286 96 182 8 37 .972 -1.3 -2.7 -2.3 0.1 -2.4 1 4.25 3.43 .964 4.64 3.93
1985 TEX AL 29 2B 29 19 177.2 113 44 65 4 11 .965 -0.5 -3.4 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0 5.52 3.76 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 TEX AL 29 3B 12 3 38.0 19 9 8 2 0 .895 -0.5 -15.8 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 4.03 1.42 .958 2.84 2.38
1985 TEX AL 29 DH 6
1986 TOT AL 30 SS 74 63 563.1 308 100 202 6 38 .981 9.4 20.0 10.4 4.4 6.1 -1 4.82 4.08 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 TOT AL 30 3B 72 65 584.2 173 42 123 8 11 .954 -0.7 -1.4 -0.7 -2.4 1.7 0 2.54 2.29 .948 2.74 2.37
1986 CHW AL 30 3B 65 60 541.2 157 37 113 7 9 .955 1.5 3.3 1.5 -1.0 2.5 0 2.49 2.31 .948 2.74 2.37
1986 CHW AL 30 SS 18 10 92.0 39 13 25 1 3 .974 -0.7 -9.1 0.3 -0.7 1.0 -1 3.72 2.11 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 CHW AL 30 DH 2
1986 CHW AL 30 OF 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.05
1986 CHW AL 30 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
1986 CHW AL 30 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1986 NYY AL 30 SS 56 53 471.1 269 87 177 5 35 .981 10.1 25.7 10.1 5.1 5.1 0 5.04 4.71 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 NYY AL 30 3B 7 5 43.0 16 5 10 1 2 .938 -2.2 -61.4 -2.2 -1.4 -0.8 0 3.14 2.14 .950 2.74 2.37
1986 NYY AL 30 2B 3 1 10.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -96.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 4.50 1.67 .980 5.13 4.33
1987 NYY AL 31 SS 119 108 948.2 498 162 321 15 64 .970 1.6 2.0 0.6 -4.0 4.6 1 4.58 4.06 .970 4.59 4.02
1987 NYY AL 31 3B 3 1 8.0 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 0.8 120.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 5.62 1.67 .940 2.81 2.30
1988 NYY AL 32 2B 12 9 75.1 54 20 33 1 7 .981 0.6 9.6 0.6 -0.3 0.9 0 6.33 4.42 .981 5.11 4.40
1988 NYY AL 32 3B 10 8 67.0 31 8 21 2 2 .935 -0.2 -3.6 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 3.90 2.90 .955 2.71 2.36
1988 NYY AL 32 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
1989 NYY AL 33 3B 28 20 186.1 57 14 38 5 5 .912 -2.7 -17.4 -3.7 -2.4 -1.3 1 2.51 1.86 .946 2.73 2.34
1989 NYY AL 33 SS 28 12 130.0 81 25 54 2 10 .975 0.1 0.9 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 5.47 2.82 .970 4.79 4.11
1989 NYY AL 33 2B 13 2 37.0 21 6 15 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 1 5.11 1.62 .981 5.23 4.51
1989 NYY AL 33 DH 10
1990 NYY AL 34 SS 45 13 162.0 117 43 72 2 22 .983 1.2 8.9 0.2 -0.4 0.6 1 6.39 2.56 .973 4.74 4.00
1990 NYY AL 34 2B 13 6 65.0 28 14 14 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 3.88 2.15 .982 5.23 4.53
1990 NYY AL 34 DH 5
1990 NYY AL 34 3B 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -65.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.33
10 Seasons SS 409 308 2788.0 1500 497 964 39 204 .974 5.7 2.5 4.7 -2.7 7.4 1 4.72 3.57 .967 4.64 4.01
8 Seasons 2B 292 238 2164.2 1275 524 720 31 158 .976 -7.0 -3.9 -6.0 -1.9 -4.1 -1 5.17 4.26 .981 5.29 4.58
9 Seasons 3B 143 101 953.1 305 80 208 17 20 .944 -4.5 -5.7 -5.5 -4.8 -0.7 1 2.72 2.01 .949 2.75 2.37
6 Seasons DH 25
2 Seasons OF 3 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -154.3 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 2.57 0.67 1.000 2.44 2.10
2 Seasons CF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.88 2.55
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
10 Seasons TOT 847 647 5913.0 3082 1103 1892 87 382 .972 -6.7 -1.4 -7.7 -9.8 2.1 0 1 4.56 3.54 .943 4.57 3.92
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 TEX AL 25 14 4 14 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1982 TEX AL 26 38 23 38 31 0 0 0 1 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1983 TEX AL 27 134 127 134 134 0 0 0 112 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1984 TEX AL 28 118 96 118 115 0 0 0 110 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
1985 TEX AL 29 123 89 123 110 0 0 0 29 11 81 0 0 0 0 0 7 18
1986 CHW AL 30 81 70 81 76 0 0 0 0 65 18 1 1 0 2 0 4 3
1986 NYY AL 30 60 59 60 60 0 0 0 3 7 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 31 121 109 121 119 0 0 0 0 3 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1988 NYY AL 32 21 17 21 21 0 0 0 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1989 NYY AL 33 80 34 80 66 0 0 0 13 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 12 16
1990 NYY AL 34 73 19 73 61 0 0 0 13 3 45 0 0 0 0 0 6 20
10 Seasons 863 647 863 801 0 0 0 293 141 410 1 2 0 3 0 33 94
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 TEX AL 25 14 43% 79% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 26 915 58% 80% 29% 89 89% 0 47 17 21 9 67 50 16 1 2 5 1 4 0 4 20 7 2 6 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 2
1983 TEX AL 27 741 64% 77% 26% 65 94% 0 20 8 11 1 58 40 17 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12 6 2 3 0 0 11 8 3 1 1 0
1984 TEX AL 28 112 64% 79% 29% 8 100% 0 2 1 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 29 2636 50% 77% 26% 208 97% 0 98 38 53 7 187 150 33 0 2 8 1 7 0 7 37 11 3 11 1 8 36 14 21 1 1 0
1986 NYY AL 30 2042 66% 78% 26% 215 96% 5 89 48 27 14 175 129 35 0 2 5 0 4 1 4 35 15 1 6 1 3 28 16 10 6 4 1
1986 CHW AL 30 409 50% 78% 27% 30 97% 2 14 6 7 1 25 18 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 31 4269 63% 77% 27% 403 92% 7 163 72 58 33 322 249 60 1 6 15 0 12 3 11 64 31 4 13 3 2 55 35 18 8 5 2
1988 NYY AL 32 13 69% 85% 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 33 553 57% 78% 34% 67 88% 0 24 11 9 4 54 46 8 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 10 4 0 5 1 0 10 4 6 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 34 720 61% 78% 34% 84 88% 1 43 15 23 5 73 58 12 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 22 5 1 6 3 4 20 6 13 1 0 1
10 Seasons 12424 59% 78% 27% 1169 93% 15 500 216 210 74 969 747 186 5 13 39 2 31 6 28 204 80 14 52 10 17 180 94 80 19 11 6
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 TEX AL 26 4 25% 50% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 27 4092 59% 79% 28% 343 92% 0 245 62 143 39 311 276 27 0 7 17 0 14 3 14 70 27 19 11 3 67 16 49 2 1 1
1984 TEX AL 28 3847 52% 78% 25% 333 97% 0 190 79 83 28 276 237 35 0 2 10 0 9 1 9 60 13 15 22 0 52 22 29 5 3 2
1985 TEX AL 29 792 58% 80% 27% 75 96% 0 43 17 22 4 64 61 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 11 4 4 1 1 10 2 8 1 1 0
1986 NYY AL 30 49 59% 69% 22% 1 100% 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 32 344 60% 80% 33% 37 95% 0 20 8 9 3 34 31 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7 2 2 1 1 6 2 4 1 0 0
1989 NYY AL 33 164 71% 84% 37% 16 75% 0 6 1 4 1 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 34 306 65% 73% 25% 18 94% 0 14 6 6 2 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
8 Seasons 9598 57% 79% 27% 823 94% 0 521 173 269 78 716 632 69 0 13 32 0 28 4 27 158 51 43 36 6 145 44 98 9 5 3
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 TEX AL 25 209 68% 76% 31% 15 80% 0 5 3 2 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 26 34 65% 79% 29% 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 28 43 60% 84% 28% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 29 167 41% 81% 24% 18 89% 1 9 8 0 1 8 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 30 2423 52% 78% 25% 155 91% 1 38 26 4 8 115 97 14 1 4 7 0 7 0 6 10 7 0 8 2 2 0 6 67%
1986 NYY AL 30 195 66% 77% 26% 13 92% 0 5 4 0 1 9 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 NYY AL 31 37 73% 86% 35% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 32 308 57% 78% 30% 29 86% 0 8 5 1 2 21 16 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 NYY AL 33 806 66% 78% 31% 57 86% 0 15 10 3 2 38 33 4 0 1 5 0 5 0 5 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 3 100%
1990 NYY AL 34 24 71% 75% 29% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4246 56% 78% 27% 298 88% 2 81 57 10 14 207 170 30 1 6 17 0 16 1 15 21 15 2 19 2 2 0 12 75%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33% 67% 20% 0
1986 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 8 25% 75% 13% 3 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 23 30% 70% 17% 3 33%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.0% 56% 78% 31% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 13 38% 85% 31% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 13 38% 85% 31% 2 50%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.7% 56% 78% 31% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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