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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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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

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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 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

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 25, 1985: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Dave Schmidt to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jose Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

July 30, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Ron Kittle and Joel Skinner to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Ron Hassey and Carlos Martinez. The New York Yankees sent Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 5, 1990: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Texas Rangers$135,000
1986Detroit Tigers$275,000
1987New York Yankees$385,000
1988New York Yankees$410,000
1990New York Yankees$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,630,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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